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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library is a presidential library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. The Library houses the personal papers of the President and Eleanor Roosevelt created before, during and after the presidency, as well as the records and papers of other various organizations and individuals associated with Roosevelts.

See the publication, Historical Materials in the FDR Library for a complete and printable listing of all historical materials in the Roosevelt Archives, including manuscripts, federal records, microfilm, oral history transcripts, and more.

With a few exceptions, most official departmental and agency records are located in the National Archives in Washington, DC or College Park, MD. See also our listing of collections at other repositories.              

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Collections

Whenever possible, collection titles are linked to thier respective finding aids (as PDF). Links will be added to the list on a continuing basis. Visit Search Our Collections to begin your research using historical materials, or Contact the Archives for more information about any of the collections listed here.

The size of manuscript holdings is listed in linear feet, at about 2,000 pages per foot. Amounts of less than a linear foot are shown as "-1."

Creator Collection Title or Brief Description Date Ln.Ft.
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. FDR's Collection of Historical Manuscripts
Finding Aid
Index
1636-1935 3
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Collection of Hudson River Valley and Dutchess County, N.Y. Manuscripts 1540-1952 22
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Collection of Naval and Marine Manuscripts 1731-1942 36
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Copy of his "History of the Estate at Hyde Park" January 13, 1945 -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs 1882-1945 37
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as New York State Senator 1910-1913 14
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1913-1920 53
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Vice-Presidential Candidate 1920 11
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers, 1920-28 1920-1928 3
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers Pertaining to the Campaign of 1924   18
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers Pertaining to the Campaign of 1928   11
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Governor of New York 1929-1932 50
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Alphabetical File 1933-1945 54
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Official File (OF)
Collection Description
Numerical Index -- OF 1 - OF 2510
Numerical Index -- OF 2511 - OF 5709
Index to OF 200 - Trips of the President
Index to OF 300 - Democratic National Committee
Index to OF 400 - Appointments
1933-11945 1174
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, President's Personal File (PPF)
Collection Description
Numerical Index -- PPF 1 - PPF 4415
Numerical Index -- PPF 4416 - PPF 9125
Index to PPF 200 - Public Reaction Letters
Index to PPF 1820 - Speech Materials
1933-1945 608
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, President's Secretary's File 1933-1945 130
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Press Conferences 1933-1945 15
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Map Room File 1941-1945 81
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Master Speech File 1910-1945 35
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Bills "pocket-vetoed"   -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Executive Orders and Proclamations (reprints)   20
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Press Releases   6
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, 1943-45, copies of documents from the President's Secretary's File in the Harry S. Truman Library 1943-1945 -1

               

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Manuscript Collections [by alphabet] 

Whenever possible, collection titles are linked to thier respective finding aids (as PDF). Links will be added to the list on a continuing basis. Visit Search Our Collections to begin your research using historical materials, or Contact the Archives for more information about any of the collections listed here.

The size of manuscript holdings is listed in linear feet, at about 2,000 pages per foot. Amounts of less than a linear foot are shown as "-1."

