Title	1939: FDR visits API
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 1st edition, 1981, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 150: API President L.N. Duncan welcomed FDR with a handshake as the visitor's Cadillac stopped behind the Quad Dorms. President Roosevelt got a booming ovation from the crowd occupying special bleachers when he started his speech with the familiar, "My friends." In his address he urged Auburn students to work toward helping the South become self-sufficient. He also said he had been strictly neutral about the Auburn-Georgia football game, noting that he was a part-time resident of Warm Springs, Georgia, but added: "Perhaps (next fall) I shall lean a little bit more toward Auburn." Auburn beat Georgia 7-0 in Columbus eight months later. Photo source: Ann B. Pearson.
Date	1939
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- Presidents Auburn University -- Students College presidents -- Alabama College students -- Alabama Education, Higher -- Alabama Auburn University -- History Cadillac automobile Presidents -- United States
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education Government & Politics -- Executive Branch History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 2836 x 1680 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	ed2p158030.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 1st edition. 1981.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge