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

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Series 3: Speeches and Writings

This series contains speeches, public statements, and writings by Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily from the pre-presidential period. These materials include a diary from 1901, articles and columns, statements and press releases, drafts of books, press conference transcripts, and speeches and speech notes. Also included are correspondence, notes, and galley proofs relating to works edited but not written by Roosevelt.

Box 38

FDR as Editor-Record of the Town of Hyde Park-Correspondence

FDR as Editor-Record of the Town of Hyde Park-Notes

FDR as Editor-Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York, 1778-79-Galley Proofs

FDR as Author-Requests for Articles, Statements, etc.

Box 39

FDR as Author-Asia Magazine Article, 1922-1923

FDR as Author-Foreign Affairs Article, 1928

FDR as Author-"Government not Politics" Liberty Article, 1931-1933

FDR as Author-Wither Bound?, 1926

FDR as Author-The Happy Warrior, 1928-1931

FDR as Author-FDR's Diary, 1901-1903

FDR as Author-Notes Toward Biographies of Early American Naval Officers c., 1904

FDR as Author-Notes From an Old Book of Clippings re Naval Matters in the Fairhaven House, undated

FDR as Author-Prologue to a Projected Novel, before 1910

FDR as Author-Partial Draft to a Novel or Short Story, before 1911

FDR as Author-Letter to the Editor of the Chatham Republican c., November 5, 1910

FDR as Author-Autobiographical Sketch for the New York Red Book, February 9, 1911

FDR as Author-Press Statement, March 9, 1911

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 1, 1911

FDR as Author-Public Telegram to The New York Times, May 30, 1911

FDR as Author-Statement on the Insurgent Movement, October 31, 1911

FDR as Author-Press Statement, January 11, 1912

FDR as Author-Press Statement, February 6, 1912

FDR as Author-Public Letter to the Commission on New Prisons, April 8, 1912

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 31, 1912

FDR as Author-Press Statement, June 13, 1912

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 7, 1913

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 19, 1913

FDR as Author-Press Statement, January 15, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 20, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 13, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 16, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 10, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 19, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, October 21, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, November 18, 1914

FDR as Author-Press Statement, December 19, 1914

FDR as Author-Special Memorandum, December 21, 1914

FDR as Author-Interview with Frederick M. Kerby, February 19, 1915

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 20, 1915

FDR as Author-Letter to Representative Augustus P. Gardner, April 20, 1915

Box 40

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 22, 1915

FDR as Author-Press Statement, June 5, 1915

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 27, 1915

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 2, 1915

FDR as Author-Article "Scouts and Aircraft", September 29, 1915

FDR as Author-Article for Flying, September 1, 1915

FDR as Author- Article "The Future of the Submarine", October 1915

FDR as Author-Article for Aerial Age Weekly, March 4, 1916

FDR as Author-Article "The Naval Training Cruise and Its Objects", Spring 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 8, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 20, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, June 10, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 4, 1916

FDR as Author-Article "Memorandum on the Relation of the Navy to the Farmer", September 7, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, October 5, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, October 18, 1916

FDR as Author-Article "Why You Should Vote for Wilson", October 19, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, October 23, 1916

FDR as Author-Political Advertisement, November 4, 1916

FDR as Author-Article " The Relation of Motor Boats for National Defense", November 1916

FDR as Author-Article "Where Do I Fit In", December 7, 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement c., December 30, 1916

FDR as Author-Proposed Speech or Article, 1915 or 1916

FDR as Author-Proposed Article c., 1916

FDR as Author-Press Statement, 1914-1917

FDR as Author-Press Statement, before 1917

FDR as Author-Introduction to Life at the U.S. Naval Academy by Ralph Earle, January 20, 1917

FDR as Author-Message to the Navy Department, February 4, 1917

FDR as Author-Article "Opportunity for Naval Service", March 1, 1917

FDR as Author-Press Statement, March 10, 1917

FDR as Author-Article "On Your Own Heads", April 1917

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 4, 1917

FDR as Author-Proposed Article on U.S. Navy c., Spring 1917

FDR as Author-Open Letter, May 12, 1917

FDR as Author-Proposed Article on the purpose of the Navy, Spring 1917

FDR as Author-Article "What the Navy Can Do For Your Boy", June 1917

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 21, 1918

FDR as Author-Article in The New York Times, June 8, 1918

FDR as Author-Press Statement, June 15, 1918

FDR as Author-Open Letter to John E. Mack, June 18, 1918

FDR as Author-Interview in Boston Sunday Herald, July 6, 1918

FDR as Author-"How the Navy if Meeting the Personnel Problem", July 1918

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 22, 1918

FDR as Author-Press Statement, March 15, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, March 16, 1919

