1914-1962

Various

Header Record

Title: [Collection of photographs related to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1914-1962][Decimalized .01-.63]

Collection of photographs related to life and family of Franklin D. Roosevelt dated 1914-1962. Consists of 63 photographs that pertain to Roosevelt's political career as Aide to the Secretary of Navy, presidency and political campagins. In addition to the presidnet's images there are images of Eleanor Roosevelt at a events following Roosevelt's death. Included are events such as James D. Roosevelt's attempt to run as governor and marriage of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. Noted figures in this collection include members of Roosevelt's cabinet, such as Frances Perkins, the first woman part of a…

GLC09957

1923-1980

Reyes, Crispin Raymond, 1925-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection belonging to Crispin Raymond Reyes, 1943-1980]

Collection of 35 items belonging to Crispin Raymond Reyes dated approximately 1923-1980. Consists of a scrapbook, journal, military appointment documents, diplomas for junior college and elementary school and photographs. Refer to Archivists' Notes for container list.

GLC09949

1936-1949

Umbach, Florence, 1926-2004

Header Record

Title: Soldiers' letters from World War II [Decimalized .001-.072]

A collection of letters primarily between sisters Florence Umbach and Catherine Umbach Griffin. There are also letter sent to either sister form other authors. This collection also includes sixteen empty envelopes that do not seem connected to either sister or other author or recipient in the collection. The letters primarily discuss education, wartime work and general family news.

GLC09952

circa 1900

Photograph

Title: Cuban X-Giants

One photograph of the Cuban X Giants Negro league baseball team circa 1900. A group photo with twelve men. The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906. They were one of the most powerful independent black teams around the turn of the century winning the 1903 Colored World Championship, beating the Philadelphia Giants five games to two. The legendary Andrew "Rube" Foster, the father of Negro League baseball, pitched four of the five victories.

GLC10107

circa 1940

Betsy Ross Corps.

Poster

Title: Mercy From the Skies

one poster entitled Mercy From The Skies published by the Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students circa 1940. Poster is advertising for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that hoped to support the Army Air Corps and assist during times of national emergency. The Corps was founded in 1931 by Opal Kunz, a charter member of the Ninety-Nines organization of women pilots and the first woman to race men in open competition. The Corps had its own uniforms and was divided into nine regions across the country.

GLC10122

circa 1932

Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930

Photograph

Title: Roosevelt Defends New Deal in Speech

One picture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Jefferson Day Dinner where he defended the New Deal, and the re-eletion of Governor Herbert H. Lehman. Also pictured is James Farley, postmaster general.

GLC09957.20

24 December 1937

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Her Stockings Will Hang in White House

One picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his granddaughter Sara Roosevelt dated December 24, 1937. Wire transfer information details that Sara, 4 years old, would be the only child in the White House for Christmas. Image taken by Associated Press.

GLC09957.21

1927

Reyes, Crispin Raymond, 1925-?

Photograph

Title: Mother and Louise at Flats

One black-and-white photograph of two women in fur coats dated 1927. Reverse side identifies the women as Mother and Louise "at Flats." Also notes the address and date.

GLC09949.02.24

1927

Hildreth, fl. 1927

Photograph

Title: [Picnic at Seedhouse, Steamboat Springs, Colorado]

One black-and-white photograph of group standing in front of a log cabin. Reverse side contains names of people photographed. Pictured at the Seedhouse, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

GLC09949.02.25

1934

Cunard, Nancy, 1896-1965

Book

Title: Negro anthology made by Nancy Cunard 1931-1933

Published by Cunard at Wishart & Company in London, England. In the foreword, Cunard states "It was necessary to make this book ... for the recording of the struggles and achievements, the persecutions and the revolts against them, of the Negro people." Cunard's thorough and diverse work contains music, poetry, historical studies, discussions on racism, and reports on black culture in other countries, such as Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, and Africa, among many others. Includes essays by such notables as anthropologist and writer Zora Neale Hurston, philosopher Alain Locke, sociologist W.E.B.…

GLC06115

February 3, 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to John L. Lewis

Informs that he has created a National Labor Board to function under the National Industrial Recovery Act as an agency to investigate controversies concerning labor relations. Appoints Lewis a member of the National Labor Board and hopes that he will accept. Written on White House stationary. Addressed to Lewis at the Carleton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

GLC05576

04 March 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet signed

Title: Inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt... delivered at the Capitol...

