Recorded Speeches and Utterances of FDR
The following is a list of recorded utterances by FDR that are housed within the Audio/Visual Collections at the FDR Library. Click here for the printable version.
Year | Date | Description | Tape # |
1920 |
Undated |
Americanism - Recording made under the heading of "Nation's Forum" by Columbia Phonograph Co. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers excerpts from his Vice-Presidential acceptance Speech, given at Hyde Park, NY, August 9, 1920. (4 min.) |
RLxA-1-P |
1924 |
June 26 |
New York City - Remarks to Democratic National Convention offering to withdraw nomination of Alfred E. Smith (2 min) |
RLxB-1 |
1928 |
June 27 |
Houston, TX - "The Happy Warrior" Speech final sentences only (25 secs) |
73-7:1(2) |
1932 |
Apr. 7 |
New York City - Radio appearance for the Democratic Party on Luckey Strike Program (10 min) |
75-6 |
|
July 2 |
Chicago, IL - Address to the Democratic Convention accepting nomination of President (lengthy excerpts) (20 min) |
72-24 |
|
July 30 |
Albany, NY - Radio address discussing Democratic Party Platform (28 min) |
RLxB-2 |
|
Oct. 2 |
Detroit, MI - "The Philosophy of Social Justice through Social Action" (Radio address)(9 min) |
RLxB-85-1 |
|
Nov. 5 |
New York City - Campaign speech from Madison Square Garden (18 min) (incomplete) |
82-6(2) |
|
Nov. 9 |
Hyde Park, NY - Remarks acknowledging victory in 1932 Presidential election (1min) |
75-24(5) |
|
Nov. 22 |
Washington, DC - Informal remarks to the Washington Press Club (4 min) |
71-20(1) |
1933 |
Feb. 15 |
Miami, FL - President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's comments upon his arrival, followed by recreation of the assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara and a statement by Mrs. W. F. Cross. (May not be duplicated without the donor's permission) (2 min) |
79-16:1
|
|
Mar. 4 |
Washington, DC - First inaugural address (27 min) |
74-24 |
|
Mar. 12 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on banking (13 min 42 sec) |
RLxA-4 |
|
May 7 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat - Outlining New Deal Program (Permission required for commercial use) (23 min) |
74-3
|
|
Oct. 2 |
Chicago, IL - Address at the American Legion Convention (May not be duplicated without donor's permission) |
79-16:2
|
1934 |
Mar. 5 |
Washington, DC - Message to Code Authorities on first year of NRA. (Permission required for commercial use) (29 min) |
74-19(1) |
|
July 10 |
Cartegena, Columbia - FDR's response to President Enrique Oloya Herrera's welcoming speech. (Permission required for commercial use) |
72-9:4
|
|
Sept. 27 |
Washington, DC - Remarks to the Herald Tribune Forum (by radio) in New York (7 min) |
RxA-91
|
|
Sept. 30 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Greater Security (27 min) |
74-4:4(complete) |
|
Oct. 22 |
Remarks on opening the 1934 Mobilization for Human Needs campaign (Permission required for commercial use) (4 min)(incomplete) |
74-19(2)
|
|
Nov. 16 |
Address to the George Rogers Clark Celebration, Harrodsburg, KY (Permission required for commercial use) |
74-19(3)
|
1935 |
Apr. 28 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Works Relief Program (28 min) |
RLxA-7
|
|
May 22 |
Washington, DC - Address to Congress Vetoing the Veterans' Bonus (40 min)
|
RLxA-8 |
|
June 13 |
West Point, NY - US Military Academy Commencement address (11 min)
|
RLxA-9 |
|
Aug. 14 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on signing the Social Security Act (2 min) |
74-2:2
|
|
Aug. 21 |
Washington, DC - Radio speech to Boy Scouts of America canceling Jamboree (11 min) |
RLxA-97
|
|
Aug. 24 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs (28 min) |
RLxA-11
|
|
Sept. 30 |
Boulder City, NV - Dedication of Boulder Dam (21 min) |
65-9:3(7-9) |
|
Oct. 24 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Detroit Mobilization for Human Needs (Permission required for commercial use) (10 min) |
72-9:5
|
|
Nov. 11 |
Washington, DC - Armistice Day Address (16 min) |
65-9:3(10-11) |
|
Nov. 29 |
Atlanta, GA - "Progress means not only sound business but sound improvement in American Life." (38 min) |
RLxA-12
|
|
Dec. 9 |
Chicago, IL - Address to American Farm Bureau Federation (Permission required for commercial use) (37 min 2 sec) |
72-9:3
|
|
Dec. 9 |
Notre Dame, IN - Address at Notre Dame University (14 min) |
201-178
|
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Christmas Tree Lighting (5 min) |
65-9:4
|
1936 |
Jan. 3 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (51 min 46 sec) |
RL 36-39
|
|
Jan. 8 |
Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (31 min) |
RLxA-15
|
|
Jan. 18 |
New York City - Address broadcast to President's Birthday Ball Committee Dinner (10 min) |
201-232-A
|
|
Jan. 19 |
New York City - Address at dedication of T. Roosevelt Memorial (27min) |
RLxA-16
|
|
Jan. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on President's Third Birthday Ball (6 min) |
201-233-A
|
|
Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio broadcast to Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of New York City (4 min) |
SRT74-28:124 |
|
Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio greeting to Boy Scouts on 26th Anniversary (4 min) |
201-231-A
|
|
Feb. 22 |
Philadelphia, PA - Address at Temple University on Honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (26 min) |
201-233
|
|
Feb. 23 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio Address on Brotherhood Day (7 min) |
74-24(1)
|
|
Apr. 13 |
Baltimore, MD - Address to Young Democrats Club of Maryland (37 min 50 sec) (cassette)
|
RL-50-51(18min) |
|
Apr. 16 |
Washington, DC - Address at laying of cornerstone of Interior Department Building (excerpt only) |
RLxA-19
|
|
Apr. 25 |
New York City - Thomas Jefferson Dinner Address (32 min) |
54-58
|
|
June 10 |
Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Centennial Address (32 min)
|
201-180 |
|
June 14 |
Vincennes, IN - Remarks at dedication of George Rogers Clark Memorial (Permission required for commercial use) (19 min) |
72-9:6
|
|
June 27 |
Philadelphia, PA - Address accepting renomination for Presidency (34 min 15 sec)
|
RLxB-3 |
|
July 3 |
Shenandoah National Park, VA - Dedication Address (12 min) |
201-179-A
|
|
July 4 |
Monticello, VA - Address to Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (Permission required for commercial use) (16 min) |
72-9:2
|
|
July 11 |
New York City - Dedication of Tri-Borough Bridge (6 min) |
201-179
|
|
July 23 |
Washington, DC - Address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum (by telephone) (excerpts) |
74-26:1
|
|
July 31 |
Quebec, Canada - Remarks on visit (11 min) |
201-178-A |
|
Aug. 14 |
Chautaqua, NY - Address (29 min) |
68/69 |
|
Sept. 6 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Drought Conditions (27 min) |
70/71 |
|
Sept. 10 |
Charlotte, NC - Address to Green Pastures Rally (Permission required for commercial use) (32 min) |
72-9:1
|
|
Sept. 11 |
72-9:1
|
201-183 |
|
Sept. 18 |
Cambridge, MA - Address to Harvard University Tercentenary Celebration (Permission required for commercial use) (15 min) |
71-40:3
|
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Sept. 29 |
Syracuse, NY - Address to NY Democratic State Committee (Permission required for commercial use) (30 min) |
73-21(excerpts) |
|
Oct. 1 |
Pittsburgh, PA - Political address from Forbes Field (Permission required for commercial use) (31 min) |
72-9:9
|
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Oct. 10 |
Omaha, NE - Political speech (Permission required for commercial use) (34 min) |
73-21 |
|
Oct. 14 |
Chicago, IL - Political speech from Chicago Stadium |
72-9:10-C |
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Oct. 21 |
Worcester, MA - Political speech |
72-9:12
|
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Oct. 26 |
Washington, DC - Address at dedication of Howard University Chemistry building (10 min) |
201-184(1)
|
|
Oct. 28 |
New York City - Address at 50th anniversary of Statue of Liberty (12 min) |
201-184-A
|
|
Oct. 31 |
New York City - Madison Square Garden address on American desire for peace (36 min 55 sec) |
201-185
|
|
Nov. 2 |
Hyde Park, NY - President's election eve radio broadcast (Permission required for commercial use) (11 min) |
72-9:14(1-3) |
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Nov. 6 |
Washington, DC - Informal remarks after re-election (2 min) |
SRT74-28:144 |
|
Nov. 6 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on opening of 1936 Mobilization for Human Needs (5 min) |
201-185-A
|
|
Nov. 7 |
Washington, DC - Radio greeting to 21 American nations meeting in Buenos Aires (6 min) |
201-184(2) |
|
Nov. 27 |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Address before the National Congress and Supreme Court of Brazil (19 min) |
201-229
|
|
Dec. 1 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Address before Inter-American Conference (24 min) |
RLxA-98
|
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Dec. 3 |
Montevideo, Uruguay - Address (13 min) |
201-180-A |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Community Christmas Tree Lighting (Permission required for commercial use) |
72-9:7
|
1937 |
Jan. 6 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (32 min) |
73-21 |
|
Jan. 20 |
Washington, DC - 2nd Inaugural Address (25 min) (Total program 36 min) |
73-1 |
|
Jan. 30 |
Washington , DC - Radio address, President's 4th Birthday Ball (55th Birthday) (8min) |
201-186-A |
|
Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Boy Scouts (Permission required for commercial use) (4 min) |
72-9:16
|
|
Feb. 15 |
Washington, DC - James A. Farley Testimonial Dinner address (14 min) |
RLxB-4
|
|
Mar. 4 |
Washington, DC - Democratic Victory Dinner Address (35 min 25 sec) |
RL 96-98 |
|
Mar. 9 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on the Reorganization of the Judiciary (35 min 28 sec) |
RL 99-101 |
|
Mar. 29 |
Washington, DC - Remarks to Easter Egg Rollers (Permission required for commercial use) |
72-9:17 |
|
Apr. 14 |
Washington, DC - Address to Governing Board of Pan American Union (8 min) |
201-187-A |
|
June 30 |
New York City - Address to closing session of National Education Assoc. of NY World's Fair (Permission required for commercial use) |
72-9:18
|
|
July 1 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on 70th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation (4 min) |
201-187-B |
|
Aug. 1 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to France on dedication of American War Monument (6 min) |
SRT49-156:104 |
|
Aug. 18 |
Roanoke Island, NC - Address at celebration of Anglo-American Civilization (31 min) |
74-1:3 |
|
Sept. 17 |
Washington, DC - Constitution Day Address (35 min |
SRT65-9:12(8-11) |
|
Sept. 24 |
Cheyenne, WY - Informal extemporary remarks (16 min) |
RLxA-27 |
|
Sept. 28 |
Mt. Hood, OR - Dedication of Timberline Lodge (15 min) |
RLxA-29 |
|
Sept. 28 |
Bonneville Dam, OR - Address - "We in America are wiser . . . " (17 min 45 sec) |
RLxA-28 |
|
Oct. 5 |
Chicago, IL - Dedication of Outer-Link Bridge (22 min) |
RLxA-30 |
|
Oct. 5 |
Cleveland, OH - Radio address to Herald Tribune Forum (6 min) |
RLxA-31 |
|
Oct. 11 |
Washington, DC - Address on reburial of Brigadier General V.B. Krzyzanowski (5 min) |
RLxA-32 |
|
Oct. 12 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat discussing legislation to be recommended to Extraordinary Session of Congress (28 min) |
73-15:5(incomplete) |
|
Oct. 18 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address at annual Mobilization for Human Needs (7 min) |
201-186-B
|
|
Oct. 20 |
Washington, DC - Address at opening of new Federal Reserve Building (13 min) |
RLxA-34-D
|
|
Nov. 14 |
Washington, DC - Radio address Requesting Cooperation in the taking of the Unemployment Census (14 min) |
201-187-C |
|
Nov. 15 |
Message at opening of Special Session of Congress (Read by Clerk of the House) |
72-1:15 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Christmas Greeting to Nation (8 min) |
201-186-C |
1938 |
Jan. 3 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (52 min) |
RLxA-35(1-2) |
|
Jan. 8 |
Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (30 min) |
RLxA-36(incom) |
|
Jan. 29 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 5th Birthday Ball (6 min) |
201-188-C |
|
Feb. 7 |
Washington, DC - Radio greetings to Boy Scouts (5 min) |
49-156:134 |
|
Apr. 14 |
Washington, DC - Address to Board of Pan American Union (9 min) |
RLxA-39 |
|
Apr. 14 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Present Economic Conditions (40 min) |
RLxA-38 |
|
Apr. 18 |
Washington, DC - Greetings on Easter Egg Rolling Festivities (2 min) |
RLxA-40 |
|
May 27 |
Arthurdale, WV - Arthurdale High School 4th annual commencement exercises (42 min) |
RLxA-41 |
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June 2 |
Annapolis, MD - Address to US Naval Academy graduating class (19 min) |
RLxA-42 |
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June 24 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat - Report on National Affairs (Party Primaries) (29 min) |
RL 145-147 |
|
June 27 |
Wilmington, DE - Address at Tercentenary Celebration of New Sweden (10 min) |
RLxA-44 |
|
June 30 |
New York City - Address at laying of cornerstone of Federal building at NY World's Fair (13 min) |
RLxA-45 |
|
June 30 |
NY World's Fair - Address to closing session of National Education Assoc. (Permission required for commercial use) (22 min) |
RLxA-45B |
|
July |
San Francisco, CA - Informal remarks upon arrival at railroad station (FDR 3 min) |
74-19:4 |
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July 3 |
Gettysburg, PA - Address at dedication of Gettysburg Battlefield (9 min) |
RLxA-46 |
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July 8 |
Marietta, OH - Address at dedication of Gutzen Borglum Memorial (18 min) |
RLxA-47 |
|
July 8 |
Covington, KY - Address on accomplishments of New Deal (30 min) |
75-11 |
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July 9 |
