physician, hoped to see roosevelt but roosevelt was with lucy rutherford. and didn't have time for him. mcintyre clearly told him there would be an announcement the following monday or tuesday and he went back and dictated his letter to posterity saying this was a mistake. i am convinced that letter is significant and gives you an insight, when you think about it, as to who was really managing the disclosure of information on the president's medical condition. more helpful, daisy was a hudson valley neighbor and distant cousin who spent more private time during the war years alone with the president than anyone else including his wife. she survived by half a century, always insisting that she saved no notes, no correspondence. after she died in her 100th year in 1991, a battered leather suitcase was hauled from under the bed in her family's dilapidated mansion on the banks of the hudson, restored and open to the public, just north of here. inside was her diary which jeffrey ward himself, the author of three outstanding roosevelt books masterfully edited int

nancy and marion became eleanor roosevelt's political mentors when eleanor roosevelt was just getting started in political life. we are in a room that originally was a living room in office for eleanor roosevelt's secretary mel mina thompson or tommy, she was called. she lived here until her death in the early with eleanor 1950's, roosevelt. mrs. roosevelt took over the use of this area and this became her office sitting room. this is where she would receive guests. this is where she would work every day. at this desk, which was made at the val-kill industries. the industry thing about the desk is there's a little lame plates on there. it's actually her first name is misspelled on the nameplate. this was given to her as a gift by a child. she obviously noticed right away that her name was misspelled but you didn't say a word, she said thank you very much and she used it from that day to the time of her death. this tells you a lot about eleanor roosevelt. it was not important to her that her name was misspelled, she appreciated the gift of the child had given her. mrs. roosevelt wrote

kansas wants roosevelt. the world wants roosevelt. the band begin to play roosevelt's theme song all the way back to 1932, happy days are here again. the whole place is pandemonium for an hour, but of course, the fix was in. it had all been arranged. the next day, roosevelt was nominated and overwhelmingly accepted. he modestly announced from the white house by radio under the circumstances he felt he could not refuse. he had of course rigged the whole sort of thing. the campaign between wendell wilkie and roosevelt was the most peculiar campaign, because both of them were in favor of a two britain, strengthen britain to keep the war away from the united states, but they were also careful that the united states would not get involved, that american soldiers would not be sent to europe again, so in a sense they were to some extent saying the same kind of thing. roosevelt won, and after his election, wendell wilkie went to britain to find out what the situation was. roosevelt called him to the white house, gave him a letter to take to w

sara delano roosevelt. two of his sons. and on the far right, eleanor roosevelt. his victory was so immense that fdr really felt confident going into his second term, that he was going to be able to expand the new deal. he had all kinds of ambitious plans for what he wanted to do on the domestic front during the second term. but as a lot of presidents find out as they go into their second term, events can sometimes take surprising turns. and in fact, his second term turns out to be a lot different than what he thought it might be. very early in the second term, fdr gets involved in a big conflict with congress. he becomes concerned that the supreme court is striking down a lot of new deal legislation, and he becomes concerned in particular that a court case involving the social security act mike end with the court -- social security act might end with the court striking it down as unconstitutional. so come he comes up with a plan that he calls a reform plan, but that his opponents call a court packing plan. it was a plan to put additional members onto the supreme

it made eleanor roosevelt unhappy.he wrote about this townhouse, and you can kind of read between the lines where she mentions that it was not a great thing where sarah was living right next to them and that she decorated their part of the townhouse and so forth. i would imagine that she was not happy to be in a wing of this house where sarah could also open the doorway from her bedroom into eleanor roosevelt's bedroom, or early on franklin and eleanor's shared bedroom, whenever she wanted to. when she moved out of the house, she moved all of the furniture from the room where franklin delano roosevelt was born into this room. so, the birth room became a guest room. so this, in essence, became the master bedroom to the house. after sarah died, she left a note saying that she wanted the birth room furniture put back into the room where fdr was born, because she knew that fdr planned to turn it over to the national park service and open it up to the public. she wanted the room to appear as it was when he was born in it. s

