Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, located in Hyde Park, New York, was conceived and designed by President Roosevelt while he was still in office. The Library's holdings include the President's personal and family papers, the papers covering his public career at the state and national level, Eleanor Roosevelt's papers, as well as those of many of their friends and associates.Archivist describes collections In total the Library houses more than 17 million pages of documents. The Library also contains 130,000 photographs, hundreds of sound recordings, thousands of feet of motion picture film, and a growing collection of videos. These are supported by 50,000 books covering the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, including President Roosevelt's own personal collection of over 22,000 volumes. Most of FDR's papers were made available to the public in 1950, only five years following the President's death, an action without precedent in our nation's history.  

There is no fee to conduct research at the Library, and no pre-application is necessary. The Archives' website indicates that one can contact the Archives for more information about its holdings in general or related to a particular topic.