ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D Autograph Endorsement Signed FDR as Gov

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BUILDING WARM SPRINGS COMPOUND ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "FDR," as Governor, on the first page of a typed budget proposal for the "Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, Inc." The budget, five areas of projected spending including purchase of property, building of accommodations, establishing various funds, together summing to $1,500,000. 2 pages, 4to, bound together with grommets at upper edge; two short closed separations at horizontal folds. Np, 1 May 1929

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"O.K. Except--eliminate Fund for study of Restorative Treatment $250,000---and add proviso that $100,000 may be taken from Patients Aid Fund or Maintenance Fund to add to building."
In 1929, Roosevelt partnered with Basil O'Connor to purchase the resort in Warm Springs, GA, which they then developed into the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. The Foundation was renamed in 1980 and is operating today as the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.