Creator Collection Title or Brief Description Date Ln. Ft.
ABELOW, MIRIAM S. Roosevelt family friend: Letters of Earl Miller, a Roosevelt family friend 1943-1973 -1
ADAMS, HENRY H. Author: Manuscript of his biography of Harry L. Hopkins   -1
AITKEN, IRENE ROOSEVELT Wife of John Roosevelt – sale of Roosevelt Era artifacts at Christie’s, New York, February 2001. Preliminary catalogs and letters   -1
ALAN LANDSBURG PRODUCTIONS Television producer: Scripts for television series (16 shows) "Between the Wars"   -1
AMERICA SINCE HOOVER Copies of material from presidential libraries to illustrate prominent personalities, issues and events in recent American history 1929-1980 3
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND Copies of correspondence with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 1931-1962 -1
APPLEBY, PAUL Papers: Assistant to Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-40, and Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-44 1933-1950 1
ASTOR, VINCENT Friend of FDR: Copies of correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932-1944 -1
ATOMIC BOMB FILE Copies of documents from the papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry L. Hopkins and Alexander Sachs relating to the Manhattan Project   -1
BEAN, LOUIS H. Papers: Political pollster and Economic Advisor, Department of Agriculture, 1933-42 1923-1960 15
BELL, MINNEWA Papers: Wife (1951-60) of Elliott Roosevelt 1942-1962 -1
BELLUSH, BERNARD Historian, Papers relating to He Walked Alone: A Biography of John G. Winant   3
BERGE, ARNOLD Papers: Pewterer of Val-Kill Industries 1938-1942 -1
BERLE, ADOLF A. Papers: Assistant Secretary of State, 1938-44, and Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46 1912-1974 97
BIDDLE, FRANCIS Papers: Attorney General, 1941-45 1912-1967 11
BLACKBURN, KATHERINE C. Papers: With Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, 1933-41; Director, Office of Government Reports, 1941-42; and Chief, Bureau of Special Services: 1913-1946 -1
BLUM, JOHN MORTON Historian: Manuscript and notes for From the Morgenthau Diaries and Roosevelt and Morgenthau   5
BOARD OF INVESTIGATION AND RESEARCH Reports on domestic transportation 1944 2
BOETTIGER, JOHN Papers: Husband (1935-49) of Anna Roosevelt, publisher of Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1936-45; and editor and publisher of Arizona Times, 1947-48 1900-1950 14
BONBRIGHT, JAMES C. Professor, Columbia Univ.: Copies of papers 1929-1959 -1
BOWIE, Walter Russell Correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1931-1945 -1
BRADLEY, Harriet W. Correspondence with Sara and Eleanor Roosevelt 1937-1959 -1
BRAY, M. WILLIAM New York Democratic State Committee Chairman: Copies of papers 1928-1942 -1
BROWN, NELSON C. Papers: Professor of Forest Utilization, New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse, 1921-51 1930-1951 -1
BROWN, WILSON Papers: Naval Aide to the President, 1934-36 and 1943-45 1935-1955 -1
BRUENN, HOWARD Papers: Cardiologist and attending physician to President Roosevelt, 1944-45 1945-1946 -1
BURNS, JAMES MacGREGOR Historian: Manuscript of Roosevelt, the Soldier of Freedom   -1
BUTOW, ROBERT J.C. Historian: Papers relating to articles about FDR White House recordings, 1980-1988 -1
BYE, GEORGE Papers: Literary agent for Eleanor Roosevelt 1935-1945 -1
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM J. Illinois NYA State Director: Copies of correspondence 1937-1938 -1
CARMODY, JOHN M. Papers: Chief Engineer, Civil Works Administration, 1933-35, and Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, 1936-39 1900-1958 146
CARTER, GERTRUDE Papers: Friend of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 1932-1957 -1
CARTER, J. Franklin Interview relating to the “M” Project   -1
CARUSI, UGO Assistant to the Attorney General: Scrapbook re Italians in the United States 1942 -1
CHAMBRUN, RENÉ DE French diplomat: Copies of material relating to his visit to U.S., 1940-1986 -1
CHANLER, LEWIS S. Lt. Governor of New York, 1906: Clippings re his campaign for president, 1907 -1
CLEMENS, CYRIL Collection of material relating to Franklin D. Roosevelt   -1
COHEN, WILBUR J. Papers: With Social Security Administration, 1936-56 1941-1980 2
COLM, GERHARD Papers: Chief Fiscal Analyst and Assistant Chief, Fiscal Division, Bureau of the Budget, 1940-46 1937-1947 -1
COLVIN, FRED H. Papers: Special Advisor to the Secretary of War, 1914-18 1914-1918 -1
CONBOY, Martin United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York during The New Deal.  Diaries, Dec. 26, 1933 – June 25, 1935 1
CONNELL, RICHARD E. U.S. Representative from New York 1911-1192 -1
COOKE, MORRIS L. Papers: Administrator, Rural Electrification Administration, 1935-37, and Head, American Technical Mission to Brazil, 1942 1910-1959 124
COOLIDGE, T. JEFFERSON Papers: Under Secretary of Treasury, 1934-36 1934-1951 1
CORR, MAUREEN Papers: Secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt, 1953-62 1933-1962 2
CORRIGAN, FRANCIS P. Papers: Minister to El Salvador, 1934-37, and Panama, 1937-39, and Ambassador to Venezuela, 1939-45 1881-1961 26
COX, OSCAR Papers: Assistant Solicitor General, 1942-43, and General Counsel, Foreign Economic Administration, 1943-46 1933-1962 84
COY, WAYNE Papers: Special Assistant to the President, 1941-43, and Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1942-44 1934-1957 11
CROOKS, HELENE Papers: family friend 1921-1962 -1
CUDAHY, JOHN Served as American Ambassador to Poland, 1933-1937; Minister to Ireland, 1937-1939; Ambassador to Belgium and Minister to Luxembourg, 1939-1940. Copies of correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1940 -1
CUNEO, ERNEST Papers: Lawyer and Journalist 1930-1988 50
CURRIE, LAUCHLIN Administrative Assistant to the President: Copy of Report on Visit to China 1942 -1
DAVIS, JEROME Papers: Social reformer and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1940 1912-1965 11
DAVIS, WILLIAM RHODES Businessman: Copies of letters to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939 -1
DELANO FAMILY Papers  1833-1919 35
DELANO, FREDERIC A. Papers: Uncle of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and member and Chairman, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1924-42 1812-1959 8
DELANO, WARREN V Copies of letters: Cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt  1931-3194 -1
DELANO, WILLARD Papers: Cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1945 -1
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE  Papers, 1928-48 1928-1948 348
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WOMEN'S DIVISION, NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE  Papers, 1932-44 1932-1944 89
DEWSON, MARY W. Papers: Director, Women's Division, National Committee of the Democratic Party, 1932-34 1898-1961 10
DICKERMAN, MARION Papers: Friend of FDR and ER (Copies)  1918-1963 8
DIMOCK, MARSHALL E. Papers: Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1938-40 1936-1970 38
DOWS, OLIN Papers: Rhinebeck, N.Y., artist and author 1886-1986 5
DUTCHESS COUNTY Copies of materials regarding WPA   -1
EARHART, AMELIA Copies of material found in FDR Library   -1
EARLY, STEPHEN T. Papers: Secretary to the President, 1933-45 1919-1951 23
EIDLITZ, E.F. Cartoons and clippings   3
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT CENTENNIAL (1984) Papers 1962-1985 -1
ELECTION RETURNS, 1936, 1940, 1944    1936, 1940, 1944 -1
ELIOT, THOMAS HOPKINSON Papers: U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1941-43 1942 -1
ELLICKSON, KATHERINE POLLAK Papers: Executive Secretary of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-63 1961-1968 3
ELSEY, GEORGE M. Papers: Junior officer in Naval Intelligence assigned to the White House Map Room   1
EPSTEIN, MATTHEW M. Lawyer: Papers relating to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Home, 1939-44, 1953 -1
EVANS, JAMES C. Papers: Counselor, Department of Defense 1940-1972 -1
EZEKIEL, MORDECAI Papers: Economic Advisor to Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-44 1918-1975 19
FABER, DORIS Writer: Papers re The Life of Lorena Hickok   3
FABER, WILLIAM Construction of Top Cottage, Documents, photographs and clippings   -1
FAHEY, JOHN H. Papers: Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1933-50 1903-1950 7
FAHY, CHARLES Papers: Solicitor General, 1941-45 1933-1957 42
FAIRBANK, MILES H. Papers: Businessman 1934-78, re Puerto Rico -1
FALK, I. S. Milbank Memorial Fund: Copies of writings re Social Security 1934 -1
FDR and AGRICULTURE COLLECTION Transcriptions made by Library staff of important Documents in the President’s papers related to issues of agriculture and farming   3
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Papers: Investigation files on Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry L. Hopkins, Rexford G. Tugwell and Guiseppe Zangara’s assassination attempt 1933 -1
FERRIS, HELEN Papers: Editor in Chief, Junior Literary Guild, 1929-59 1944-1964 -1
FIELD, HENRY Papers: Anthropologist, and Director, "M Project," 1944-45 1941-1980 7
FIELD-BOWMAN REPORTS Ethnic and migration studies conducted as part of the World War II-era “M” Project led by Henry Field and Isaiah Bowman      15
FISCHER, LOUIS Papers: Author and historian 1938-1949 -1
FISHER, IRVING Papers: Professor of Political Economy, Yale University, 1898-1935 1933-1944 -1
FLOURNOY, H.C. Five form letters sent by the Democratic National Campaign Committee During the 1932 presidential campaign and one letter from Flournoy to Gov. Roosevelt   -1
FLYNN, EDWARD J. Papers: Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bronx County Democratic Committee, 1922-53, Democratic National Committeeman from New York, 1930-53, and Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-43 1913-1963 11
FORBUSH, GABRIELLE Papers: Secretary to Louis Howe, 1932-36, and Chief, Division of Correspondence, Treasury Department, 1936-45 1932-1967 -1
FOX, GEORGE A. Letters from naval officer Fox to his wife, 1934-1945. Fox was FDR’s massage therapist throughout the administration 1934-1945 -1
FRANK, OTTO Facsimiles of documents relate to the Frank Family located at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research   -1
FRANKFURTER, FELIX Supreme Court Justice: Copies of correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1929-1944 2
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY Collection of miscellaneous manuscripts too small to be named as collections   -1
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY, INC. Papers 1938-1947 21
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION Papers  1961-1962 -1
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL DEDICATION Letters to the Washington Post, 1997. Letters from the public to the newspaper providing reminiscences about FDR and the Roosevelt era. 1997 -1
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Papers 1943-1982 26
FREEDMAN, MAX Historian: Page proofs of Roosevelt and Frankfurter   -1
FREIDEL, FRANK Historian: Transcripts of interviews with 1913-1920 associates of Franklin D. Roosevelt, typescript of volumes I-IV of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and other materials   3
GASTON, HERBERT Papers: Assistant Secretary of Treasury, 1939-45 1933-1947 2
GELLMAN, BARBARA L. Papers relating to Irwin F. Gellman’s book,  Secret Affairs . 1933-1950 7
GILBERT, RICHARD V. Papers: Chief, Industrial Economic Division, Department of Commerce, 1939-40, and Economic Advisor, Office of Price Administration, 1941-45 1939-1948 8
GOOD NEIGHBOR LEAGUE Papers 1936-1939 22
GRAFF, ROBERT D. Television producer: Papers for television series (26 shows) "F.D.R."   2
GRANAT, JERRY Manuscript dealer: Roosevelt Family Papers, 1784-1978   -1
GRANT, CATHERINE DELANO Papers: Cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932-1945 -1
GRAY, DAVID Papers: Minister to Ireland, 1940-47 1855-1962 7
GRAYSON, ADM. CARY T. Copies of correspondence from FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt And other materials ca. 1933-1997 -1
GREENE, FREDERICK S. New York State Superintendent of Public Works: Copies of correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt 1928-1939 -1
GUREWITSCH, MR. AND MRS. A. DAVID Correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt, personal friends  1947-1962 -1
HACKETT, HENRY T. and JOHN Poughkeepsie, N.Y., lawyers for the Roosevelt family 1928-1939 21
