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IN THIS ISSUE - Globe endezvousNews and Notes from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Institute - Presidential Libraries Logo RSummer 2004 - Fall Programs Announced “This Great Nation Will Endure”: - Archivist Teichman Retires Photographs of the - Library Brochure Available Special Exhibition Opens September 12th, 2004 - New Facility Meets Needs The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential richest exhibitions of FSA photography Library and Museum will present a ever mounted, and will include photographic exhibition of 175 images of reproductions of many photographs in America taken between 1935 and 1942 by dramatically large formats. FROM THE great photographers of the Farm Security Administration, including Dorothea A soundtrack consisting of FSA audio DIRECTOR Lange, Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Jack recordings of folk music sung by migrant Delano, Arthur Rothstein, Gordon Parks, workers will fill part of the exhibit space. Carl Mydans, Russell Lee, Marion Post The exhibit will also include a specially- On Sunday, September 12th with the Wolcott and John Vachon. Above: Arthur Rothstein, opening of "This Great Nation Will Father and sons walking in the face of a dust storm, Cimarron Endure": Photographs of the Great The photographs are drawn County, Oklahoma, 1936. Depression, the Roosevelt Presidential from the massive Farm Center: , Library and Museum dedicates its new Security Administration Mother and baby of family on special gallery for changing exhibitions. the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou photography collection at County, California, 1939. Named for Ambassador William J. the Library of Congress. vanden Heuvel, the gallery will serve as Their work includes some of the ecological disaster perpetual public recognition of his the most familiar and known as the Dust Bowl. outstanding leadership in the powerful images of the The agency was connected revitalization of the Roosevelt Library. nation to emerge from those to the Department of At the dedication ceremony we will difficult years. Many have Agriculture, led by Secretary unveil a new portrait of Ambassador reached iconic status in of Agriculture, Henry A. vanden Heuvel painted by Janet Ross. American culture. Wallace. The painting will hang at the entrance to the William J. vanden Heuvel Gallery. Opening in the new William Most of the photographs in J. vanden Heuvel Gallery, the FSA collection depict More than ten years ago, when Sunday, September 12th, rural life and hardships. But approached by the National Archives and 2004, “This Great Nation the collection also includes Records Administration about the need Will Endure” will include images of town and city life. for improvements to the Roosevelt FSA photographs from In tens of thousands of Library, Ambassador vanden Heuvel every region of the nation. It photographs, the FSA accepted the enormous challenge of will be one of the largest and created a remarkably diverse raising $21 million in public and private Below: Ben Shahn, Untitled, record of life in America funds. As a result of his leadership with Pulaski County, Arkansas, during the 1930s and early 1935. 1940s—including images of commissioned short documentary film hardship, endurance, hope, recovery, that explores the work of several of the migration, recreation, and community life. most prominent FSA photographers. “This Great Nation Will Endure”: A agency created by President Photographs of the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt, the FSA sought to runs through July 17th, 2005. The help American farmers and farm laborers exhibition is sponsored by the who were confronting economic Franklin and Roosevelt depression and natural disaster, including Institute. Congressman John E. Sweeney Speaks at Dedication The Henry A. Wallace Visitor and the only Republican member of the House past, all while taking another step toward Education Center was formally dedicated of Representatives to sponsor a resolution fulfilling a vision that celebrates the legacy on Saturday, November 15th, 2003. The to keep FDR on the dime. of the Roosevelts, educates us and our Center is a public-private project designed children on powerful history lessons, and Alan Perlman to serve students, teachers, and the visiting attracts heritage tourism to our region. It's Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel. public at the Roosevelt Presidential a vision I remain firmly committed to, and private donors and Congress, visitors to Library, part of the National Archives and one that ultimately cannot be fulfilled Hyde Park are enjoying the beautiful new Records Administration, and the sites without the restoration of the FDR Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education administered by the National Park Service Presidential Library. Together we must Center and the stunning new gallery that in Hyde Park. Named in honor of the man work to preserve this invaluable fittingly bears his name. In the next few who served as Secretary of Agriculture resources—a time capsule of excellence— years the results of the next phase of his (1933-1940) and Vice-President during so that generations can come and