Roosevelt sound recordings, 1935-1959.

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Roosevelt sound recordings, 1935-1959.

Recordings of speeches by President Roosevelt not found in the National Archives or the Thomas J. Watson Collection, and speeches, interviews, and other utterances of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1935-1959.

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