Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I hereby exempt the said Cloyd A. McIlvaine from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 29, 1940."

"I realize that the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the New York State Library, Harvard University and the New York State Historical Society— and others— would probably be glad to have the ..."

"I wanted to make sure that this archive is well preserved and accessible to future historians."

"It is my thought, however, that an opportunity exists to set up for the first time in this country what might be called a source material collection relating to a specific period in our history."