Schedule Holder
Object numberMO 1968.29
Name
Holder, Schedule
Maker
Unknown
Dateca. 1933
Mediumleather, plastic, paper
Dimensionsoverall H 8 3/4 in x W 6 1/2 in x D 10 1/8 in (22.2 cm x 16.5 cm x 25.7 cm )
Descriptiona) A brown leather easel-style schedule holder. Stamped in gold on the top front: ENGAGEMENTS. Stamped in gold on the bottom front: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. The front is covered by a protective plastic sheet which covers a sheet of paper with a daily itinerary (the plastic sheet and document currently on display are both reproductions). The itinerary currently displayed is:
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945.
11.00 -
11.15 -
11.30 - The Secretary of State
11.45 -
12.00 - The British Ambassador / Hon. Oliver Lyttleton / Colonel J. J. Lelewellyn
12.15 -
12.30 - Senator Alben W. Barkley / Senator Elbert D. Thomas
12.45 -
12.55 - Presentation of Commission to / the Hon. Jonathan Daniels
1.00 - (LUNCH).
b) The original plastic sheet document cover for the holder.
Label TextPresident Roosevelt used this easel-style schedule holder on his Oval Office desk from 1933 until 1945. It displayed a typed record of his daily appointments. It contains a facsimile of his calendar for March 29, 1945, the last day he sat at the desk. Shortly after FDR's death, his personal secretary, Grace Tully, gave the holder to presidential adviser and speechwriter, Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, with a note that read: "I thought you might like to have in your possession this engagement pad which stood on the President's desk since he first came to Washington in 1933." In 1968, Judge Rosenman donated the schedule holder to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum. It is on display in the FDR’S OVAL OFFICE DESK exhibit in the Museum’s APRIL 12, 1945 gallery.THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945.
11.00 -
11.15 -
11.30 - The Secretary of State
11.45 -
12.00 - The British Ambassador / Hon. Oliver Lyttleton / Colonel J. J. Lelewellyn
12.15 -
12.30 - Senator Alben W. Barkley / Senator Elbert D. Thomas
12.45 -
12.55 - Presentation of Commission to / the Hon. Jonathan Daniels
1.00 - (LUNCH).
b) The original plastic sheet document cover for the holder.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Judge Samuel I. Rosenman
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.En exposición
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