Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, just arrived in Los Angeles for her divorce suit against husband James Roosevelt, the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Roosevelts were married for ten years before they separated and Mrs. Roosevelt moved from Los Angeles back to New York, taking the couple's two daughters. James Roosevelt was the first to file for divorce, citing desertion against his wife Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Mrs. James Roosevelt Text from original nitrate sleeve: l to r - O'Connor, Basil - Atty.; Cushing, Henry K., Atty.; Roosevelt, James, Mrs. (Betsy Cushing)
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0028019j
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No linguistic content
Subject
People Spouses--California--Los Angeles Divorce--California--Los Angeles Legal Whitney, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, 1908-1998
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