the strange case of the tully archive - spring 2011

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When Gen. John J. Pershing asked very strongly that Col. George C. Marshall be

promoted to the rank o brigadier general in 1936, President Roosevelt recorded

his agreement and intent to instruct the Secretary o War accordingly.


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I wa ly a mall pi pap m aly 1936, wih m pidial i, b i wa hlg had hiyh pa pig i amp h .I wa a hi, a hadwi m Pid Fakli D. Rvl hi ai. H

di hm ppa a mmadm h Say Wa akig ha a ai Amy ll b

p h x li pmi bigadi gal.

Rvl had ivd h pmi mmdai m h ha Gal h Ami

Jh J. Phig, wh had ld Amia p i Ep i Wld Wa I ad wa idd a aial

h. Rvl w h hi: G. Phig ak vy gly. T 54-ya-ld ll had wkd

Phig a aid-d-amp ad i h pii dig ad a h wa, ad h gal wa impd.

tully Aiv

the StrAnge cASe of the

How a Treasure Trove of Previously Unknown FDRDocuments Came to the Roosevelt Library

By Bob Clark

President Franklin Roosevelt in his study with his three secretaries: (let to right) Marguerite A. LeHand, Marvin McIntyre, and Grace Tully, November 4,

1938. Tully maintained several thousand presidential documentsprimarily drats o correspondence and handwritten notesuntil her death in 1984, a

collection later known as the Tully Archive.


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Cl. Gg C. Mahall wa bqly

pmd bigadi gal i Ob 1936.

T ya la, h Pid amd Mahall

Amy Chi Sa, makig him a -a

gal ad jmpig him v dz h

mlia . H wa FDR m

d ad idipibl miliay advi

dig Wld Wa II. Ad i wa Mahall

wh, i , pd ah pmiig yg

ad qikly pmd him v m

i : Dwigh D. Eihw, wh

wld la lad h D-day ivai w

Ep i 1944.

Ti hii pi hiy wa h

m iig dm divd amg

h pap lld by Ga lly, piipal

ay Rvl dig Wld Wa II.

T pap maid i lly pi il

h dah i 1984, wh hy diappad

val ya. La la ya, hwv, hy

ally dd p wh hy hld hav b

all algi h hldig h Naial

Ahiv, pially h Fakli D. Rvl

Pidial Libay ad Mm i Hyd

Pak, Nw Yk.

B h jy h Naial Ahiv

ak by h Ga lly Ahiv, a a

v Rvl-a dm, had may

myi wi ad . T Nvmb 15,

2010, pig wa h lmiai a v-

ya by h Naial Ahiv

h maial m h bik piva al ad

big hm hm h Rvl Libay

a ha lially k a a Cg.

T al hw h lly Ahiv am h

Rvl Libay i ll iig, ad,

bakpy, ad pliial maviga al

ly why h myy vl blvd

by Fakli Rvl.

* * * * *

T y h Ga lly Ahiv ally

bgi J 4, 1941, h day ha Magi

A. Miy LHad d a dbiliaig k

ad llapd a h d a Whi H di.

Miy LHad had b Fakli Rvl

pal ay, da, l id, ad

advi 21 ya.

N h Whi H a wa l

FDR ha wa LHad. Sh had b wih him

i h lly a h vi pidy

i 1920. LHad, alg wih Ela Rvl

ad Li Hw, hlpd him hgh h dak

ya llwig h dvaaig aak pli

i 1921. Sh livd i h gv mai i

Albay wh FDR wa gv Nw Yk,

ad h mvd i h Whi H i 1933

wh h wa ld Pid.

A FDR piipal pal ay,

LHad m wih him i h mig a

h bakad i bd. Sh ad h mig

wpap wih him ad ppad him

h day hdl. I bh Albay ad

Wahig, h vd a bi h a

ial v i M. Rvl ab. Sh

wa a vald mmb FDR i il,

ad h pii ma a ad

plii wa gh ad idd. I addii

h ial di, LHad hld pw

ay FDR ad maagd hi bak

a, ildig payig hi bill by hk.

Miy LHad wa dvd FDR. Sh v

maid ad had hild.

