addresses , including the White House , 49 East 65 th Street , Manhattan , New York ; Hyde Park-on- Hudson , New York ; Warm Springs , Georgia , and unaddressed stationary . 15 Only five of the letters from this time frame are included in Streitmatter ’ s Empty Without You . 16 Faber ’ s The Life of Lorena Hickok contains a few selected lines and paraphrases from this correspondence time frame and One Third of a Nation : Lorena Hickok Reports on the Great Depression , edited by Richard Lowitt and Maurine Beasley and released in 1981 , contains the November 21 , 1934 letter written to ER by Hickok . The majority of ER and Hickok ’ s Baltimore communication , however , is unpublished and inaccessible , except through an FDR Library and Museum National Archives appointment and / or paid request for postal mailed copies . In other words , the majority of ER and Hickok ' s communication — from Baltimore and other cities — remains hidden
Hickok ’ s letters are lengthy and legible , while ER ’ s are shorter and practically illegible . ER ’ s handwriting is extremely difficult to read , with heavily slanted cursive and letters that are hard to decipher . Streitmatter confirms that “[ m ] any of [ Eleanor ’ s ] sentences ramble on and on and on with many twists and turns , comma splices , misspelled words , and challenges to coherence ” ( xvii ). ER ’ s letters actually resemble another language , and readers may wonder if , like Distiller suggests , ER was writing her own form of intimacy as “ lesbian writers have had to re-make themselves using a language that they inherit ” ( 53 ). Due to this deciphering challenge , as well as the overwhelming amount of correspondence by ER and Hickok , which enables traditional archiving and indexing routes , the history within ER and Hickok ' s communication also remains hidden from public view .
roundtrip flight to Baltimore ( Rasmussen , “ Amelia ”). The party landed in Baltimore , and then dined at the Lord Baltimore Hotel before returning to the White House .
Rasmussen describes how “ Earhart , dressed in a white silk gown and wearing white kid gloves , was at the controls of the plane for most of the flight , and “ Mrs . Roosevelt . . . was by Earhart ’ s side ” (“ Amelia ”).
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The Roosevelts ’ Manhattan residence , located at 49 East 65 th Street , was directly next to FDR ’ s mother ’ s residence at 47 East 65 th Street (“ Roosevelt House History ”). Hyde Park-on-the Hudson was the main residence occupied by the Roosevelts , and it is the home of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum National Archives , which includes ER and Hickok ’ s correspondence (“ Home of Franklin D . Roosevelt ”). Warm Springs , Georgia was the home of the Roosevelt ’ s “ Little White House .” The Georgia residence was utilized by Roosevelt as a retreat , therapeutic location , and crafting headquarters for the New Deal (“ Little White House ”).
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Streitmatter ’ s collection contains the November 2 , 1934 letter from Hickok and four late fall 1934 letters from ER : 1 .) an undated letter 2 .) a letter dated November 3 , 1934 ( on The White House letterhead ) 3 .) a letter dated November 3 , 1934 ( on Val-Kill Cottage / on Hyde Park-On-Hudson letterhead ) 4 .) a letter dated November 22 , 1934 ( on Georgia Warm Springs Foundation letterhead ). Val-Kill was a country cottage located two miles from the Roosevelts ’ estate in Hyde Park . It was the only place ER “ ever could call her own ” (“ Eleanor Roosevelt National Historical Site ”).
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