The Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 provides for the preservation and public accessibility of papers and other materials donated to the federal government by U.S. presidents. The National Archives and Records Administration oversees collections of materials for all the presidents since Herbert Hoover, held in nine presidential libraries and two presidential projects included in the list below. Other collections, covering administrations before Hoover, are housed in the Library of Congress. Also listed here are notable presidential sites operated by other organizations.
Office of Presidential Libraries
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740
tel. 301โ713โ6050
http://www.nara.gov/nara/president
Mount Vernon (home of George Washington)
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
tel. 703โ780โ2000
http://www.mountvernon.org
Owned and operated since 1858 by the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association
Monticello (home of Thomas Jefferson)
P.O. Box 316
Charlottesville, VA 22902
tel. 804โ984โ9822
http://www.monticello.org
Owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation, Inc.
The Hermitage (home of Andrew Jackson)
4580 Rachel's Ln.
Hermitage, TN 37076
tel. 615โ889โ2941
A National Historic Landmark preserved since 1889 by the Ladies'
Hermitage Association
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
212 North 6th Street
Springfield, IL 62702
http://www.state.il.us.HPH/preslib
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove
Fremont, OH 43420
tel. 800โ998โ7737
http://www.rbhayes.org
The first presidential library, privately operated with par-tial support
from the Ohio Historical Society
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace
28 E. 20th St.
New York, NY 10003
tel. 212โ260โ1616
http://www.nps.gov/thrb
A National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service
Herbert Hoover Library
211 Parkside Dr., P.O. Box 488
West Branch, IA 52358โ0488
tel. 319โ643โ5301
http://www.nara.gov/nara/president/hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
511 Albany Post Rd.
Hyde Park, NY 12538โ1999
tel. 914โ229โ8114
http://www.academic.marist.edu/fdr
Harry S. Truman Library
500 W. U.S. Highway 24
Independence, MO 64050โ1798
tel. 816โ833โ1400
http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/truman.html
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
200 S.E. 4th St.
Abilene, KS 67410โ2900
tel. 913โ263โ4751
http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/eisenhower.html
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125โ3398
tel. 617โ929โ4500
http://jfklibrary.org
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
2313 Red River St.
Austin, TX 78705โ5702
tel. 512โ916โ5137
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
tel. 714โ993โ5075
http://www.nixonfoundation.org
Nixon Presidential Materials Staff
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Rd.
College Park, MD 20740โ6001
tel. 301โ713โ6950
http://sunsite.unc.edu/lia/president/nixon.html
Gerald R. Ford Library
1000 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109โ2114
tel. 313โ741โ2218
http://www.ford.utexas.edu
Jimmy Carter Library
441 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
tel. 404โ331โ9554
http://www.jimmcarterlibrary.org
Ronald Reagan Library
40 Presidential Dr.
Simi Valley, CA 93065โ0666
tel. 805โ522โ8444
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu
George Bush Library
1000 George Bush Drive West
College Station, TX 77845
tel. 409โ260โ9557
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu
William J. Clinton Presidential Materials Project
1000 LaHarpe Blvd.
Little Rock, AR 72201
tel. 501โ244โ9756
http://www.clinton.nara.gov
Materials will be made available to researchers upon com-pletion of a
permanent facility, at which time the project will be renamed the Clinton
Library.
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