CSPAN3 Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library And Museum June 18, 2017
President roosevelt, looking for the papers ofrve his administration and also his personal papers. And so, he created a library on the grounds of his estate here in hyde park, new york. He basically, what he decided to do was raise private money to build the library, and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archives. That model was followed by subsequent president s. So this is the first of the president ial libraries that was created and operated by the national arch...
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