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Five TLSs signed "D.E." or "D.D.E.," each one page, 7 x 10.25, personal letterhead, dated 1963–1967. Eisenhower writes to Brig. General and Mrs. Robert L. Schulz, mostly expressing thanks for various gifts: "the elaborate sample of Indian wood carving"; his favorite hard candy ("I must ask him how many grams of carbohydrates are in each piece!"); an "'on the rocks' glass"; and a towel rack: "I had no sooner opened the package when Sgt. Moaney blurted out with the statement, 'I know the exact spot in the kitchen where we must put it.' So, you can see that the household considers your present just as useful as it is ornamental."
In another letter, he congratulates Dottie on her birthday: "The fact that you are adding another year to your age astonished me because each time I have the good fortune of seeing you it appears to me that you are getting younger. But then you lovely young 'gals' have a way of surprising the menfolk. In overall very fine condition. Accompanied by all five original envelopes.
Originates from the family collection of Brig. General Robert L. Schulz, the longtime aide to Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Born in 1907, Robert L. Schulz attended the Academy of Advanced Traffic in New York and entered the field of traffic management in the mid-1930s. At the beginning of World War II in 1942, he was commissioned a captain in the Office of the Chief of Transportation, assigned to the Traffic Control Division. He began arranging transportation for General Dwight D. Eisenhower as early as 1945 and was appointed as Ike's aide-de-camp in 1947. His duties included arranging transportation and handling personal business matters for Eisenhower and his family, acting as a gatekeeper and discreet channel of communication for the general's family and close friends.
As a five-star general, Eisenhower was entitled to keep his aide, and Schulz remained with him when he became president of Columbia University in 1948 and when he took command of NATO forces in Europe in 1950. Schulz then served as a military aide to President Eisenhower for the duration of his term in the White House, from 1953 to 1961. During this time, in addition to accompanying the president nearly everywhere he went, Schulz represented Eisenhower at ceremonies, arranged foreign trips, and spoke to reporters during his illnesses. When President Eisenhower left office, Schulz became his executive assistant, and in 1969 he was appointed by President Nixon as Special Assistant to the President for Liaison with Former Presidents. For more than twenty years, Brigadier General Robert L. Schulz served by the side of Dwight D. Eisenhower, allowing incredible access to one of the towering figures of the American 20th century.
