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F r a n k l i n Delano R o o s e v e l t COMMITTEE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Register of Papers I Processed: MA Date: 11/2/55 FRADtKLIM DELAlMQ ROOSEVELT (1882 - 1945) The papers of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor offlewYork State, President of the United States for U terms (which included the banking holiday, the devaluation of gold and the Federal Reserve Acts of 1933 and 1935)> are housed in the specially built Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, N. Y. by the wish of President Roosevelt, Most of them reached the library in 194-7* The collection includes books, pictures and memorabilia as well as Albany and White House papers and a vast personal correspondence. Linear feet of shelf space occupied: Approximate number of items: Papers that are open (about 85% of the entire collection) may be used by qualified students seeking them for research purposes. Literary rights should be discussed with the librarian if any quotation from the papers is contemplated. See: Internal memorandum, 2/15/55* of visit to Library, with attached papers giving further details. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 2 Biographical Wote 1882, Jan. 30 Born, Hyde Park, New York 190-4 A.B., Harvard University- 1904-07 Columbia Law School 1905, Mar. 17 Married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (5 children) 1907 Admitted to N. Y. bar 1907-10 Practiced law with Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, w.Y, 1910-13 State Senator, Wew York 1913-20 Assistant Secretary of the Wavy 1920 Ran on Democratic ticket for Vice President of U.S. (defeated) 192^-29 Practiced law with Roosevelt and O'Connor 1929-33 Governor of New York State (2 terms) 1933-45 President of the United States (elected 4 times) 1945, Apr. 12 Died Author of: Whither Bound? 1926. The Happy Varrior—Alfred J^ Smith. 1928. Government—Not Politics. 1932. Looking Forward. 1933• On Our Way. 1934. (Subject of numerous biographies and commentaries which constitute a separate bibliography for students of the period.) See: Who Was Who in America, 1943-50, vol.11, Marquis Franklin Delano Roosevelt III - 3 Description of Series (Partial) 17,000 books Papers from Albany covering the period of governorship Papers relating to foreign relations and national affsirs (1) Correspondence with heads of foreign states (2) Correspondence with American diplomats abroad (3) Correspondence with Department heads (A) 9,000 folders of correspondence with private citizens, accompanied by recent subject index (5) Map Room files on World War II Hyde Park Library also contains the papers of Roosevelt1s assistant, Harry Hopkins5 9,000 volumes of "diaries" of Henry Morgenthau; papers of John Winant, Ambassador to Great Britain; papers of Charles W. Taussig, Herbert C. Pell, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, and others* See: Paper by Herman Kahn, Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, entitled "World War II and its Background. Research Materials at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Policies Concerning Their Use."
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