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D704-1
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- 1936-08 (Creation)
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Harry L. Hopkins, in chair, Federal Relief Administrator and aide to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with brothers John and Lewis and another man during an extended visit to Tacoma. Lewis Hopkins was a Tacoma physician. John Hopkins was a treasury department employee in Portland. The other man is most likely Lt. Cmdr. D.B. Duncan, from the USS Saratoga, a brother-in-law of Harry Hopkins. Harry Hopkins resigned from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938 to become Secretary of Commerce. He was appointed special assistant to the president by President Roosevelt in 1941. He submitted a letter of resignation to President Truman on July 2, 1945. Harry L. Hopkins died on January 29, 1946. His granddaughter, June Hopkins, wrote a biography entitled "Harry Hopkins: Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer" in 1999. Sepia photograph taken in August, 1936. ALBUM 2. (T. Times 9/14/1936, pg. 1)
Hopkins, Harry L., 1890-1946; Hopkins, Lewis; Hopkins, John; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;