Wh LHad d h k i 1941,

h vid h l a Rvl pal ay

wa lld by Ga lly, wh may ya

had b d i li LHad. lly hld

a mh m adiial aial l i h

Rvl il. Ulik LHad, h had

b wih FDR dig hi aiwid

ampaig i 1920 hgh h ai h

pli ya, ad h h did hav a

l a pal i FDR h

Rvl amily. B lly wa a d ad

pd mmb FDR a hl.

Ga lly wa b i 1900 i Bay,

Nw Jy. H ah did wh h wa vy

yg, ad h ad h w i ad bh

w aid by a dv Cahli mh. Ga

add pahial ad v hl b

llig i aial hl. Sh wkd

10 ya a a ay Cadial Paik

Hay i Nw Yk b kig mplym

wih h Dmai Naial Cmmi

hadqa i 1928. lly wa aigd

ai Ela Rvl, wh wa gaizig

pp pidial mi Al Smih.

Wh Fakli Rvl wa miad

h gvhip la ha ya, lly w

wk Rvl aial a aiig

LHad. lly vd wih FDR i Albay

ya, ad h mvd Wahig

wh Rvl wa ld Pid.

I gal, lly pmd i ypig

ad diai di h Pid. Sh

maagd hi mail ad vd a pimay l

maag h Whi H, pailaly

h maia h Pid ph

Marguerite (Missy) A. LeHand in her White House ofce, ca. 1940. LeHand was the Presidents personal secretary,

confdante, close riend, and adviser or 21 years, until her stroke in 1941. Her papers orm part o the Tully Archive. Spring 2011


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l b al iiv pd ad

pal l. A LHad k, lly

addd LHad di h w.

A FDR dah i 1945, Ga bam

xiv ay h Fakli D. Rvl

Mmial Fdai, a gaizai

ddiad pvig h mmy ad

lgay FDR. Al fig h d

a, pi hi dah FDR had appid

lly a h-p mmi v a

a wad hi pap i ppaai hi

pig ah. T h mmb

h mmi w ph wi Saml

I. Rma ad pidial advi Hay

L. Hpki. Fm 1945 1947, a h lgal

a h pap wa lvd hgh FDR

a, lly had pial a h FDR

pap ill lad a h Naial Ahiv i

Wahig ha had y b ad

h Rvl Libay i Hyd Pak, Nw

Yk. Sh vd a h liai h pap

h a x, h libay, ad h

ma Whi H.

T pap mmi wa dibadd i

h la 1940 a whip h FDR

pap wa md i h Uid Sa

gvm llwig h admiiai h

Rvl a. T mmi wa dmd

a amay q by Rvl

bidig h Ahivi h Uid Sa.

Dig hi im, lly w ad

pblihd a h mmi lld wih pal

ad ad bvai h im a

FDR ay. I h bk, F.D.R, My Boss,

h qd m val h ad l

FDR had wi. Ti wa a aly idiai

ha phap lly wa i pi m

Rvl dm, alhgh giv h

a h Rvl pap ad h a ha

h pap w p ah il h

mid-1950, h bk did appa ai

ay fag h libay a.

I 1955, lly jid h a h

Sa Dmai Pliy Cmmi,

wkig wih h-Sa Majiy Lad

Lyd B. Jh ad ablihig a

lilg idhip wih LBJ ad Lady Bid

Jh. Sh maid a h mmi

il h im i 1965.

O Ag 3, 1980, h New York Timesa

a pial a iviw Ga lly h

ai h 80h bihday. I h iviw,

lly aally mid havig i h

pi val dz hadwi by

FDR. Ti ail wa by h-Rvl

Libay Di William R. Em, wh

Ag 27, 1980, w lly akig h

id plaig h maial a h Rvl

The Strange Case of the Tully Archive

New York Governor Franklin Roosevelt drated a telegram in July 1932 to President Herbert Hoover urging progress in the project or developing the St. Lawrence River or naviga

tion and power. Concerned with the delay and New Yorks share o the cost, he urged that they seek speedily to adjust this matter by a personal conerence.

Libay. lly gaily pdd ha whil

h wa a y ady pa wih h

dm, T Libay will dbdly g

hm a my dah pibly b.

