FDR's Last Year

FDR'S Last Year    [typescript]
1376 leaves      21.5 x 28cm

Physical Description:

The copyright page has printer's marks in orange.  Corrections and deletions are done in blue pencil, deep red marker, pencil and red ink.  There seem to be more editor's marks than author marks.  The page numbers run in sequence except for a few pages inserted and numbered with a number and a letter.  Some page numbers are crossed out and changed after a page was inserted.  Large sections of text are crossed out.

FDR'S Last Year    [deleted pages]
6 leaves         21.5 x 28cm

Physical Description:

These pages have a lot of corrections done in red ink.  They were then pulled and deleted from the book all together.

FDR'S Last Year  [bibliography]
6 leaves  21.5 28cm

Physical Description:

There is a red pencil notation 'Bishop, Au's org. ms-retyped'.  Each entry is checked off using red pencil or blue ink.  New data is inserted also.

FDR'S Last Year  [gathering]
22 sections  31 x 23.5cm

Physical Description:

This is the complete book before the final binding and book cover is added.  Each sheet is folded in half and grouped together.  These groups are then divided into 22 sections.  Names to be added to the bibliography are done in blue ink on the very last page.

FDR'S Last Year  [typescript]
973 leaves  21.5 x 28cm

Physical Description:

The few corrections done are done in blue pencil or blue ink.  There are green slips of paper on the backs of some sheets.  These seem to be used to ask questions of and obtain answers from the author.  The page numbers have been crossed off and changed and many sections of the text have been crossed out.

FDR'S Last Year  [typescript 'index']
71 leaves  21.5 x 28cm

Physical Description:

These pages have numerous markings with orange and blue pencil.  One note says 'Ignore blue markings!!' and 'Index must NOT exceed 16pp'.

FDR'S Last Year  [notes]
44  various sizes

Physical Description:

These are handwritten notes of Mary Newman.  These notes are copied onto copies of the corresponding pages.

Notes:

Mary Newman is copy editor correcting Bishop.  These note cards, for the most part were sent as enclosures to Jim Bishop by Howard Cady.

FDR'S Last Year  [miscellaneous]

Physical Description:

These are mailing labels cut from envelopes and packages sent to Fr. Ireneaus Herscher,O.F.M., Howard Cady, and Phyllis Jackson.

One contents list of material sent to St. Bonaventure.

One book jacket with the inside flaps cut off.

FDR'S Last Year    [letters]

Physical Description:  

Letter to Herbert H. Harwood from William D. Hassett.  April 29, 1959.  Responding to request for  Off the Record with FDR.  (copy) (2007-002)

Letter to Bishop from H. M. Patterson & Son.  Aug. 18, 1971.  Agreeing to discuss their role in FDR's funeral. (2007-002)

Letter from Frank W. Allcorn, Jr. to Bishop.  Aug. 24, 1971.  Favorable response to letter requesting tour of Warm Springs Memorial. (2007-002)

Letter from Anna C. Urband, Dept. of the Navy, to Bishop.  Aug. 27, 1971.  Describes resources available from the Navy to pursue research regarding FDR's last days. (2007-002)

Memo to Howard Cady from Mary Newman.  January 29, 1974.
Re: Bishop, FDR's Last Year.  Possible cuts.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady, William Morrow & Company, Inc. January 31, 1974.
Editing the book and sending copies for Jim's approval.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 1, 1974.
Sending copy of section just received.  Attaching the notes from the copy editor.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply on the letter he received from Howard in black felt pen and red ink.  He wrote in the margins and between the paragraphs circling parts of the letter he was addressing. 'OK 2/20 HC' written in pencil in the upper left corner.  

Letter to Howard Cady from Mary Newman.  February 4, 1974.
Re:  Bibliography is a mess.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 4, 1974.
Sending more sections to look at.  Asking about 'permission' Jim received on some of the material.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply on the letter he received from Howard in black felt pen and red ink.
Re:  Doesn't Wm. Morrow have a 'Permission Dept'?  All the other publishing companies he has worked for had such a department.  

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 4, 1974.
Questions about about Nov. 1944-Jan. 1945 chapters.  

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply on the letter he received from Cady in black felt pen.
Answers questions regarding unidentified names.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  February 5, 1974.
This is a handwritten letter answering many of questions put to him about various aspects of book.  Note at top of page 'My page numbers do not match yours. Difficult'.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 6, 1974.
Re: Questions of Yalta Chapter.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply on the letter he received from Howard Cady in black felt pen circling parts of the letter that he was addressing.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 6, 1974.
Re: Most problems solved.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply on the letter he received from Howard Cady.  
Re: answering Howard's questions.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 7, 1974.
Re: about rearranging parts of book so it is not as confusing.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote his reply at the end of Howard's letter.
Re:  Very indignant about keeping book the same-'If rearranged it would lose faith with the facts and chronology of facts. Bah! Humbug!'.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady.  February 7, 1974.
Re:  Sending xerox of the last chapter of the book with editing marks.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote on the letter Howard sent him answering all his questions.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Howard Cady. February 8, 1974.
Re:  Questions on parts of text.

