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
73-7:2(1)

1924

June 26

New York City - Remarks to Democratic National Convention offering to withdraw nomination of Alfred E. Smith (2 min)

RLxB-1
73-7:1(1)
73-72:2(2)

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
72-13:14
73-7:1(3)
73-21
75-3 most complete

 

July 30

Albany, NY - Radio address discussing Democratic Party Platform (28 min)

RLxB-2
73-7:2(3)

 

Oct. 2

Detroit, MI - "The Philosophy of Social Justice through Social Action" (Radio address)(9 min)

RLxB-85-1
65-9:1(7-8)

 

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)
64-12:5
73-7:1(4)

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
71-10:2
71-40:2
RLxA-2
RLxA-2D

 

Mar. 12

Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on banking (13 min 42 sec)

RLxA-4
65-9:2(1-2)

 

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)
RL-14(excerpts)
74-19(5)(excerpts)

 

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
RLxA-8-A
RLxA-8-B

 

June 13

West Point, NY - US Military Academy Commencement address (11 min)

 

RLxA-9
RLxA-9-A

 

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
RLxA-10

 

 

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)
201-177

 

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)
201-185-B

 

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
65-9:4(3)

 

 

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
RLxA-17

 

 

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)
RLxA-18(31min)

 

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
RL 59-61

 

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
73-21(excerpts)

 

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
201-181

 

Sept. 6

Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Drought Conditions (27 min)

70/71
201-182

 

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
65-9:8(1)

 

Sept. 18

Cambridge, MA - Address to Harvard University Tercentenary Celebration (Permission required for commercial use) (15 min)

71-40:3

 

 

Sept. 29

Syracuse, NY - Address to NY Democratic State Committee (Permission required for commercial use) (30 min)

73-21(excerpts)
72-9:8

 

Oct. 1

Pittsburgh, PA - Political address from Forbes Field (Permission required for commercial use) (31 min)

72-9:9

 

 

Oct. 10

Omaha, NE - Political speech (Permission required for commercial use) (34 min)

73-21
72-9:11

 

Oct. 14

Chicago, IL - Political speech from Chicago Stadium
(Permission required for commercial use) (37 min)

72-9:10-C
72-9:10-A & B

 

Oct. 21

Worcester, MA - Political speech
(Permission required for commercial use) (31 min)

72-9:12

 

 

Oct. 26

Washington, DC - Address at dedication of Howard University Chemistry building (10 min)

201-184(1)
65-9:8(8)

 

 

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
74-2:1

 

 

Nov. 2

Hyde Park, NY - President's election eve radio broadcast (Permission required for commercial use) (11 min)

72-9:14(1-3)

 

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

 

 

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
201-188-B

 

1937

Jan. 6

Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (32 min)

73-21
74-28:147
RLxA-22-D

 

Jan. 20

Washington, DC - 2nd Inaugural Address (25 min) (Total program 36 min)

73-1
73-21

 

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
RLxA-24

 

 

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
65-9:11(4-7)
201-186

 

Mar. 9

Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on the Reorganization of the Judiciary (35 min 28 sec)

RL 99-101
201-187

 

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
RL 116

 

Sept. 28

Bonneville Dam, OR - Address - "We in America are wiser . . . " (17 min 45 sec)

RLxA-28
SRT77-7

 

Oct. 5

Chicago, IL - Dedication of Outer-Link Bridge (22 min)

RLxA-30
72-1:2

 

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)
RLxA-33

 

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)
SRT74-28(163)

 

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
NLR-138

 

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

 

June 2

Annapolis, MD - Address to US Naval Academy graduating class (19 min)

RLxA-42

 

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
201-188

 

June 30

NY World's Fair - Address to closing session of National Education Assoc. (Permission required for commercial use) (22 min)

RLxA-45B
72-9:18

 

July

San Francisco, CA - Informal remarks upon arrival at railroad station (FDR 3 min)

74-19:4

 

July 3

Gettysburg, PA - Address at dedication of Gettysburg Battlefield (9 min)

RLxA-46

 

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

 

July 9

Oklahoma City, OK - Address "America needs a government . . ." (19 min)

74-28:174
RLxA-49

 

July 14

San Francisco, CA - Address at Treasure Island (10 min)

RLxA-51

 

Aug. 15

Washington, DC - Radio address on 3rd anniversary of Social Security Act (14 min 44 sec)

75-12
RLxA-52

 

Aug. 18

Clayton, NY - Address at dedication of International Bridge (19 min)

RLxA-53
175/177

 

Aug. 18

Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Address at Queen's University on receiving Honorary Doctor of Law Degree (15 min)

201-189
65-9:19(2-4)

 

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)
RlxA-55

 

Oct. 14

Washington, DC - Radio address on 1938 Mobilization for Human Needs (8 min)

RLxA-57

 

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
RLxB-5

 

Nov. 24

Warm Springs, GA - Thanksgiving Day address (6 min)

RLxA-59

 

Dec. 5

Chapel Hill, NC - Address on receiving Honorary Degree to Carolina Political Union (29 min)

RLxA-60

 

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
72-1:17

 

Jan. 7

Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (34 min)

RLxA-64

 

Jan. 30

Washington, DC - Radio address on the President's 6th Birthday Ball (8 min)

201-189-B

 

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

 

Apr. 14

Washington, DC - Address to Governing Board of Pan American Union

RLxA-69

 

Apr. 14

Mt Vernon, VA - Address on 150th anniversary of formal announcement of election of 1st President of US (12 min)

RL-218
RLxA-68

 

 

Apr. 17

Washington, DC - Address to National Parole Conference (30 min)

RLxA-70
72-13:8

 

Apr. 26

Washington, DC - Address to White House Conference on Children in a Democracy (15 min)

RLxA-71

 

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
NLR-229

 

May 10

Washington, DC - Remarks on dedication of Museum of Modern Art (Permission required for commercial use) (9 min)

72-9:19A-19B
72-13:3
RLxA-73

 

May 22

Washington, DC - Address before the American Retail Federation (42 min)

RLxA-74
201-231

 

June 12

West Point, NY - Address to graduating class atUS Military Academy (16 min)

RLxA-75

 

Sept. 3

Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on War in Europe (11 min)

71-10:6
RLxA-76

 

Sept. 21

Washington, DC - Address to Congress on Neutrality Act (35 min)

71-1:1
RLxA-77

 

Oct. 9

Washington, DC - Radio address on 1939 Mobilization for Human Needs (7 min)

RLxA-78

 

Nov. 11

Washington, DC - Radio appeal launching Annual Roll Call of American Red Cross (6 min)

RLxA-80

 

Nov. 15

Washington, DC - Address at laying cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial (9 min)

RLxA-81

 

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
201-191

 

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

 

Jan. 30

Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 7th Birthday Ball (7 min)

201-192-A

 

Feb. 8

Washington, DC - Radio address on the 30th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min)

74-1:5
201-192-B

 

Feb. 10

Washington, DC - Address to delegates of American Youth Congress (33 min)

201-193
65-9:27(8-12)

 

Mar. 8

Washington, DC - Radio address to anniversary Farm Dinners (14 min)

72-1:9
201-194

 

Mar. 16

Washington, DC - Radio address on Christian Foreign Service Convocation (7 min)

73-2:3

 

Apr. 15

Washington, DC - Radio address before Governing Board of Pan American Union (18 min)

201-194-A

 

Apr. 20

Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs of America (16 min)

73-15:6
201-195

 

May 10

Washington, DC - Radio address before 8th Pan American Scientific Congress (20 min)

72-13:1
201-193-A

 

May 16

Washington, DC - Message to Congress (32 min)

71-16:1
RLxA -84
NLR 279/280
74-11:4

 

May 26

Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on National Defense (32 min)

RL 281-283
RLxA-85

 

June 10

University of Virginia - Graduating Class Address (14 min)

72-1:13
RLxA-86

 

July 19

Washington, DC - Radio address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 3rd term (32 min)

RLxB-18(excerpts)
74-28(212)(complete)

 

Aug. 19

Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on dedication of WKIP radio, Poughkeepsie, NY (6 min)

71-20(2)

 

Aug. 23

White House Press Conference #674 (fair) (15 min)

48-61:6(1)

 

Aug. c. 23-27

White House - conversation in President's office with Lowell Mellett and others (poor) (30 in)

48-61:13

 

Aug. 27

White House Press Conference #675 (fair/good) (35 min)

48-61:6(2)
48-61:7

 

Aug. 31

Hyde Park, NY - Informal remarks to Roosevelt Home Club (12 min)

71-20(3)

 

Sept. 2

Great Smokey Mt National Park - Dedication address (23 min)

201-196

 

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)

 

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

 

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
201-198

 

Sept. 24

White House Press Conference #682 (good) (21 min)

48-61:9(1)

 

Sept. 27

White House Press Conference #683 (good/fair) (incomplete) (10 min)

48-61:9(2)

 

Sept. 27

White House - Conference in President's office re Negroes in armed forces (good) (8 min)

48-61:3(1)

 

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)

 

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)

 

Oct. 4

Conference in FDR's office with House leaders re Hitler and Mussolini and politics (fair) (20 min)

RL 48-61:1(1)

 

Oct. 4

FDR's side of telephone conversation with Cordell Hull (fair) (4 min)

RL 48-61:1(2)

 

Oct. 4

White House Press Conference #686 (fair) (16 min)

48-61:11(1)

 

Oct. 5

Hyde Park, NY - Radio message to Dutchess County Democratic Committee (6 min)

71-28:1
71-40:4(1)

 

Oct. 5

Hyde Park, NY - Address at dedication of three new schools in Hyde Park (25 min)

201-199
72-13:4

 

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)

 

Oct. 11

Pittsburgh, PA - Informal remarks on occasion of dedication of 100,000th housing unit in Terrace Village (6 min)

RG196-59:248

 

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)&
48-61:2(1)

 

Oct. 22

White House Press Conference #691 (fair)(incomplete) (8 min)

48-61:2(2)

 

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)
74-26:4-5(excerpts)
RLxB-21

 

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
65-9:33(12)
65-9:34(5)

 

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
201-203-B

 

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
201-206

 

Jan. 20

Washington, DC - Third Inaugural address (18 min)

71-10:3
RLxA-87 Excerpts

 

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
71-35:4

 

Mar. 17

Washington, DC - Address at dedication of National Gallery of Art (15 min)

72-1:1
201-206-A

 

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)
RLxA-85

 

July 4

Hyde Park, NY - Independence Day address (5 min)

73-15:3
74-28(249)

 

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
210-204-C

 

Sept. 11

Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Freedom of the Seas (29 min)

72-13:15(1)
201-207

 

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
RLxA-90

 

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
71-35:2
73-11

 

Dec. 9

Washington, DC - Fireside chat to Nation following Declaration of War with Japan (26 min)

71-10:4
201-210

 

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
65-9:41(9-12)
65-9:42(1)

 

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
RL48-61:11(2)

 

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
72-13:5
201-218

 

Feb. 12

White House Correspondent's Dinner address (40 min)

71-1:4
72-13:12
201-217

 

Feb. 22

Washington, DC - Radio address on Washington's birthday (11 min)

72-1:8
201-217-B

 

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
201-216-B

 

Apr. 20

Monterrey, Mexico - Address to Mexican people - response to President Comacho (11 min)

72-13:9
201-219

 

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
201-220

 

June 10

Washington Navy Yard - Address on transfer of anti-submarine patrol vessel to Greek government (5 min)

74-4:3
201-217-A

 

July 28

Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Progress of War and Plans for Peace (29 min)

RL 434/435
201-223

 

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
72-1:14

 

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
201-224

 

June 6

Washington, DC - President's D-Day Prayer (7 min)

RLxA-1
74-1:1
75-5(1)
RL 454

 

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
73-2:5

 

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
73-2:8
201-224A

 

Mar. 1

Washington, DC - Report to Congress on Crimea Conference (55 min)

73-2:2
65-9:54(1-7)

 

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)

 
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