so he gave them both to eleanor roosevelt, and she donated them to the roosevelt library.here are put on display here in 1945, and remain on public display ever since. in addition to the actual desk and chair, we have many of the items that the president had on the desk at the time of his death. we have it arranged to the way it was the last time he sat here. what you see is a wide variety of things. some serious items, a lot of whimsical items. fdr had a sense of humor and enjoyed love -- and enjoyed having stuffed animals and toys on his desk, but again, some very serious items. things that he was using in the course of his day. on the left side of the desk, you see a portfolio that has the portraits of his four sons, who also worked in america's military during world war ii. like all parents, his children are serving in the military, he wanted to have a photo of them nearby, in this case, on his working desk. you also see on the right side of the desk, his daily schedule. that would've been a schedule tucked into that folder every day, giving him a list of appointments

roosevelt and the roosevelt presidency. in 1932,ition began the year franklin roosevelt was elected president of united states. 1932 was a year of tremendous crises for the nation and the world. the country was in the third year of the great depression. when the depression began, unemployment in the united states was at 3.2%. by the time roosevelt was running for president in the fall of 1932, it is almost 25%. the electionxt of in 1932 was of a nation really in a state of disarray. this gallery really poinsettia out and we have dramatic photography, which scioscia the state of affairs nationally. this photograph is poignant. it is a photograph of new york central park in 1932. see a foreground, you shanty town, one of many like this that had sprouted up across the nation. there were many of them and they were nick named hoover bill -- hoovervilles. that was named after albert hoover. poignant reminder of the skill of human suffering in the year 19 32 when frank and roosevelt was running for president. in 1932 democratic co

coming up, we will visit the home of franklin delano or roosevelt -- delano roosevelt. the site of where he lived in his final resting place. >> this is home. this is where his heart was. he always told his friends and neighbors that this is where his heart was, and it always will be. this is where he found his strength and happiness through his life. franklin delano roosevelt, the 32nd president of the united states, was born and raised in this house. the roosevelts originally had a different estate down the road on this property. the house burned to the ground in 1865. fdr's father, james roosevelt, purchased this property in the hudson valley. his parents were james and sarah delano roosevelt. mr. james roosevelt had a wife before sarah named rebecca howland. she passed away in 1876. in 1880, mr. james married sarah delano. sarah, he was 52 years old, and she was only 26 years old. she was half his age. james and sarah only had the one child, franklin delano roosevelt. bought. james roosevelt this property in 1867, it was a 17 room farmhouse with about 110 acres of l

president roosevelt planned for this library to be the primary research room from the roosevelt era. it's one of the busiest of the presidential libraries and this year's group of authors reflect the wide variety of research done here on these grounds. if you love the roosevelt reading festival and i'm sure you do, and want to support this and other programs we do here, i doen courage you to become a roosevelt library member. you can join today by seeing lauren at the membership table in this building just at the end of the hallway. and if you haven't had a chance yet, please go next door to see our new special museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. with that said, let me go over some of the format protocols for the concurrent sessions today. at the top of each hour, each session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by then a ten minute question and answer period. at the conclusion of the q & a, the authors will move to tables in the lobby next to the store, where you can purchase your books, and have the authors

roosevelt. i am irish catholic. i was born know potsdam in upstate new york. my grandparent lehand, the grandparents from the lehand side ham over on what was known as a copper ship during the irish potato famine. so many people died on these ships, they're called coffin ships. my grand parents got married as deans and had a baby, daniel. and my grandfather, daniel lehand-- my great-grandfather was working on a church building in potsdam and a part fell on him and killed him. and my great-grandmother never remarried. and that's why my father was an unusual creature, the only child in an irish catholic family. i'm the youngest of four children i was born in potsdam in 18-- i gave away my age, 1896. when i was a very small child we moved to summerville, a city within the city of boston and that's where i grew up. i went to the public schools there, and my education was going along well until i was diagnosed with rheumatic fever and i went two years in bed recovering. i did not finish high school u

roosevelt at the start. that's what eleanor called it when president could get upset about thing tizzy and tried to get the president appetite back to normal he sent to new york for specialist and finally brought in doctors from the navy hospital and had dietitian arrived in uniform four times the president ate everything he was told to eat simply because it was ordered by the navy. the presidents reducing diet came from the navy and he was simple list on record cut out all fried foods okay so that was one directive from the doctor. but typically the president is going to get what they want to get and african-american staff is caught in the middle and so they often have to help the president out. and so i love this exchange with dealing with livey mcu duffy so lizzy was the wife of o.j. mcduffy who was president roosevelt long time valet so she eventually comes to the white house an works as the maid. and she would often accompany roosevelt on long trips but really interesting thing about -- lizzy mcduffy is

