Our work is carried out by four major areas: Archives, Museum, Education and Public Programs.

Roosevelt University is a national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. The capture of Sicily was a stepping… Eleanor Roosevelt’s Tour of the South Pacific – August & September 1943. Established in 1935, the Pack Horse Library Project was aimed at providing reading materials to rural portions of Eastern Kentucky with no access to public library facilities.

Our work is carried out by four major areas: Archives, Museum, Education and Public Programs. Following a disappointing loss in the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt struck out on a treacherous expedition to navigate an unmapped river in the Amazon. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Search COVID-19 Update : To limit the spread of the coronavirus, attractions may be closed or have partial closures. By Paul M. Sparrow, Director, FDR Library. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Tours Franklin D. Roosevelt may have been the 32nd U.S. president, but he was the first to have a presidential library named in his honor. Roosevelt was still in office when he dedicated his library on June 30, 1941.

“To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. 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. This is a portion of what he said that day, copied directly from the speech: (For full transcript click here.) The tide was just starting to turn as the Allied forces marked a series of hard won victories. The summer of 1943 was a critical time for the Allies. 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. Librarians riding horses or mules traveled 50 to 80 miles a week up rocky creekbeds, along muddy footpaths, and among cliffs to deliver reading materials to the most remote residences and schools in the mountains. It was built on his family estate and FDR even provided personal guidance and direction while it …