Helm, Edith Benham, 1874-1962
Variant namesSocial secretary at the White House.
From the description of Edith Benham Helm papers, 1915-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83145888
Biographical Note
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1874:
Born, Staten Island, N.Y. -
1915 -1919 :Social secretary to Edith Bolling Galt Wilson -
1919:
Accompanied the presidential party to the Peace Conference, Paris, France -
1920:
Married Rear Admiral James M. Helm (died 1927) -
1933 -1953 :White House social secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt and Bess Wallace Truman -
1954:
Published The Captains and the Kings. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons -
1962, Aug. 7:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Edith Benham Helm Papers, 1915-1961, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Ford, J. mss., 1906-1976 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Edith Benham Helm Papers, 1915-1961 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Bess Furman papers, 1728-1967 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Charles S. Hamlin Papers, 1869-1968, (bulk 1880-1938) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | White House (Washington, D.C.). Office of the Chief of Social Entertainments. Records, 1933-1945. | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| creatorOf | Newhaus, Estella. Letters of Estella Newhaus [manuscript] : [from a scrapbook kept by her?], 1898-1920. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). | Houghton Library |
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| correspondedWith | Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Ford, John, 1895-1973 | person |
| correspondedWith | Furman, Bess, 1894-1969. | person |
| correspondedWith | Hamlin, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1861-1938. | person |
| associatedWith | Newhaus, Estella. | person |
| associatedWith | Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. | person |
| associatedWith | White House (Washington, D.C.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | White House (Washington, D.C.). Office of the Chief of Social Entertainments. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. | person |
| correspondedWith | Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 | person |
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| Washington (D.C.) | |||
| Washington (D.C.) |
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| World War, 1914-1918 |
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| Social secretaries |
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Birth 1874
Death 1962
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