Other significant holdings include the personal papers and historical materials donated by individuals associated with the President. These may include cabinet officials, envoys to foreign governments, political party associates, and the President's family and personal friends. Several libraries have undertaken oral history programs which have produced invaluable tape-recorded memoirs. A third body of materials is comprised of the papers accumulated by the President prior to, and following, his Presidency. Such collections include documents realting to Roosevelt's tenure as Governor of New York and Dwight Eisenhower's long military career.
Audiovisual holdings supplement the paper materials in the libraries.
Photographs and films provide a record of major events of the administrations and candid views of the Presidents and their families. Museum objects include family heirlooms, items collected by the President or his family, campaign memo- rabilia, awards, and the many gifts given to the President by American citizens and foreign dignitaries. These gifts range in type from homemade items to valuable works of art. Each library offers a variety of public programs designed to give visitors a better understanding of the President, the institution of the Presidency, and the American political system as a whole. Museum exhibits are one of the ways in which the libraries fulfill this goal.