interest in the roosevelts.e saw attendance really starting to climb at that point. i have been here less than two years. i am a newbie to the roosevelt legacy family. in that period, what we tried to do is expand out. a new permanent exhibit opened in 2013, right before the roosevelt series came out, which was helpful. the narrative that we tell in our permanent exhibit was 13 years in the making, they had put together a group of historians in 2000 to say that if we are going to rethink what the presidential library should be, how do we tell that story? how do we confront the issues? how do we deal with the controversies? how do we admit his failures and celebrate his successes? the entire exhibit was reconceived. it really is one of the most successful presidential libraries, because enough time has passed where we can honestly deal with things like the japanese internment. so our temporary exhibit right now, we have an exhibit of the incarceration of japanese-americans during world war ii. it features extraor

she was enormous fan of eleanor roosevelt. she was a scientist and felt support for research and support for education were vitally important. so she instilled in me a love for the roosevelts and also real interest in history. my family mostly scientists so they were expecting me to go into the world of scientists, i went a different path but the story telling always fascinated me and there's extraordinary stories of roosevelt that's hard not to become a fan. >> back to the books. did he read when he was president or did he ever write a book? >> well, he published several books of his speeches but he tid not ever write a book on his own. he had a screen play that he had written that in the 20's he was trying to sell to the hollywood movie studios, it was sort of a spy mystery. it was pretty awful. no one bought it. he wrote the four word to a book but no, he never wrote a bikebook that was published. >> now, what does a director do? >> nothing. >> i have the greatest staff in the world, they do all the work i stand up and talk

roosevelt. he cooperated in try to get the president back to normal finally he brought in doctors from the navy hospital the present eight every thing he was told simply because of the orders by the navy so to cut out all fried foods that was one directive from the doctor but typically the president will get what they get in the african-american staff is caught in the middle helping the president out. so i love the exchange sold is the was the wife of the president's longtime valet so she comes to the white house as a maid and often get a company resolved on a long trip but what was interesting about this the she had a big personality she would entertain the president with puppet showsy shows, and early version of the muppets called a suicide. [laughter] and the president would love them so she was a favoritet. and actually she would campaign for the president. so in 1936 she was on the stump in major cities this is from these baltimore african-american newspaper that said over 350 years to be a

roosevelt -- well, roosevelt initiated activity. the activity in the united states was basically committees of scientists and some military studying not only the discovery,s of this which, by the way, was published in februaryagazine" 1939. the experiment had taken place in december 1938. a couple months later, it is published in "nature magazine," which was the premier science magazine in the english-speaking world. so, every physicist around the -- kneww about this about this and had the same thoughts put into this letter that einstein wrote to roosevelt. committees in the united states between the spring of 1939, when summer of the letter was sent to roosevelt -- could not figure a way that it was possible to build a nuclear weapon. they looked into all sorts of possibilities. in effect, got nowhere. however, there were two german refugees -- to refugees from germany, couple of jewish scientists. nephew, ands lisa's rudolph. theywere in britain and were not allowed to work on the most secret project the british were involved with

roosevelt presidential library museum and annual roosevelt reading festival. ... minute question and answer period. if you let the auto leave, they will be outside signing books by the bookstore. we are fortunate to have c-span with us today. if you're going to ask a question please walk to the microphone so your questions can be recorded and preserved for posterity. this is also a weekend c-span is featuring hide park on their c-span cities tour program today and tomorrow so check your local listings was one thing we are proud about in the reading facilities we do bring the greatest doctors talking about stories we care deeply about, one of the key stories, the beginning of world war ii, and last year we did a major exhibit on pearl harbor which featured a deep dive 24 hours inside the white house, the book "countdown to pearl harbor: the 12 days to the attack" provides a wonderful and emotional and visceral journey inside the events leading up to pearl harbor. executive order 9066 led to the internment, featuring things like dorothy lange. we get free informatio

