Edward R. Rodriguez

Edward R. Rodriguez

Rod Rodriguez

Miami (Fla.)

Daytona Beach (Fla.)

A portrait of Edward "Rod" R. Rodriguez, which is housed at the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, located at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Florida. Rodriguez was the foster son of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955). He was also the second male to register at the school in 1923, when it merged with the Cookman Institute. While a student, he was a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Rodriguez later served as the first curator and director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, located on the Bethune-Cookman University campus. The foundation was established on March 17, 1953, as "a place to awaken people and to have them realize that there is something in the world they can do." The foundation is housed in the Mary McLeod Bethune Home, which is also known as "The Retreat."

Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographic print: Image 77, Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida.

ca. 1920-1955

Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographic print.

Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Daytona Beach, Florida.

Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation Collection, Daytona Beach Collection, Volusia County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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8 x 10 inch autographed black and white photographic print

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Still Image

Miami, Florida

Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida

Donation

History Teacher

Copyright to this resource is held by the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Cepero, Laura

Long, Nancy Ann Zrinyi. The Life and Legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune. Cocoa, Fla: Florida Historical Society Press, 2004.

To: Mother—
With love and appreciation
Rod

1 autographed black and white photographic print

8 x 10 inches