Comments on: Staff Perspectives http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/staff-perspectives-4/ Sharing the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Collections and Programs Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scottie http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/staff-perspectives-4/#comment-979 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:02:44 +0000 http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=2072#comment-979 Its nice to see someone born and raised locally, working to make the experience at the Presidential Library the best possible, and doing amazing work to hep bring to us the American public all information possible. I find it wonderful to read these staff prospectives! Franklin and Eleanor were humble people, at home in Hyde Park at Springwood and VallKill, it was always about the community around them that they cared about most, not about them personally or issues at large. I think, had they been asked to give approvals to these staff perspectives, they’d be delighted to learn about these fine people helping to carry on their legacy and true story. Well done Sarah, I look forward to hearing more!

]]> By: Chris http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/staff-perspectives-4/#comment-969 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:01:26 +0000 http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=2072#comment-969 I believe President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is/was the greatest president of modern times (and, maybe, of all times).

I would respectfully suggest that everyone working at the FDR Library read at least the following books about FDR and a few more about Eleanor Roosevelt:

“FDR” by Jean Edward Smith

“Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882-1905″ by Geoffrey C. Ward

“A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt” by Geoffrey C. Ward

“Franklin Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy 1932-1945″ by Robert Dallek

“The Juggler” by Warren Kimball

“The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America” by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn

“Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History” by Robert E. Sherwood

“The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy” by William E. Leuchtenburg

“Nothing to Fear: FDR in Photographs” by Hugh Gregory Gallagher

“Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom” by Conrad Black

“Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox” by James MacGregor Burns

“Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America” by Adam Cohen

“Five Days in Philadelphia; 1940,Wendell Willkie and the Political Convention That freed FDR to Win World War II” by Charles Peters

“FDR: A Centenary Remembrance 1882-1945″ by Joseph Alsop.

“No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II” by Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt vs. the Supreme Court” by Jeff Shesol

“Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship” by Jon Meacham

“Eleanor & Franklin” by Joseph P. Lash

“Gracious Lady: The Life of Sara Delano Roosevelt” by Rita Halle Kleeman

“Young Franklin Roosevelt” by Rita Halle Kleeman

]]> By: Chris http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/staff-perspectives-4/#comment-968 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:35:34 +0000 http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/?p=2072#comment-968 I would prefer to have more information about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and less about everyone else.

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