President's personal file, 1933-1945.

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President's personal file, 1933-1945.

Files on persons and subjects in which President Roosevelt took a personal interest. Files vary in size according to subject matter and include incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, printed material, and newspaper clippings; records of telephone calls kept by the President's personal secretary; diaries and itineraries compiled by the appointments secretary; the transcripts of Roosevelt's press conferences prepared by the Office of the Press Secretary; and a master file of speeches given by the President. One of the largest files (PPF 200) contains public reaction mail to a number of Roosevelt's speeches and government programs. Also, files on gifts, honorary memberships, fraternal organizations and philanthropic societies as well as files on personal friends and political associates of the President. Subjects include agriculture, banking and currency, business and industry, conservation, Democratic Party, Dutchess County, economic conditions, elections, foreign affairs, housing, infantile paralysis, Japan, judiciary reform, labor, Latin America, national defense, Negroes, the New Deal and its agencies, Presidential campaigns, prices and inflation, railroads, refugees, relief work, Eleanor Roosevelt, social security, unemployment, and World War II.

608 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6880264

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