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Title
D704-2
Date(s)
- 1936-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Harry L. Hopkins, in chair, Federal Relief Administrator and aide to President Franklin Roosevelt with brothers John and Lewis during an extended visit to Tacoma. Lewis Hopkins was a Tacoma Physician. John Hopkins was a treasury department employee from Portland. Harry L. Hopkins was born in Sioux City, Iowa, August 17, 1890. He worked for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1933-35, the Works Project Administration 1935-1938, as Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal assistant 1942-45 and Secretary of Commerce 1938-1940. He resigned from the Truman Administration in 1945 and died in January of 1946. TPL-5113 (T.Times 9/14/1936, pg. 1)
Hopkins, Harry L., 1890-1946; Hopkins, Lewis; Hopkins, John; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;