Oklahoma City, OK - Address "America needs a government . . ." (19 min) |
74-28:174 |
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July 14 |
San Francisco, CA - Address at Treasure Island (10 min) |
RLxA-51 |
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Aug. 15 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 3rd anniversary of Social Security Act (14 min 44 sec) |
75-12 |
|
Aug. 18 |
Clayton, NY - Address at dedication of International Bridge (19 min) |
RLxA-53 |
|
Aug. 18 |
Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Address at Queen's University on receiving Honorary Doctor of Law Degree (15 min) |
201-189 |
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Sept. 5 |
Denton, MD - Labor Day Address (35 min 32 sec) |
RLxA-54 |
|
Sept. 17 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Constitutional Convention Day ceremonies at Poughkeepsie, NY (8 min) |
65-9:19(10) |
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Oct. 14 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 1938 Mobilization for Human Needs (8 min) |
RLxA-57 |
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Oct. 26 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Herald Tribune Forum in NY (9 min) |
65-9:19(11-12) |
|
Nov. 4 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address dedicating Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, OK (3 min) |
RLxA-58 |
|
Nov. 4 |
Hyde Park, NY - Election eve broadcast (29 min) |
74-28:180 |
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Nov. 24 |
Warm Springs, GA - Thanksgiving Day address (6 min) |
RLxA-59 |
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Dec. 5 |
Chapel Hill, NC - Address on receiving Honorary Degree to Carolina Political Union (29 min) |
RLxA-60 |
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Dec. 15 |
Washington, DC - Thomas Jefferson Memorial ground breaking ceremonies (7 min) |
RLxA-61 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Address at Community Tree Lighting ceremonies |
RLxA-62 |
1939 |
Jan. 4 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (45 min) |
RLxA-63 |
|
Jan. 7 |
Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (34 min) |
RLxA-64 |
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Jan. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on the President's 6th Birthday Ball (8 min) |
201-189-B |
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Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 29th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min) |
RLxA-65 |
|
Feb. 18 |
Key West, FL - Radio address opening Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, CA (6 min) |
RLxA-66 |
|
Mar. 4 |
Washington, DC - Address on 150th anniversary of US Congress (25 min) |
RLxA-67 |
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Apr. 14 |
Washington, DC - Address to Governing Board of Pan American Union |
RLxA-69 |
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Apr. 14 |
Mt Vernon, VA - Address on 150th anniversary of formal announcement of election of 1st President of US (12 min) |
RL-218
|
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Apr. 17 |
Washington, DC - Address to National Parole Conference (30 min) |
RLxA-70 |
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Apr. 26 |
Washington, DC - Address to White House Conference on Children in a Democracy (15 min) |
RLxA-71 |
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Apr. 30 |
New York City - Remarks on opening of New York World's Fair (17 min) |
201-190-A |
|
May 9 |
Washington, DC - Radio broadcast introducing "Cabinet Series" (10 min) |
RLxC-1 |
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May 10 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on dedication of Museum of Modern Art (Permission required for commercial use) (9 min) |
72-9:19A-19B |
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May 22 |
Washington, DC - Address before the American Retail Federation (42 min) |
RLxA-74 |
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June 12 |
West Point, NY - Address to graduating class atUS Military Academy (16 min) |
RLxA-75 |
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Sept. 3 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on War in Europe (11 min) |
71-10:6 |
|
Sept. 21 |
Washington, DC - Address to Congress on Neutrality Act (35 min) |
71-1:1 |
|
Oct. 9 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 1939 Mobilization for Human Needs (7 min) |
RLxA-78 |
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Nov. 11 |
Washington, DC - Radio appeal launching Annual Roll Call of American Red Cross (6 min) |
RLxA-80 |
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Nov. 15 |
