America Since Hoover: Selected Documents From Presidential Libraries, 1929-1980 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: America Since Hoover: Selected Documents From Presidential Libraries, 1929-1980

Primary Creator: Archivists of the Gerald R. Ford Library

Extent: 2.5 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: The materials in this collection are arranged in eight series by the name of the library where the original documents reside. Within each series, the documents are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1997

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of copies of memoranda correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, diary entries, and oral history transcripts from the following presidential libraries: Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Jimmy Carter.

Collection Historical Note

This collection was assembled to illustrate prominent personalities, issues, and events during the presidencies of Herbert Hoover to Jimmy Carter.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Acquisition Source: Gerald R. Ford Library

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Herbert Hoover Library],
[Series 2: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library],
[Series 3: Harry S. Truman Library],
[Series 4: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library],
[Series 5: John F. Kennedy Library],
[Series 6: Lyndon B. Johnson Library],
[Series 7: Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials Project],
[Series 8: Gerald R. Ford Library],
[Series 9: Jimmy Carter Library],
[All]

Series 1: Herbert Hoover Library

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Bonus March on Washington, 1932; Depression - Letters from the Public to the White House; Depression - Relief Policies; Disarmament; Manchurian Crisis; Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Relief and Reconstruction Act (Garner Relief Act of 1932); Stock Market Crash (8 folders).

Box 1

Bonus March on Washington, 1932
Depression -- Letters from the Public to the White House
Depression -- Relief Policies
Disarmament
Manchurian Crisis
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Relief and Construction Act (Garner Relief Act of 1932)
Stock Market Crash

Series 2: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Atomic Bomb; Banking Crisis; Civil Rights - Blacks and Chicanos during World War II; Foreign Policy, 1933-1938; Foreign Policy, 1939-1941 (Neutrality and Non-Belligerency); Labor Unions; New Deal - Black Americans; New Deal - Civilian Conservation Corps; New Deal - Cultural Programs; New Deal - Labor; New Deal - Oppositions; New Deal - Public Works Administration; New Deal - Rural Programs; New Deal - Social Security; New Deal - Supreme Court; New Deal - Urban Programs; New Deal - Works Progress Administration; WW II - Holocaust; WW II - Japanese Relocation; WW II - Operation Overlord; WW II - Roosevelt/Churchill Correspondence, 1939-1941; WW II - Roosevelt/Stalin Communications, 1943-1945; WW II - United Nations (24 folders).

Box 1

Atomic Bomb
Banking Crisis
Civil Rights - Blacks and Chicanos During WWII
Labor Unions
New Deal - Black Americans
New Deal - Civilian Conservation Corps
New Deal - Cultural Programs
New Deal - Labor
New Deal Opposition
New Deal - Public Works Administration
New Deal - Rural Programs
New Deal - Social Security
New Deal - Supreme Court
New Deal - Works Progress Administration
New Deal - Urban Programs
Foreign Policy, 1933-1938
Foreign Policy (Neutrality and Non-Belligerency), 1939-1941
WW II - Holocaust
WW II Japanese Relocation
WW II - Operation Overlord
WW II - Pearl Harbor
WW II - Roosevelt/Churchill Correspondence, 1939-1941
WW II - Roosevelt/Stalin Communications, 1943-1945
WW II - United Nations

Series 3: Harry S. Truman Library

Box 1

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Berlin Airlift; Civil Rights - Blacks in the Military; Israel - U.S. Recognition of; Labor - Steel Industry Dispute; Labor - Taft-Hatley Act (6 folders).

Box 2

Marshall Plan; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); U.S.-Soviet Relations - Ideological Basis for the Cold War; WW II - Potsdam Conference; WW II - Use of the Bomb (5 folders).

Box 1

Berlin Airlift
Civil Rights - Blacks in the Military
Israel - US Recognition of (1)
Israel - US Recognition of (2)
Labor - Steel Industry Dispute
Labor - Taft-Hartley Act

Box 2

Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
US-Soviet relations - Idealogical Basis for the Cold War
WW II- Potsdam Conference
WW II- Use of the Bomb
US Soviet Relations - Massive Retaliation Doctrine

Series 4: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Civil Rights; Congo Crisis; Eisenhower Doctrine and Lebanon; Eisenhower - Leadership and Personality; Indochina, Vietnam, SEATO; Loyalty Issues and McCarthy; Suez Canal Crisis; U.S.-Soviet Relations - Massive Retaliation Doctrine (8 folders).

