Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President: The President's Personal File, Part 19: PPF 9001-9125, 1933-1945

Collection Overview

Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as President: The President's Personal File, Part 19: PPF 9001-9125, 1933-1945

ID: 30/31/

Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)

Extent: 472.91 Cubic Feet

Arrangement:

The Franklin D. Roosevelt White House utilized a numerical filing system for the primary White House central files (the President's Official File and the President's Personal File). File numbers were assigned to particular names or topics on an as-needed basis, resulting in a random numbering system. When a document came to the filing room, it was reviewed to determine the numerical file into which the document was to be placed or whether a new numerical file was necessary. As the documents were reviewed, significant names or topics were identified within the body of the document and the relevant numerical files noted in the margins as cross-references. Detailed abstracts of the document were typed, and each abstract noted the numerical file location where the original document was to be filed. The original document was then filed in the primary numerical file, and the abstracts were filed in the various numerical files pertaining to the cross-referenced names or topics. Documents are arranged chronologically within each file.

Due to the large size of the Prsident's Personal File, totalling 9,125 unique file numbers, the online finding aid has been divided into smaller sections. Part 19 covers PPF 9001-9125.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The President's Personal File, or PPF, is one of the five major collections of FDR's Papers as President. The PPF consists of 9,125 numbered name and subject files containing material related to personal or political actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as distinguished from his official interactions with the government. Names and subjects were assigned file numbers as needed. Consequently, there are no distinct subseries to the Personal Files. The numerical files vary in size according to subject matter and include correspondence, memoranda, printed materials and newspaper clippings received by the President as well as copies of his replies. Large numerical files may also contain topical sub-files. Many of the larger files contain correspondence from American citizens, including public reaction mail to the President's speeches or policy announcements, mail on the President's birthday and at holiday time, and requests for the President to send greetings to various organizations and groups. Files also relate to infantile paralysis, suggestions and research for speeches, the President's personal, financial and family matters, and the creation of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library.

Also included in the Personal Files are the President's daily calendar, transcripts of press conferences, and letters documenting gifts sent or presented to the President. Particularly large files within this series are PPF 1: Concerning the President; PPF 9: Gifts to the President; PPF 21A: Clergy Letters; PPF 50: Congratulations and Greetings; PPF 200: Public Reaction Mail; and PPF 1820: Speech Materials and Suggestions.

The title "Personal File" is sometimes misleading as documents equally important can be found elsewhere in the President's papers, including the President's Official File and the President's Secretary's File. This ambiguity in classifying documents as "official" or "personal" was solved through the White House's cross-referencing system of inserting detailed abstracts within relevant files that direct a researcher to the proper file location of the original document.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: None

Use Restrictions: President Roosevelt donated his copyright interest in these papers to the United States Government; writings of other individuals are subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code. These papers may contain materials restricted in accordance with Executive Order 11652, and material which might be used to harass, embarrass, or injure living persons has been closed.

Acquisition Method: These papers were donated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt began shipping Presidential materials to the Library as early as August 1940 but the bulk of the collection was received from his estate in December 1947.

Related Materials: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Papers as President are divided into seven major collections - The Alphabetical File, the Official File, the President's Personal File, the President's Secretary's File, the Map Room papers, Executive Orders, and Press Conferences.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: President's Personal File 9001-9125

PPF 9001 - Courtney, Thomas J.
PPF 9002 - Public Education Association
PPF 9003 - Radio Station KNX [Hollywood, California]
PPF 9004 - Businessmen for Roosevelt, Inc., 1944
PPF 9005 - Phillips, Albert H.
PPF 9006 - Boardman, Mabel T.
PPF 9007 - Di Franco, S. Samuel
PPF 9008 - Humbert of Savoy [Italy]
PPF 9009 - O'Brien, Bishop William D.
PPF 9010 - Arnall, Ellis
PPF 9011 - Chapin, Lt. Schuyler G.
PPF 9012 - Barratt, Arch
PPF 9013 - First Baptist Church [Pella, Iowa]
PPF 9014 - Morris, Lewis S.
PPF 9015 - Connors, Margaret E.
PPF 9016 - Blumberg, Nate
PPF 9017 - National Aviation Trades Association
PPF 9018 - Prison Association of New York
PPF 9019 - Charles, Prince [of Belgium]
PPF 9020 - Pierlot, Hubert
PPF 9021 - Villaroel, Gualberto
PPF 9022 - Sherman, Abe
PPF 9023 - Hernandez, Jaime
PPF 9024 - Kent, William
PPF 9025 - Claunch, Charles K.
PPF 9026 - Reinsch, J. Leonard
PPF 9027 - Unity School of Christianity
PPF 9028 - Roosevelt, Amy
PPF 9029 - Copello, Anselmo
PPF 9030 - War Advertising Council, Inc.
PPF 9031 - Television Broadcasters' Association, Inc.
PPF 9032 - Hobday, Robert D.
PPF 9033 - Greenbie, Sydney
PPF 9034 - Bibesco, Princess Antonine
PPF 9035 - Cope, Joshua A.
PPF 9036 - Zita, Empress [of Austria]
PPF 9037 - Limpus, Capt. Lowell M.
PPF 9038 - Holmes, Sherlock
PPF 9039 - Poynter, Nelson
PPF 9040 - Winn, Capt. R. A.
PPF 9041 - Homer, Sidney and Louise
PPF 9042 - O'Brien, Robert A.
PPF 9043 - Kendig, C. M.
PPF 9044 - American Jewish Outlook
PPF 9045 - The Sentinel [Jewish Weekly]
PPF 9046 - Waterbury [Connecticut] American
PPF 9047 - Wiman, Charles Deere
PPF 9048 - Howard, Col. H. Maxwell
PPF 9049 - Trees, Merle J.
PPF 9050 - Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. [NYC]
PPF 9051 - Karski, Lt. John
PPF 9052 - Rappert, Felix
PPF 9053 - Barrymore, Ethel
PPF 9054 - Macpherson, Sir John S.
PPF 9055 - New York State Society of Washington, D.C.
PPF 9056 - Peters, Mrs. John P.
PPF 9057 - Anous, Donald
PPF 9058 - Brett, Lt. Gen. G. H.
PPF 9059 - Nonpartisan Association for Franchise Education, Inc.
PPF 9060 - April, Abe
PPF 9061 - Mother Seton Sisters of Charity
PPF 9062 - Gibbons, James Cardinal
PPF 9063 - Cushing, Archbishop Richard J.
PPF 9064 - Crowley, George D.
PPF 9065 - First Baptist Church [Shreveport, LA]
PPF 9066 - Everett, Percy C.
PPF 9067 - Jeanmenil [Vosges, France]
PPF 9068 - Young, John
PPF 9069 - Protestant Council of the City of New York
PPF 9070 - Blake, Thomas D.
PPF 9071 - Congregation B'Hai B'Rith [Wilkes-Barre, PA]
PPF 9072 - Academie des Sciences Morales at Politiques de l'Institut de France
PPF 9073 - Harrison, George T.
PPF 9074 - Chennault, Maj. Gen. Claire L.
PPF 9075 - MacRae, Elmer L.
PPF 9076 - Shayesteh, Mohammed
PPF 9077 - Leary, Mary E. [Beth]
PPF 9078 - Sinnock, John
PPF 9079 - Bethune, Mrs. Mary McLeod
PPF 9080 - Wisner, Lt. Comdr. Frank G.
PPF 9081 - Congregation Emanu-El [NYC]
PPF 9082 - Breneman, Tom
PPF 9083 - Congregation Children of Israel [Augusta, GA]
PPF 9084 - Clarke, Col. Frank W.
PPF 9085 - de Gaulle, Gen. Charles
PPF 9086 - Amezaga, Dr. Juan J.
PPF 9087 - Hanson, Victor H.
PPF 9088 - Parsons, James A.
PPF 9089 - Free World Congress
PPF 9090 - Johnson, Mrs. Harold P.
PPF 9091 - Giles, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F.
PPF 9092 - Houfman, Edmond
PPF 90903 - Miner Hillard Milling Company
PPF 9094 - Moran, Lord
PPF 9095 - Phoenix [Anglo-American Weekly]
PPF 9096 - Searles, Wilson
PPF 9097 - Shaw, Gardiner Howland
PPF 9098 - New York State Teachers' Association
PPF 9099 - Hebrew Times [NYC]
PPF 9100 - Finch, Edwin
PPF 9101 - 82nd Airborne Division
PPF 9102 - Giles, Gen. Barney M.
PPF 9103 - Pasley, Fred D.
PPF 9104 - Van Wagenberg, Mme. Aino Pusta
PPF 9105 - Ibarra, Dr. Don Jose Maria Vilasco
PPF 9106 - Geist, Irving
PPF 9107 - Steamship Historical Society of America
PPF 9108 - Associated Jewish Philanthropies
PPF 9109 - National Highway Users Conference
PPF 9110 - Foot, Isaac
PPF 9111 - Wenner, Baroness Violet B.
PPF 9112 - Chadwick, Elbridge Gerry
PPF 9113 - Maisky, I. M.
PPF 9114 - South, The
PPF 9115 - Vandegrift, Gen. Alexander A.
PPF 9116 - 317th Infantry Regiment
PPF 9117 - Luchinger, Dr. Adolf
PPF 9118 - Bringolf, Walther
PPF 9119 - Crawford Watch Company [NYC]
PPF 9120 - Padilla, Licenciado Ezequiel
PPF 9121 - Moreau, Vice Adm.
PPF 9122 - Robinson, Rev. Dr. William C.
PPF 9123 - Lanier, J. Smith
PPF 9124 - Tillett, Mrs. Charles W.
PPF 9125 - Atwood, Bishop Julius Walter