Web
Links for the FDR Project
BACKGROUND
For
reviews of recent books on Roosevelt, you could start by going to the New
York Times on line and check recent material in the Book Review archives. You will have to register, but it is free and only takes a few minutes.
Once you have begun to absorb
material on FDR, you may begin to explore his life as it can be experienced via
the World Wide Web.
- You
might wish to begin with a visit to Franklin
Roosevelt's Home, "Springwood," in Hyde Park, New York.
- If
you have consulted, for example, Geoffrey Ward's Before the Trumpet : Young
Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905, or perhaps FDR, An Intimate History by Nathan
Miller or similar works by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Joseph Lash or Frank Friedel
and others, you can get a sense of how important his home was to FDR, and
how great a role his mother played in his life.
Additional web resources on FDR and his times:
- Columbia
University has a New Deal Network site
with much material about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
- Visit
the White House Home Page for a tour
of the President's home and for links to information about each of our former
presidents and first ladies.
- C-SPAN,
in addition to carrying The Senate and House of Representatives live whenever
they are in session, also covers the current American political scene ("Road
to the White House," etc.) and has many additional offerings of historic
interest, including "Booknotes" which appears every Sunday night
at 8:00. Several "Booknotes" program have dealt with Roosevelt
directly and indirectly.
- The
Library of Congress contains some interesting
resources such as collections of photographs and other historic memorabilia.
- The
National Archives and Records Administration
home page contains information about government records of all kinds, including
presidential libraries, biographies of the "founding fathers," and
so on. They also offer information on doing genealogical research, for those
of you who may want to find out more about your ancestors.
- The
Organization of American
Historians hosts a web site at the University of Indiana. Its best
features is a long list of links to other history sites.
- "ArchivesUSA"
has access to holdings and contact information of more than 4,400 repositories
and indexes to nearly 100,000 special collections of documents.
- "History
Reviews On-Line" is in its own words "an electronic journal
devoted to reviewing books on all fields of history. It is supported
by the De Pauw University and is issued three times a year--Fall, Winter,
and Spring/Summer."
- The History
Channel carries its schedule on its home page. It presents many fine history
related programs, including commercial films, series such as "Civil War
Journal" and other shows of historic interest, around the clock.
This site also has the Audio
Clips of Famous Speeches referred to on another page.
- The Arts and Entertainment
Network carries many history related programs such as "Biography"
and other interesting documentaries.
- The Discovery
Channel also has much of historic interest. It in turn is linked to other
channels which may have more about history.
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