Eugene F. Ockuly Franklin Delano Roosevelt collection

Several original signed letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt form the centerpiece of the Ockuly FDR Collection. Printed materials including pamphlets, brochures, newsclippings, periodicals and tearsheets, programs, posters, and photographs all give a rather complete picture of Roosevelt's life and times.

Special emphasis is on his Presidency with copies of many of his writings and speeches, a large number in the form of White House press releases. Material realting to his terms as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Governor of New York are also well represented as are items dealing with New Deal programs and the conduct of the War. Especially fascinating is the political material relating to all four of his Presidential campaigns. The collection includes much critical as well as laudatory material and, studied as a whole, gives a relatively balanced view of both Roosevelt and his era.

Includes letters from Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as Governor of New York, and as President.

Holograph chart of the Roosevelt family tree prepared by Roosevelt's daughter Anna and her fiance John Boettiger. In Boettiger's hand.

PAMPHLETS; 1930-1957, undated; arranged chronologically within each subject area. Includes pamphlets dealing with Roosevelt's and Henry Wallace's speeches, the New Deal, international relations, political campaigns, religion, Roosevelt's health and death, and Hyde Park.

LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS/MESSAGES; 1929-1947; arranged chronologically within issuing government or governmental branch. Includes messages from Governor Roosevelt to the New York Legislature, messages from President Roosevelt to Congress, reports of wartime conferences, records of congressional hearings, executive orders and agreements, and documentation of Anglo-American and Canadian-American relations.

CLIPPINGS; 1942-1975, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes articles, columns, and editorials on Roosevelt, his associates, and his policies.

PROGRAMS/INVITATIONS; 1935, 1949; arranged chronologically. Invitation to a Notre Dame convocation; program for a Roosevelt College Day Dinner.

PERIODICALS/TEARSHEETS/NEWSLETTERS; 1914-1982; arranged chronologically within each subject area. Articles include those by Roosevelt as well as those about him, his associates, general politics and economics and international relations. (See also Oversize section at end of collection)

POSTERS; Undated; World War I message from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. (See Oversize section at end of collection)

PRESS RELEASES' 1933-1947, undated; arranged by year, each year chronological within broad subject areas. Includes numerous presidential addresses, messages to Congress on a variety of foreign and domestic subjects as well as many speeches from the last three Presidential campaigns. Also included are President Truman's first message to Congress and various press releases from the State Department, the Roosevelt Library, and the War Department.

SHEET MUSIC; 1933-1956; arranged chronologically. Music and lyrics of 23 political and patriotic songs written about Roosevelt. Includes works by Irving Berlin and George M. Cohan.

COMIC BOOKS; 1946; A three-part series called "If I could, you can!" about Roosevelt's battle with polio in the April, May, and June 1946 issues of Picture News.

POSTAGE STAMPS AND RELATED ITEMS; 1951, undated; Includes stamps honoring Roosevelt, an article on philately and a quote by Roosevelt on collecting on back of a postcard.

PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS; 1946-1971, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes advertising and publicity materials for Roosevelt, his associates and commercial products.

TEACHING MATERIALS; 1935-1950; Miscellaneous printed material designed for classroom use, with patriotic themes.

POSITIVE PRINT; undated; Autographed photograph of Roosevelt.

ENGRAVING; undated; Autographed photograph of Roosevelt.

AUTOGRAPHS OF ROOSEVELT AND HIS FIRST CABINET; 1935(?); Includes signatures of Roosevelt, Garner, Hull, Morganthau, Dern, Cummings, Farley, Swanson, Ickes, Wallace, Roper, and Perkins.