HADASSAH Papers re Eleanor Roosevelt's visits to Israel 1952-1962 -1
HALL FAMILY Papers 1842-1930 -1
HALSTED, ANNA ROOSEVELT Papers: Daughter of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt 1886-1976 34
HARPER AND BROTHERS (and successors), Publishers: Material relating to books by and about the Roosevelt   -1
HASBROUCK, PAUL DeWITT Papers: Patient at Warm Springs 1922-1969 -1
HASSETT, WILLIAM D. Papers: Secretary to the President, 1944-45 1903-1965 15
HENDERSON, LEON Papers: Administrator, Office of Price Administration, 1941-42 1933-1955 23
HENDRICK, ELINOR S. and JAMES P. Papers: Friend and one-time secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt; her husband was a U.N. advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt 1947-1962 -1
HICKOK, LORENA Papers: Journalist and confidential aide to Harry Hopkins, 1933-36 1913-1962 8
HIGH, STANLEY Papers: President, Good Neighbor League, 1936-37 1935-1937 -1
HIGHT, ELIZABETH (MRS. JOHN) Papers: Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1941-1948 -1
HILL, WOLFRAM Correspondence relating to life in America during World War II   -1
HIRSCHMANN, IRA Special Representative of the War Refugee Board attached to U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, 1941-44. Papers relating to War Refugee Board 1941-1944 1
HOLOCAUST/REFUGEES Copies of documents from collections at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library   6
HOOVER, HERBERT Copies of materials relating to Pearl Harbor 1941, 1946 -1
HOPKINS, HARRY L. Papers: Administrator, Federal Emergency Relief Administration 1933-35, Works Progress Administration, 1935-38, Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40, and Advisor to the President, 1940-45 1928-1946 117
HORNER, CHARLES F. Papers: Executive Assistant to the Administrator, National Recovery Administration, 1933-35 1907-1966 -1
HOWARD, DAGGETT H. Material related to Howard’s appointment as assistant to Samuel I. Rosenman on 1945 Special Mission to Europe.   -1
HOWE, LOUIS M. Files: Chief Advisor to the President, 1933-36 1912-1936 42
HOWE, LOUIS M. Personal Papers 1889-1952 9
HOYT, MORGAN H. Typescript, “The Dutchess County Roosevelt.”   -1
HUDSON RIVER HERITAGE Historic American Buildings Survey materials on houses in the Hudson River Valley 1973-1981 -1
HUNTER, HOWARD Papers: Deputy Administrator, Works Progress Administration 1939-42 1939-4192 -1
HURJA, EMIL Papers: Executive Director, Democratic National Committee, 1932-37 1907-1952 73
IHLDER, JOHN Papers: Executive Officer, Alley Dwelling Authority, 1934-43, and National Capital Housing Authority, 1943-52
Ihlder Pamphlet Collection 
1894-1958 55
INAUGRUAL COMMITTEE Records of Inaugural Committees 1933-1945 -1
IVES, ERNEST L. Diary: American Consulate General, Algiers 1935-1936 -1
JACKSON, GARDNER Papers: With Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933, and Department of Agriculture, 1940-43 1912-1965 46
JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERMENT COLLECTION Selected documents related to Japanese-American internment from the collections of the Roosevelt Library   5
JOHNSON, HUGH S. Papers: Administrator, National Recovery Administration, 1933-34 1933-1942 3
JOHNSON, J. MONROE Papers: Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 1935-40, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, 1944-49, and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1940-56 1940-1955 8
JOHNSTONE, ANTHONY Former RAF pilot trained at Cochran Field in Georgia Who met FDR at Warm Springs, November 30, 1941   -1
JORDAN, OSCAR Copies of excerpts from his autobiography. Photographer.  1930-1950 -1
JOSEPH, NANNINE Papers: Literary agent for Eleanor Roosevelt 1931-1962 -1
KAHN, HERMAN Papers: Archivist, Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1949-61 1927-1974 1
KATTEN, JANET ROOSEVELT Correspondence, Niece of Eleanor Roosevelt 1955-60, 1968 -1
KELLER, HELEN Copies of correspondence with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 1929-1960 -1
KENNEDY, JOHN F. Copies of correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt 1958-1962 -1
KENT, TYLER Papers: Relating to Code Clerk, American Embassy, London 1938-1990 3
KLEEMAN, RITA HALLE Papers: Members, Writers War Board, 1941-45, and author of Gracious Lady 1854-1957 -1
KNOX, JACK Copies of political and sports cartoons 1932-1936 -1
KORN, BENNETT H. Papers related to Eleanor Roosevelt's television program, Prospects of Mankind 1960-1962 -1
KRANE, JAY Correspondence relating to his participation in an International Student Service Summer Training Institute on Campobello Island and related matters July-Aug. 1942 -1
KUPFERMAN, MEYER Musical score for his Symphony No. 10 "FDR" -1  
LAPE, ESTHER E. Papers: Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1920-1978 3
LASH, JOSEPH Papers: Historian and friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1934-1978 29
LASKER, MARY Letters from Eleanor Roosevelt. Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. 1945-1962 -1
LEE, MORDECAI Research files related to the Office of Government Reports and National Emergency Council   2
LEIB, JOSEPH Correspondence   -1
LELAND, WALDO G. Papers: Archivist and historian 1938-1952 -1
LÉON, RENÉ Papers: Securities Expert 1914-1962 -1
LEVY, WILLIAM TURNER Correspondence with Mrs. Roosevelt: Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1928, 1952-1962 -1
LIVINGSTON FAMILY PAPERS Copies of documents not found on microfilm   -1
LIVINGSTON FAMILY PAPERS IN DUTCH Translations by A.P.G. Jos van der Linde    
LIVINGSTON, JOHN HENRY Correspondence 1910-1937 -1
LORENTZ, PARE Papers: Known as “FDR’s filmmaker,” papers related to his career and to his FDR Day by Day Project   25
LUBIN, ISADOR Papers: Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1933-46, and Special Statistical Assistant to the President, 1941-45 1917-1978 100
LYON, CECIL ANDREW Correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt and members of his administration   -1
McCREA, JOHN L. Naval Aide to the President, 1942-43: Draft of memoirs   -1
McGEHEE, A. J. Account of Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral at Hyde Park   -1
McINTIRE, ROSS T. Papers: White House Physician, 1933-45, and Surgeon General of the Navy, 1938-45 1917-1960 11
