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December 11, 1938

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ROOSEVELT ESTATE TO HOUSE ARCHIVES, GO TO PUBLIC LATER; A REPOSITORY IS FAVORED Historians Endorse Plan No Political Hint Is Given President Wants Papers Kept Intact at Hyde Park-To Leave Property to Government Fund to Build One Will Have Writing Fees as NucleusHistorians Back Idea ROOSEVELT ESTATE TO HOUSE ARCHIYES First Project of Its Rind Sixty Cases In Albany Alone Historian Laments Losses Those at the Luncheon

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Announces plan to preserve personal records intact as source-material collection for pub use; plans special repository at Hyde Pk; historians approve plan to use proceeds from writings as nucleus for bldg and adm fund

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Notable Births

Enrico Macias

1938Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Gaston Ghrenassia , known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is a French singer, songwriter and musician.

McCoy Tyner

1938McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (died 2020)[†]

Alfred McCoy Tyner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965 and his long solo career afterward. He was an NEA Jazz Master and a five-time Grammy Award winner. Tyner has been widely imitated and is one of the most recognizable and influential jazz pianists of all time.

Notable Deaths

Christian Lous Lange

1938Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1869)[†]

Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, teacher, and political scientist. He was one of the world's foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism.