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 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