Ga lly did J 15, 1984, a

Gg Wahig Uiviy Hpial i

Wahig, D.C. Lik Miy LHad, lly

v maid ad had hild. I Mah

1985, Libay Di Em w

lly vivig i, Pala Laab (wh

al had wkd i h Rvl Whi

H), ad agai xpd a i i

baiig wha wa blivd b lly

mall lli Rvl maial. N

p wa ivd m Laab, ad

a hi pi h ail h lly lli

g ld ad mky 15 ya.

I i blivd ha h lli pad

i h had w pplphap

Laab agivwh d h

lli al i Alaa i 1999. I

Apil 2000, h lli wa agai p p

al hgh Gy Ai H

i Nw Yk, Nw Yk.

Smim a hi da, h lli wa

aqid by Gl Hwiz Bkll i

Nw Yk appximaly $3.5 millia

idiai ha h lli wa a ga i

p ha igially blivd bad lly

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Above: FDR Library Director Cynthia Koch unseals the

Tully Archive, July 2010. The collection had been sealed

or fve years pending an agreement between Sun-Times

Media and the National Archives on the terms o the

donation.

Right: A handwritten note, or chit, dated May 31,

1935, recorded FDRs list o must legislation or

that year. Such drats were later typed into ofcial

memorandums or other messages.

o Freedom (Pbli Aai, 2003), i whih

dm m h Ahiv a id a big

m h Hllig Clli.

I 2004, Blak igd a CEO Hllig

a a ial ivigai allgd mi

mpay d. A ial i U.S. Dii C

ld i Blak 2007 vii ad,

ad h wa d pi ad dd

pay $6.1 milli i ii Hllig.

Hllig, mawhil, had dg a

pa ig d i pai

aial dii ad had hagd i am

S-im Mdia Gp.

I 2004, S-im Mdia plad h i

lly Ahiv al a Chii i Nw Yk

i h hp vig m h mi

ivd i h hiial dm. I Ag

2004, a paiv m Chii ad

h Rvl Libay ad ggd ha h

w m im i h lli ha h blivd

h libay migh b id i aqiig. T

lli wa b bk p ad ld i l

maximiz h pial al val ad h

h im alizd S-im Mdia.

Chii pmid paiv h libay

m h ai h ad vy h

lli v h val day.

Wihi a h im, i wa adily appa

ha h lly Ahiv wa mh lag (a

imad 5,000 dm!) ad m

xpaiv i p ha igially blivd. I

al wa la ha a la a pag h

bk ad h 1980 l William Em.

I wa dig a v a Hwiz hwm

ha Rvl Libay Di

Cyhia Kh aw pi h lli

diplay ad pd i x.

I 2001, h lly Ahiva i wa w

kwwa phad m Hwiz by

Hllig Iaial Cpai $8

milli. Hllig, a mdia hldig mpay,

wa ld by Chi Exiv O Ld Cad

Blak. Blak wa a dal Caadia-Biih

iiz ad bi mgl wh d

hi Caadia iizhip i 2001 ap

a Biih pag. H al wa wll-kw a

a avid ll Fakli Rvllad

dm ad mmabilia. Idd, m

1996 hgh h aqiii h lly

Ahiv, Hllig Iaial paid $9.6

milli Rvl-lad lli. I

2002, h lly Ahiv wa ad m

Hwiz Blak pal id, ad

h x ya Blak pblihd a lag bigaphy

FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Champion

52 Prologue Spring 2011


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h aiaig lli: FDR pap

Miy LHad pap, ad Ga lly

pap. Whil h libay ad Naia

Ahiv blivd i ld ak a gd-ai

laim h FDR pi h lly Ahiv

h maiig lli migh b bk

apa ad l hiy i a li a

h whl Ahiv ld b ahd. I wa

h i h b i h libay ad

h Naial Ahiv i a lm ld

b ahd ha wld l i h dai

h i lly Ahiv h libay, h

avidig lg ad pad liigai v

j ha pi h lli whih h

gvm ld mak a gd-aih laim.