Washington, DC - Address at laying cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial (9 min) |
RLxA-81 |
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Nov. 19 |
Hyde Park, NY - Address at laying cornerstone at FDRL |
RLxA-82 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Radio Christmas greeting to nation (8 min) |
RLxA-83 |
1940 |
Jan. 3 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (35 min) |
71-1:2 |
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Jan. 8 |
Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (42 min) |
201-190 |
|
Jan. 19 |
Washington, DC - Radio address before White House Conference on Children in Democracy (37 min) |
201-192 |
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Jan. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 7th Birthday Ball (7 min) |
201-192-A |
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Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on the 30th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min) |
74-1:5 |
|
Feb. 10 |
Washington, DC - Address to delegates of American Youth Congress (33 min) |
201-193 |
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Mar. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to anniversary Farm Dinners (14 min) |
72-1:9 |
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Mar. 16 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on Christian Foreign Service Convocation (7 min) |
73-2:3 |
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Apr. 15 |
Washington, DC - Radio address before Governing Board of Pan American Union (18 min) |
201-194-A |
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Apr. 20 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs of America (16 min) |
73-15:6 |
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May 10 |
Washington, DC - Radio address before 8th Pan American Scientific Congress (20 min) |
72-13:1 |
|
May 16 |
Washington, DC - Message to Congress (32 min) |
71-16:1 |
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May 26 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on National Defense (32 min) |
RL 281-283 |
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June 10 |
University of Virginia - Graduating Class Address (14 min) |
72-1:13 |
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July 19 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 3rd term (32 min) |
RLxB-18(excerpts) |
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Aug. 19 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on dedication of WKIP radio, Poughkeepsie, NY (6 min) |
71-20(2) |
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Aug. 23 |
White House Press Conference #674 (fair) (15 min) |
48-61:6(1) |
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Aug. c. 23-27 |
White House - conversation in President's office with Lowell Mellett and others (poor) (30 in) |
48-61:13 |
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Aug. 27 |
White House Press Conference #675 (fair/good) (35 min) |
48-61:6(2) |
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Aug. 31 |
Hyde Park, NY - Informal remarks to Roosevelt Home Club (12 min) |
71-20(3) |
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Sept. 2 |
Great Smokey Mt National Park - Dedication address (23 min) |
201-196 |
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Sept. 2 |
Chattanooga, TN - Dedication of Chickamauga dam, part of TVA complex (20 min) |
201-197 |
|
Sept. 6 |
White House Press Conference #678 (good) (19 min) |
48-61:5(3) |
|
Sept. c. 1-8 |
White House - conversation in President's office re politics and Far Eastern situation (fair) (7 min) |
48-61:1(3) |
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Sept. 11 |
Washington, DC - Address to Teamsters Union Convention (39 min) |
RLxB-19 |
|
Sept. 13 |
White House - Statement on limitation of export of planes, aircraft plans and designs (16 min) |
74-28:217 |
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Sept. 13 |
White House Press Conference #680 (good) (21 min) |
48-61:10 |
|
Sept. 20 |
Philadelphia, PA - Address on 200th anniversary of founding of University of Pennsylvania (32 min) |
72-1:5 |
|
Sept. 24 |
White House Press Conference #682 (good) (21 min) |
48-61:9(1) |
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Sept. 27 |
White House Press Conference #683 (good/fair) (incomplete) (10 min) |
48-61:9(2) |
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Sept. 27 |
White House - Conference in President's office re Negroes in armed forces (good) (8 min) |
48-61:3(1) |
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Sept. 27 |