enjoy, philanthropic work will unfold as we Franklin Roosevelt's third term, the learn and gain an enhanced understanding begin the redevelopment of the main Wallace Center offers visitors an array of of the magnificent presidential legacy of galleries in the Library itself, culminating new and expanded services designed to Franklin Delano Roosevelt." in the installation of new permanent enhance their experiences in Hyde Park. exhibits on the life and work of Franklin Other noted guests in attendance for the and . Representative John E. Sweeney (R- afternoon ceremony were Archivist of the Clifton Park), in whose home district the , John Carlin; Pulitzer Prize Ambassador vanden Heuvel's work on FDR Presidential Library and Home of Matthew Gillis winning author and historian Doris Kearns behalf of the Roosevelt Library goes far FDR National Historic Site are located, Representative John E. Sweeney (R-Clifton Goodwin; Commissioner of Park) spoke at the dedication. beyond fund raising. He is the spoke at the dedication. In past years, Parks, Recreation and Historic inspirational leader and moral compass Congressman Sweeney has secured $8.5 One of the strongest supporters of the Preservation Bernadette Castro; NPS that guides our work. For nearly twenty million for the Wallace Center and $6 Roosevelt Library and National Park Regional Director Marie Rust, years, as the driving force behind the million for the restoration of the buildings Service sites in Hyde Park, Sweeney said, Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and Franklin and Eleanor , and landscapes at the Eleanor Roosevelt "I was honored to have spoken at the William J. vanden Heuvel, co-chairman of he has steadfastly championed the National Historic Site and for the dedication of the Wallace Visitor and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt construction of a future regional tourist Education Center last November. It was a Institute. Henry Scott Wallace represented (continued on page 2) information center and transportation hub wonderful day as we looked toward a the Wallace family and Anna Eleanor in Hyde Park. Congressman Sweeney was bright future and remembered a gloried Roosevelt spoke for the . Museum Adds Rare Globe to Oval Office Display (continued from page 1) In time for the 60th anniversary of Library as the preeminent center in the D-Day, the Franklin D. Roosevelt world for the study and public Presidential Library and Museum understanding of Franklin and Eleanor placed on display the rare and priceless Roosevelt and their era. standing floor model world globe that President Franklin D. Roosevelt used to He leads us in encouraging an ever trace troop movements and plan increasing number of students, scholars, military strategy throughout World War and museum visitors to explore Franklin II. Measuring fifty inches in diameter, Roosevelt's legacy as the creator and FDR received his globe as a gift from defender—at home and abroad—of General George C. Marshall in 1942. modern democratic government. He helps us all remember Eleanor Marshall arranged to have 50-inch Roosevelt's unparalleled contributions to world globes presented to President the nation and world through her work Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston with the United Nations and as social Churchill as Christmas gifts from the activist and champion of civil rights. War Department. The globes were Ambassador vanden Heuvel has written manufactured by the Weber Costello extensively on questions relating to the Company of Chicago Heights, Illinois United Nations and American foreign under the direct supervision of the Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, looks at the fifty-inch globe policy and lectures widely on diverse Office of Strategic Services (OSS) and presented to him by the US Army. 1942. FDR Presidential Library and Museum. subjects related to Franklin D. Roosevelt. the War Department. may be rotated or pivoted in any 1942 and 1955. Other wartime leaders The Ambassador's service to the The globe was created at a scale of direction at will. also received copies of the globe, as did Roosevelts includes fifteen years as 1:10,000,000—about 157.8 miles to the the House and Senate Chambers in the president of the Franklin and Eleanor inch. It contains more than 1700 place It is believed that the Weber Costello Capitol. We know of three extant Roosevelt Institute, of which he is now names. It rests on rubber rollers Company produced between twelve globes—other than FDR's—Churchill's co-chair with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. mounted on a moveable base, so that it and fifteen copies of this globe between globe, which is now on display at An international lawyer and investment Chartwell, the Churchill home in Kent, banker, he served as United States England; one that belongs to Bloom Deputy Permanent Representative to the New Presidential Libraries Logo Unveiled High School in Chicago Heights, United Nations in New York and as Illinois; and the Library of Congress’s Ambassador to the European office of the As part of its commitment to better featured the logo on its new museum globe. United Nations in Geneva. educate and inform the public about brochure printed in April 2004. the Presidency as well as the mission Roosevelt kept his globe immediately of the National Archives and The Libraries who share the new logo behind his desk in the Oval Office, Records Administration, the Office include: Franklin D. Roosevelt within arm's reach from his desk chair. of Presidential Libraries Library, Hyde Park, NY; Handwritten notes on its surface, continually explores new Library, believed to be FDR's, have been ways to increase the West Branch, IA; Harry preserved as important documentation public's awareness of S. Truman Library, of his active participation in the details the Library system as Independence, MO; of war planning. a whole. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS; After two years of painstaking In Spring 2004, the John F. Kennedy conservation work the globe was Office of Presidential Library, , MA; placed on display within the Museum's Libraries unveiled a new Lyndon B. Johnson recreated Oval Office, alongside logo in an effort to unite the Library, Austin, TX; Gerald President Roosevelt's original Oval eleven presidential libraries R. Ford Library, Grand Office desk, chair, and other historic it administers with a Rapids, MI; memorabilia. FDR's globe was on stronger graphic identity. The logo Library, Atlanta, GA; exhibit for early visitors to the muse- is a result of a test branding study Library, Simi Valley, CA; George Bush um, but because it had become badly Ambassador vanden Heuvel at Springwood, which included the development of a Library, College Station, TX; and the deteriorated, it was put in storage more FDR’s Hyde Park home, 1946. system-wide brochure. The new William J. Clinton Library, Little than thirty years ago. It has not been on Prior to his leadership of the Roosevelt Roosevelt Library has already Rock, AR. public view since. Institute, he served as president of the Franklin Roosevelt Foundation. He is also co-chairman of the Council of American Ambassadors, Fall Programs Fun for the Entire Family The Presidential Campaign vice-chair of the World Federation of Folk Music Concert Featuring Randall Wallace with The Mammals THEN & NOW United Nations Associations, a director of On Friday, October 8th, the the Friends of the World Federation of The Roosevelt Presidential Library and Rodriguez Seeger performing his Roosevelt Library and Home of FDR United Nations Associations, a director of the Home of FDR National Historic grandfather, Pete Seeger's, compositions. will present two programs the Institute for Democracy Studies, and Site will present a series of family- Adding to the mix is the fact that the celebrating presidential campaigns. a member of the Council on Foreign friendly events this fall that are free and Farm Security Administration was a Relations. He has been a Senior Partner open to the public. unit of the New Deal Department of Starting at 6:30 PM at the Wallace (and is now of counsel) to the law firm of Agriculture led by Henry A. Wallace. Center, the National Park Service Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and is a On Saturday, October 2nd, the will conduct an historic re-creation of senior advisor to the investment banking Roosevelt Farm Festival, presented by On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, an Election Eve Torchlight Parade. firm of Allen & Company. He is a the National Park Service at the Home November 6th through 8th, film lovers Musical entertainment will be graduate of Cornell University and of FDR National Historic Site, will can attend the Pare Lorentz Film provided by "The Beckers" and Cornell Law School where he was Editor- offer visitors tours of the historic Festival II for screenings of rare torches will be carried by the in-Chief of the Cornell Law Review. He greenhouse, stables, ice and laundry documentary films of the New Deal. Dutchess County Boy and Girl holds Honorary Degrees from Hofstra houses and as well as farm-related Screenings will include Pare Lorentz's Scouts. Franklin and Eleanor University, Roosevelt University, St. exhibits and craft demonstrations. twin classics, The Plow That Broke the Roosevelt (in the person of historical Plains and The River as well as Joseph's College, and . On Friday, October 29th, Randall character interpreters) will be examples of his work for the Roosevelt Wallace with Tao Rodriguez Seeger in attendance. Attendees are Administration's United States Film All who use the Wallace Center, and The Mammals, will perform folk encouraged to wear 1940s period Service. The great feature film master- Roosevelt Library and Museum—and music of the 1930s and 1940s. dress. Refreshments will be served. piece, The Grapes of Wrath, as well as those of us who work here in the shadow Highlighting the Library's new exhibit lesser known New Deal era After the parade, join the Presidential of Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor on the photography of the Great documentaries and films of social Library staff for DebateWatch 2004. Roosevelt—owe Ambassador vanden Depression—and the fall campaign conscience will also be shown. Starting at 9:00 PM in the Wallace Heuvel a great debt of gratitude. And I, season—the program will include for one, think it is simply "grand" that the Center, the public is invited to view songs from Henry A. Wallace's 1948 For a film