Wih h Chii al hald ad i i

la hw h whip h lly Ahiv

wld b lvd, NARA gal

ad h lgal l pig S-im

Mdia Gp d i a agm i

Jly 2005 ha pmid h Rvl Libay

bx p h lli, al h bx, ad

ap hm h libay i Hyd Pak

akpig. Ud h agm, h bx

w mai ald il h lm

h ma il hy bam h bj

liigai. Ad a h libay hy a h

x v ya a giai id.

Fm h bgiig h giai i wa

la ha all pai had h b i hiy

i mid. S-im Mdia wa willig da

h i lli, a lg a m yp

apppia haiabl ax ddi wa pmid

i xhag h gia vy adad xhag

idai wh hiial maial a

dad h Naial Ahiv.

T ikig pi wa hw val h

lli. I wa blivd ha Hllig had

paid a vifad val h lli

ba Cad Blak di aqi

i. A appaial likly wld val a h

pailaly i may h m maily

valabl im i h lli, lik FDR

hadwi ad ph da, w

bj h gvm laim whip

Fhm, h Naial Ahiv ld

ly ap h dai ad pvid a

haiabl dai ia; i ld

dm w aally FDR w pal

pap, h a da ph ad ial

mmada ad l, whih hld hav

m h Rvl Libay wih h

hi pap i ada wih h Pid

dii pi hi dah. A hi pi, h

libay wkd lly wih Naial Ahiv

O h Gal Cl p h

Chii al i i iy il i ld b

dmid hw may h appximaly

5,000 dm ld b dmd FDR w

pap ad h gvm ppy.

T vy h lli al vald

ha i addii h FDR pap ad Ga

lly w pal pd, wiig,

ad maial, h lli al ildd a

al am Miy LHad pal

pd. A l xamiai ld

h divy i h lly Ahiv LHad

1935 amay Ii (wid

by FDR) makig lly h admiia

LHad a ad iig lly dip

LHad pal pap a h aw . I wa

bvi ha lly had didd kp LHad

pap hl, v h pi dyig

Ela Rvl ha h had ay LHad

pap llwig LHad dah i 1944.

S, h lly Ahiv ally id

A letter rom Benito Mussolini to President Roosevelt in June 1933 is an example o ofcial diplomatic

correspondence that ended up in Tullys private possession. Mussolini expressed hope that he and FDR could

meet and discuss their common international concerns.

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pla a val h maial. S-im

Mdia ad i lawy w dadably

d ab hw h Ial Rv

Svi migh viw a ddi bad h

igial pha pi $8 milli.

A aiv li h pd il:

p a a Cg ha wld ailia

h dai h i lly Ahiv by

waivig ay laim by h dal gvm

h lly Ahiv ad hby pmiig a ax

ddi h igial pha pi, a lg

a h lli wa dad h Naial

Ahiv ad Rd Admiiai.

Tgh h Sa Chal

Shm Nw Yk ad Rihad Dbi

Illii ad Cgwma Li

Slagh Nw Yk, h lgilai pad

h H Rpaiv Nvmb

16, 2009, ad h Sa Jaay 13,

2010. Pid Obama igd h bill (SB

692) i law Fbay 1, 2010.

B hi iq li wa alm

ymid by S-im Mdia lig

bakpy pi i Mah 2009.

Ud bakpy law, h lly Ahiv

bam h ppy h pai

bakpy a, ad ay agm

dip ha ppy qid h

appval h U.S. Bakpy C. O

Ob 8, h Bakpy C appvd

h al S-im Mdia ad all i a,

ildig h lly Ahiv, h Chiag

Nwpap Liqidai Cpai.

Ulimaly, h Bakpy C

appvd h dai h lly

Ahiv J 28, 2010. Ad J

30, Chiag Nwpap Liqidai

Cpai ad Ahivi h Uid

Sa David S. Fi xd h dd

gi mally aig whip

h lly Ahiv h Naial Ahiv

ad Rd Admiiai. T bx

ha had maid ald a h Rvl

Libay v ya ld w b pd

ad mad availabl ah i hi

iy.

* * * * *

Fm h mm ha h dai wa

alizd, h Rvl Libay wa mmid

makig h lly Ahiv aibl

ah a qikly a pibl.

