Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers Pertaining to Family, Business and Personal Affairs, 1882-1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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Series 2: Subject File

This series contains correspondence, printed materials, and other documents related to Franklin D. Roosevelt's many business, civic, family, and cultural interests. Business materials in this series include correspondence and reports regarding enterprises in which Roosevelt had an investment interest or in which he served as an officer or partner, including the law firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn and the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. Materials related to Roosevelt's philanthropic or civic interests include files on the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York, the American Construction Council, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine fund-raising campaign, the Navy Club of New York, and the Seaman's Church Institute of New York. Roosevelt's interest in the histories of the Roosevelt and Delano families are reflected in the extensive files of genealogical information contained in this series, which include correspondence, charts, and printed materials. This series also contains Roosevelt's school records during the periods that he was tutored at home and attended Groton School, Harvard University, and Columbia University Law School. Also included in the school materials are appointment books and notes, school exercises, school compositions on naval history and the history of the Roosevelt family, programs, tickets, and other souvenirs. Additionally, the series contains printed programs, menus, and other souvenirs of events in Roosevelt's life, as well as scrapbooks of newspaper articles dealing with Roosevelt's career in business and with the activities of his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt.

Box 6

American Colleges

American Construction Council-Correspondence: A-G

Box 7

American Construction Council-Correspondence: H

American Construction Council-Correspondence: O-W

American Construction Council-Correspondence: Roosevelt, Franklin D.

American Construction Council-Meetings and Minutes

American Federation of Labor

American Homesteaders

American Investigation Corporation-Commercial Airship Operation

Box 8

American Investigation Corporation-Correspondence, 1921

American Investigation Corporation-Correspondence, 1922

American Investigation Corporation-Correspondence, 1923

American Investigation Corporation-Correspondence, 1924-1925

American Investigation Corporation-Miscellaneous Drafts

American Investigation Corporation-Memoranda

American Investigation Corporation-Reports and Minutes of Meetings

American Legion

American Peace Award

Articles About FDR

Associated Bankers Corporation

Automobile Registration

Baptismal Certificates

Bird Diary

Birth Announcement

Box 9

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Correspondence: A-C

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Correspondence: D-M

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Franklin D. Roosevelt Conservation Camps

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Correspondence: N-W

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Proctor, Arthur W., 1921-July 1922

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Proctor, Arthur W., August 1922-1924

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-Proctor, Arthur W., 1925-1928

Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York-West, James E.

Box 10

Campobello

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-American Express Co.

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Astor Estate

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Baumann vs. Waterbury

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Burlingame vs. Waterbury

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-May Estate

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Miscellaneous

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Notes

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Schieffelin Estate

Carter, Ledyard and Milburn-Tonnele Estate

Box 11

Cathedral of St. John the Divine-Correspondence: A-L

Cathedral of St. John the Divine-Correspondence: M-R

Cathedral of St. John the Divine-Correspondence: S-W

Cathedral of St. John the Divine-Minutes: Board of Trustees and Executive Committee

Cathedral of St. John the Divine-Miscellaneous

Chiriqui [Panama] Coal Company

Civil Service Reform

Collections Correspondence-Auction of Naval Items

Box 12

Collections Correspondence-Bills: American Art Association

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Anderson Galleries

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Burnham's

Collections Correspondence-Bills: C. F. Libbie & Co.

Collections Correspondence-Bills: George B. Smith

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Goodspeed's Book Shop

Collections Correspondence-Bills: H. A. O'Leary

Collections Correspondence-Bills:  John E. Scopes & Co.

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Maggs Bros.

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Max Williams

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Merwin-Clayton Sales Co.

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Newman F. McGirr

Collections Correspondence-Bills: N. F. Morrison

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Pierce & Scopes

Collections Correspondence-Bills: R. W. Lull

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Stan V. Henkels

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Tuttle Co.

Collections Correspondence-Bills: William J. Campbell

Collections Correspondence-Bills: Miscellaneous Bills

Collections Correspondence-Book Collection-Card Catalog, 1905-1912

Collections Correspondence-Book Collection-Correspondence

Box 13

Collections Correspondence-Correspondence: Stan V. Henkels

Collections Correspondence-Historical Manuscripts

Collections Correspondence-Longhand Lists of Periodicals

Collections Correspondence-Longhand Lists of Book Purchases

Collections Correspondence-Miscellaneous

Collections Correspondence-Paintings, Prints, Engravings

Collections Correspondence-Ship Models

Collections Correspondence-Stamps

Box 14

Columbia University Law School and Practice-Miscellaneous Notes, 1904-c.1913

Columbia University Law School and Practice-notebook on Constitutional Law

Campo Bond Corporation

Death Certificate

Diary, 1921

Dutchess County Matters

Dutchess County Society of New York

Employment Applications

Engagement

Engineering-Economics Foundations

Federal International Investment Trust

Federation Bank of New York

Box 15

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence A-B

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence C-D

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence E-H

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence I-M

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence N-S

Box 16

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence T-W

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland-Correspondence Miscellaneous Memoranda

