Darian Rivera I can remember it like it was yesterday. Flop! The atlas-sized exam hit the rickety student desk in front of me. I was a deer in headlights. A year’s worth of notes had been erased completely from my memory. How could this happen? American history had been my best subject all year and … Continue reading Staff Perspectives
"To Capture a Great Dream Before it Dies" Historians often speculate what FDR would have done after the presidency had he lived. Would he write his memoirs? Would he run the United Nations? Recently, one of our archivists came across this exchange of letters between Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish and FDR that sheds some … Continue reading Found in the Archives
Mary Jikhars I am one of the most recent additions to the staff of the FDR Library, having started work as the assistant to Director Lynn Bassanese in May, 2011. After graduating with a B.A. degree in English Lit from Marist College in 1998, I enlisted in the U.S. Army to become a Linguist (98G) … Continue reading Staff Perspectives
To prepare the lower levels of the historic Library building for the next phase of renovation the Museum staff is moving all 35,000 artifacts to the attic floor. ARTEX Fine Art Services is assisting the staff with the move. The massive museum collection—including campaign memorabilia, ship models and naval prints, clothing and presidential gifts—will be … Continue reading Renovation Update
As we're nearing the last days of January the National Archives staff -- along with our friends at the National Park Service -- prepares to celebrate Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday on January 30th. At 3:00 p.m. the National Park Service will hold a Rose Garden Ceremony and, following the ceremony, the FDR Presidential Library will … Continue reading Public Programs News & Events
Renovation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum began on May 27, 2010 as Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management, LLC , Pleasant Valley, NY was given the notice to proceed on the first phase of a three year project with a budget of $35 million in federal funding. The project is designed by the … Continue reading Renovation Update
Happy 70th Birthday, FDR Library!!!!! On June 30, 1941, President Roosevelt stood in the courtyard of his presidential library and opened it to the public for the first time. Among the guests in the courtyard were his mother Sara Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and members of the Norwegian Royal Family who had fled to America … Continue reading Found in the Archives: Happy Birthday FDR Library!
November 19, 1939: FDR addresses the crowd at the laying of the cornerstone of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, NY.
Sunday, October 24, 2010 1935 AND THE ENDURING NEW DEAL: The Works Progress Administration and the Rural Electrification Administration Location: Henry A. Wallace Center Time: 2:00 p.m. In honor of the 75th anniversary of the enactment of the Social Security Act, the Works Progress Administration, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Rural Electrification Administration, … Continue reading Public Forum this Sunday
July 24, 1939: FDR transfers the deed of the site for his library to the federal government. ********** The New Deal Estore is a great place to shop for Roosevelt related books, gifts, and other treasures from the New Deal Store at the Roosevelt Library. Available at www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu, the Estore features everything from a selection … Continue reading This Week in Roosevelt History: July 22-31
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