O h gidig piipl ahival

pai i h pvai igial d

lli, maig ha h way a p,

bi, gvm agy a ad

maiai i pap ad d a iial

dadig hw h dm la

ah h.

A ahivi a h Rvl Libay bga

viwig h lly Ahiv, i bam la

ha, v h may dad ad

havig pad hgh val piva had ad

ai h, h gaizaial igiy

h h lli wihi h lly Ahiv

Ga lly Pap, Miy LHad Pap, ad

FDR Paphad b mpmid ad ha

dm had b aagd ad pakagd

maximiz al val.

S h p makig h lly Ahiv

availabl ah wa impig a w

d h maial. Eah dm wa

ad ad viwd ad d i gp

mpiig h lly Pap, LHad Pap,

ad FDR Pap. O h iiial ig wa

mpld, ah lli wa h gaizd

alg a aily adiial ahival aagm,

bgiig wih pd, aial

maial, wiig, ad h. T maial

w p i ld, labld, ad plad

i ahival ag bx, ad a ld-lvl

dig aid wa ad.

Ti dig aid i h ah gaway

h lli, allwig hm qikly

FDRs handwritten frst drat o his 1938 State o the Union Address, ca. January 1938. The our-page drat discusses the darkening war clouds abroad and

the continuing economic challenges at home.


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Left: Ambassador William Bullitt sent Missy LeHand the menu rom a horrifc event. On June 3, 1940, Bullitt was attending a luncheon at the French Air Ministrywhen German bombs began raining down on the City o Lights. One bomb crashed through the roo o the Air Ministry, but Bullitt was unharmed.Middle: Eleano

Roosevelts letter to Missy LeHand suggested that Missy get a cake or Grace Tullys upcoming birthday on July 30, 1935.Right:FDRs handwritten letter to Grace Tull

sent rom the Cairo Conerence, November 26, 1943, where he was meeting with Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek.

dmi h yp maial i h

lli, h am pd, ad

h da ad il ph da, xampl.

T dig aid i w pd h Rvl

Libay wb i (www.drlibrary.marist.edu).

O Nvmb 15, 2010, a pmid, h

Ga lly Ahiv wa ially pd

ah a h Rvl Libay, ad

h i lli wa digiizd ad mad

availabl li i aly 2011.

* * * * *

T lly Ahiv i a amazigly ih ad

vaid lli. O , m impa a

h w Fakli Rvl Pap ha mak

p ab a h h lli. T b way

dib hi w maial i ha i i a

da hiy. A FDR pal ai,

Miy LHad ad Ga lly hadld da

pd, hadwi hi

m FDR ha wld hav b ypd i

mmadm m, ad ad imdia

da ph ad mag. T FDR

Pap wihi h lly Ahiv ai all hi

vaiy maial. F a l hiy,

h dm maid i h dy hi

ai iad big ld wihi FDR

w pap ha am h libay.

Ah xampl h hi, lik h

wi ab Gg Mahall, wa wi by

FDR Jly 6, 1935, ad idd Hay

Hpki, h admiia h wly

ad Wk Pg Admiiai. I

val h id i FDR mid

all ap h my. FDR id

Hpki p 280,000 mplyd ppl

wk makig vall ad h lhig

ba hi ly wld giv hm gail

mplym b al m 750,000 bal

, whih wld ia pi.

A impa xampl h pd

d i h FDR Pap i a hadwi

l wi by Bi Mlii Rvl

i J 1933, j a w mh i h

w Rvl admiiai. Shly a

hi iagai i Mah 1933, Rvl

appid Bkiidg Lg b h Uid

Sa ambaad Ialy.

Up pig hi dial

Mlii, Lg al gav Il Duce a l

m FDR ad h gi a iibd

py Rvl iagal add.

Mlii pdd wih h iq l

divd i h lly Ahiv i whih h

xpd hi dp gaid ad admiai

h Pid. Il Duce al xpd

hi hp ha h ad FDR migh m

day di h adig wld

pblm i whih h Uid Sa ad

Ialy a mally id. T l wa

dlivd hgh h Sa Dpam

h Whi H. Obvily ia

diplmai pd, i i la

hw h Mlii l dd p i lly

piva pi.