White House reception of unidentified group in President's office in favor of loan of destroyers to Great Britain (fair) (6 min) |
48-61:5(1) |
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Sept. 28 |
Washington, DC - Address at new Washington National Airport (16 min) |
201-195-A |
|
Oct. 1 |
White House Press Conference #685 (good) (14 min) |
48-61:5(2) |
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Oct. 4 |
Conference in FDR's office with House leaders re Hitler and Mussolini and politics (fair) (20 min) |
RL 48-61:1(1) |
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Oct. 4 |
FDR's side of telephone conversation with Cordell Hull (fair) (4 min) |
RL 48-61:1(2) |
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Oct. 4 |
White House Press Conference #686 (fair) (16 min) |
48-61:11(1) |
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Oct. 5 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio message to Dutchess County Democratic Committee (6 min) |
71-28:1 |
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Oct. 5 |
Hyde Park, NY - Address at dedication of three new schools in Hyde Park (25 min) |
201-199 |
|
Oct. 8 |
White House Press Conference #688 (good) (16 min) |
48-61:8(1) |
|
Oct. 10 |
White House group conference in the President's office on Japanese policy in the Pacific and conditions in the Navy (fair) (13 min) |
48-61:8(2) |
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Oct. 11 |
Pittsburgh, PA - Informal remarks on occasion of dedication of 100,000th housing unit in Terrace Village (6 min) |
RG196-59:248 |
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Oct. 12 |
Dayton, OH - Address on hemisphere defense (25 min) |
201-200 |
|
Oct. 13 |
Washington, DC - Radio address for 1940 Mobilization for Human Needs (9 min) |
201-199-A |
|
Oct. 16 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on Registration Day for Selective Service (6 min) |
201-201 |
|
Oct. 18 |
White House Press Conference #690 (good/fair) (20 min) |
48-61:3(2)& |
|
Oct. 22 |
White House Press Conference #691 (fair)(incomplete) (8 min) |
48-61:2(2) |
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Oct. 23 |
Philadelphia, PA - Address opening 1940 Presidential campaign (46 min) |
RLxB-20 |
|
Oct. 24 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to NY Herald Tribune Forum (11 min) |
72-13:2 |
|
Oct. 25 |
White House Press Conference #692 (fair) (25 min) |
48-61:4
|
|
Oct. 28 |
New York City - Informal remarks at ground breaking ceremonies for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (8 min) |
201-203 |
|
Oct. 28 |
New York City - Campaign address at Madison Square Garden (complete) (44 min) (cassette) |
74-28(227) |
|
Oct. 29 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on drawing number under Selective Service Act of 1940 (16 min) |
201-201-B |
|
Oct. 30 |
Boston, MA - Campaign address: "I have said this before, your boys are not going to be sent . . ." (45 min) |
RLxB-23 |
|
Oct. 31 |
Bethesda, MD - Remarks at dedication of National Health Institute for Cancer Research (Permission required for commercial use) (12 min) |
72-9:20 |
|
Oct. Undated |
White House - President, Miss LeHand and others in President's office (fair) (14 min) |
48-61:2(3) |
|
Nov. 1 |
White House Press Conference #693 (good) (13 min) |
RL48-61:3(3)
|
|
Nov. 1 |
Brooklyn, NY - Address at Brooklyn Academy of Music "Paupers who not worth . . ." (43 min) |
RLxB-22 |
|
Nov. 2 |
Cleveland, OH - Last campaign address of 1940 "I see an America . ." (46 min) |
RLxB-24
|
|
Nov. 4 |
Poughkeepsie, NY - Remarks at Election eve rally (9 min) |
71-20(4) |
|
Nov. 4 |
Hyde Park, NY - Final radio speech of 1940 campaign (12 min) |
RLxB-25(1A) |
|
Nov. 7 |
Washington, DC - Informal remarks arriving back in Washington after re-election (2 min) |
201-188-D |
|
Nov. 8 |
White House Press Conference #694 (good) (22 min) |
48-61:12 |
|
Nov. 11 |
Arlington, VA - Address on Armistice Day, Arlington Cemetery (16 min |
72-1:7 |
|
Nov. 11 |
Bethesda, MD - Address at laying of cornerstone of Naval Medical Center (7 min) |
201-203-A |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - President's Christmas greeting (10 min) |
49-156:337 |
|
Dec. 29 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on National Security (37 min) |
72-13:10 |
1941 |
Jan. 6 |
Washington, DC - State of Union Address (39 min) |
72-1:3 |
|
Jan. 20 |
Washington, DC - Third Inaugural address (18 min) |
71-10:3 |
|
Jan. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 8th Birthday Ball (5 min) |
201-201-B |
|
Feb. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 31st anniversary of Boy Scouts (6 min) |
201-204 |
|
Feb. 27 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to 13th annual awards dinner of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (6 min) |
