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“our day in Houston was a very successful one,” 1955

I found a lot of unexpected material in that Fondren Library scrapbook I mentioned the other day but none more unexpected than this letter from Eleanor Roosevelt:

This clipping was next to it:

But a better explanation is in this post from 2014 about her visit to the library.

Bonus: It is absolute, full fledged spring on campus. It’s just beautiful.

 

It’s not an unmixed blessing, though. The oak pollen is already pretty thick.

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