Ah impa pd i

divd i h lli i a hadwi da

a lghy lgam m Nw Yk Gv

Fakli Rvlwly miad

a h Dmai adida Pid

iig Pid Hb Hv.

Wi i Jly 1932, hi lga

hallg Hv ld apa

h giai wih Caada h S

Law Saway Pj. FDR al iid

ha, a gv Nw Yk, h had h

igh paiipa i h giai

himl. T ad bx h lgam

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i a hadwig h aial

laihip bw h w lad ha

maid dig h igm a

FDR li la ha ya.

Rvl Libay ahivi divd

may hadwi da, di, ad agm

Fiid Cha ad h adi add,

mag Cg mmdig lgilai

ad amiig p, ampaig add,

ad h ph. O paila impa

i FDR -pag hadwi da

hi 1938 Sa h Ui Add, a ph

i whih h Pid adidly did

h dakig wa ld abad ad h

hallgig mi im a hm a h

ai ad h i 19371938.

T LHad Pap i alm ily

pal pd l, ildig

pal l Miy ivd m diplmai

g abad a h bak ad i h

aly ya Wld Wa II. Ildd a

l m Ambaad Jph P. Kdy i

Ld ad Ambaad William C. Blli

ad hi aia Caml O i Pai. T

lli al ai a da ail wi

by Miy ab h xpi i h Whi

H wih FDR.

Amg h m iig h l

i h LHad Pap i a 1940 l m

milliai Vi A, a l id

FDR ad pa h Pid hadw

wk wldwid ima. A

w Miy ha i wa impaiv ha h

Pid h immdia admia

h Uid Sa h wi, mh-i-law,

ad dagh Cal Nd, h dig

h Nd bmbigh, a

Nd h Uid Sa ad,

h, h iy h highly aa

bmbigh hlgial adva. A

hadw a g pip h l

dlaig, Pla hy hi i every way

ha y a. I i illgal, ay d

ap, i g b d ayway.

I addii h may l h

ambaad i Pai William Blli w

LHad, h al h a iq vi

m h im j b h all Fa.

O J 3, 1940, Blli wa adig a

lh a h Fh Ai Miiy wh

Gma bmb bga aiig dw h

Left:Lucy Mercer Rutherurds April 5, 1945, letter to Grace Tullywritten seven days beore FDRs deatharranging to visit Warm Springs with portraitist Elizabeth Shoumato.Right:Missy LeHands letter to Grace Tully inquiring who would be the ourth term vice-presidential nominee, sent just two weeks beore Missys death, July 16, 1944.

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Ti ail daw p maial i h Ga lly

Ahiv, i dig aid, ad h aqiii a l,

a wll a h Fakli D. Rvl Pap ad h

Ela Rvl Pap i h Fakli D. Rvl

Libay a Hyd Pak, Nw Yk.

Sday ld ild Cad

Blak, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Champion o Freedom

(Nw Yk: Pbli Aai, 2003); Kh S. Davi,FDR: Into the Storm (Nw Yk: Radm H,

1993); Fakli D. Rvl, Public Papers and

Addresses o Franklin D. Roosevelt, d. by Saml I.

Rma, 1933 ad 1938 vlm (Nw Yk:

Radm H, 1938; MaMilla, 1941); ail

Miy LHad ad Ga lly aid i Franklin

D. Roosevelt: His Lie and Times: An Encyclopedic View

(B: G. K. Hall, 1985), d. by Oi L. Gaham,

J. ad Mgha R. Wad; a xp m T

Hllig Chil, Fine Books and Collections

Magazine (2010), www.fnebooksmagazine.com/

issue/0206/hollinger_chronicles.phtml; ad h bill

mmay ad a p HR 1506 ad SB

692, Dmb 3, 2010, http://thomas.loc.gov.

Note on Sources

Author

Bob Clark i pviy ahivi

a h Fakli D. Rvl Libay

ad Mm i Hyd Pak, Nw

Yk. H ivd bahl a

ma dg i hiy m

xa h Uiviy i Lbbk ad a ji d

m Sya Uiviy. H ha b wih h

Rvl Libay i 2001.