FDR as Author-Statement on Prize for Transatlantic Flight, March 31, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, April 12, 1919

FDR as Author-Letter to YMCA, April 16, 1919

FDR as Author-Preface to On the Coast of France, April 25, 191

FDR as Author-Press Release, May 2, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 5, 1919

FDR as Author-Message to Commander Towers, May 6, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 14, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 14, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, May 14, 1919

FDR as Author-Message to Lt. Commander Reed, May 17, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Release "A Taylor Triumph", May 18, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Release, May 27, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, June 3, 1919

FDR as Author-Article for Aircraft Journal, June 14, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement London Times, June 17, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Interview, June 26, 1919

FDR as Author-Article for the London Times, July 14, 1919

FDR as Author-Letter to Carter Glass, August 22, 1919

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 6, 1919

FDR as Author-Letter to Senate Naval Affairs Committee, September 10, 1919

FDR as Author-Letter to Hamilton Fish Webster in The New York Times, January 2, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, January 14, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, January 17, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, January 23, 1920

FDR as Author-Article for Empire State Democrat, January 1920

FDR as Author-Press Memorandum, February 2, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, February 5, 1920

Box 41

FDR as Author-Press Statement, March 10, 1920

FDR as Author-Letter to W. W. Farley, May 3, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement in Court, May 22, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement in Court, May 27, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, July 6, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement, July 14, 1920

FDR as Author-Interview with The New York Times, July 20, 1920

FDR as Author-Letter to James T. Grady, July 30, 1920

FDR as Author-Letter to Westchester Democratic Women, July 31, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement on Foreign Trade, August 4, 1920

FDR as Author-Farewell Message to Naval Employees, August 6, 1920

FDR as Author-Farewell Message to all Naval Ships, August 6, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 10, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement for School Life, August 15, 1920

FDR as Author-Interview, August 29, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 2, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 4, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Interview, September 5, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, August 23, 1920

FDR as Author-Article for The Spanish River News, September 9, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 11, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, September 14, 1920

FDR as Author-Telegram to Governor Alfred E. Smith, September 24, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement, September 27, 1920

FDR as Author-Article for Harvard Advocate, October 1920

FDR as Author-Statement for Farm Journal, October 1920

FDR as Author-Telegram to Governor Cox, October 23, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement, October 23, 1920

FDR as Author-Press Statement, October 24, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement, October 30, 1920

FDR as Author-Telegram to President-elect Calvin Coolidge, November 3, 1920

FDR as Author-Statement Conceding Election to Harding, November 3, 1920

FDR as Author-Letter to Democratic National Committee, 1921?

FDR as Author-Notes for Speech on American Navy During the Revolution, 1921?

FDR as Author-Memorandum on Haiti, 1922

FDR as Author-Statement on United European Investors, 1922

FDR as Author-Preface to a Book on Government, 1922 or 1923

FDR as Author-Senario on John Paul Jones, 1923

FDR as Author-Manuscript on John Paul Jones, 1922-1923?

FDR as Author-Article on Naval Operations in the War for Independence, 1923

FDR as Author-Press Release-American Construction Council, May 21, 1923

FDR as Author-Article for Asia Magazine, July 1923

FDR as Author-Press Statement-American Construction Council, July 1, 1923

FDR as Author-Statement on Gamebirds and Fish, October 19, 1923

FDR as Author-Press Statement-Cathedral of St. John the Divine, December 18, 1923

FDR as Author-Bok Peace Award, 1923 or 1924

FDR as Author-Article "Is the Federal Government Necessarily Inefficient?", 1924

FDR as Author-History of the U.S., 1924?

FDR as Author-Statement on Harding Administration Scandals, 1924

FDR as Author-Campaign Statement re Al Smith, 1924

FDR as Author-Statement on the Death of Charles Murphy, April 25, 1924

FDR as Author-Statement on Al Smith, May 19, 1924

FDR as Author-Introduction to An Outline of the Story of Ships by Hawthorne Daniel, June 1924

FDR as Author-Press Release, June 1, 1924

FDR as Author-Statement for Women's City Club of New York, September 1924

FDR as Author-Statement Supporting John W. Davis for President, October 24, 1924

FDR as Author-St. James Bard, November 1924

FDR as Author-Article on Alexander Hamilton

FDR as Author-Dutchess County Democratic Platform, 1925

FDR as Author-Article Women's Democratic News, 1925

FDR as Author-Article "Reign of Law Sustained by Public Opinion", 1924

FDR as Author-Statement on Mid-Hudson Bridge, February 28, 1925

FDR as Author-Editorials for Daily Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, April 1925

