The Roosevelt Story

"The Roosevelt Story" - the FDR Library’s virtual programming series started throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought free public programming on the life and times of the Roosevelts into homes and classrooms worldwide. Former Library Director Paul Sparrow hosted a popular series of “Conversations” with fellow presidential library directors including the Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ and JFK directors. Deputy Director and current Acting Director William Harris moderated virtual author talks and discussed little-known stories from around the grounds and inside the archives at the Library. Supervisory Museum Curator Herman Eberhardt hosted a series of virtual programs entitled “The Museum Collection at Home” featuring objects from the Library’s museum collection, with behind-the-scenes virtual access to the holdings (oftentimes shot from the Museum Processing Room), and Education Specialist Jeffrey Urbin presented a popular educational program series for all ages using distance learning technology that included live Q&A with the virtual audience.