1) Typed press release draft by Myrtle Bergheim, assistant to President Roosevelt's secretary Grace Tully on the same blue-ribbon typewriter Tully used to type the first draft of the Declaration of War to Congress, detailing meeting between President Roosevelt, his cabinet, and select members of Congress in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack. Marked at top in pencil, "Original - file" and "U.R." ["Urgent Release"] with additional pencil emendations. 1p., 8vo, 12 1/2 x 8 in, fold at upper left corner. [With]: Two additional copies of the above press release incorporating Bergheim's edits, one marked "11:20 p.m." and with "U.R.", presumably the final version.

2) Two press copies of President Roosevelt's final speech as a candidate in the 1940 election, delivered on 4 November 1940 to the voters of Dutchess County, in which he expresses his admiration for the American form of government and his belief that Germany and Italy, then deep in the throes of fascist rule, would one day become democratic nations once again. 2 pages each, 14 x 8 in, central horizontal fold to each page. The next day, Roosevelt would win a historic third term as President of the United States. [With]: Typed draft of the above speech. 1p., 8vo, 9 1/4 x 8 in.

3) Typed memorandum on White House letterhead directing all departments to admit any credentialed newspapermen at any time, type-signed by Stephen Early, Secretary to the President. 1p., 8vo, 8 x 10 in., three horizontal folds, paper clip indentations.

4) ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano. The War Message. Philadelphia: Ritten House, 1942. 8vo. Original blue cloth. FIRST TRADE EDITION.

5) Humorous typed document entitled "Air Raid Instructions", ca 1943. 1p., 10 1/2 x 8 in., horizontal folds.

6) Humorous typed document entitled "How to Be An Executive in Washington", ca. 1943. 2pp., 10 1/2 x 8 in., horizontal folds.

7) Photographic negative of President Harry S. Truman drinking a cup of water in the Oval Office, ca 1947. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.

8) Typed list of attendees at dedication ceremony for the Indiana World War Memorial in Indianapolis on 15 October 1948, with Myrtle Bergheim's name underlined. 2pp., 8vo, 13 x 8 3/4 in, central horizontal fold, staple holes at upper left corner.

9) ROSS, Charles G. Typed letter signed ("C.G.R.") as Press Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, to Myrtle Bergheim, Key West, 24 March 1950. Discusses President Truman's relationship with the press and a woman who solicited Truman and the governors of each state for pajamas which she intended to sew into an American flag.

Myrtle Bergheim (1912-1993) began her career in Washington in 1936 as an employee of the Veterans' Administration. In 1940 she was hired for work in the Press Room at the White House, where she later worked as an assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's secretary, Grace Tully. Shortly after Harry S. Truman took the oath of office to become the 33rd president, Bergheim was promoted to secretary to Charles G. Ross, Truman's press secretary.