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☆ 5 Presidential Libraries That Offer Culture, History and ‘Labs of Democracy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Lauren Sloss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As repositories of valuable historical documents and other records, U.S. presidential libraries have long been important destinations for scholars. The first library was established by Franklin D. Roosevelt and opened to the public in 1941. (President Hoover, liking what he saw of F.D.R.’s project, established his own retroactively, in 1962.) Fifteen libraries are managed by the Office of Presidential Libraries, a part of the National Archives and Records Administration — the Presidential Libraries Act, passed in 1955, established the system of privately built and federally maintained institutions — and 13 are currently open to visitors. “They give us the opportunity to learn about American democracy, and how the government functions.”With Presidents’ Day fast approaching, consider planning a visit to a presidential library.

Persons: —, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Hoover, James, Abraham Lincoln, Reagan, ”, Colleen Shogan Organizations: Presidential, National Archives, Records Administration, James Garfield, Historic, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, “, ’ Locations: Mentor , Ohio, Springfield , Ill, United States

The tale provides an unlikely, ghastly background to the original 1858 ambrotype created during the future nation-saving Civil War president's ascendancy, an image which the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has added to its collection, officials said Tuesday. “Original images of Abraham Lincoln are extraordinarily rare, and images with a fascinating back story like this are even more rare," said Christina Shutt, executive director of the library and museum. The photo ... is a physical reminder of his kind spirit and concern for others,” said Ian Hunt, head of acquisitions for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Hunt, also with the library and museum, sees “a man of conviction" while noting that Lincoln would have been exhausted by the campaign trail. “This is the Lincoln that the voters of Illinois would have been familiar with,” Hunt said.

Persons: Stephen A, Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln, Charles Lame, ambrotype, Christina Shutt, “ Lincoln, Charles Lame’s, Lame, Mary Davidson, Louis, Daniel Gilmer, Calvin Jackson, Robert Scanland, LeRoy H, Fischer, amputate Lame's, Lame's, “, ”, Ian Hunt, Horseflies, Gilmer, Hunt, ” Hunt, Daniel Chester French Organizations: Ill, U.S, Senate, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, of Congress, Lincoln Memorial Locations: SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Hendersonville , Tennessee, Springfield, Pittsfield, St, Lincoln, Chickamauga, Washington

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