A finding aid is a guide to a particular archival collection. Archivists prepare these guides to help researchers navigate the contents of a unique set of primary sources like records, personal papers, or manuscripts.

FRANKLIN is a virtual research room and digital repository that provides free and open access to the digitized collections of the Roosevelt Library. It hosts over 800,000 pages of archival documents and 2,500 historical photographs, along with many detailed descriptions of archival collections not yet digitized.

Roosevelt era manuscript collections that are housed at other institutions. Collections include the personal and professional papers of Roosevelt Administration associates and many major players of the New Deal and World War II.