Roosevelt Research: Collections for the Study of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor

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"Roosevelt Research" is a resource guide providing information on research collection for all three Roosevelts. The volume covers US repositories, including the large collections at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the FDR Library at Hyde Park, the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University's Houghton Library, and smaller collections throughout the country. In addition, it covers collections in Great Britain and the new Roosevelt Research Centre in the Netherlands. The guide sets out to detail collections for easy access. Part 1 includes US entries arranged alphabetically by state, city, and name of repository. Repositories in Great Britain and the Netherlands are also covered in Part 1. Each entry includes an address; hours; information on which Roosevelts the collections cover; whether sources are primary or secondary; and descriptions of the types of material available. The book is fully indexed and cross-referenced.

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. . . is an extensive and descriptive guide to materials relating to the two Roosevelt presidents and the First Lady of the World.'-American Libraries
This will be a useful reference source for students and scholars of the Roosevelts. . . . Recommended especially for libraries with strong twentieth-century American history collections.-ARBA
." . . is an extensive and descriptive guide to materials relating to the two Roosevelt presidents and the First Lady of the World.'"-American Libraries
"This will be a useful reference source for students and scholars of the Roosevelts. . . . Recommended especially for libraries with strong twentieth-century American history collections."-ARBA

Author Bio

DEEGEE LESTER is a freelance bibliographer and editor of Annual Research Reports for the American Conference for Irish Studies. Her earlier works include Immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland (Greenwood, 1986) and Irish Research: A Guide to Collections in North America, Ireland, and Great Britain (Greenwood, 1987).