McREYNOLDS, WILLIAM H. Papers: Administrative Assistant to the President, 1939-45 1939-1946 9
MACGREGOR, FRANCES COOKE Anthropologist and sociologist, correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt relating to publication of This Is America   -1
MAHONEY, TOM Journalist: Papers relating to cartoonist Jay N. "Ding" Darling, 1906-60   2
MARCLEY, GEORGE C. Papers: Member, New York Public Service Commission 1930-1931 -1
MARKS, HERBERT S. Papers: Assistant General Counsel, Office of Production Management and War Production Board, 1941-45 1933-1946 21
MARSHALL, ROBERT Papers: Director of Forestry, Office of Indian Affairs, 1933-36 1933 -1
MARVIN, LANGDON P. Papers: Law partner of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1911-24 1919-1944 -1
MAURITSON, FREDERICK C. Radioman during President Roosevelt’s trip aboard the USS Ellis in 1933. Photocopies of radio messages   -1
MEANS, GARDINER C. Papers: Economist, Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture, 1933-34; Director, Industrial Section, National Resources Committee, 1935-39, Fiscal Analyst, Bureau of the Budget, 1940-42, and member of the Committee for Economic Development, 1940-55 1922, 1930-1987 56
MELLETT, LOWELL Papers: Administrative Assistant to the President, 1940-44 1938-1944 9
MOORE, R. WALTON Papers: Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-37, and Counselor of the Department of State, 1937-41 1922-1941 13
MORGENTHAU, HENRY, JR. Papers: Under Secretary, 1933-34, and Secretary of Treasury, 1934-45 1866-1960 510
MORGENTHAU, HENRY, III Papers: Television producer, series, Eleanor Roosevelt: Prospects of Mankind 1959-1962 2
MORGENTHAU, MENGO L. Two cash account books 1873-1874 -1
MRS. ROOSEVELT'S PRESS CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION Papers  1942-45 2
MUNOZ MARIN, LUIS Correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Luis Munoz Marin of Puerto Rico 1940-1944 -1
MURPHY, FRANKLIN W. Papers: Lawyer and farm expert 1920, 1936 -1
MURRAY, PAULI Papers: Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1939-62 -1
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK Insurance policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1897, 1930 -1
MYLOD, PHILIP A. Papers: Chairman, Dutchess County, N.Y., Democratic Party, 1929-33 1910-1952 -1
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENT VOTERS FOR ROOSEVELT AND WALLACE Papers 1940 16
NEW DEAL DINNERS Material relating to invitations to and programming for the dinners 1977-1978 -1
O'CONNOR, BASIL Papers: Law partner of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1925-33 1928-1947 33
O'CONNOR AND FARBER Papers: Law firm, relating to the estate of Franklin D. Roosevelt 1941-1992 19
ODEGARD, PETER H. Papers: Consulting Expert, 1941-42, and Assistant to Secretary of Treasury, 1942-45 1941-1961 14
OGG, ROBERT D. Electronics Expert, 12th Naval District: Copy of NSA Interview re Pearl Harbor 1983 -1
OLDS, LELAND Papers: Chairman, Federal Power Commission, 1939-49 1848-1960 132
OSTRANDER, F. TAYLOR Papers: economist and expert on international trade and monetary policy    
PADOVER, SAUL K. Papers: Assistant to Secretary of the Interior, 1938-43 1942 -1
PALMER, CHARLES F. Papers: Special Assistant to the President, January-August 1943 1943 -1
PARADIS, DON V. U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant during World War I. Oral history transcript, photographs and memorabilia   -1
PARK, MARLENE and GERALD MARKOWITZ Research files by these authors for   their works on New Deal art projects   13
PASQUESI, SANTE Correspondence relating to life in America during World War II   -1
PEABODY, ENDICOTT Headmaster, Groton School: Copies of correspondence with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt 1894-1949 -1
PEARL HARBOR ATTACK COLLECTION Selected documents related to the three days immediately surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor  Dec 6-8, 1941  
PELL, HERBERT CLAIBORNE Papers: Minister to Portugal, 1937-41; Minister to Hungary, 1941; American member of U.N. Commission to Investigate War Crimes 1905-1963 25
PELLERIN, FABIENNE Papers: Servant of the Roosevelt family 1931-1946 -1
PERKINS, EDWARD E. Papers: Chairman, Dutchess County, N.Y., Democratic Party, 1933-44 1910-1944 -1
PERKINS, FRANCES Papers: Secretary of Labor, 1933-45 1932-1944 -1
PLAUT, ED Material relating to 1932 flight to Chicago by Franklin D. Roosevelt   -1
PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY BALL COMMISSION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS RESEARCH Papers 1934-1937 -1
PULLMAN NEWS Issues of the PULLMAN NEWS magazine with index April 1944-April 1948 -1
RANKIN, ROBERT B. Material relating to his activities as member of the Fort Benning Military police Detachment Honor Guard that place FDR’s casket in rear Pullman of Special Train at Warm Springs, April 13, 1945   -1
REPUBLICAN PARTY, RESEARCH DIVISION, NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE Papers 1929-1948 21
RHINEBECK POST OFFICE Copies of correspondence regarding 1937-1938 -1
RICE, STUART Member, Executive Committee, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Inc.: Copies of material re the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Inc. 1938-1942 -1
RICHARDS, AUGUSTUS L. Papers: New York, N.Y. lawyer 1941-1944 -1
RIGDON, WILLIAM Papers: Assistant to the President's Naval Aide, 1943-45 1943-1945 -1
ROBBINS, HARDIE Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt: Copies of correspondence with Eleanor Roosevelt 1943-1958 -1
ROGERS, GUSTAVUS Papers: New York, N.Y. lawyer 1913-1945 -1
ROLLINS, ALFRED B., JR. Historian: Papers relating to Louis M. Howe, and the book, Roosevelt and Howe 1841-1962 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Correspondence re radio show 1937 and 1940 2
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Papers
Collection Description
Box/Folder List -- 1884-1962
Box/Folder List -- UN Materials and Topical Files
1884-1964 1330