schedule and notice of all the second 2004 presidential debate, new gallery is dedicated in his name. presidential campaign, as well as music upcoming events, register for our Please come early and come often to see televised live from Washington from the migrant worker camps Email Bulletin by sending your email University in St. Louis, MO. A "Bill's new gallery" and the exciting sponsored by the Farm Security address to [email protected] exhibits that it offers. moderator will lead the group in a Administration. Scheduled for 7 PM in and type "SUBSCRIBE" in the sub- discussion following the debate. the Wallace Center, the concert will be ject line. You may also receive more DebateWatch is a program of the Cynthia M. Koch a family affair with Randall Wallace information on any Library-sponsored August 2004 Commission on Presidential Debates performing the music of his programs, by contacting Public designed to bring citizens together to grandfather, Henry A. Wallace's Affairs Specialist Cliff Laube at the watch and discuss the debates. presidential campaign, and Tao above email address. Archivist Raymond Teichman Retires After 35 Years UPCOMING EVENTS

After thirty-five years of service to the photos, certificates, letters, cards, and Wednesday, September 29 Talk & Book Signing Roosevelt Library, Dr. Raymond J. e-mails from well-wishers. David McKean - author of “Tommy Teichman retired as Supervisory the Cork: Washington’s Ultimate Archivist on June 30th, 2004, Among those sending Ray their best Insider from Roosevelt to Reagan” coincidentally the 63rd anniversary of wishes were Roosevelt scholars Arthur Wallace Center; 7 PM the Library's dedication. M. Schlesinger, Jr., Warren Kimball, William Leutchenburg, Geoffrey Ward, Saturday, October 2 A reception held at the Library's Henry Joseph Persico, and Robert Butow, as Roosevelt Farm Festival A. Wallace Visitor Center was attended well as Archivist of the United States National Park Service by current and former Library staff, John Carlin and several members of the Home of FDR; 10 AM - 4 PM Roosevelt Institute staff and members, Roosevelt Family. Friday, October 8 researchers, and the Teichman Family. Torchlight Parade & DebateWatch Ray was presented with a framed Olin In her own letter to Ray included in the Wallace Center; 6:30 PM & 9 PM Dows print of the Library signed by all book, Library Director Cynthia Koch the staff, as well as a Memory Book of said, "It is hard to imagine any book, Saturday, October 9 Lecture Geraldine Ferraro New Museum Brochure Now Available “Our Grandchildren and the Future” Wallace Center; 1 PM The FDR Presidential Library and Museum designed and produced a new full color Friday, October 29 brochure this spring. Designs were laid out by Randall Wallace with The Mammals Folk Music Concert museum and public programs staff before the Wallace Center; 7 PM brochure was presented to a professional Saturday, October 30 designer. Special thanks is given to the Bill Urbin, NPS Vidda Foundation which Raymond Teichman photographed on his last Talk & Book Signing generously provided the day of work. - author of “The : FDR’s funding for printing the documentary, or other work produced Unfinished Revolution and Why We new brochure. If you from our archives in the past thirty-five Need it More than Ever” would like to request a years that does not in some way bear Wallace Center; 3 PM copy of the brochure the stamp of your expertise." please call Cliff Laube at November 6, 7, 8 Pare Lorentz Film Festival II (845) 486-7745 or email We wish Ray Teichman and his wife Films of the New Deal [email protected]. Erin all the best in their well-deserved Wallace Center retirement. New Facility Meets Growing Need for Program and Event Space Since its opening on November 15th, Library's front lawn. Over 3000 visitors commemoration of the 65th anniversary Association. 2003, the Wallace Center has been alive enjoyed those exciting events. of the visit of the King and Queen of with activity. In addition to Roosevelt England to Hyde Park when President Since its dedication in November, the Library and National Park Service The Library hosted its inaugural and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a hot dog Wallace Center has welcomed visitors school programs and Library-sponsored Roosevelt Reading Festival in June. picnic for the royal couple. to the Roosevelt sites in Hyde Park, public programs, many provided state of the art meeting space local groups, government The Roosevelt Reading for thousands of participants, engaged agencies, and educational Festival was an ambitious and educated people with interesting organizations held events event and a great success in in the new facility. this new facility. Plans are already underway for next The Roosevelt Library year's Festival. has been able to greatly expand and improve its Organizations and non- public programming profit groups that took because of the new advantage of the wonderful facility. Leading up, to new facilities included The and coinciding with, the Dyson Foundation Board of Directors, Mill Street Loft, the Hyde Park Visual Environment Committee, of

Above: Reception in the lobby during the Mill Right: Author Joseph Persico speaks at the Street Loft dinner. Roosevelt Reading Festival.

