The messages between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill 1939-1945, and related materials in the Franklin D. Roosevelt library.

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: Microfilm E742.5.R58

6 Reels

Description

The microfilm edition of the messages includes approximately 750 messages from Roosevelt to Churchill and 1100 from Churchill to Roosevelt. the messages document the personal friendship and professional relationship of the two men, their agreements and differences on wartime strategy and diplomacy and , to some extent, the opinions of those in the British and American governments who advised the two leaders.

The Messages have been microfilmed as follows:
Reel 1: Map Room Papers, Sept. 1939-July 1942
Reel 2: Map Room Papers, Aug. 1942-July 1943
Reel 3: Map Room Papers, Aug. 1943-Feb. 1944
Reel 4: Map Room Papers, Mar.-Aug. 1944
Reel 5: Map Room Papers, Sept. 1944-Apr. 1945
Reel 6: President's Secretary's File
President's Personal File
Messages from Other Files and Collections

Although the collection is referred to as a single unit, the Roosevelt-Churchill correspondence is scattered throughout several collections of the President's Papers as well as the Harry Hopkins Papers and the State Department Files at the National Archives.

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