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Correspondence with family and descendants of Louis M. Howe, c. 1933-1958 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Correspondence with John A. and Anne Roosevelt 1947-1960 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR "My Day" columns   -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Correspondence with Hikonelsuke Sano c. 1954-1961 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Copies of correspondence with David Stephens in the Historical Society of Delaware 1935-1961 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Script of NBC television presentation “A Woman’s Story” with segment on Mrs. Roosevelt. Program aired January 6, 1957   -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Reminiscences about her life with the Hall family. Transcript of recording made by George Roach, 1962 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR Speech delivered to the Political Institute sponsored by the New York State Young Democrats, Syracuse University June 15, 1958 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN D. Addresses relating to   -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN D. Autographs 1900-1966 -1
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN D. Reminiscences by Contemporaries 1934-1973 -1
ROOSEVELT, CURTIS Papers: Eldest grandson of FDR and ER, and son of Anna Roosevelt and Curtis B. Dall 1951-1981 5
ROOSEVELT, DOROTHY K. Papers: Second wife of G. Hall Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt's brother 1926-1962 -1
ROOSEVELT, ELLIOTT ER, FDR and SDR correspondence with Elliott and Ruth Googins Roosevelt/Eidson   -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. FDR's Collection of Historical Manuscripts
Finding Aid
Index
1636-1935 3
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Collection of Hudson River Valley and Dutchess County, N.Y., Manuscripts 1540-1952 22
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Collection of Naval and Marine Manuscripts 1731-1942 36
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Copy of his "History of the Estate at Hyde Park" January 13, 1945 -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs 1882-1945 37
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as New York State Senator 1910-1913 14
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1913-1920 53
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Vice-Presidential Candidate 1920 11
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers, 1920-28 1920-1928 3
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers pertaining to the campaign of 1924   18
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers pertaining to the Campaign of 1928   11
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as Governor of New York 1929-1932 50
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Alphabetical File 1933-1945 54
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.   Papers as President, Official File (OF):
Collection Description 
Numerical Index -- OF 1 - OF 2510
Numerical Index -- OF 2511 - OF 5709
Large Files:
Index to OF 200 - Trips of the President
Index to OF 300 - Democratic National Committee
Index to OF 400 - Appointments
1933-1945 1174
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, President's Personal File(PPF):
Collection Description
Numerical Index -- PPF 1 - PPF 4415
Numerical Index -- PPF 4416 - PPF 9125
Large Files: 
Index to PPF 200 - Public Reaction Letters
Index to PPF 1820 - Speech Materials
1933-1945 608
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, President's Secretary's File 1933-4195 130
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Press Conferences 1933-1945 15
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Map Room Papers 1941-4195 81
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Master Speech File  1910-1945  35 
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Bills “pocket-vetoed"   -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Executive Orders and   Proclamations (reprints)   20
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, Press Releases   6
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Papers as President, 1943-45, copies of documents from the President's Secretary's File in the Harry S. Truman Library 1943-1945 -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D., JR. Papers: Son of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. Representative from New York, 1949-55; and Under Secretary of Commerce, 1963-65 1940-1982 202
ROOSEVELT, JAMES Papers: Son of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; Secretary to the President, 1937-38; U.S. Representative from California, 1955-65; and U.S. Representative to UNESCO, 1965-66 Papers, 1886-1967 212
ROOSEVELT, JOHN Papers: Son of President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt; employee of Bache and Company 1922-1981 18
ROOSEVELT, KERMIT and BELLE Papers: Cousin of Eleanor Roosevelt and son of Theodore Roosevelt 1928-1962 -1
ROOSEVELT BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE Papers 1931-1932 2
ROOSEVELT FAMILY Papers: 1469-1962 1469-1962 46
ROOSEVELT FAMILY Papers accumulated by George Roach for an edition of the diary of Rebecca Howland Roosevelt   -1
ROOSEVELT FAMILY Papers donated by the Children of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt 1686-1959 19
ROOSEVELT FAMILY Papers donated by Jerry Granat to the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute 1784-1978 -1
ROOSEVELT FAMILY Papers relating to Masonic activities November 7, 1935 -1
ROOSEVELT HOME CLUB Papers: Non-partisan organization founded to support Franklin D. Roosevelt 1929-1975 1
ROOSEVELT WARM SPRINGS FOUNDATION Minute Books of the Board of Trustees 1927-1986 3
ROSENMAN, SAMUEL I. Papers: Counsel to Governor Roosevelt, 1929-32; Justice, New York Supreme Court, 1933-43, and Special Counsel to the President, 1943-46 1928-1972 34
ROSS, MALCOLM Papers: Member and Chairman of the Fair Employment Practices Committee    
ROVERE, RICHARD Papers: Historian, material relating to Jerome N. Frank 1932, 1946-47 -1
ROWE, JAMES, JR. Papers: Administrative Assistant to the President 1924-1983 55
RUBENSTEIN, ERICA Papers  1945-1962 -1
SACHS, ALEXANDER Papers: Economist, Chief of the Economic Research Division of the NRA; member of the National Policy Committee, 1936, and Economic Advisor to the Petroleum Industry War Council 1874-1973 168
