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Associated Press - November 17, 2009 3:15 AM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - A collection of about 5,000 documents from Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency will soon be available to researchers and the public at FDR's presidential library and museum in Hyde Park.
The collection includes 14 boxes of handwritten notes, gifts and correspondence, including a letter from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating him on his 1933 inauguration.
The House on Monday approved a bill to clear the way for the memorabilia to be donated to the Hyde Park site.
The boxes have been sitting sealed since July 2005, tied up in an ownership dispute between the government and a private collector who wants to donate them.
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Louise Slaughter promoted bills that make clear the government has no claim to the papers.
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