Significant Documents Collection | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Collection Overview
Title: Significant Documents Collection
Primary Creator: Archivists of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum
Extent: 1.0
Arrangement: There are two principal series of historical materials comprising the Significant Documents collection. These are the Franklin D. Roosevelt Materials and the Eleanor Roosevelt Materials.
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Administrative Information
Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Access Restrictions: None
Use Restrictions: The writings of Franklin D. Roosevelt within this collection are in the public domain. The official writings of United States government officials within this collection are in the public domain. The writings of Eleanor Roosevelt within this collection are subject to Mrs. Roosevelt's literary estate. All other materials are subject to the United States Copyright law, 17 U.S.C. 101, et seq.
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 1: Franklin D. Roosevelt Significant Documents - Selections in this series document the major themes and events in the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Materials date throughout his lifetime, 1882-1945, with the bulk dating to his time as the 32nd President of the United States, or 1933-1945. Selections reflect his youth, his rise in politics, and his leadership role during both the New Deal era and World War II. Materials include personal and official letters, telegrams, and memos; drafts and reading copies of key speeches including fireside chats; and handwritten notes or "chits" written by FDR giving instructions or directions to his staff and administration officials. Correspondents include Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Mahatmas Gandhi, King George VI, Robert F. Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin.
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FDR-1: FDR's Birth Announcement, 1882 - View Online
- Note: Roosevelt Family Papers; Sara Delano Roosevelt Papers; Financial, Legal, Newsclippings, etc. (Folder 7); Box 78-80
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FDR-2: Letter, FDR to SDR ("Dear Sallie") and drawing of ship, 1887 - View Online
- Note: Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children; Correspondence; Franklin D. Roosevelt to his Parents, 1888-1896 (Box 11) (Document #28-2)
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FDR-3: Letter, FDR to Parents, from Groton, September 18, 1896 - View Online
- Note: Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children; Correspondence; Franklin D. Roosevelt to his Parents, 1888-1896 (Box 11) (Document # 28-31)
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FDR-4: FDR's Groton School Reports, May 12 & June 23, 1900 - View Online
- Note: Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children; Correspondence; Franklin D. Roosevelt to his Parents, 1900 (Box 11) (Document # 28-296 & #28-306)
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FDR-5: Letter, Theodore Roosevelt to FDR, November 29, 1904 - View Online
- Note: Roosevelt Family Papers Donated by the Children; Correspondence; Roosevelt, Theodore (Box 20) (Document # 26-11)
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FDR-6: FDR's Handwritten Note to the 1932 Democratic Convention Suggesting that He Come to Chicago, c. July 1932 - View Online
- Note: PPF 3737: LeHand, Marguerite A. (LeHand Scrapbook)
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FDR-7: Speech Accepting Nomination for the Presidency, Chicago, Illinois (pg. 4 only), July 2, 1932 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Acceptance Speech for Nomination, (Box 9)
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FDR-8: Telegram, Herbert Hoover to FDR, November 7, 1932 - View Online
- Note: PPF 820: Hoover, Herbert, 1932
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FDR-9: First Inaugural Address (pg. 1 only), March 4, 1933 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933 (Box 13)
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FDR-9A: Documents and drafts related to FDR's "Bombshell" Memorandum to the London Economic Conference, July 3, 1933 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Subject Files: London Economic Conference (Box 156 retired)
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FDR-10: Draft of Fireside Chat on the First Hundred Days (pg. 1 only), July 24, 1933 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; NRA and AAA (Fireside Chat No. 3), July 24, 1933 (Box 15)
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FDR-11: Draft of Annual Message to Congress, January 4, 1935 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Message Delivered to Joint Session of Congress, January 4, 1935 (Box 20)
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FDR-12: Letter, Harry L. Hopkins to Stephen Early re: prohibiting discrimination in the WPA, June 17, 1935 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; WPA Administration, June 17, 1935 (Box 22)
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FDR-13: Letter, FDR to Robert Kennedy, July 12,1935, Letter, Robert Kennedy to FDR, July 19, 1935, July 1935 - View Online
- Note: PPF 207: Kennedy, Joseph P, 1933-1938.
