Daisie Dodson Collection

Title

Daisie Dodson Collection

Creator

Dodson, Daisie

Identifier

MS000303

Date

Inclusive: 1918-1924; Bulk: 1924

Description

This collection contains newspaper clippings about Woodrow Wilson's death kept by Daisie Dodson as a teenager in Portsmouth, Virginia, in a touching effort to memorialize the dead president.
Daisie Dodson was 14 years old at the time of Wilson's death in 1924 and saved a collection of newspaper clippings related to his death and legacy from newspapers available in her home of Portsmouth, Virginia. These clippings record the immediate response to Wilson's death, from short notices about funeral arrangements and the statements of politicians and foreign leaders to long remembrances of Wilson's career and legacy, both praising and critical, and the circumstances of his death. The clippings continue through the funeral and other memorial services, although sometimes those stories compete for space with the ongoing investigation into the Teapot Dome Scandal. The collection also includes an Official Bulletin from 1919 on Wilson's speech to Congress about his plan for peace.

Source

Daisie Dodson

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Contributor

Brianna Eagle
Danna Faulds

Language

English

Collection Items

Daisie Dodson Scrapbook Finding Aid
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings.
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