Description: A look into the more than 17 million pages of primary source material maintained at the Roosevelt Presidential Library (the nation’s first Presidential Library), will provide a brief history of the Presidential Library System in general, and the Roosevelt Presidential Library specifically, shedding light on the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and World War II. Special emphasis will be paid to the use of primary sources as learning tools both in the classroom and in everyday settings.
Highlighted Skills/Documents/Objects/Digital Features
-FDR’s original design sketch for the Library Museum
-National Presidential Library System Map
-Sample documents from the Library’s collection
-FDR’s dedication remarks (video clip)
-Original FDR document box
-Modern document box
Interactive Discussion Topics
-What is an archive?
-What are primary and secondary sources?
-How are materials preserved?
-How are archives used to explore and explain the past?
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