SCHARY, DORE Motion picture producer: Material relating to "Sunrise at Campobello"   -1
SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR M., JR. Historian, Manuscript of The Age of Roosevelt   -1
SCHNEIDER, FRED C., JR. Papers: Soldier in the 240th Military Police Battalion stationed at Hyde Park. Includes correspondence, soldier V-mail, printed materials, photographs, memorabilia and scrapbooks   -1
SCHULER, FRANK and OLIVE Material relating to events that occurred in the Department of State’s Division of Far Eastern Affairs and the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1941 1941 1.5
SCHWARTZ, ABBA P. Papers: Friend of Eleanor Roosevelt 1954, 1958-1960 -1
SHALETT, SIDNEY Material for the book, co-authored with James Roosevelt, Affectionately, FDR   2
SHEPARDSON, WHITNEY HART Papers: Special Assistant to the Ambassador to Great Britain, 1942 1910-1966 4
SHOUMATOFF, ELIZABETH Papers: Artist, FDR’s “Unfinished Portrait” 1945-1994 -1
SIMON, LOUIS A. Papers: Supervisory architect, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1939-41 1939-1953 -1
SMITH, FREDERIC A. Dutchess County resident: Papers relating to the proposed United Nations headquarters site at Hyde Park, New York 1945-1946 -1
SMITH, HAROLD D. Papers: Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1939-46 1939-4196 5
SMITH, HILDA Papers: Director, Workers' Service Program, Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Works Progress Administration, 1933-43 1884-1972 17
SPRINGARN, STEPHEN J. Copies of memorandums and correspondence relating to Democratic Party office holders   -1
STEEHOLM, HARDY Papers: Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1940 1940-1950 3
STERN, J. DAVID Copies of letters from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, 1932-1962 -1
STILES, LELA MAE Papers: White House assistant 1914-1980 12
STILLMAN, JOHN S. logbooks from his naval duty during World War II   -1
STORM, FREDERICK A. Papers: United Press White House Correspondent, 1933-42 1933-1972 -1
STRAUS, NATHAN, JR. Papers: Administrator, U.S. Housing Authority, 1937-42 1919-1961 15
SUCKLEY, MARGARET L. Archivist: Papers relating to Roosevelt Library 1941-6192 1
TABER, FREDERIC H. Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation   -1
TAUSSIG, CHARLES W. Papers: Chairman, National Advisory Committee, National Youth Administration, 1935-43, and Chairman, U.S. Section, Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, 1942 1928-1948 56
TAYLOR, MYRON C. Papers: Vice-Chairman, Intergovernmental Committee on Political Refugees, 1938-52, and President's Special Envoy to Pope Pius XII, 1940 1933-1952 10
TERRY, FRANK Assistant to the President’s Naval Aide. Two stenographic notebooks containing shorthand notes of the Casablanca Conference 1943 -1
THOMPSON, C. MILDRED Dean of Vassar College, 1928-48 1928-1962 -1
THORNTON, THOMAS A. Chairman, Joint Intelligence Collection Agency, Middle East: Papers relating to JICA 1943-1947 -1
TOLAND, JOHN Historian: Correspondence and other materials relating to his books, The Rising Sun, Adolf Hitler, No Man's Land, Infamy, and In Mortal Combat 1949-1991 64
TOTTEN, CHRISTINE M. Papers: unedited manuscript of biography of Sara Delano Roosevelt (restricted)   -1
TUCKER, ELIZABETH ANN Papers relating to her position as director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Show 1950-1951 -1
TUGWELL, REXFORD G. Papers: Assistant, 1933-34, and Under Secretary of Agriculture 1934-37, and Governor of Puerto Rico, 1941-46 1911-1979 50
 TULLY, GRACE
*digitized in full
Papers: Personal Secretary to FDR    6.5 cu.ft.
VANDERHOOF, FRANK E. Correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Louis Howe concerning relief 1929-1933 -1
WALLACE, HENRY A. Papers: Vice President of the United States, 1941-45 1941-1945 41
WALLACE, HENRY A. Correspondence with Charles and Juanita Roos 1931-1950 -1
WARE, CAROLINE Papers: Consumers affairs advisor and official with the NRA, the National Emergency Council, the National Resources Committee, the National Defense Advisory Committee, and the Office of Price Administration 1921-1984 72
WARREN, WILLIAM FLETCHER Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State, 1940-45: Copies of correspondence with Adolf A. Berle 1941-1956 -1
WEHLE, LOUIS B. Papers: Counsel, U.S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, 1917-19, and Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1944-45 1877-1958 41
WELCH, FAY Papers: Professor of Forestry, New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse 1940 -1
WELLES, SUMNER Papers: Career diplomat with State Department, Secretary of Embassy in Tokyo, 1915-17; Assistant Chief, Latin American Affairs Division, 1920-21; Commissioner to the Dominican Republic, 1922-25; Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-37; Ambassador to Cuba, 1933; Under Secretary of State, 1937-43 1918-1950 100
WHITE HOUSE FILES Sample letters for routine replies -1  
WHITE HOUSE POLICE LOGS Logbooks 1933-1945 1
WICKARD, CLAUDE R. Papers: Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45 1903-1967 40
WILEY, JOHN COOPER Papers: Foreign Service Officer and Minister to Estonia and Latvia, 1938-40 1898-1967 6
WILLIAMS, AUBREY W. Papers: Executive Director, National Youth Administration, 1935-43 1930-1959 23
WILLIAMS, CHARL O. Papers: Educator 1940-1946 -1
WILSON, FRANK R. Papers: Rector of St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, N.Y. 1929-1951 -1
WILSON, M. L. Professor of Agriculture, Montana State College: Memorandums on Agriculture 1932 -1
WILTWYCK SCHOOL Papers 1962 -1
WINANT, JOHN G. Papers: Ambassador to Great Britain, 1941-46 1916-47 110
WINANT, JOHN G. Papers: International Labor Office  1932-1947, 1916-47 1
WORLD WAR II MUNITIONS REPORTS, 1941-43     2
WORLD WAR II Messages from the Pacific Theater, most relate to the surrender of Japan And the end of the war in the Pacific December 1941 – August 1945 -1
WORLD WAR II Papers presented at the Second Soviet-American Relations During World War II Symposium, Hyde Park, New York October 1987 -1
WOTKYNS, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Papers: Niece of Eleanor Roosevelt 1940, 1947-62 -1