Signed on titlepage.

GLC00291

March 22, 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ellison DuRant Smith

Letter concerns Smith's amendment to the farm bill of 1933. Worries that he may lose the support of organized farm forces. Advises him to discuss the bill with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Date inferred from contents. Written on White House stationary.

GLC01520

January 20, 1937

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed document signed

Title: Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Signed by Roosevelt at the end. Address delivered at the Capital, Washington, D.C., 20 January 1937. Stresses the idea of creating a better world through economic morality. Presents progress, not stagnation, as a way to improve the lives of Americans. "I see a great nation, upon a great continent, blessed with a great wealth of natural resources ... I see a United States which can demonstrate that, under democratic methods of government, national wealth can be translated into a spreading volume of human comforts hitherto unknown ... " Stresses American post-depression strength and…

GLC00196.01

8 January 1936

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed document signed

Title: [Speech to Democrats]

Signed at the end. References the problems President Andrew Jackson faced during his administration and how he handled them. Talks about letters he has received from families and businesses pledging their support and encouragement for him. Discusses problems the party and the nation are facing. Remarks, "We are at peace with the world; but the fight goes on. Our frontiers of today are economic, not geographic. Our enemies are the forces of privilege and greed within our borders."

GLC00196.02

February 21, 1936

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed document signed

Title: [Broadcast speech for Brotherhood Day]

Press release of Roosevelt's speech which he broadcasted on the evening of 23 February 1936, a day designated as Brotherhood Day by the National Conference of Jews and Christians. Notes that it cannot be released to newspapers until 8PM, 23 February 1936 by order of Stephen Early, Assistant Secretary to the President. Roosevelt calls for unity and religious tolerance.

GLC00196.04

14 October 1936

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed document signed

Title: Address of the President at Chicago, Illinois

Speech to businessmen signed at the end. Reports on the recovery the nation is experiencing since the Depression in many areas of business; banks, industry, railroads, farming, investments, etc. Criticizes the previous administration's focus on "high finance." Discusses the methods by which the government has improved business recently.

GLC00196.03

October 3, 1933

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Bruce Barton

Comments on retirement: "A smoking President receives enough pipes to last a life time. Likewise fishing tackle. It is the only endowment he gets, except a troubled soul." Also mentions that "The country is going sour on the New Deal." Expresses his fear that the country will veer further left politically, and after the "middle class (80% of America) realizes it ruin" will veer back to the far right, "into some American interpretation of Hitler or Mussolini." Marked "personal" with one manuscript addition at the end.

GLC00691

4 March 1933

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Pamphlet signed

Title: Inaugural address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Title continues, "President of the United States / delivered at the Capitol, Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933." Signed at the end by Roosevelt. First inaugural address. Printed by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. in large type for easier reading by Roosevelt. Limited edition of special copies. First printing.

GLC00675

July 8, 1933

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Henry L. Stoddard

In a letter marked "Personal," Hoover writes critically about President Roosevelt and the New Deal. He comments on an economic conference and going off the gold standard. He provides a list of "misrepresentations and illusions held out from Washington" about New Deal policies that the American public is being fooled by, most of them pertaining to economic matters. He decries a lack of "encouragement to individual prudence and thrift, any encouragement to any holding to moral anchors in all of this situation" and blames it on the New Deal, an era "where white rabbits please and thrill the…

GLC00782.10

23 August 1935

Photograph signed

Title: [Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the 1935 Bank Reform Act]

Also signed by ten other persons in the photograph, including Carter Glass and Henry Steagall. Shows Roosevelt sitting at his desk signing the act while the other ten men look on from behind.

GLC01094

1929

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed manuscript

Title: [Typewritten speech with corrections]

GLC07366.05

January 17, 1935

Babcock, Harry W., fl. 1920-1940

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Mrs. Noyes

Letter from Harry W. Babcock to a Mrs. Noyes. He mentions enclosing a check for Sunday collections, and indicates that he felt inclined to pay nothing but is instead just reducing the amount. The letter is written on Babcock's personal stationary.

GLC02150.51

1936

Democratic National Campaign Committee

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 13 broadsides regarding the re-election of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt] [Decimalized .01-.13]

GLC09532

1936

Democratic National Campaign Committee

Broadside

Title: Saved more than a million homes

GLC09532.01