Curtis Bean Dall
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===Later Life=== | ===Later Life=== | ||
| − | Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4| | + | Dall became involved with the "...racist Right's ill-fated efforts at forming a third party..."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|S]]</sup>. In 1960 the Texas-based Constitution Party put-up retired Marine Corps Brigadier General Merritt B. Curtis for president, and campaign manager Curtis B. Dall for vice-president. In the 1960s Curtis, an ardent conservative, was a member of the Christian Crusade National Advisory Board, and a member of the Executive Board of "We The People". In 1966/7 he wrote the book for which he is most cited today, ''F.D.R. My Exploited Father-In-Law'', in which he speaks of his ex-father-in-law, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Franklin's relationship with, as Curtis saw them, the corrupt power of the banking elite of the time. In 1968, his name was filed for the Presidential primaries in New Hampshire. In 1971, he was Chairman of the Liberty Lobby<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|T]]</sup> He retired as chairman in 1982. |
He died at the Hospice of Northern Virginia in Arlington, [[Virginia]] on 28 Jun 1991, aged 95. His obituary states that he lived in Alexandria,<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup> but the Social Security Death Index states that he had last been a resident of Beaufort, Beaufort County, [[South Carolina]] <sup>[[#Footnotes 1|C]]</sup> which is where one of his daughters, Katherine lived. He left to survive him, his second wife Katharine; Eleanor Seagraves of Washington and Curtis Roosevelt Dall of Majorca, Spain, both from his first marriage; and from his second marriage, Katharine Bolton of Beaufort, S.C., Mary Dunham of Newport, R.I., Stephen of Devon, Pa., and James of Portland, Ore. in addition to 10 grandchildren and one great-grandson. | He died at the Hospice of Northern Virginia in Arlington, [[Virginia]] on 28 Jun 1991, aged 95. His obituary states that he lived in Alexandria,<sup>[[#Footnotes 1|A]]</sup> but the Social Security Death Index states that he had last been a resident of Beaufort, Beaufort County, [[South Carolina]] <sup>[[#Footnotes 1|C]]</sup> which is where one of his daughters, Katherine lived. He left to survive him, his second wife Katharine; Eleanor Seagraves of Washington and Curtis Roosevelt Dall of Majorca, Spain, both from his first marriage; and from his second marriage, Katharine Bolton of Beaufort, S.C., Mary Dunham of Newport, R.I., Stephen of Devon, Pa., and James of Portland, Ore. in addition to 10 grandchildren and one great-grandson. | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
| − | *The Franklin D Roosevelt Library at NARA has recently "...received correspondence between Curtis B. Dall, Anna Roosevelt's first husband, and the Roosevelt family, donated by his daughter Mary Dall Twichell...."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4| | + | *The Franklin D Roosevelt Library at NARA has recently "...received correspondence between Curtis B. Dall, Anna Roosevelt's first husband, and the Roosevelt family, donated by his daughter Mary Dall Twichell...."<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|U]]</sup> |
| − | *The New York State Archives has 34 linear feet of the Anna Roosevelt papers.<sup>[[#Footnotes 4| | + | *The New York State Archives has 34 linear feet of the Anna Roosevelt papers.<sup>[[#Footnotes 4|V]]</sup> |
*BGMI cites oddly two seperate entries under "Curtis B Dall d 1991" and also under "Curtis Bean Dall b 1896" without realizing these are the same person: | *BGMI cites oddly two seperate entries under "Curtis B Dall d 1991" and also under "Curtis Bean Dall b 1896" without realizing these are the same person: | ||
**Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 17: September, 1990-August, 1992. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1992. (BioIn 17) | **Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 17: September, 1990-August, 1992. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1992. (BioIn 17) | ||
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*N — [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=101877564&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=0 ''Oelwein Daily Register'', 18 Jan 1935], page 8, "Dall Congratulates His Ex-Wife" : "Chicago Jan 19 — (UP) — Curtis B Dall, divorced husband of Mrs. Anne Roosevelt Dall who was married today to John Boetiger, sent a telegram to the couple extending 'my every good wish.' The wire addressed to 59 East 65th Street, New York said: 'Received your telegram here in Chicago and am sending you both my every good wish." Dall is chairman of the exceu [?] conference of state liquor administrators. He said he knew Boettiger and regarded him as 'a very good chap.' Asked if he had any intentions of remarrying, he asked jokingly: 'What would you suggest?' A moment later he denied any matrimonial intentions. Ball is chairman of the executive committee of the Distillers and Brewers Corporation of America." | *N — [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=101877564&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=0 ''Oelwein Daily Register'', 18 Jan 1935], page 8, "Dall Congratulates His Ex-Wife" : "Chicago Jan 19 — (UP) — Curtis B Dall, divorced husband of Mrs. Anne Roosevelt Dall who was married today to John Boetiger, sent a telegram to the couple extending 'my every good wish.' The wire addressed to 59 East 65th Street, New York said: 'Received your telegram here in Chicago and am sending you both my every good wish." Dall is chairman of the exceu [?] conference of state liquor administrators. He said he knew Boettiger and regarded him as 'a very good chap.' Asked if he had any intentions of remarrying, he asked jokingly: 'What would you suggest?' A moment later he denied any matrimonial intentions. Ball is chairman of the executive committee of the Distillers and Brewers Corporation of America." | ||
*O — [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=12255275&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=25 ''Frederick News-Post'', 6 May 1937, page 5], "Turns Down Verdict Against Curtis Dall : Judge Says Plaintiff Clearly Established Deliberate Libel By Time Magazine", "New York, May 5 — A Supreme Court jury returned a verdict for Time magazine in the $250,000 libel suit brought by Curtis B Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, but Justice Bernard L Shientag set the verdict aside on motion of Dall's counsel. 'The verdict of the jury is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence,' Justice Shientag said. 'The plaintiff clearly established a deliberate libel. To allow the verdict to stand would be a travesty on justice, and I have no hesitancy in setting it aside.' Dall based his suit on an article published in the 23 Apr 1934 issue of Time. The article, described by the defense at the trial as 'an imaginative illustration,' told of the imagined 'suicide' of Dall in the White House in the presence of his former wife and Mrs. Roosevelt" | *O — [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=12255275&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=25 ''Frederick News-Post'', 6 May 1937, page 5], "Turns Down Verdict Against Curtis Dall : Judge Says Plaintiff Clearly Established Deliberate Libel By Time Magazine", "New York, May 5 — A Supreme Court jury returned a verdict for Time magazine in the $250,000 libel suit brought by Curtis B Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, but Justice Bernard L Shientag set the verdict aside on motion of Dall's counsel. 'The verdict of the jury is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence,' Justice Shientag said. 'The plaintiff clearly established a deliberate libel. To allow the verdict to stand would be a travesty on justice, and I have no hesitancy in setting it aside.' Dall based his suit on an article published in the 23 Apr 1934 issue of Time. The article, described by the defense at the trial as 'an imaginative illustration,' told of the imagined 'suicide' of Dall in the White House in the presence of his former wife and Mrs. Roosevelt" | ||
| − | * | + | *S — Diamond, Sara. Roads to Dominion: Right-Wing Movements and Political Power in the United States, p 87 |
| − | * | + | *T — [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0595236995&id=584-3unXLocC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=%22Curtis+B+Dall%22&sig=T7_KKgbIZvW9mZ8zlJdyeEoeoHA Richardson, Darcy G., A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign, p. 217] |
| − | * | + | *U — [http://www.archives.gov/research/accessions/2006-quarter-3.html NARA Accessions, 3rd Quarter 2006] |
| − | * | + | *V — http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/res_topics_health_mh_recguide_hrrny_doc.shtml |
==Other Primary documents== | ==Other Primary documents== | ||