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FDR-14: Statement of the President Upon Signing the Social Security Bill, August 14, 1935 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Statement Upon Signing the Social Security Act, August 14, 1935 (Box 22)
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FDR-15: FDR's Handwritten Notes to discuss Social Security with Frances Perkins and Harry Hopkins and with the Senate Finance Committee, c. 1935 - View Online
- Note: OF 1710, Social Security Board, 1935 (Box 1)
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FDR-16: Draft of Speech Accepting Renomination for the Presidency (Rendezvous with Destiny Speech) (pg. 10 only), June 27, 1936 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Drafts of Speech-Acceptance of Nomination, June 27, 1936 (Box 25)
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FDR-17: Second Draft of Second Inaugural Address (pg. 6 only), January 20, 1937 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 (Box 31)
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FDR-18: Draft #7 of Fireside Chat on Judicial Reorganization (pg. 10 only), March 9, 1937 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; White House Broadcast, March 9, 1937 (Box 32)
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FDR-18A: FDR's pencil sketches of proposed FDR Library, April 12, 1937, with accompanying note by Grace Tully, May 4, 1945, April 12, 1937 - View Online
- Note: PPF: FDR Library File, April 1937-December 12, 1938 (Box 1)
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FDR-19: Letter, Ernestine Guerrero to FDR re: the Chimes of Normandy made from food relief boxes, October 17, 1937 - View Online
- Note: President's Personal File 9: Gifts to the President; "G", July-November, 1937 (Box 35)
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FDR-20: FDR's Handwritten Burial Instructions, December 26, 1937 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Subject File: Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Burial Instructions (Box 160)
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FDR-21: Draft #4 of Fireside Chat on Purging the Democratic Party (pgs. 1 & 2 only), June 24, 1938 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Report to Nation on National Affairs (Fireside Chat No. 13) (Box 39)
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FDR-22: Draft Statement on Kristallnacht, November 15, 1938 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Diplomatic Correspondence: Germany, 1933-1938 (Box 31)
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FDR-23: Letter, Amb. William C. Bullitt to FDR re: preparations for the visit of the King and Queen of Great Britain, March 23, 1939 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Diplomatic Correspondence; Great Britain, 1939 (Box 32)
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FDR-24: Letter, Albert Einstein to FDR, August 2, 1939 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Safe File; Sachs, Alexander (Box 5)
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FDR-25: FDR's Handwritten Bedside Note re: the German invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939 - View Online
- Note: PPF 3737: Lehand, Marguerite A. (LeHand Scrapbook); Copy in PSF: Dipl. Corr.: Poland, July-Dec. 1939 (Box 47)
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FDR-26: Letter, FDR to Henry T. Hackett re: Hyde Park taxes and Hilltop Cottage, 01-15-1940, January 15, 1940 - View Online
- Note: Hackett Legal Papers; Franklin D. Roosevelt-Real Estate and Legal Papers, 1920-1945: Local Taxes and Assessments, 1939-1943 (Box 16)
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FDR-27: Letter, FDR to King George V, November 22, 1940 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Diplomatic Correspondence; Great Britain, Oct-Dec., 1940 (Box 34)
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FDR-28: Rosenman's Draft of Peroration to Annual Message to Congress (Four Freedoms Speech), January 6, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Message to Congress Delivered in Person, January 6, 1941 (Box 58)
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FDR-29: Sixth Draft of Annual Message to Congress (Four Freedoms Speech)(pg. 18 only), January 6, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; No. 1353-Message to Congress, January 6, 1941 (Box 58)
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FDR-30: Reading Copy of Annual Message to Congress (Four Freedoms Speech), January 6, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Message to Congress Delivered in Person, January 6, 1941 (Box 58)
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FDR-31: Letter, FDR to Harold S. Vanderbilt, May 26, 1941 - View Online
- Note: PPF 6666: Vanderbilt, Harold S.