See also: FDR Library Printed Materials Collection

Federal Records at the FDR Library

The size of record holdings is listed in linear feet, at about 2,000 pages per foot. Amounts of less than a linear foot are shown as "-1."

 Creator  Collection Title or Brief Description  Date Ln. Ft. 
AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION MISSION IN CHINA  Records 1944-1945  17 
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, ADVISORY COMMISSION   Records 1940-1941  14 
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. Copies of WPA materials concerning (from Records of the Works Progress Administration; Record Group 69)   -1
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LIBRARY  Copy of File 048-91 relating to historical materials in (from Records of the National Archives and Records Service; Record Group 64)  1941-1948  -1
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE  Records  1933-1945  1
JOINT WAR AID COMMITTEE, US - CANADA  Records  1943-1945  -1
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT  Records  1936-1939  13
PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION  Records  1936-1939 12
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON AN INQUIRY ON COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISE IN EUROPE  Records  1936-1937
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE IMPROVEMENT  Records  1939-1948  28
PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON PORTAL TO PORTAL TRAVEL TIME  Records  1943-1944  5
PRESIDENT'S INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE HEALTH AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES  Records  1935-1941  19
PRESIDENT'S SOVIET PROTOCOL COMMITTEE  Records  1941-1945  12
PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE RUBBER SITUATION  Records  1942  7
RHINEBECK, N.Y. POST OFFICE  Copies of correspondence (from Records of the Public Buildings Service; Record Group 121)  1937-1938  -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.  Copies of correspondence as Assistant Secretary of the Navy (from Record Group 80, the Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and other record groups)  1913-1921  -1
ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.  Copies of correspondence with Winston S. Churchill (from the Records of the Department of State; Record Group 59)  1939-1942  -1
SECRET SERVICE  Records pertaining to the safety of the President  1933-1945  124
SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF  Records  1933-1945  116
STATE, DEPARTMENT OF  Records pertaining to foreign gift items  1937-1945  40
UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE  Records pertaining to President's pay  1933-1945  2
WAR REFUGEE BOARD  Records  1944-1945  46
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING Records 1923-1947  30