201-204-A |
|
Mar. 8 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 8th anniversary of New Deal agricultural policy (8 min) |
RLxA-88 |
|
Mar. 15 |
Address to White House Correspondents Association Dinner (37 min) |
201-205 |
|
Mar. 17 |
Washington, DC - Address at dedication of National Gallery of Art (15 min) |
72-1:1 |
|
Mar. 29 |
Address to Jackson Day Dinner, from USS Potomac at Ft. Lauderdale, FL (17 min) |
74-28(246) |
|
Apr. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on President's purchases of first defense Savings Bond and Savings Stamps (8 min) |
73-2:1 |
|
May 27 |
Washington, DC - Radio address announcing proclamation of an unlimited National Emergency (44 min) |
74-28(248) |
|
July 4 |
Hyde Park, NY - Independence Day address (5 min) |
73-15:3 |
|
July 21 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Nation urging Congress to extend one-year limit on Selective Service draftees (15 min) |
RLxA-89 |
|
Sept. 1 |
Hyde Park, NY - Labor Day address: "We shall do everything in our power . . ." (11 min) |
74-28:250 |
|
Sept. 11 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Freedom of the Seas (29 min) |
72-13:15(1) |
|
Sept. 28 |
Washington, DC - Liberty Fleet Day Message (5 min) |
RG178-2:3162 |
|
Oct. 3 |
Washington, DC - Radio address urging support for 1941 Community Mobilization for Human Needs (4 min) |
201-208-A |
|
Oct. 27 |
Washington, DC - Navy and Total Defense Day address (26 min) |
71-10:1 |
|
Nov. 6 |
Washington, DC - Address to delegates of International Labor Organization (23 min) |
201-208 |
|
Nov. 11 |
Washington, DC - Armistice Day address (11 min) |
201-209 |
|
Dec. 8 |
Washington, DC - Address to Congress asking State of War to be declared (11 min) (FDR speech - 8 min) |
RLxA-93 |
|
Dec. 9 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat to Nation following Declaration of War with Japan (26 min) |
71-10:4 |
|
Dec. 15 |
Washington, DC - Address on 150th anniversary of Ratification of Bill of Rights (9 min) |
71-16:3 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Christmas Eve message (15 min) |
RLxA-92 |
1942 |
Jan. 6 |
Washington, DC - State of Union address (40 min) |
71-16:2 |
|
Jan. 30 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 60th birthday (7 min) |
73-2:10 |
|
Feb. 15 |
Washington, DC - Address to Canadian Victory Loan Campaign (6 min) |
72-1:12 |
|
Feb. 23 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on the Progress of the War (37 min) |
201-211 |
|
Mar. 9 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on 9th anniversary of New Deal Farm Program (8 min) |
201-212-C |
|
Apr. 28 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on National Economic Policy (33 min) |
73-2:4 |
|
June 12 |
Washington, DC - Radio appeal on scrap rubber campaign (7 min) |
201-212-B |
|
June 14 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on United Flag Day (7 min) |
201-212 |
|
Aug. 6 |
Washington Navy Yard - Remarks on presentation of submarine chaser to Queen Wilhelmina (4 min) |
201-212-A |
|
Aug. 31 |
Bethesda, MD - Address at dedication of Naval Medical Center (12 min) |
201-211-B |
|
Sept. 3 |
Washington, DC - Address to International Student Assembly "The better world will . . ." (20 min) |
201-213
|
|
Sept. 7 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Cost of Living and Progress of War (27 min) |
201-214 |
|
Sept. 16 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on transfer of submarine chaser to Norway (4 min) |
201-213-A |
|
Oct. 5 |
Washington, DC - Radio address opening Community Mobilization for Human Needs (4 min) |
74-11:2 |
|
Oct. 12 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat - Report on the Home Front (29 min) |
201-215 |
|
Nov. 7 |
Washington, DC - Radio broadcast to French on North African invasion (7 min) |
RLxA-96 |
|
Nov. 11 |
Arlington, VA - Armistice Day address (8 min) |
SRT49-156:408
|
|
Nov. 15 |
Washington, DC - Philippine Day address (9 min) |
74-4:1 |
|
Nov. 17 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to NY Herald Tribune Forum (12 min) |
201-216 |
|
Nov. 26 |
Washington, DC - Thanksgiving Day Proclamation (6 min) |
SRT49-156:411 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Christmas Eve message (7 min) |
201-216-A |
1943 |
Jan. 7 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union address (48 min) |
71-1:3 |
|
Feb. 12 |
White House Correspondent's Dinner address (40 min) |
71-1:4 |
|
Feb. 22 |
Washington, DC - Radio address on Washington's birthday (11 min) |
72-1:8 |
|
Feb. 28 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on opening 1943 Red Cross Fund Drive (read by Norman H. Davis) (8 min) |