and eleanor roosevelt and franklin roosevelt and it was a fantastic series. it really made public interest in the roosevelt's. we saw attendance really starting to climb at that point. i've been here less than two years. i am a newbie to the roosevelt legacy family. but in that. what we have tried to do is expand. new permanent exhibit open in 2013 which is helpful. the narrative that we tell in our permanent exhibit was 13 years in the making. they put together a group of historians in 2000.he said we are going to completely rethink what the presidential library should be. how do we tell that story?how to be be honest, confront the issues, deal with controversy, admit his failures and celebrate his successes? the entire exhibit was reconceived. it really is now i think one of the most successful presidential libraries. enough time has passed where we can honestly deal with things like the japanese force of the temporary exhibit now can have it features 200 photographs, extraordinary pictures taken by dorothy langan ansell adams that documents the process of

the home of franklin d roosevelt historic site features his springwood estate. his presidential library next door and also the final resting places of fdr and first lady eleanor roosevelt. we visited the grounds and went to the home of david roosevelt, a grandson of president and mrs. roosevelt to talk with him about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother 's funeral that i realized it really kind of hit me. that she was really a special person. and something of a elebrity. and seeing you know the president to ex-president, one future president and all sorts of ambassadors and other diplomatic people there. very important people. that had really dawned on me, my gosh! she really was important! we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that is all she ever wanted to be to us. i was born in january 3 1942. my father was elliott. and elliott was the second oldest of the sons, the third oldest of the children. so my dad was, he

lbj's great society where if possible we wanted to out roosevelt roosevelt. roosevelt was his mentor. one time we stopped at a campaign stop he said we are for a lot of things and against mighty few and that is a summary of lbj and the great society. we wanted to attack poverty, improve education, improve the cities, improve rural areas and wanted government very actively improving our great society in every possible way. when he made the changes he did for health care to seniors, he nevertheless left room at the table for rugged individualism. under lbj's health care he added a safety net if you will medicaid and medicare for seniors who would need it. for others, but he had if your employer provides health insurance or you want to take care of you our own you can but we will create a safety net for those not rugged and who are not able to do that. we hold that up as a bit of a model. there is room at the table for both the forgotten man and the rugged individual. wouldn't we want to leave room at the policy table for both of these important icons of our his

what has happened in july of 1941 is that roosevelt imposes and oil embargo, both with great britain and the netherlands, a three way embargo of japanese oil and raw materials coming from the dust east indys and that part of indochina. in addition, roosevelt freezes assets in the united states, recalls douglas mccarthy to active duty in the philippines and basically gives up in terms of a war footing. let me suggest to you while that embargo was imposed to curtail and hamstring japan's operations, in some respects, it made them even more determined to work on a fairly short time schedule to move into southeast asia and come up with some level of those natural resources they've needed historically. let's do a quick overview of the players. i'm going to leave characterizations of admirals yachl yachl -- yamamoto and nagumo to my friends. ernest j. king, at the time of the battle of midway is chief of naval operations and commander of the u.s. fleet, i would suggest to you that admiral king is the overlooked strategist of world war ii. the man who really says to the joint chiefs, all ri

konczal, fellow at the roosevelt institute. you can find more at the roosevelt institute.com.oming up, the supreme court has agreed to hear a major cell phone privacy case. mercatus center's brent skorup will be here. burnettn week's dale will be here to give us a progress report on how states are doing on implementing the every student succeed act. we will be right back. ♪

it is a small private space designed by president franklin roosevelt as a space to get away. he hosted world leaders and dignitaries on this porch behind me, and they discussed the major topics of the day. >> i think fdr used this place as a place to bring these world leaders up, but to have them let their guards down and have them focused on some of the major issues they are here to talk about. springwood is the same way. when he walked into these buildings, you did not come in as came for queen, prime minister, first lady -- you came in as a friend. coming into somebody's home as a friend is much different than walking into their place of business as say, colleague. going into the white house with fdr and talking about world events would be different than coming to this secluded porch where there were no bank of photographers waiting to take a picture of the handshake. it was a place where he could be open with his guests. join himself sitting in his wheelchair laid it all out there. the fact of, i am not hiding anything from you. i think his guests received that in a way w

