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The Library's mission is to foster research and education on the life and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their continuing impact on contemporary life. Our work is carried out by four major areas: Archives, Museum, Education and Public Programs.
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is a presidential library in Hyde Park, New York. Located on the grounds of Springwood , the Roosevelt family estate, it holds the records of Franklin Delano Roosevelt , the 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945).
Franklin Delano Roosevelt blev født den 30. januar 1882 i byen Hyde Park, som ligger ved Hudson-floden i delstaten New York. Hans far, James Roosevelt, og hans mor Sara var begge ud af velhavende newyorker-familier, af henholdsvis hollandsk og fransk afstamning. Franklin var deres eneste barn.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to serve with a significant physical disability. Many believe that the personal struggle with pain and paralysis from polio helped shape FDR, both as a man and as a president.
FRANKLIN is a virtual research room and digital repository that provides free and open access to the digitized collections of the Roosevelt Library—to everyone, anywhere in the world. FRANKLIN connects you to more than 800,000 pages of archival documents, 2,500 historical photographs, and hundreds of archival finding aids and collection descriptions.
Franklin D. Roosevelt summary: The only president who has ever held four terms in office, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, into a world of privilege. He had an elderly father who died when he was in his first year at Harvard. He was his mother’s only child.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882. január 30-án született a New York állambeli Hyde Park-ban, egy gazdag család leszármazottjaként. Édesapja, James Roosevelt üzletember 1851-ben végezte el jogi tanulmányait a Harvard Law School egyetemen, de szakmájában nem dolgozott, miután megkapta örökségét nagyapjától, James Roosevelttől. [2]
