This exhibition examines the life and career of Winston Spencer Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States--the nation that he called "the great Republic." The exhibition includes a number of letters and cables written between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill during World War II.

Items from eighteen presidents are featured in this online exhibition, including images and documents related to Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration.

This exhibition provides unique insight into various aspects of American history and culture. Objects displayed are organized according to the three categories that Thomas Jefferson used for his library: memory, reason, and imagination. The exhibition includes the items pertaining to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the "Depression Era" and "World War II" sections.

Search PPOC using the subject heading "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945" to find digital images related to Roosevelt such as prints, photographs, and political cartoons. Search all text fields in PPOC using the name "Franklin Roosevelt" to locate additional images.

This guide contains approximately 400 items relating to presidential inaugurations, including all four of Roosevelt's inaugurations.

From approximately 1929 through the late 1930s, the U.S. experienced a period of economic depression and recovery. This guide compiles related Library of Congress digital materials, external websites, and a print bibliography.

This site contains a short essay on the New Deal and links to related documents found on the Library's website.

Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884.

On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression.

June 16, 1933, marked the end of the first hundred days of the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to relieve the economic hardship of the Great Depression, this national works program (renamed the Work Projects Administration beginning in 1939) employed more than 8.5 million people on 1.4 million public projects before it was disbanded in 1943.

On January 20, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president sworn into office in January. It was his second of four inaugurations; the first had been held fours years earlier on March 4, 1933. Roosevelt’s first inauguration had been shadowed by the onset of the Great Depression—within a week of taking office, the new president had declared a federal bank holiday.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor killing more than 2,300 Americans. The following day, President Franklin Roosevelt, addressing a joint session of Congress, called December 7 "a date which will live in infamy."

On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt opposing their decision not to invade Western Europe at that time.

Was the bombing of Pearl Harbor an unprovoked attack on the United States? According to a new book by Edward S. Miller, the Japanese motivation stemmed from U.S. plans to defeat Japan economically in the years before World War II.

Douglas Brinkley discusses "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Donald A. Ritchie explains how the Democratic Party rebuilt itself after three successive Republican landslides; where the major shifts in party affiliation took place; what contingencies contributed to FDR's victory; and why the new coalition lasted as long as it did.

Jan Jarboe Russell discusses "The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Jay Winik discusses "1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Leading scholars from throughout the United States joined experts from the Library of Congress in the program, "Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75." A day-long symposium titled "The New Deal Legacy and Contemporary Scholarship" rounded out the two-day event.

Leading scholars from throughout the United States joined experts from the Library of Congress in the program, "Art, Culture, and Government: The New Deal at 75." A day-long symposium titled "The New Deal Legacy and Contemporary Scholarship" rounded out the two-day event.

James Srodes discussed and signed his book, "On Dupont Circle: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Progressives Who Shaped Our World."

Richard Moe discussed his book, "Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War," focusing on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's decision to run a third time, a decision that was far from inevitable.

Historian Jeff Shesol documents FDR's plan to expand the court to 15 justices and to "pack" the new seats with liberals who shared his belief in an expanded version of the Constitution.