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1. Memorandum about the first Nixon-Kennedy debate

Author

Rosenbaum, David L.

Subjects
Kennedy-Nixon Debates, 1960 -- Media coverage, Kennedy-Nixon Debates, 1960 -- Analysis, Presidential candidates -- Political activity, Presidential candidates -- History, Press secretaries -- Records and correspondence, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, United States -- Political aspects
Published
2010

2. A presidential library fit for Abraham Lincoln

Author

Kessel, John H.

Subjects
United States. Library of Congress -- Services, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Government, History, Political science, Collections and collecting, Services, Records and correspondence
Abstract

Research sites for earlier presidents--George Washington through Calvin Coolidge--are distinguished from libraries for Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush, which are administered by the National Archives. Web sites and other information are provided for every president so that researchers can explore this treasure trove themselves. There is an extended discussion of Lincoln sources and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois., Looking for a presidential library? If so, for which president? How recently did that president hold office? In the world of presidential libraries, the great divide is between Herbert Hoover [...]

Published
2009

3. Oral history and the Gerald R. Ford White House: the Specter of Watergate

Author

Charnley, Jeffrey

Subjects
Oral history -- Comparative analysis, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, History
Abstract

The comparison between the official oral history collections at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and those of the twentieth century presidents to see their limitations is examined. The comparison was to explain the limitations of oral histories that are currently available until 2006.

Published
2007

5. Eisenhower Library

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Regional focus/area studies
Published
1991

6. Harry S. Truman: America's last great leader?

Author

Roschwalb, Susanne A. and Smith, Gordon L.

Subjects
Truman, Harry S -- Evaluation -- Biography, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Presidents -- Evaluation -- Biography, Libraries, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Collections and collecting, Evaluation
Abstract

ON APRIL 12, 1945, Harry S. Truman became the 33rd president of the United States. The key drama in the choice of Truman as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice-president took [...]

Published
1995

7. To Mr. President - simple gifts of, by and from the people

Author

Groskinsky, Henry

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Presidents -- Donations, History
Abstract

As the extensive collections of former Chief Executives attest, our leader is first in the hearts, and creative thoughts, of his countrymen All of us have gotten them--presents that have [...]

Published
1990

8. Nixon's library now a part of Nara

Author

Worsham, James

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Evaluation, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, History, Social sciences
Published
2007

9. Listening to Nixon

Author

Rushay, Samuel W., Jr.

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Evaluation, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, History, Social sciences
Published
2007

11. Behind The Curtain At The Clinton White House

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Collections and collecting, Public records, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=283999778 BLOCK: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. The Clinton Library and the National Archives released some 4,000 documents […]

Published
2014

12. White House paper debate: on a shelf or in the open

Author

Benson, Clea

Subjects
United States. Executive Office of the President. Chief of Staff -- Records and correspondence, Government publications -- Collections and collecting, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Government
Published
2010

13. Reagan Library Finds Thousands of Additional Roberts Documents

Author

Kirkpatrick, David D.

Subjects
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum -- Collections and collecting, Judicial candidates -- Records and correspondence, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library said Tuesday that it had discovered thousands of previously undisclosed documents related to the work of Judge John G. Roberts Jr., adding a potential last-minute […]

Published
2005

14. Library Gets Control of Items From Kennedy's Presidency

Author

Zezima, Katie

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

For years, curators at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum here have had a quintessentially New England problem: they were missing a winter glove. This was no ordinary […]

Published
2005

16. Presidential libraries: mines or shrines?

Author

Worth, Robert F.

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Presidents -- Records and correspondence
Abstract

WHEN a dispute erupted between Richard M. Nixon's two daughters last month over how to manage his presidential library, it seemed like yet another indication that Mr. Nixon's legacy is […]

Published
2002

18. A Clinton Web site for posterity's sake

Author

Freierman, Shelly

Subjects
Company Web site/Web page, Information services industry, United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Collections and collecting, Information services industry, Web sites -- Collections and collecting, Information services, Presidents, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

Along with Air Force One and the White House china, the official Web site of the president of the United States will be passed to George W. Bush at noon […]

Published
2001

19. Grant Presidential Library gets home at Mississippi State University

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, History, Mississippi State University -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

Every letter by Ulysses S. Grant, as well as photographs, scrapbooks, Grant-related scholarship and memorabilia such as the opera shawl purchased by Mrs. Grant in Paris, now forms a collection [...]

Published
2012

20. Nixon papers freed

Author

Rogers, Michael

Subjects
United States. National Archives and Records Administration, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, Library and information science, Collections and collecting, Records and correspondence
Abstract

A law passed in 2004 has cleared the way for the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda, CA, finally to receive the 37th president's papers, which have been held [...]

Published
2005

23. Honest Abe's Library. (News Shorts)

Subjects
Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting
Abstract

When she was 11 years old, Grace Bedell offered Abraham Lincoln this advice: Grow a beard! Little did Grace know that her two cents' worth of advice would shape the […]

Published
2003

24. New Nixon papers highlight biases

Author

Radnofsky, Louise

Subjects
Audio tapes -- Analysis, Ex-public officers -- Evaluation, Ex-public officers -- Records and correspondence, Ex-presidents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Ex-presidents -- Evaluation, Ex-presidents -- Records and correspondence, Foreign policy -- Analysis, Foreign policy -- History, Presidential libraries -- Collections and collecting, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2010

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