Center for New Deal Studies

The Center for New Deal Studies features resources and activities that deepen our understanding of the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and of the social, economic, political, and cultural history of the New Deal era in American history. The Center sponsors a variety of educational programs, including lecture series, course offerings, and publications.  In addition, the Center contains a remarkable collection of materials on the Roosevelts and the New Deal. These include books, photographs, videotapes, oral histories, manuscript collections, and thousands of pieces of ephemera of interest to Roosevelt scholars and researchers of the New Deal.

• The People of the Center for New Deal Studies
• Programs and Events
  • 75th Anniversary of the New Deal (2008-2009)
• Center Publications Books, papers, and other publications resulting from Center programs
• Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Distinguished Lecture Series
• Visitor information How to visit the Center for New Deal Studies
• Center Holdings Books, photos, archival materials, and ephemera
• Services Reference, photocopying, tours, and research assistance
• Related Websites Links to sites on the New Deal, FDR, and ER
• What's New? News and lists of recent additions to the Center's Collections
• Chicago Metro History Fair - New Deal Topics
• Center for New Deal Studies Screen Saver This screen saver displays photographs from the archives of the Center for New Deal Studies at Roosevelt University and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The screen saver is designed for Windows 95, 98, ME, or 2000. It will not work with computers running the Macintosh or Linux operating systems.  Just click here to download!

The Center for New Deal Studies was established in the College of Arts and Sciences at Roosevelt University through a generous donation from Gwen Hirsch.

Problems with our site? Please mail the Center Librarian, Michael Gabriel.