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U.S. Presidents: Roosevelt

Selected Roosevelt Records in ARC

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's Letters to His Parents, James and Sara Roosevelt, 1887
    1 document, Franklin D. Roosevelt drawing of a ship, dated 1887 has been digitized from this series. This series is part of the Roosevelt Family papers donated by the Children Collection, date 1686-1959. These materials are held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the 1 digitized document:

    1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
    2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    3. Enter Roosevelt drawing of a ship in the Keywords box.
    4. Select the limit hits radio button for 100.
    5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    6. Press the Go button.
    7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 198134, Title: "Franklin D. Roosevelt drawing of a ship, 1887"

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  • Papers as President, Press Conferences, 1933 - 1945
    21 multi-page transcripts have been digitized from this series. This series is part of the President's Personal File collection which was set up to contain correspondence concerning matters in which the president took a personal interest. It includes 9,125 files. These files vary in size according to subject matter and include incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, printed material, and newspaper clippings; partial records of telephone calls kept by the president's personal secretary; diaries and itineraries compiled by the appointments secretary; transcripts of Roosevelt's press conferences prepared by the Office of the Press Secretary; and a master file of speeches given by the president (PPF1820). These transcripts are held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the 21 multi-page digitized transcripts:

    1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
    2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    3. Enter Press Conference and Roosevelt in the Keywords box.
    4. Select the limit hits radio button for 100.
    5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    6. Select the Location filter for Franklin D. Roosevelt Library .
    7. Press the Go button.
    8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 198099, Title: "The First Press Conference of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 03/08/1933"

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Transcripts of White House office conversations, 1940
    The multi-page transcript has been digitized. It is a transcript made from "secret" wire recordings of conversations which took place in FDR's White House during the third term campaign. Conversations include comments from or about Sam Rayburn, Cordell Hull, Wendell Wilkie, Frank Hague, Steve Early, Herbert Lehman, A. Philip Randolph, Frank Knox, Lowell Mellet, Japan, segregation in the U.S. Navy.  This transcript is held by the Franklin Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the multi-page digitized transcript:

    1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
    2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    3. Enter Transcript of White House Office Conversations in the Keywords box.
    4. Select the limit hits radio button for 100.
    5. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    6. Press the Go button.
    7. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 194775, Title: "Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Transcript of White House Office Conversations, 1940, 08/22/1940 - 10/10/1940"

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs
    1,996 photographs of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Roosevelt Administration have been digitized. These photographs are maintained by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the 1996 digitized photographs:

    1. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    2. Select the Advanced search.
    3. Scroll down to the Collection Identifier lookup filter. Press the lookup button.
    4. Enter the exact phrase {FDR-PHOCO} in the Keywords box.
    5. Press the Go button. The title of the Collections will display.
    6. Paste the collections into the advanced screen by pressing the All button. ARC will take you back to the Advanced Search Screen, with "FDR-PHOCO" now pasted in the Collection Identifier(s) box.
    7. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    8. Select the limit results radio button for 2000.
    9. Press the Go button. The result page will tell you 1,996 hit(s) were retrieved with filters applied.
    10. Press the Display all Hits button.
    11. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 196710, Title: "Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York, 1922"

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  • Speeches of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 - 1945
    819 items have been digitized from this series. This series consists of speech materials and suggestions, carbons of speeches, shorthand notes of conferences 1941-1945, shorthand notes of speeches 1943-1945, and 4 folders of quotations. The Documents come from the First Carbon, PPF 207 (Kennedy, Joseph P.), and the PPF 200: Public Reaction Correspondence files. The First Carbon file consists of carbons of speeches, including the "Fireside Chats." The PPF 207 files relate to Joseph Kennedy and the PPF 200 related to Public Reaction correspondence. These materials are held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the 819 digitized documents:

    1. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    2. Select the Advanced search.
    3. Scroll down to the Collection Identifier lookup filter. Press the lookup button.
    4. Enter the exact phrase {FDR-PPF} in the Keywords box.
    5. Press the Go button. The title of the Collections will display.
    6. Paste the collections into the advanced screen by pressing the All button. ARC will take you back to the Advanced Search Screen, with "FDR-PPF" now pasted in the Collection Identifier(s) box.
    7. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    8. Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
    9. Press the Go button. The result page will tell you 796 hit(s) were retrieved with filters applied.
    10. Press the Display all Hits button.
    11. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 197303, Title: "Fireside Chat Outlining the New Deal, 05/07/1933", Local Identifier: NLR-PPF-1820-1STCARBON-FC2

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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Papers as President - President's Secretary's File (PSF), 1933 - 1945
    3 documents have been digitized from this collection. 2 come from the Poland file of the PSF: Diplomatic Correspondence series. The other comes from the Roosevelt, Franklin D file from the PSF: Subject File series. These materials are held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (Hyde Park, NY).

    Search Hint: To retrieve the 3 digitized documents:

    1. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
    2. Select the Advanced search.
    3. Scroll down to the Collection Identifier lookup filter. Press the lookup button.
    4. Enter the exact phrase {FDR-PSF} in the Keywords box.
    5. Press the Go button. The title of the Collections will display.
    6. Paste the collections into the advanced screen by pressing the All button. ARC will take you back to the Advanced Search Screen, with "FDR-PSF" now pasted in the Collection Identifier(s) box.
    7. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
    8. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
    9. Press the Go button. The result page will tell you 3 hit(s) were retrieved with filters applied.
    10. Press the Display all Hits button.
    11. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

    From the Collection:

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    ARC Identifier: 198127, Title: "Franklin D. Roosevelt bedside note on the invasion of Poland by the Nazis, 09/01/1939"

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