lbj's great society where -- if possible it was said he wanted to out-roosevelt, roosevelt was his mentor, and he was such a effusive character. one time he stopped at a campaign stop -- actually he wasn't supposed to stop and speak, just in a motor cared but the took down and puck awesome bullhorn, we're against a lot of things and for for a mighty few him wanted to attack poverty, to improve education, improve the cities, improve the rural areas and want the government improving our great society. but when he made the changes that he did to health care for seniors, medicare and medicaid. he nevertheless left room at the table, if you will, for rugged individualism, and so under lbj's health care, he added a safety net, if you well, medicare and medicaid for seniors who would need it, but for others he said if you want to keep your own health insurance, if your employer provides health insurance, if you want to take care of your own you can still do that, but we will create a healthcare safety net for those who are not rugged and able to do that for themselves. we hold that unin our book

featuring presentations about president roosevelt and roosevelt era politics. authors include steve toomey and his count -- his book. gerald even hawkins and her book -- geraldine hawkins and her book. atherine smith and her book. lelyveld and his book. >> the books that i have published the last couple of years are the same kind of odd characters written by an 84, 85-year-old guy, that the 24, 25-year-old guy was write being when i was that age. >> mr. talese talks about his career over the past 60 years. his books include the kingdom and the power, honor thy father, and unto the sons. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. i wanted to write about a little woman that maybe fed pigeons in central park or maybe a little woman who cleaned the offices of the chrysler building at 4:00 in the morning. or about some doorman outside the plaza hotel. and what he saw and what he didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a bus driver in manhattan or clean the subways at 4:00 in the morning. those obscure characters that people do not -- ord

so what has happened in july of 1941 is that roosevelt imposes an oil embargo. both with great britain and the netherlands, a three-way embargo of japanese oil and raw materials that are coming from the dech east ind eies and that part of indo-china. andnition to that roosevelt freezes assets in the united states, recalls macarthur to active duty in the philippines and basically begins to gear up in terms of a war footing. let me suggest to you that while that embargo was really posed as a way tosert sort of curtail and hamstring japan's operations, in some respects it made them even more determined to work on a fairly short time schedule to move into southeast asia and come up with some level of those natural resources that they needed historically. all right, let's do a quick overview of the players. i'm going to leave characterizations of admirals zom moato and agumo to some of my colleagues and experts here. but i do want to run through some of the characterization of the americans involved. he's chief of operations and commander of the naval fleet. i would

more land than roosevelt ever did. do we asdo us, why historians have blinders that tend to skip from someone like roosevelt to someone like wilson, ignoring the thing in the middle? i would just point that out to you. there are many reasons for this. some are the political memory in which president who are characterized as innovators. part of it is this whole project. whether you are talking about these polls we get for who are the best presidents to simply of focus on credit and innovation on particular presidency. one of the great things about with some political scientists of nelson paul wrote about is how different policy changes don't take place with any single presidency. they take place over decades with different actors pushing for issues from members of congress or entrepreneurs on a certain question to activists and social groups. different president or usually any issue or like any scholarships or hoover rediscovering on apart of the new deal. you see how this gradually build. part of this is even of the na

an interview with david roosevelt as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. and the author and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in his andwriting that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on american history tv, we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first one in the national archives system. >> the library was established by franklin roosevelt and looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here on hyde park, new york. what he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. >> watch c-span citie

, eleanor roosevelt and extended roosevelt family. saturday at noon earn on book tv an exclusive interview with david roosevelt, grandson of f.d.r. and eleanor as he talks grandmere, a r, personal history of eleanor roosevelt. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that's all she ever wanted to be. >> author tony muso and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his handwriting, not type written, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we tour the f.d.r. presidential library, the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> it was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to of his the papers administration and al

that advice, i would not say it falls on deaf ears because roosevelt is responsive to that, but he is still fighting the depression, and great britain is occupied with things that are going on in europe, so there is just not the support. poll in january 1938 of the american public say we don't have any business at all being in the far east, and america really turns a cold doing,r to when japan is and even though china is sort of a nominal ally of the united states at that particular point, american interest in terms of doing anything major there. moving on very quickly, the war starts in europe. the french fall in may 1940. the government that still controls french indochina says japan, you want to move some troops in here and set up some bases and stuff? fine. even as late as december 1940 2, 1 of the things roosevelt is asking the japanese, you have , withgreement with france folks in french indochina, why are you moving more and more troops there? please tell us about that. of course japan doesn't respond inthat, so what has happened july 1941 is that roosevelt imposes an oil embar

, eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, exclusive interview with the grandson of fdr and eleanor, as he talks about his memoir from his time on the roosevelt's hyde park estate. >> it was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to was. and that is all she ever wanted to be. >> and then the book "fdr and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archive in his hand writing, not typed, that credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv we tour the fdr presidential library, the first in the presidential archive system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration, and his personal papers. so, he created a lib

roosevelt to woodrow wilson twice. and i spent the last nine years of my life working on the fat man. and i was -- well, as a matter of fact justice brewer said that president taft was so nice and gentlemanly that on a streetcar he gave his seat to three women. that's true, by the way. that's really not my -- that's really not my point. i want to make three quick facts or a statement of facts to you. the first is -- this was after wilson had nominated him, after he ran for presidency. the second fact is that under taft more antitrust suits were furnished. and the third fact is that in terms of conservation, which roosevelt stood for and antitrust and trust busting, taft set aside more land than roosevelt ever did. now, why do us, why do we as historians have blinders that the end to skip from someone like roosevelt to someone like wilson, ignoring the thing in the middle? i would just point that out to you. >> i would say, look, there is many reasons for this. some are a political memory in which presidents we will cat

in the last months of franklin roosevelt at 8:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with best-selling author from his home in new york city. >> the books i published last couple of years are the same kind of our characters written by an 85 yoga but it's a 25-year-old guy was writing about when i was that age. >> 's he talks about his career last 60 years. his books include the kingdom and the power, under they father, and unto the sons. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. a woman that was maybe an central park or maybe a little woman who clean the offices of the chrysler building at 4:00 o'clock in the morning or some doorman outside the plaza hotel and what he saw and what he didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a best driver in manhattan articling subways, obscure characters that ordinary people to not recognize. i wanted to be a chronicler of those on recognized

, eleanor roosevelt, and the roosevelt family. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, an interview with david roosevelt, grandson of fdr, as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person, and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother -- she was only a grandmother to us. that is all she wanted to be. >> then author tony and his book, "fdr and the post office." >> i found letters in the archive in his handwriting that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life and ended upme ill being confined to a wheelchair. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, we tour the fbi presidential library, the first presidential library, and the national archives system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and his personal papers. he

roosevelt, as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt, from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. and that's all she ever wanted to be. > then author tony and his book "f.d.r. and the post office." >> i found four letters in the archives in his handwriting, not typed written, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we toured the f.d.r. presidential library. the first presidential library in the national archive system. >> the library was established by president franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. he basically -- w

roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york.e talks about the papers and artifacts housed there and provides a rare look at fdr's personal book collection. this interview was conducted at the museum in president roosevelt's private study. brian: paul sparrow, director of the fdr library. what is this room, and will cut -- what kind of history was made here? paul: this room is totally unique in the presidenti

, and the extended roosevelt family.n booktv, ann exclusive interview with david roosevelt as he talks about his memoir from his home on the roosevelt's hyde park estate. >> it was really not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us , and that is all she ever wanted to be. >> author tony musso and his book. >> i found for letters in the archives in his handwriting come and not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern firsttory tv, we tour the presidential library and the national archives system. >> it was established by franklin roosevelt. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers, and so he created a library on the grounds of his estate in hyde park, new york. wha

, eleanor roosevelt and the extended roosevelt family.oday at noon on book tv, an exclusive interview with david grandson of fdr as he talks about his memoir, a personal history of eleanor roosevelt from his home on the roosevelt hyde park estate. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i really ashe was special person. and something of a celebrity. we never thought of her in that way, we never viewed my grandmother. she was only a grandmother to us. that is all she ever wanted to be. >> then an author and his book "fdr and the post office." letters in ther archives that actually credited stamp collecting of saving his life, after he was confined to a wheelchair. >> on sunday on american history tv, we tour the presidential library, the fdr presidential library, the first in the system. >> it was established by fdr. he was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. so he created a library on the ground of his estate on the grounds of hyde park. what he decided to do was ra