To learn more about T y h lly maial i

a vid, g h Naial Ahiv

hal Yb.m.

T h lly

lli, g www.drlibrary.marist.edu/

archives/collections/tully.html.

Fakli Rvl ad h Rvl

Libay, g www.archives.gov/publications/

prologue/2006/winter/.


P

Ciy Ligh. O bmb ahd hgh

h h Ai Miiy, b Blli wa

hamd. H LHad h m m

ha hi v.

T Ga lly Pap, h lag pa

h lly Ahiv, ild a xiv i

pal pd amg Ga

lly, Fakli ad Ela Rvl, h

mmb h Rvl admiiai,

id, ad amily. O paila i

i h pd l a l m

Ela Rvl valig h x

whih lly, i addii h di a

FDR ay, aid M. Rvl

i h day--day aivii. T al i

pd xhagd bw lly

ad Lyd ad Lady Bid Jh ha

a ligh lly li a h Rvl

ya. Al ildd a wiig by Ga

lly, ildig da ad hap

h mmi ad pblihd mii

FDR.

Fially, lly kp xiv mmabilia

h li wih FDR, ildig pi

Rvl ph iibd by h Pid,

pi Whi H p la, a

ial lg h Pid ip,

iagai vi, ad ll m

m ailad ip ha h k wih FDR.

T a may hadwi l m

FDR lly wi dig h Pid

vai ip, hig i, ad avl abad

waim . T l wld

hav ampaid h ph h Pid

papwk, h a igd pd,

bill igd i law, appim, ad

miai, bak h Whi H by

miliay ap. Ty a idlyalm

paali , ad ha iig w

ad gip m h ip.

A pailaly aiaig l wa

wi by FDR Nvmb 26, 1943,

m Cai, Egyp, wh h Pid

wa mig wih Wi Chhill ad

Chiag Kai-Shk b pdig

h ha C wih Chhill ad

Sali. I kid ad jkig a val h

aia pla lly hld i Rvl

ial amily, ad hi dipi hi ip

h idiphabl Sphix d wih

h pha: Cg hld kw h.

Ah dm iial dadig

lly pla i FDR ial amily a wll

a h pal liv h Rvl i a

l m Ly M Rhd Ga

wi wk b FDR dah i Wam

Spig, Ggia. I i, Rhd mak

aagm hl, amd pai

pai Madam Elizabh Shma, ad

Shma phgaph Nihla Rbbi

m Wam Spig.

A i wll kw, Ly M ad FDR

had a bi aai ha, wh divd by

Ela Rvl i 1918, v hagd

h a hi maiag. FDR id

maiai m limid a wih Rhd

hgh hi li, iaig m q

ial vii ad a id gh dig h la

ya ad a hal FDR li a h gw way ad

ilad wih hi waim di.

A hi l gg, Ga lly playd a

maj l i ailiaig h piva mig

ha w kp m Ela Rvl il

a FDR dah. lly, Rhd, Shma,

ad Rbbi, amg h, w a Wam

Spig wih h Pid Apil 12, 1945,

wh h wa ik wih h maiv bal

hmhag m whih h did a w h la.

T pai big paid by Shma wld

v mai T Uihd Pai.

Fially, phap h m piga

dm i h lly Ahiv i a l

wi by Miy LHad Ga Jly

16, 1944. Alhgh vly wakd ad

dyig m h k ha lld h i

1941, LHad vhl maiaid a dp

i i FDR ad h pliial gam ha

h daly mid. Fm h val

i Maah, Miy awld a h

Ga akig h qi ha wa h

mid all Amia ha mm: Wh

i gig h Vi-Pidial miai? I

hav b bid myl yig g i .

I i dbdly amg h al i idd

h la h l wi by LHad b

h dah Jly 31, 1944. Alhgh bi

hi igl, ha-whig l i gh

h h pa h lly Ahiv.

T igia h Ga lly Ahiv

i i ay dm, b i h

agggai i val h impa

w ga pbli va i h Rvl

Whi H: Miy LHad ad Ga

lly. Ty aid hi pal liv

ad i Miy a limaly h li, i

hlpig Fakli D. Rvl bm

h ga Amia Pid.

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