Fifth Avenue Hospital

Fingerprints

Fishing License

Forestry and Conservation

Genealogy-Aspinwall

Genealogy-Barnhill

Genealogy-Benson

Genealogy-Cushman

Genealogy-Delano I

Genealogy-Delano II

Genealogy-Hardenbrook

Genealogy-Hoffman

Genealogy-Howland

Genealogy-Hutchinson

Genealogy-Livingston

Genealogy-Ludlow

Genealogy-Pomeroy

Genealogy-Roosevelt I

Box 17

Genealogy-Roosevelt II

Genealogy-Roosevelt Genealogy: Ancestral Tablets

Genealogy-Roosevelt Genealogy: Record of My Ancestry

Genealogy-Roosevelt Genealogy: Register of Pedigree

Genealogy-Roosevelt Family Crest

Genealogy-Roosevelt Family Dutch Bible

Genealogy-Roosevelt Family in Holland

Genealogy-Roosevelt Family in Scotland: The Murrays of Falahill

Genealogy-Roosevelt-Astor Wedding, November 18, 1878

Genealogy-Roosevelt-Hall Wedding, December 1, 1883

Genealogy-Sleight

Genealogy-Walton

Genealogy-Warren

Genealogy-Map of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1923

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Delano Genealogy

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Roosevelts of Tholen

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Genealogy of FDR

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Colonial War Services of the Ancestors of FDR

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Ancestral Chart of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Genealogy-Genealogical Charts-oversize-Ancestral Chart Compiled and Arranged for Mrs. Roosevelt

General Trust Company

Groton School-Correspondence

Groton School-Classroom Papers, Third Form

Box 18

Groton School-Classroom Papers, Fourth Form

Groton School-Miscellaneous Memoribilia

Guestbooks-Campobello, 1912-1941

Guestbooks-Executive Mansion, Albany and The White House, 1929-1945

Guestbooks-Anfa Conference, Casablanca, 1943

Guestbooks-La Saadia, Marrakech, 1928-1944

Guestbooks-President's Study, Hyde Park

Guestbooks-U.S.S. Potomac, 1936-1943

Guestbooks-U.S.S. Shangri La, 1942-1944

Guestbooks-Val-Kill, 1941-1962

Harvard College-Notes and Papers-Captain Manly

Harvard College-Notes and Papers-The Roosevelt Family

Harvard College-Notes and Papers-Course Papers

Harvard College-Memorabilia, 1899-1900

Harvard College-Memorabilia, 1901

Harvard College-Memorabilia, 1902

Harvard College-Memorabilia, 1903

Box 19

Harvard College-Memorabilia, 1904

Harvard College-Memorabilia, undated

Harvard College-Harvard Crimson: Scrapbook #37

Harvard College-Harvard Crimson: Scrapbook #38

Harvard College-Harvard Crimson Editorials by FDR, 1903-1904

Harvard College Class of 1904-Reunions

Harvard College Class of 1904-Correspondence A-J

Harvard College Class of 1904-Correspondence K-Z

Harvard College Class of 1904-Miscellaneous

Harvard College Class of 1904-Miscellaneous

Harvard College and University 1905-1929: Board of Overseers, 1920-1927

Box 20

Harvard College and University 1905-1929: Correspondence A-L

Harvard College and University 1905-1929: Correspondence M-W

Hellenic Young Men's Christian Associations

Holland Society of New York-Correspondence

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Brown, Margaret DeM.

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Charles Scribners Sons

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Fund Raising

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Henry, Helen

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Keator, Frederic R.

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Meserole, Walter M.

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Miscellaneous

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Payson & Clarke Company

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Reynolds, Helen Wilkinson

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Correspondence-Schenck, Charles and Charles Dutcher

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Progress Reports

Holland Society of New York-Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776-Map of Northwestern Dutchess County