Left: Singer Kelly Urbin performs Judy Below: Edna Gurewitsch and Robert Cross Garland songs at the USO Show. sign books in the New Deal Store.

Drawing more than 300 visitors, the Festival was and informative public held in the Wallace Center programming and multipurpose rooms and the provided teachers and Dyson conference room. In school groups with five concurrent sessions spacious new rooms and throughout the day, eleven ease in planning and authors of recently executing field trips. It published works that drew has been most effective upon the Roosevelt Library in demonstrating the archives presented author importance of the talks followed by book Roosevelt legacy to signings and question and today's world. The World War II Memorial Dedication in answer sessions. Authors Wallace Center is a Washington, D.C. the Library hosted a who spoke included John Q. welcome addition to the series of activities to honor the Barrett, Richard Cain, historic Roosevelt estate. "Greatest Generation" in the Wallace Robert Cohen, R. Bruce Craig, Robert Poughkeepsie, Scenic Hudson, the Center. Cross, Edna Gurewitsch, Margaret Hyde Park Visitors Alliance, TEG To learn about programs and events Logan Marquez, Joseph Persico, David Credit Union, Pace University Law at the FDR Presidential Library and Activities included a Pare Lorentz Film Roosevelt, Will Swift, and Bernice School, the Gilbert and Sullivan Museum and the Wallace Center Festival featuring World War II films, a Thomas. Theater Group, the Culinary Institute of sign up for our new Email Bulletin live USO Show, a special World War II America, the Discovery Center, the by sending an email to ceremony to mark the dedication of the During the Reading Festival, Hyde State of New York, the Hudson Valley [email protected] and typing new Memorial in Washington, DC, and Park Boy Scout Troop 37 was on hand Heritage Area, the Hyde Park Rotary “SUBSCRIBE” in the subject line. the annual living history display on the selling hot dogs in the cafe in Club, and the Hyde Park Teachers NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID NEWBURGH, NY 12550 PERMIT NO. 8604 RendezvousNews and Notes from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Institute

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute 4079 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, NY 12538 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Cynthia M. Koch Director Phone: (800) 337-8474 Fax: (845) 486-1147 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

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FERI MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS THE ROOSEVELT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY NOW OPEN Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt communicated by word and deed a vision of a just In the Wallace Center and caring society. In a new membership campaign, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute invites you to become a member of the Institute that bears their name and works to preserve their far-sighted vision of a free, more compassionate world. Mrs. Nesbitt’s Cafe “Feeding the Roosevelts and their guests” Your member benefits include: - Free admission to the FDR Presidential Library and Museum and all other Presidential Libraries

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One of the most important programs supported by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute is the Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. This project was very dear to President Roosevelt, who said that the Library's mission would be "to bring together the records of the past…where they will be preserved Mrs. Nesbitt’s Café offers homemade soups, salads, wraps, both hot and for the use of men and women living in the future." cold, along with specialty deli sandwiches. In the morning, bagels, Danish and other pastries are available. The café is run by Scott The Roosevelt Presidential Library is home for more than 17 million pages of Holtzhouser, a talented chef and owner of the Haymaker Restaurant and documents, audio-visual materials, historical museum objects and books. As the Crew Restaurant Bar both located in Poughkeepsie, NY. Mrs. Nesbitt’s President envisioned, it is the finest research center for anyone studying the New Café offers indoor dining as well as patio seating. It is open from 10 AM Deal and/or our nation's history from the Great Depression through World War II. until 4 PM. Your membership gift can provide vital support for the programs and resources of the nation's first presidential library. For information on joining FERI visit www.feri.org or call (845) 486-1150.