February 17, 2009
From the ArchivesWiki: Presidential Libraries
By David Darlington
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) maintains 12 presidential libraries under its authority. These presidential libraries serve as museums for the partisans of the men who’ve served as president going back Herbert Hoover, as well as sites of serious scholarly inquiry.
Did you know each presidential library has its own page in our ArchivesWiki? We invite presidential scholars and others who have done research in these libraries to contribute to this ongoing project:
- The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa
- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York
- The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri
- The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas
- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts
- The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas
- The Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California
- The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum in Atlanta, Georgia
- The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California
- The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas
- The William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas
Where is the love for digital archives?
Seriously this is a great project but it would be nice if users could create their own categories.
— Larry Cebula Feb 19, 02:16 PM
Great job on the wikis,—almost 10 yrs ago I worked as a Roosevelt Archival intern in Hyde Park with a team of some of the first interns creating Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt html & image collection pages in the education dept, and glad to see the continued development and access for scholars, research and yes esp for younger users/schools outreach as well. It was an inspiring experience then and am glad to know you still continue these opportunities for students interested in careers in libraries, museums and archives.
— Karen Weaver Feb 21, 01:59 PM