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FDR-32: Memorandum, FDR to Wayne Coy re: Aid to Russia, August 2, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Diplomatic Correspondence: Russia, 1941 (Box 49)
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FDR-33: Original Draft Telegram Announcing the Results of the Atlantic Conference, August 14, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Safe Files; Atlantic Charter (Box 1)
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FDR-34: Draft Press Release re: Aid to Russia, October 13, 1941 - View Online
- Note: PPF 1F-Press Releases-Drafts, 1941 (Box 17)
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FDR-35: Memorandum for the President re: Attack at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 - View Online
- Note: OF 4675: World War II: General, 1941-1942 (Box 1)
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FDR-36: Draft No. 1 of Message to Congress Requesting Declaration of War (Day of Infamy Speech), December 7, 1941 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; Message to Congress re: War Declaration, December 8 and 11, 1941 (Box 63)
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FDR-37: FDR's Handwritten Ordering of Nations for Joint Declaration of United Nations, January 1, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Subject Files; United Nations, 1942-Jan. 1945 (Box 168)
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FDR-38: Draft Joint Declaration of the United Nations, January 1, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Subject Files; United Nations, 1942-Jan. 1945 (Box 168)
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FDR-39: Letter, FDR to Winston S. Churchill, March 18, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers: Messages: FDR-Churchill, March-April 1942 (Box 2)
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FDR-40: Memorandum, Gen. George C. Marshall to FDR, and Draft Telegram, FDR to Gen. Wainwright, April 5, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Safe File; Philippines (Box 5)
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FDR-41: Telegram, Winston S. Churchill to FDR, April 12, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Churchill-Roosevelt, March-April 1942 (Box 2)
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FDR-42: Telegrams, Harry L. Hopkins to FDR, and FDR to Harry L. Hopkins re: Pierre Laval, April 15, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Harry Hopkins Papers; Sherwood Collection; Hopkins in London, April 1942 (Box 308)
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FDR-43: Cost Estimate for Shangri-La (Hi-Catoctin Lodge), April 24, 1942 - View Online
- Note: PPF 3650: Ickes, Harold
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FDR-44: Telegrams, Gen. Wainwright to Gen. Marshall, and FDR to Gen. Wainwright re: situation in Philippines, May 4 & 5, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Safe Files; Philippines (Box 5)
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FDR-45: FDR's Sketch of Proposed Extensions to FDR Library, May 21, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Small Collections: Louis Simon Papers (Box 1)
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FDR-46: Letter, M.K. Gandhi to FDR, and Letter, FDR to M.K. Gandhi, July 1 & August 1, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files; Diplomatic Correspondence; India (Box 39)
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FDR-47: FDR and Harry L. Hopkins' Draft Handwritten Instructions to Joint Chiefs of Staff re: Guadalcanal, October 24, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Harry Hopkins Papers; Sherwood Collection; Book 1: Facsimiles (Box 298)
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FDR-48: Draft Telegram, FDR to Winston S. Churchill re: Charles de Gaulle, Novmeber 11, 1942 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: FDR-Churchill, Nov.-Dec. 1942 (Box 3)
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FDR-49: Telegram, FDR to Winston S. Churchill, and Telegram, Winston S. Churchill to FDR re: Plans for Casablanca Conference ("Don Quixote" and ("Sancho Panza"), January 2 & 3, 1943 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Churchill-Roosevelt, Jan.-March 1943 (Box 3)
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FDR-50: Letter, FDR to Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Sullivan re: Death of their Five Sons, February 1, 1943 - View Online
- Note: President's Personal File 8293: Sullivan, T. F.
