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Welcome to the book collection of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Using this online catalog, you may search the collection by author, title or subject.

Catalog indexAt the heart of the Library's book collection is President Roosevelt's personal library of approximately 22,000 volumes. FDR began collecting books as a boy, and his personal library reflects his varied interests in the United States Navy, the Hudson Valley, literature, history, economics, politics, biography, and even mystery novels. To this unique collection, the Roosevelt Library has added and continues to add major works about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Roosevelt era. The result is a highly specialized research collection totaling over 50,000 volumes. 

If you have questions about the book collection or other research needs, please send your inquiry by email to
Ask the Archivst  or contact the FDR Library research room directly at (845) 486-1142.

Please note that books at the Roosevelt Library are non-circulating, meaning they are available for use in the Library's research room only and cannot be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Books from FDRs personal collection

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