Anne Gometz writes \”This two part article in NARA\’s Prologue magazine recounts the history of the first Presidential Library including why it is called a \”library\” rather than an archives. \”
Until Roosevelt, Presidents leaving office routinely took their papers with them. George Washington set the precedent in 1797 when he took his files home with him to Mount Vernon, with the hope—never fulfilled—of building a library to house them.
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