Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as Vice-Presidential Candidate, 1920 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Title: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Papers as Vice-Presidential Candidate, 1920

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

Extent: 11.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: This collection is arranged in three series: Subject and Correspondence Files; FDR Personal Correspondence; Speech Material and Printed Matter.

Date Acquired: 11/00/1942

Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated to be the running mate of James M. Cox of Ohio on the 1920 Democratic ticket. These papers were drawn together from materials collected by Charles H. McCarthy, Roosevelt's campaign manager in New York, and from material relating to the campaign in Roosevelt's papers as Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

The papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of speeches and articles, campaign literature, and printed material relating to the 1920 Campaign.

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

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

Use Restrictions: Literary property rights have been donated to the United States Government.

Acquisition Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Acquisition Method: The papers were presented to the Library in November of 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Related Materials: Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers, 1902-28; the Louis Howe Papers contain scattered items relating to this campaign.