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Franklin Delano Roo&enrelt
COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Register of
Date!
HA
11/2/55
FRtifiOIH
(1882 - 194.5)
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Assistant Secretezy
of tha faqr* Governor of New Xortc Stetr^ President of the United States
for 4 terns (which included the banking holiday, the dWtlttitiea of gold
e.ad the Federal E©sei*re Acts? of 1933 and 1935)» WM tow»l in the
speeially b u i l t BooaeTelt Libr&r/ «t H^d© Pa sic, R» X* bj the viah of
Frssideat BooeeTelt* Host of taea reached the library i n 1947* Th#
eolleetioa includes book®| pictures &nd aemor^bllis as v e i l ss Albany end
Vhlte House papers and a v*et personal
Linear .feet of shelf space
Jtpproxisat© nymber of itenst
Papers that &re ojjea (about 85% of t&# eutir® oolltction) may
be us®d by qualified students seeking th«E for res«aroh
Literary rights shoiild be discussed vith the librarian i f any
from "thB papers i s contemplated*
Internal ffi«aorandt«i| 2/15/55$ of v i s i t to Library, vith attached
papers giving fiirther detaila*
Franklin
XX
Biograpaiotd Sote
1882,
Jen* 30
Bora, Hyde Park, ttev Xork
A#B«, Harvard University
1904-07
Coluabit? Law School
1905, Her, 17
Married tana lieanor Hooe«velt (5 cl\ildren)
1907
AdKittad to «• l9 bur
1907-10
?rf ctioed law with Carter, Ledy«rd & Milburn, N#I«
1910-13
1913-20
Senator, Kew lork
^creWty of Uie KbV>Ean oa De^ocr&Uo tickst for fiM Prd^ld«at of
U.S. (
law «it
1929-33
Governor of Sev lork State (2 terms)
1933-45
President of trie United 3tet«a (eiect®d 4 times)
1945* Apr. 12
Author of 3
Wal-aher Bomd? I9k6,
The, flapffr Wcarrior-^Ai.fred %P j
Govemment^liQ^ P o l i t i c s . 1932.
JUooking Forvfer^* 1933.
.
1928,
(Subject of auaeroua biographies &n& cora^enteries i^hich constitute ft
separate bibliography for students of the period.)
Seet Who Was Who in
1943*50, v o l . I I , Merquift
III
~ 3 Description of Series
(Partial]
17,000 bo^ka
Pfp&rs fro® Albany covering the period of governorship
Fapers relating to foreign rotations and national affairs
{1} Correspondence with ae&ds of foreign at&tess
(2) Correspondence- with iffieriean diplomato abroad
{3} Correspondence vith Department heads
9*000 folders of oorresi.or.dence vith prlvtt^ eitiaene,
by r»aeat subjf-rt India
(5) Hap Boom filer on Vorld ifer I I
Perk Idbirry alao ccntnins the papers of Roosevelt18
assistant, H^rry Hopkincj 9#^00 wXtaMi of "diirie^-^ of Henxy Morgenth&uj
papers of John Vlnnntj /j-basnedor to Greet Brltelni pepere of (Jharles
W. taussigf Herbert C. Pell, Senator Elbert D« Thomas, and ©there*
Seet
Paper by Herman Kahn, Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt library,
entitled "World War II and i t s Background* Research Materials
at the Franklin ft. Roosevelt Library and Policies Concerning
Their
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