Tour with the help of our ltds Cable Partners takes booktv and history tv to hyde park, new york as we explore the history and literary life of a city that has become synonymous with the story of franklin and eleanor roosevelt, and the extended roosevelt family. On booktv, ann exclusive interview with David Roosevelt as he talks about his memoir from his home on the roosevelts hyde park estate. It was really not until my grandmothers funeral that i realized that she was really a special person. And something of a celebrity. We never thought of her in that way. We never viewed my grandmother. She was only a grandmother to us , and that is all she ever wanted to be. Author tony musso and his book. I found for letters in the archives in his handwriting come and not typewritten, that actually credited stamp collecting with saving his life after he became ill and ended up being confined to a wheelchair. Sunday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern firsttory tv, we tour the president ial library and the Nat
He was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. And so, he created a library on the grounds of his a here in hyde park, new york. What he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archive. That model was followed by subsequent president s. This is the first of the president ial libraries that was created and operated by the national archives. About 10 euros ago, the library embarked on an ambitious plan to look at the entire museum and really bring it up to date. The new galleries opened in 2013 and basically everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. It is all brandnew. A fresh look at the lives of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and at his presidency. In 1932,ition began the year he was elected president of the u. S. That was a year of tremendous crisis for the nation and the world. The country was in the third year of the
And so, he created a library on the grounds of his here in hyde park, new york. What he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archive. That model was followed by subsequent president s. This is the first of the president ial libraries that was created and operated by the national archives. About 10 years ago, the library embarked on an ambitious plan to look at the entire museum and really bring it up to date. The new galleries opened in 2013 and basically everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. It is all brandnew. A fresh look at the lives of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and of the roosevelt presidency. The exhibition began in 1932, the year he was elected president of the u. S. World. The country was in the third year of the great depression. In 1929, the depression began and unemployment in the u. S. Was at 3. 2 . At the time he was running for president in 1932,
Created in 1941. It was the first president ial library created and operated by the National Archives and records administration. The library was established by Franklin Roosevelt. He was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration, and also his personal papers. And so, he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. Basically what he decided to do , was to raise private money to build the library, and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the National Archives. That model was followed by subsequent president s. This is the first of the president ial libraries operated by the National Archives. About 10 years ago, the library embarked on a really ambitious plan to look at the entire museum, and really bring it all up to date. The completely new galleries opened in 2013, and everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. It is all brandnew a fresh look , at both the lives of franklin d. Roosevelt and t
Huckabee. See that conversation tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Xxx join us on cspan3 sunday for an American History tv live special. The 19 ch 67 detroit riots. 50th anniversary. At noon eastern, Pulitzer Prize winning historian Heather Ann Thompson of the university of michigan and Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor steven henderson. At 1 15 p. M. Eastern former Detroit Police chief isaiah, ike mckinnon and former Detroit Free Press journalist tim kiska. An American History tv special. The 1967 detroit riots. 50th anniversary, live, sunday t noon eastern on cspan3. For the next hour, an American History tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits hyde park, new york, to learn more about its unique history. For six years now, weve traveled the cities across the u. S. To explore their literary and historic sites. You can watch more of our visits at cspan. Org cities tour. This was home. This was where his heart always was. He once said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has