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FDR-51: Letter, Harold L. Ickes to FDR, and Letter, FDR to Harold L. Ickes re: Conditions in Japanese-American Internment Camps), April 13 & 24, 1943 - View Online
- Note: OF 4849: War Relocation Authority, 1943 (Box 1)
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FDR-52: Letter, Milton S. Eisenhower to FDR re: Japanese-American Internment, April 22, 1943 - View Online
- Note: OF 4849: War Relocation Authority, 1943 (Box 1)
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FDR-53: Draft Telegram, FDR to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower re: Operations in North Africa, May 9, 1943 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Miscellaneous Presidential Messages-1943 (Box 12)
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FDR-54: File Memo, FDR re: Churchill's order to Gen. Alexander to advance in North Africa, and Churchill's handwritten order to Alexander, May 21 & August 10, 1942 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Diplomatic Correspondence; Great Britain; Churchill, Winston, 1943 (Box 37)
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FDR-55: Letter, Joseph Stalin to FDR re: Second Front, June 11, 1943 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages-FDR-Stalin, Jan.-June 1943 (Box 8)
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FDR-56: Letter, FDR to Gen. Douglas MacArthur re: ER's Trip to the Pacific, August 15, 1943 - View Online
- Note: President's Secretary's Files: Subject Files: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1943-1945 (Box 159)
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FDR-57: Sketch of United Nations Organization made by FDR at Teheran Conference, November 30, 1943 - View Online
- Note: Harry L. Hopkins Papers; Sherwood Collection; Book 1: Facsimiles (Box 298)
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FDR-58: Draft Telegram, FDR to Churchilll re: Eisenhower as Commander of OVERLORD, December 20, 1943 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: FDR-Churchill, Nov.-Dec. 1943 (Box 4)
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FDR-59: State of the Union Message; Sixth Draft, pages 19-20 re: Economic Bill of Rights, January 11, 1944 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; FDR Message to Congress, Jan. 11, 1944 (Box 77)
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FDR-60: Draft Press Release, Statement by the President re: the Holocaust, April 3, 1944 - View Online
- Note: PPF 1F: Press Releases-Drafts, 1944, folder 1 (Box 18)
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FDR-61: D-Day Prayer, Original Reading Copy, June 6, 1944 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; FDR Prayer-Read on Radio, June 6, 1944 (Box 78)
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FDR-62: Draft Statement on Signing the G.I. Bill, June 22, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Samuel I. Rosenman Papers; File: GI Bill (Box 8)
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FDR-63: Letter, John J. McCloy to John W. Pehle re: bombing of railway lines transporting Jews to death camps, July 4, 1944 - View Online
- Note: War Refugee Board Records; Projects and Documents File; Folder: Hungary No. 5, Folder 2 of 6 (Box 42)
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FDR-64: Telegram, Churchill to FDR re: Stalin's failure to assist Warsaw uprising, August 18, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Churchill-FDR, July-Aug., 1944 (Box 6)
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FDR-65: Cable, FDR to Churchill re: Joint Message to Stalin re: Warsaw uprising, August 19, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: FDR-Churchill, July-Aug., 1944 (Box 6)
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FDR-66: Tube Alloys Memorandum b/w FDR and Churchill, September 18, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Naval Aide's File; S1 to S94 General, Sept. 44 to Apr. 45 (Box 172)
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FDR-67: Fourth Draft, FDR's Speech to the Teamster's Union (Fala Speech), September 23, 1944 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; FDR Radio Address-International Teamsters' Union Dinner-Statler Hotel , Sept. 23, 1944 (Box 80)
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FDR-68: Reading Copy, FDR's Speech to the Teamster's Union (Fala Speech), September 23, 1944 - View Online
- Note: President's Master Speech File; FDR Radio Address-International Teamsters' Union Dinner-Statler Hotel , Sept. 23, 1944 (Box 80)
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FDR-69: Draft Cable, FDR to Churchill re: Soviet Participation in the United Nations Organization, September 27, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: FDR-Churchill, Sept.-Oct. 1944 (Box 7)
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FDR-70: Cable, FDR to Gen. MacArthur re: MacArthur's return to the Philippines, October 20, 1944 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Miscellaneous Presidential Messages, Outgoing, 1944 (Box 12)
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FDR-71: Telegram, Churchill to FDR ("Malta to Yalta" telegram), January 1, 1945 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Churchill-FDR, Jan. 1945 (Box 7)
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FDR-72: Telegram, Churchill to FDR, March 17, 1945 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Churchill-FDR, Feb.-Apr. 1945 (Box 7)
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FDR-73: Letter, Joseph Stalin to FDR re: Alleged Bern Negotiations with Germany, April 3, 1945 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: Stalin-FDR, 1945 (Box 9)
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FDR-74: Telegram, FDR to Joseph to Stalin re: Alleged Bern Negotiations with Germany, April 4, 1945 - View Online
- Note: Map Room Papers; Messages: FDR-Stalin, 1945 (Box 9)
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FDR-75: FDR's War Ration Books (Book No. 3 and Book No. 4), Undated - View Online
- Note: FDR Family, Business and Personal Papers; Subject Files; Miscellaneous Memorabilia (Box 30)
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FDR-76: FDR's Draft Memorandum to Gen. Marshall, Adm. King, and Gen. Arnold, pencil on blue paper, Undated - View Online
- Note: Small Collections: John L. McCrea Papers; File: Drafts of FDR Memos to Gen. Marshall, July 1942.
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