FDR as Author-Review of Claude G. Bower's book Jefferson and Hamilton, November 19, 1925

FDR as Author-Letters to New York Herald Tribune, July 17, 1925

FDR as Author-Statement for The Progressive Farmer, January 19, 1926

FDR as Author-Draft of Wither Bound?, May 18, 1926

Box 42

FDR as Author-Fifth Annual Message as President of American Contruction Council, 1927

FDR as Author-Letters re Flood Relief in the Mississippi Valley, 1927

FDR as Author-Statement on McAdoo and Bruce, January 12, 1927

FDR as Author-Memorandum on Mississippi River Flood Control, October 20, 1927

FDR as Author-Statement on the Religious Issue, 1928?

FDR as Author-Draft The Happy Warrior, 1928

FDR as Author-Beacon Standard Editorial, 1928

FDR as Author-Statement for Yale News, April 12, 1928

FDR as Author-Memorandum on Leadership, July 6, 1928

FDR as Author-Statement on Thrift, September 6, 1928

FDR as Author-Newspaper Interview, October 7, 1928

FDR as Author-Newspaper Interview, October 17, 1928

FDR as Author-Newspaper Interview, October 18, 1928

FDR as Author-Newspaper Interview, October 21, 1928

FDR as Author-Brooklyn Central Editorial, May 22, 1929

FDR as Author-Introduction to Book on Woodrow Wilson, May 19, 1930

FDR as Author-Election Night Statement, November 1930

FDR as Author-Thanksgiving Day Proclomation, November 10, 1930

FDR as Author-New York State Governor Campaign, 1930

FDR as Author-Introduction to Ashley's Whaleships of New Bedford, May 1929

FDR as Author-Newspaper Interview re $500,000. life insurance policy for Warm Springs, October 18, 1930

FDR as Author-Press Release: Letter to Seward Prosser re Relief, October 22, 1930

FDR as Author-Manuscript Notes Copied from the Diary of Edward Delano, undated

FDR as Author-Campaign (includes"Governor's Copy" of itinerary), 1932

FDR as Author-Drafts for Liberty Magazine Articles

FDR as Author-Article for U.S. Daily, January 25, 1932

FDR as Author-Statement on Death of President Coolidge, January 5, 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements at Warm Spring, January 29, 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, February 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, April 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, May 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, September 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, October 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, November 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, December 1933

FDR as Author-Press Statements, February 1934

FDR as Author-Press Statements, April 1934

FDR as Author-Press Statements, May 1934

FDR as Author-Executive Order re Puerto Rico, May 29, 1934

FDR as Author-The Grotonian, June 1934

FDR as Author-Statement on Reciprocal Trade Act, June 12, 1934

FDR as Author-James Moffett, July 1934

FDR as Author-Press Statements, August 1934

FDR as Author-Press Statements, November 1934

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, May 1935

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, June 1935

FDR as Author-Train Trip schedule, September 1935

FDR as Author-Trips, October 1935

FDR as Author-Western Trip, September 26, 1935-October 2, 1935

FDR as Author-Press Conferences and Statements, November 1935

FDR as Author-Press Conferences and Statements, January 1936

FDR as Author-Trip, 1936

Box 43

FDR as Author-Press Conferences and Statements, March 1936

FDR as Author-Statements, Red Cross Report, Easter Egg Roll, April 1936

FDR as Author-Statements, June 1936

FDR as Author-Statements, July 1936

FDR as Author-Press Statements, Inspection Trip, August 1936

FDR as Author-Press Statements, Drought Conference, September 1936

FDR as Author-Press Statements and Trip, October 1936

FDR as Author-Press Statement and Peace Trip, December 1936

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, January 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, March 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences Texas Trip, April 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences Texas Trip, May 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, Trip to Mt. Marion, N.Y., July 1937

FDR as Author-Press Statements, August 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, Statements, and Trips, September 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences and Statements, October 1937

FDR as Author-Miami Trip, November 1937

FDR as Author-Executive Order, December 1937

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, Statements, Trips, and Newspaper Clippings, 1938

FDR as Author-United Feature Sydicate Press Release-FDR Series, 1938

Box 44

FDR as Author-Press Conferences and Statements, 1939

FDR as Author-Press Conferences, January 1940-April 1945

FDR as Author-Manuscript On Our Way

FDR as Author-FDR Journal re Hyde Park Lands

FDR as Author-"An Introduction to the Log of the Larooco" edited by Donald S. Carmichael

FDR as Author-Log Book Larooco, February 2, 1924-March 26, 1926

Box 45

FDR as Author-Roosevelt Background by M. Fortescue Pickard