Roosevelt-Wilder

Includes letters from 35 correspondents, nearly all well-known politicians, educators, writers, clerics, and musicians. Many letters relate to Catholic issues and personalities, Commonweal Magazine, and Shuster's 1960s retirement from the position of president of Hunter College. Includes letters from Jacques and Raissa Martain, Daniel Berrigan, John Hersey, Hilaire Belloc, Clare Boothe Luce, and Regina Resnik and others. Also includes letters from Abraham Ribicoff, Connecticut governor, asking Shuster to serve on the Board of the University of Connecticut and regretting he could not; Franklin D. Roosevelt, President, about donation of his mother's books and memorabilia to Hunter College; Eleanor Roosevelt, about two houses Shuster wanted to buy from the Roosevelts, and social engagements; and Thornton Wilder, author, regarding his libretto for an opera with music being written by Louisa Talma, member of the Hunter faculty. Detailed information about each item included with collection.