Box 2

Civil Rights
Congo Crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine and Lebanon
Indochina, Vietnam, SEATO
Eisenhower - Leadership and Personality
Loyalty Issues and McCarthy
Suez Canal Crisis

Series 5: John F. Kennedy Library

Box 2

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Civil Rights - Presidential Recordings Transcripts, 1962: Integration of the University of Mississippi; Civil Rights - Presidential Recordings Transcripts, 1963; Cuba - Bay of Pigs; Cuba - Missile Crisis; Cuba - Missile Crisis, Presidential Recordings Transcripts; Economy - Wage and Price Controls, Steel Industry (7 folders).

Box 3

Kennedy - Humor; Kennedy - Miscellaneous; Presidential Campaign, 1960 - Catholicism as an Issue; U.S.-Soviet Relations - Berlin Crisis; Vietnam (5 folders).

Box 2

Civil Rights - Presidential Recordings Transcripts, 1962
Civil Rights - Presidential Recordings Transcripts, 1963
Cuba - Bay of Pigs
Cuba - Missile Crisis
Cuba - Missile Crisis, Presidential Recordings Transcripts (1)
Cuba - Missile Crisis, Presidential Recordigns Transcripts (2)
Economy - Wage and Price Controls - Steel Industry

Box 3

Kennedy - Humor
Kennedy - Miscellaneous
Presidential Campaign, 1960 - Catholicism as an issue
US-Soviet Relations - Berlin Crisis
Vietnam

Series 6: Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Box 3

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Civil Rights - Civil Rights Act of 1964; Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965; Detroit Riot; Johnson - Personality; Kennedy Assassination and Transition; King, Martin Luther - Assassination (18 folders).

Box 4

King, Martin Luther - Assassination; Vietnam - Tonkin Gulf Incidents (5 folders).

Box 3

Civil Rights - Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965 (1)
Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965 (2)
Detroit Riot (1)
Detroit Riot (2)
Detroit Riot (3)
Detroit Riot (4)
Detroit Riot (5)
Detroit Riot (6)
Detroit Riot (7)
Detroit Riot (8)
Detroit Riot (9)
LBJ - Personality
Kennedy Assassination and Transition (1)
Kennedy Assassination and Transition (2)
Kennedy Assassination and Transition (3)
King, Martin Luther - Assassination (1)
King, Martin Luther - Assassination (2)

Box 4

King, Martin Luther - Assassination (3)
King, Martin Luther - Assassination (4)
King, Martin Luther - Assassination (5)
Vietnam - Tonkin Gulf Incidents (1)
Vietnam - Tonkin Gulf Incidents (2)

Series 7: Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials Project

Box 4

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Abortion - Roe v. Wade; China - Nixon's Trip; Economy - Inflation; Nixon - Personality and Character; Nixon - Relationship with the Press; Pentagon Papers; Revenue sharing; Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Vietnam War - Anitwar Movement; Vietnam War - Bombing of Cambodia; Vietnam War - Paris Peace Talks (13 folders).

Box 5

Vietnam War - War Powers Act; U.S.-Soviet Relations - Arms Control; Watergate (5 folders).

Box 4

Abortion - Roe v. Wade
China - Nixon's Trip
Economy - Inflation
Nixon - Personality and Character
Nixon - Relationship with the Press
Pentagon Papers
Revenue Sharing
Students for a Democratic Society
Vietnam War - Antiwar Movement (1)
Vietnam War - Antiwar Movement (2)
Vietnam War - Bombing of Cambodia
Vietnam War - Paris Peace Talks (1)
Vietnam War - Paris Peace Talks (2)

Box 5

Vietnam War - War powers Act (1)
Vietnam War - War powers Act (2)
US- Soviet Relations - Arms Control
Watergate (1)
Watergate (2)

Series 8: Gerald R. Ford Library

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Clemency Program for Vietnam Draft Evaders and Deserters; Economy; Investigations of the U.S. Intelligence Community; Mayaguez Crisis; Nixon Pardon; Nixon Resignation; U.S.-Soviet Relations - Arms Control; U.S.-Soviet Relations - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Accords); Vietnam War - Fall of Saigon; Vietnam War - Refugee Program (10 folders).

Box 5

Clemency Program for Vietnam Draft Evaders and Deserters
Economy
Investigations of the US Intelligence Community
Mayaguez Crisis
Nixon Pardon
Nixon Resignation
US-Soviet Relations - Arms Control
US Soviet Relations - Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Accords)
Vietnam War - Fall of Saigon
Vietnam War - Refugee Program

Series 9: Jimmy Carter Library

Documents pertaining to the following topics: Camp David Accords; Carter - Personality and Character; China - Normalization of Relations; Deregulation; Environment; Iranian Hostage Crisis; Panama Canal (7 folders).

Box 5

Camp David Accords
Carter - Personality and Character
China - Normalization of Relations
Deregulation
Environment
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Panama Canal