Videos

Author Kathryn Olmsted talked about the American media titans of the pre-World War II years and their influence on public perceptions of President Franklin Roosevelt and his policies. The…

President Franklin Roosevelt elevated Dwight Eisenhower to lead the D-Day invasion, and the victorious World War II general later succeeded him in the Oval Office. The directors of the…

To the millions out of work and the millions more struggling during the Great Depression, the newly-elected 32nd president said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This was a…

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2017 LCV Cities Tour” in Hyde Park, New York, from May 20-25 to feature the history and literary life of the…

Author Kirstin Downey talked about her biography of Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of labor and the first female Cabinet secretary. This talk was part of the University of Mary…

This United Auto Workers animated campaign film for President Franklin Roosevelt was directed by Chuck Jones, who helped create Bugs Bunny and other characters for Warner Brothers, and later produced and directed “How…

Scholars Harold Holzer and Craig Symonds evaluated the wartime leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. They compared how both men reacted to the crises that dominated their…

President Franklin Roosevelt appointed eight U.S. Supreme Court justices, shaping the course of the Court and the country during the Great Depression and war. FDR Presidential Library…

Author David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third…

Author Michael Burgess talked about the period before FDR’s presidency, and the experiences and policies from the Roosevelts' New York years that influenced later New Deal programs. The…

Author Don Carleton talked about William and Oveta Hobby, and their close relationship with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. William Hobby was a former Texas governor and publisher of what became…

Paul Sparrow looked at the personal and political partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt that captivated the nation and transformed how the federal government interacted with…

Director Paul Sparrow led a behind-the-scenes tour of FDR’s ship model collection at the Franklin Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. President Roosevelt owned 400 models, which he…

Herman Eberhardt showed an NBC radio microphone from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, where he is a supervisory curator. The microphone was used when FDR delivered his…

The grandchildren of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal cabinet members and advisers talked about the actions taken in the 1930s and early 1940s to bring the country back from the Great…

In this short film, popular newspaper columnist and former first lady Elearnor Roosevelt narrates her trip to Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Holland, France, and England to observe…

The presidential library tradition began in 1940 with the completion of the Franklin D. Roosevelt library in Hyde Park, New York.  Since then, former presidents have built libraries to…

Kirstin Downey talked about her book The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience (Nan A. Talese; March 3, 2009). She…

This Interior Department film highlights infrastructure and conservation work by young men during the Great Depression and promotes the Roosevelt administration’s Civilian Conservation…

Curator Herman Eberhardt gave a tour of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum’s permanent exhibit dedicated to President Roosevelt’s four terms in office during the…