Letter to Howard Cady from Jim Bishop.  He wrote on the letter Howard sent him answering all his questions. 'Checked Again OK 2/20 HC' is at the top of the page.  

Letter from T. J. Royall, Eastern Airlines, to Bishop.  May 21, 1974.  Letter submitting a copy of his sister's letter about the day FDR died.  Attached letter. written to their parents, on April 15, 1945 is 5 pages. (2007-002)

Letter to Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M from Howard Cady.   May 30, 1974.
Re:  Sending original manuscript of FDR's...typed by Jim Bishop, no margins on right hand side.

Letter to Howard Cady from Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M.   June 13, 1974
Re:  Safe arrival of manuscript, Thank you.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M.   June 13, 1974.
Re:  Details on the Jim Bishop Room about moving it up to the Reading Room and he had received the manuscript.

Letter to Russ Jandoli from Jim Bishop. June 26, 1974.
Re:  Luncheon for the launching of the book FDR'S Last Year.

Letter to Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M. April 15, 1975.
Re: Sending more materials on Jim Bishop's book FDR'S Last Year.  These will be letters and copy editor's notes.

Letter to Jim Bishop from Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M.  April 18, 1975.
Received the material, Thank you.

Letter to Howard Cady from Father Ireneaus Herscher, O.F.M.  April 18, 1975.  Received the material Thank you.  

Letter from Herbert H. Harwood to Bishop.  Dec. 20, 1977.  Harwood road the Presidential Train from 1938 to 1945, representing the New York Central RR.  Letter describes some of his experiences. 4 pages.  (2007-002)

FDR'S Last Year  [notes]
2   20 x 30cm

Physical Description:

Yellow legal size paper with hand written notes about what is to be changed or deleted on certain pages or sections of the book.  Can't tell who wrote these notes.

FDR'S Last Year   [Style Sheet]
7 leaves      21.5 x 28cm

Physical Description:

These are notes or instructions on what is captilization, punctuation, and how to use large numbers in the text.

FDR'S Last Year    [newsclippings]
6 items

Physical Description:

Buffalo Courier Express.  9-13-74.  Titled "Roosevelt Enjoyed Cocktail Hour:  President Sought Cheerful Friends" by Jim Bishop.

Buffalo Courier Express. 10-1-74.  Titled "Death Cheats Chief of Final Victory" by Jim Bishop.  

Arizona Republic.  10-6-74.  Titled "Roosevelt--winning a war and losing a conference" by Frederic S. Marquardt. (2008-002)

Olean Times Herald. 10-14-74. Titled "The Story Behind the FDR Story" by Jim Bishop.

Times Herald Weekender.  10-19-74.  Titled "Time Defeated F.D.R." (Book Review).

Buffalo Courier Express. 11-24-74.  Titled 'Drama in F.D.R.'S Life:  Report on His Final Year Rated Superb" by Edgar A. Singer III.

Buffalo Courier Express. 4-13-75.  Titled "Portrait Painter Recalls FDR'S Last Day:  Describes His Death 30 Years Ago" by Gay Pauley.

FDR'S Last Year    [notebooks]
15          18.5 x 25cm

Physical Description:

These are small 3 hole notebooks filled with handwritten pages, typed pages, and newsclippings taped on a page in scrapbook style.  Besides the newsclipping there is many pages from pamphlets and letters taped on the pages.  The notebooks are divided into time periods starting with April 1944 and ending with April 13-17, 1945.  Several of the notebooks have only a few days material instead of a full month.

FDR'S Last Year    [galley 'Master Set']
352 sheets        17 x 61cm

Physical Description:

'Master Set' is hand written in red ink and circled with red ink.  There is two pages per sheet and some of these pages have a red x in the margin beside them.  There is very few marks editor's or author's in the text.  At the top of the first sheet is a note 'Harry: OK for correction (a word I can't make out) JB'.  On the second page is 'OK JB 4/29/79'.  The index has two pages per sheet and many printer's marks.  These marks are in red pencil.

FDR'S Last Year   [galley 'Reader's Set']
212 sheets       17 x 61cm

Physical Description:

'Reader's Set' is written in blue ink at the top of first sheet.  There is one long page per sheet.  Red ink marks in the margins appear to be page break notations.  There is very few corrections or marks in the actual text itself.  When it is done it is in pencil or blue ink.

FDR'S Last Year    [miscellaneous]
3    various sizes

Physical Description:

These are heavy card stock paper that has one page per sheet.  Each sheet has one to several pieces of thin see through paper taped to it.  On these scraps of paper are circles the size of a pencil and x's in blue pencil.  One has a note 'Clean up' on it.  The scraps of paper lay over the text and the circles seem to pertain to parts of the text in question.  Some of the scraps are initialed PE. The pages are numbered 23, 123, and 354.  

Offprint of Howard G. Bruenn, "Clinical Notes on the Illness and Death of President Franklin Roosevelt." Annals of Internal Medicine 72:579-591, 1970. (2007-002)

Halsted, James A. Letter to Editor.  New York Times Book Review (13 Oct. 1974): 49-51.  FDR's son-in-law disputes Bishop's statements regarding FDR's health and other matters. (2008-002)

described by Rayola Appleby, additions by D. Frank

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