What is Presidential library?
[[File:Seal of the US Presidential Libraries.svg|thumb|Official seal of the presidential libraries]] A '''presidential library''' is a system of thirteen libraries in the [[United States]]. It is created by the [[w:Office of Presidential Libraries|Office of Presidential Libraries]], which is part of the [[w:National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA). These are offices for preserving and making available the papers, records, collections and other historical materials of every [[president of the United States]]. The presidential library system began with [[Herbert Hoover]]'s [[Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum|library]] (31st president, 1929–1933). The [[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library]] is the largest of the thirteen libraries. The most recent presidential library was the [[George W. Bush Presidential Center]] which opened in [[Texas]] in 2013. ==References== * ''Portions of this article based on public domain text from the [https://www.archives.gov/presidential_libraries/addresses/addresses.html National Archives and Records Administration]'' * {{cite book|first=Benjamin|last=Hufbauer|title=Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public Memory|url=https://archive.org/details/presidentialtemp0000hufb|location=Lawrence|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=2006}} [[Category:Presidential libraries| ]] {{USPresidentialLibraries}} {{US-stub}}