Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Recorded Speeches and Other Utterances of
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1940

DATE
DESCRIPTION
TAPE #
Jan. 3
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (35 min)
71-1:2
201-191
Jan. 8
Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (42 min)
201-190
Jan. 19
Washington, DC - Radio address before White House Conference on Children in Democracy (37 min)
201-192
Jan. 30
Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 7th Birthday Ball (7 min)
201-192-A
Feb. 8
Washington, DC - Radio address on the 30th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min)
74-1:5
201-192-B
Feb. 10
Washington, DC - Address to delegates of American Youth Congress (33 min)
201-193
65-9:27(8-12)
Mar. 8
Washington, DC - Radio address to anniversary Farm Dinners (14 min)
72-1:9
201-194
Mar. 16
Washington, DC - Radio address on Christian Foreign Service Convocation (7 min)
73-2:3
Apr. 15
Washington, DC - Radio address before Governing Board of Pan American Union (18 min)
201-194-A
Apr. 20
Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs of America (16 min)
73-15:6
201-195
May 10
Washington, DC - Radio address before 8th Pan American Scientific Congress (20 min)
72-13:1
201-193-A
May 16
Washington, DC - Message to Congress (32 min)
71-16:1
RLxA -84
NLR 279/280
74-11:4
May 26
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on National Defense (32 min)
RL 281-283
RLxA-85
June 10
University of Virginia - Graduating Class Address (14 min)
72-1:13
RLxA-86
July 19
Washington, DC - Radio address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 3rd term (32 min)
RLxB-18(excerpts)
74-28(212)(complete)
Aug. 19
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on dedication of WKIP radio, Poughkeepsie, NY (6 min)
71-20(2)
Aug. 23
White House Press Conference #674 (fair) (15 min)
48-61:6(1)
Aug. c. 23-27
White House - conversation in President's office with Lowell Mellett and others (poor) (30 in)
48-61:13
Aug. 27
White House Press Conference #675 (fair/good) (35 min)
48-61:6(2)
48-61:7
Aug. 31
Hyde Park, NY - Informal remarks to Roosevelt Home Club (12 min)
71-20(3)
Sept. 2
Great Smokey Mt National Park - Dedication address (23 min)
201-196
Sept. 2
Chattanooga, TN - Dedication of Chickamauga dam, part of TVA complex (20 min)
201-197
Sept. 6
White House Press Conference #678 (good) (19 min)
48-61:5(3)
Sept. c.1-8
White House - conversation in President's office re politics and Far Eastern situation (fair) (7 min)
48-61:1(3)
Sept. 11
Washington, DC - Address to Teamsters Union Convention (39 min)
RLxB-19
Sept. 13
White House - Statement on limitation of export of planes, aircraft plans and designs (16 min)
74-28:217
Sept. 13
White House Press Conference #680 (good) (21 min)
48-61:10
Sept. 20
Philadelphia, PA - Address on 200th anniversary of founding of University of Pennsylvania (32 min)
72-1:5
201-198
Sept. 24
White House Press Conference #682 (good) (21 min)
48-61:9(1)
Sept. 27
White House Press Conference #683 (good/fair) (incomplete) (10 min)
48-61:9(2)
Sept. 27
White House - Conference in President's office re Negroes in armed forces (good) (8 min)
48-61:3(1)
Sept. 27
White House reception of unidentified group in President's office in favor of loan of destroyers to Great Britain (fair) (6 min)
48-61:5(1)
Sept. 28
Washington, DC - Address at new Washington National Airport (16 min)
201-195-A
Oct. 1
White House Press Conference #685 (good) (14 min)
48-61:5(2)
Oct. 4
Conference in FDR's office with House leaders re Hitler and Mussolini and politics (fair) (20 min)
RL 48-61:1(1)
Oct. 4
FDR's side of telephone conversation with Cordell Hull (fair) (4 min)
RL 48-61:1(2)
Oct. 4
White House Press Conference #686 (fair) (16 min)
48-61:11(1)
Oct. 5
Hyde Park, NY - Radio message to Dutchess County Democratic Committee (6 min)
71-28:1
71-40:4(1)
Oct. 5
Hyde Park, NY - Address at dedication of three new schools in Hyde Park (25 min)
201-199
72-13:4
Oct. 8
White House Press Conference #688 (good) (16 min)
48-61:8(1)
Oct. 10
White House group conference in the President's office on Japanese policy in the Pacific and conditions in the Navy (fair) (13 min)
48-61:8(2)
Oct. 11
Pittsburgh, PA - Informal remarks on occasion of dedication of 100,000th housing unit in Terrace Village (6 min)
RG196-59:248
Oct. 12
Dayton, OH - Address on hemisphere defense (25 min)
201-200
Oct. 13
Washington, DC - Radio address for 1940 Mobilization for Human Needs (9 min)
201-199-A
Oct. 16
Washington, DC - Radio address on Registration Day for Selective Service (6 min)
201-201
Oct. 18
White House Press Conference #690 (good/fair) (20 min)
48-61:3(2)&
48-61:2(1)
Oct. 22
White House Press Conference #691 (fair)(incomplete) (8 min)
48-61:2(2)
Oct. 23
Philadelphia, PA - Address opening 1940 Presidential campaign (46 min)
RLxB-20
Oct. 24
Washington, DC - Radio address to NY Herald Tribune Forum (11 min)
72-13:2
Oct. 25
White House Press Conference #692 (fair) (25 min)
48-61:4
Oct. 28
New York City - Informal remarks at ground breaking ceremonies for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (8 min)
201-203
Oct. 28
New York City - Campaign address at Madison Square Garden (complete) (44 min) (cassette)
74-28(227)
74-26:4-5(excerpts)
RLxB-21
Oct. 29
Washington, DC - Radio address on drawing number under Selective Service Act of 1940 (16 min)
201-201-B
Oct. 30
Boston, MA - Campaign address: "I have said this before, your boys are not going to be sent . . ." (45 min)
RLxB-23
65-9:33(12)
65-9:34(5)
Oct. 31
Bethesda, MD - Remarks at dedication of National Health Institute for Cancer Research (Permission required for commercial use) (12 min)
72-9:20
Oct. undated
White House - President, Miss LeHand and others in President's office (fair) (14 min)
48-61:2(3)
Nov. 1
White House Press Conference #693 (good) (13 min)
RL48-61:3(3)
Nov. 1
Brooklyn, NY - Address at Brooklyn Academy of Music "Paupers who not worth . . ." (43 min)
RLxB-22
Nov. 2
Cleveland, OH - Last campaign address of 1940 "I see an America . ." (46 min)
RLxB-24
Nov. 4
Poughkeepsie, NY - Remarks at Election eve rally (9 min)
71-20(4)
Nov. 4
Hyde Park, NY - Final radio speech of 1940 campaign (12 min)
RLxB-25(1A)
Nov. 7
Washington, DC - Informal remarks arriving back in Washington after re-election (2 min)
201-188-D
Nov. 8
White House Press Conference #694 (good) (22 min)
48-61:12
Nov. 11
Arlington, VA - Address on Armistice Day, Arlington Cemetery (16 min)
72-1:7
201-203-B
Nov. 11
Bethesda, MD - Address at laying of cornerstone of Naval Medical Center (7 min)
201-203-A
Dec. 24
Washington, DC - President's Christmas greeting (10 min)
49-156:337
Dec. 29
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on National Security (37 min)
72-13:10