201-232 |
|
Apr. 13 |
Washington, DC - Address at Jefferson Memorial dedication ceremonies (7 min) |
71-16:4 |
|
Apr. 20 |
Monterrey, Mexico - Address to Mexican people - response to President Comacho (11 min) |
72-13:9 |
|
May 2 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Federal seizure of coal mines (21 min) |
RL 429-430 |
|
June 7 |
Washington, DC - Address to delegates of United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture (13 min) |
72-13:13 |
|
June 10 |
Washington Navy Yard - Address on transfer of anti-submarine patrol vessel to Greek government (5 min) |
74-4:3 |
|
July 28 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Progress of War and Plans for Peace (29 min) |
RL 434/435 |
|
Aug. 12 |
Washington, DC - Address to Philippine people (5 min) |
49-156:436 |
|
Aug. 25 |
Washington, DC - Ottawa, Canada - Address to Canadian Parliament (15 min) |
71-10:7 |
|
Sept. 8 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Opening 3rd War Loan Drive (11 min) |
201-220-A
|
|
Oct. 5 |
Washington, DC - Radio address opening National War Fund Drive (4 min) |
201-220-B
|
|
Nov. 9 |
Washington, DC - Address on signing agreement on United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin. (14 min) |
201-222 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Hyde Park, NY - Fireside chat on Teheran and Cairo Conferences (28 min) |
201-221 |
1944 |
Jan. 11 |
Washington, DC - Radio address to Nation - State of the Union message to Congress (30 min) |
201-225 |
|
Jan. 29 |
Washington, DC - Radio broadcast on eve of President's birthday (6 min) |
201-223-A |
|
Feb. 12 |
Washington Navy Yard - Remarks on transfer of Destroyer Escort Senegalais to French (6 min) |
201-223-B
|
|
Mar. 4 |
Washington, DC - Extemporaneous remarks at the end of White House Correspondents Association Dinner (7 min) |
B-K2(4) |
|
June 5 |
Washington, DC - Fireside Chat |
RL-453 |
|
June 6 |
Washington, DC - President's D-Day Prayer (7 min) |
RLxA-1 |
|
June 12 |
Washington, DC - Fireside chat opening of 5th War Loan Drive (13 min) |
65-9:48(3-4) |
|
July 20 |
Washington, DC - Address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 4th term (17 min) |
201-226 |
|
July 27 |
Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, HI - Informal remarks at military review of 7th Infantry Division (1 min) |
RLxA-95 |
|
Aug. 12 |
Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA - Radio address reviewing Pacific tour of inspection (38 min) |
201-227 |
|
Sept. 23 |
Washington, DC - The Teamsters' Union address - opening 1944 campaign (Fala speech) (38 min) |
74-9 |
|
Oct. 5 |
Washington, DC - Radio campaign address (22 min) |
RL 466-467 |
|
Oct. 12 |
Washington, DC - White House Oval Room address before Diplomatic missions from other American Republics (10 min) |
SRT49-156:46 |
|
Oct. 12 |
Washington, DC - Address on occasion of acceptance of Four Freedoms Award (6 min) |
201-227-B |
|
Oct. 21 |
Washington, DC - Radio address opening 1944 National War Fund Drive (recorded 10/17/44) (7 min) |
201-223-C |
|
Oct. 21 |
New York City - Waldorf Astoria - Address before Foreign Policy Assoc. Dinner "Peace like war . . ." (51 min) |
74-5
|
|
Oct. 27 |
Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA - Campaign address (40 min) |
73-15:6 |
|
Oct. 28 |
Soldier's Field, Chicago, IL - Campaign address on Economic Bill of Rights (39 min) |
SRT49-156:478-480 |
|
Nov. 2 |
Washington, DC - Campaign radio speech from White House "The world is rising . . ." (15 min) |
SRT49-156:481 |
|
Nov. 4 |
Fenway Park, Boston, MA - Campaign address (36 min 30 sec) |
SRT49-156:483-485 |
|
Nov. 6 |
Poughkeepsie, NY - Informal remarks at Post Office (8 min) |
71-20(5) |
|
Nov. 6 |
Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on election eve "Our task now is to face . . ." (11 min 10 sec) |
SRT49-156:488-489 |
|
Nov. 10 |
Washington, DC - Informal remarks at Union Station after re-election to 4th term (2 min) |
201-227-A
|
|
Nov. 19 |
Washington, DC - Remarks on opening of 6th War Loan Drive (3 min 30 sec) |
SRT49-156:491 |
|
Dec. 24 |
Washington, DC - Christmas Eve address (5 min) |
74-1:6 |
1945 |
Jan. 6 |
Washington, DC - State of the Union message (25 min) |
201-228 |
|
Jan. 20 |
Washington, DC - 4th Inaugural address: "We have learned . . ." (8 min) (Total program 30 min) |
72-1:6 |
|
Mar. 1 |
Washington, DC - Report to Congress on Crimea Conference (55 min) |
73-2:2 |
|
Mar. 20 |
Washington, DC - American Red Cross Fund Drive President's last delivered speech (3 min) |
72-9:22 |
|
Apr. 13 |
Washington, DC - Warm Springs, GA - Undelivered address prepared for Jefferson Day, read by FDR, Jr. (Minus three paragraphs) (5 min) |
76-9(6) |