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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Auction Date:2012 Aug 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
DS, signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” one page, 9 x 12.5, 1922. Document certifying that H. R. Upottke donated to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and thus is “a founder of the Woodrow Wilson Award created by public subscription in the year 1922 in recognition of the national and international services of Woodrow Wilson, twice president of the United States.” Signed in ink at the conclusion by Roosevelt, then national chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and other executive committee members. In very good condition, with scattered light creasing, a couple spots of damp staining to the top, two small tears to the top edge, two small central tears repaired on the reverse, a rough bottom edge and a lightly trimmed left edge. Accompanied by the original letter ‘thank-you’ letter with a printed Roosevelt signature and contribution coupons encouraging others to donate to the foundation of the Award. In their published 1922 mission statement and manifesto, the foundation envisioned this award as being given to the “individual or group that has rendered…meritious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought, or peace through justice. In brief, America is to have its own Nobel Prize.” An incredibly scarce document, this links two pioneers of American liberal thought in the first half of the 20th century.