Synopses & Reviews
Roosevelt Research is the first resource guide to provide information on research collection for all three Roosevelts. The volume covers U.S. repositories, including the large collections at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the FDR Library at Hyde Park, and the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University's Houghton Library, and smaller collections throughout the country. In addition, it covers collections in Great Britain and the new Roosevelt Research Center in the Netherlands. The guide details collectons for easy access.
Part I includes U.S. entries arranged alphabetically by state, city, and name of repository. Repositories in Great Britain and the Netherlands are also covered in part I. Each entry includes an address; hours; information on which Roosevelts the collections cover; whether sources are primary or secondary; and descriptions of the types of material available. The book is fully indexed and cross-referenced.
Review
This will be a useful reference source for students and scholars of the Roosevelts. . . . Recommended especially for libraries with strong twentieth-century American history collections.ARBA
Synopsis
Roosevelt Research is the first resource guide to provide information on research collection for all three Roosevelts. The volume covers U.S. repositories, including the large collections at the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the FDR Library at Hyde Park, and the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University's Houghton Library, and smaller collections throughout the country. In addition, it covers collections in Great Britain and the new Roosevelt Research Center in the Netherlands. The guide details collectons for easy access. Part I includes U.S. entries arranged alphabetically by state, city, and name of repository. Repositories in Great Britain and the Netherlands are also covered in part I. Each entry includes an address; hours; information on which Roosevelts the collections cover; whether sources are primary or secondary; and descriptions of the types of material available. The book is fully indexed and cross-referenced.
About the Author
DEEGEE LESTER is a freelance bibliographer and editor of Annual Research Reports for the American Conference for Irish Studies. Her earlier works include Immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland (Greenwood, 1986) and Irish Research: A Guide to Collections in North America, Ireland, and Great Britain (Greenwood, 1987).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Table of Abbreviations
United States Repositories
California
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Georgia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Repositories in England and The Netherlands
England
The Netherlands
Index