Honeymoon

Box 21

Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission

Hudson Navigation Company

Hyde Park Matters-Crum Elbow Folks

Hyde Park Matters-General

Hyde Park Matters-Correspondence About Local History

Hyde Park Matters-Miscellaneous

Hyde Park Matters-Nine Partners Water Lots: Correspondence

Hyde Park Matters-Nine Partners Water Lots: Deeds and Genealogies

Box 22

Hyde Park Matters-Roosevelt Estate-Tree Plantings: Tally Sheet

Hyde Park Matters-Roosevelt Family Deeds in Dutchess County

Hyde Park Matters-St. James Church

Box 23

Infantile Paralysis: FDR's Attack and Treatment

Inter-Coastal Shipping Company

International German Trust Company

Interocean Holding Company

Invitations and Programs, 1904

Invitations and Programs, 1905

Invitations and Programs, 1906

Invitations and Programs, 1907

Invitations and Programs, 1909

Invitations and Programs, 1910

Invitations and Programs, 1911

Box 24

Invitations and Programs, 1912

Invitations and Programs, 1913

Invitations and Programs, 1914

Invitations and Programs, 1915

Invitations and Programs, 1916

Invitations and Programs, 1917

Invitations and Programs, 1918

Invitations and Programs, 1919

Invitations and Programs, 1920

Invitations and Programs, 1921

Invitations and Programs, 1922

Invitations and Programs, 1923

Invitations and Programs, 1924

Invitations and Programs, 1925

Box 25

Invitations and Programs, 1926

Invitations and Programs, 1927

Invitations and Programs, 1928

Invitations and Programs, 1929

Invitations and Programs, 1930

Invitations and Programs, 1931

Box 26

Invitations and Programs, 1932

Invitations and Programs, 1933

Invitations and Programs, 1934

Invitations and Programs, 1935

Invitations and Programs, January-June 1936

Box 27

Invitations and Programs, July-December 1936

Invitations and Programs, 1937

Invitations and Programs, 1938

Invitations and Programs, 1939

Box 28

Invitations and Programs, 1940

Invitations and Programs, 1941

Invitations and Programs, 1942

Invitations and Programs, 1943

Invitations and Programs, 1944

Invitations and Programs, 1945

Langdon Place, Red House and Cupid's Gravestone

Law Practice-Correspondence

Law Practice-People of the State of N.Y. Ex Rel. N.Y.-N.H. & H. Railroad Co. vs. Village of Larchmont

Box 29

Law Practice-People of the State of N.Y. Ex Rel. N.Y.-N.H. & H. Railroad Co. vs. Village of Larchmont: Transcript of Stenographer's Minutes

Law Practice-Carter, Ledyard and Milburn

Lighthouses for the Blind

Maine Lobster Fisheries [Witham Bros. Inc.]

Memberships

Box 30

Miscellaneous Memorabilia-FDR

Montacal Oil Company

National Crime Commission

National Navy Club of New York

National Parks Association

National Resorts Inc.

Naval History Society

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1920

Naval Matters-Newport Investigation, 1921

Box 31

Naval Matters-Rathom Case Correspondence

Naval Matters-Rathom Case Exhibits

Naval Matters-Rathom Case Exhibits

Naval Matters-Rathom Case Exhibits

Naval Matters-Correspondence, January-April 1921

Box 32

Naval Matters-Correspondence, May-December 1921

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1922

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1923

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1924

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1925

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1926

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1927

Naval Matters-Correspondence, 1928

Naval Matters-Electric Boat Company vs. U.S.

Naval Matters-Frothingham, Thomas G.

Naval Matters-Hickman, R. Nelson

Naval Matters-Rush, William R.

Box 33

Near East Relief

Netherland-America Foundation

New York City House

New York City Water Supply

Newfoundland Trip, 1908

Passport, 1918

Photomaton Inc.

Raymond Syndicate

Roosevelt Anna: Music Book

Roosevelt Children in World War II

Sanitary Postage Service Corp.: Correspondence

Box 34

Sanitary Postage Service Corp.: Misc. Business Papers

Scrapbook: Presidential Inaugural, 1945

Scrapbook: Sara Delano Roosevelt Clippings

Seamen's Church Institute of New York

Ship Model Society

Sportsmanship Brotherhood

Stone Mountain [GA] Memorial

Strangers' Welfare Fellowship

Taconic State Park Commission-Correspondence A-Mar

Taconic State Park Commission-Correspondence Mas-R

Box 35

Taconic State Park Commission-Correspondence S-W

Taconic State Park-Minutes of Meetings

Taconic State Park-Miscellaneous

Taconic State Park-Reports and Recommendations

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association

Trips on LAROOCO-Atlantic Boat Works

Trips on LAROOCO-Correspondence: A-Z

Trips on LAROOCO-Correspondence: Lawrence, John S.

Trips on LAROOCO-Correspondence: Morris, Robert J.

Trips on LAROOCO-Correspondence: Pilkington, George J.

Trips on LAROOCO-FDR Telegrams

Trips on LAROOCO-Grocery Bills

Trips on LAROOCO-Insurance Coverage

Trips on LAROOCO-Miscellaneous Accounts

Trips on LAROOCO-Printed Material

Trips on LAROOCO-Tams and King

Box 36

Trips on the WEONA II-Correspondence

Trips on the WEONA II-Log of the WEONA II

Trust Company of the South

Tutorial Notebooks, 1890-1891

Tutorial Notebooks, 1892

Tutorial Notebooks, 1893

Tutorial Notebooks, 1894

Tutorial Notebooks, 1895

Tutorial Notebooks, 1896

Box 37

Tutorial Notebooks, undated

United European Investors, 1922

United European Investors, 1923-1926

Vassar College Board of Trustees

Walter Hines Page Memorial

Wedding and Reception

Wedding Certificate

Wedding Register/Wedding Gift Log

Woodrow Wilson Foundation-Correspondence A-H

Box 38

Woodrow Wilson Foundation-Correspondence I-P

Woodrow Wilson Foundation-Correspondence Q-W

Woodrow Wilson Foundation-Board of Trustees

Woodrow Wilson Foundation-Miscellaneous