A Trove of FDR's Papers Finally Available to the Public

Wednesday 28 July 2010

by: Tish Wells | McClatchy Newspapers | Report

Washington — President Franklin D. Roosevelt never kept a diary. He never gave lengthy interviews to historians. He died before he had a chance to write a memoir. Yet he held the nation's top office at a time of amazing tumult and transition.

Now historians have a new set of documents to help piece together the details of the nation's longest presidency — and one of its most momentous.

The Grace Tully Archives, a collection of papers preserved by Roosevelt's longtime secretary, were unveiled on Wednesday, weeks after legislation took effect that moved them from private hands to the National Archives.