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Frances Perkins: The Woman Behind the New Deal: Later Years: Truman

Item Information

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Frances Perkins on her job as Secretary of Labor

Dublin Core

Title

Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Frances Perkins on her job as Secretary of Labor

Description

After Truman accepted her resignation, along with those of most of the FDR cabinet who had stayed to help in the transition to the new administration, Felix Frankfurter sent Perkins this graceful letter of congratulations for a job well done.

Creator

Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965
Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

Date

May 25, 1945

Language

eng

Additional Item Metadata

Spatial Coverage

Washington

Provenance

Gift of Frances Perkins

MODS

Key Date

1945-05-25

Type of Date

ex

Place of Origin

Washington, D.C.

Form/Genre

correspondence

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Shelf Location

Box 4 Cat. Corr. Frankfurter

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Collection

Frances Perkins Papers

Citation

Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 and Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965, “Letter from Felix Frankfurter to Frances Perkins on her job as Secretary of Labor,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 7, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/382.

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