RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Elizabeth Morris Smith collection (RLC.Ms.041)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Scope & content

This collection consists of autographs, letters, poems, clippings, and other memorabilia from various poets, writers, artists, sports figures, and politicians collected by Elizabeth Morris Smith. For the majority of the items in this collection, Smith placed each item into its own folder and oftentimes included biographical information about the person of interest. Of note is a 1931 letter by Franklin D. Roosevelt while Governor of New York.