Presidential library system

A presidential library system is a system of thirteen libraries in the United States. It is created by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the 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 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.

List of presidential libraries
This is a list of the presidential libraries.   

PresidentLibrary nameLocationOperated byImageLogo/website 1  George Washington Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount VernonOpened to public September 27, 2013 Mount Vernon, Virginia  Mount Vernon Ladies' Association frameless|175pxwebsite 2  John Adams Stone Library at Adams National Historical ParkOpened to public 1870 Quincy, Massachusetts National Park Service (NPS) 175px website 3 Thomas Jefferson Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at MonticelloOpened to public 1994 Charlottesville, Virginia Thomas Jefferson Foundation 175px website 4 James Madison The Papers of James Madison at Shannon LibraryOpened in 1937, the Papers of James Madison went digital, April 28, 2010. Charlottesville, Virginia University of Virginia175px Montpelier 5James MonroeJames Monroe Museum and Memorial LibraryOpened to public 1966Fredericksburg, VirginiaUniversity of Mary Washington175px website 6  John Quincy Adams Stone Library at Adams National Historical ParkOpened to public 1870 Quincy, Massachusetts NPS 175px website 7  Andrew Jackson The Papers of Andrew Jackson at Hoskins LibraryOpened to public 1987 Knoxville, Tennessee University of Tennessee at Knoxville website 15  James Buchanan James Buchanan papers at the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaGift of the Buchanan family; transferred to the Historical Society,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Historical Society of Pennsylvania 175px website 16 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and MuseumOpened to public in 2004 Springfield, Illinois  State of Illinois 175px 100pxwebsite 17Andrew JohnsonPresident Andrew Johnson Museum and LibraryOpened to public 1993Tusculum, TennesseeTusculum College175px website  18 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Presidential LibraryOpened to public October 15, 1966 Starkville, Mississippi Mississippi State University LibraryandUlysses S. Grant Association website  19 Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential CenterOpened to public 1916 Fremont, Ohio Ohio Historical SocietyandHayes Presidential Center, Inc. 175px website  22 and 24Grover Cleveland Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryOpened to public October 16, 1976 Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University 175px website 25  William McKinley William McKinley Presidential Library and MuseumMemorial/Gravesite opened to the public September 1907 Canton, Ohio Stark County Historical Society 175pxwebsite 26Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Medora, North Dakota(planned)Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation website 26Houghton Library Collection donated in 1943Cambridge, MassachusettsHarvard University175px website 26 The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State UniversityLaunched in 2009Dickinson, NDDickinson State University website 28  Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Presidential LibraryOpened to the public in 1990 Staunton, Virginia Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library Foundation 175px website 28 Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript LibraryOpened to public October 16, 1976 Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University 175px website 29Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding Presidential CenterOpened to the public on May 12, 2021Marion, OhioOhio History Connection 175px website  30 Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and MuseumOpened to the public in 1956 Northampton, Massachusetts Forbes Library 175px website 31 Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and MuseumDedication August 10, 1962 Rededicated August 8, 1992 West Branch, Iowa National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 175px 100pxwebsite 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and MuseumDedicated June 30, 1941 Rededicated June 30, 2013 Hyde Park, New York NARA  175px 75pxwebsite 33 Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and MuseumDedicated on July 6, 1957  Rededicated December 9, 2001 Independence, Missouri NARA 175px 100pxwebsite  34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood HomeDedicated on May 1, 1962Rededicated on October 7, 2019 Abilene, Kansas NARA 175px 70pxwebsite 35 John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumDedicated on October 20, 1979  Rededicated October 29, 1993 Boston, Massachusetts NARA 175px 100pxwebsite 36  Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and MuseumDedicated on May 22, 1971 Austin, Texas NARAandThe University of Texas at Austin  175px 75pxwebsite 37  Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Presidential Library and MuseumDedicated on July 19, 1990  Rededicated October 14, 2016 Yorba Linda, California NARAandRichard Nixon Foundation 175px 75pxwebsite 38 Gerald Ford Gerald R. Ford Presidential MuseumDedicated on September 18, 1981  Rededicated April 17, 1997 Grand Rapids, Michigan NARA 175px 75pxwebsite Gerald R. Ford Presidential LibraryDedicated on April 27, 1981 Ann Arbor, Michigan 175px 39 Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter Library and MuseumDedicated on October 1, 1986 Atlanta, Georgia NARA 175px 100pxwebsite 40 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Presidential LibraryDedicated on November 4, 1991 Simi Valley, California NARA 175px 75pxwebsite 41  George H.W. Bush George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and MuseumDedicated on November 6, 1997 College Station, Texas NARAandTexas A&M University  175px 100pxwebsite 42 Bill Clinton William J. Clinton Presidential Center and ParkDedicated on November 18, 2004 Little Rock, Arkansas NARA 175px 100pxwebsite 43 George W. Bush George W. Bush Presidential CenterDedicated on April 25, 2013 Dallas, Texas NARAandSouthern Methodist University 175px 100pxwebsite 44Barack Obama Barack Obama Presidential Library Digital, NARA facilities NARA website44 Barack Obama Presidential CenterScheduled to open in spring 2026 Chicago, Illinois Obama FoundationandUniversity of ChicagoJulie Bosman & Mitch Smith, Chicago Wins Bid to Host Obama Library, New York Times, May 12, 2015. 100pxwebsite  45 and 47Donald Trump Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Digital, NARA facilities NARA  100pxwebsite Donald J. Trump Presidential Center(in planning) TBA  46 Joe Biden Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library(in planning) TBA 100pxwebsite

More readings
 Portions of this article based on public domain text from the National Archives and Records Administration


References