Difference between revisions of "Presidential Libraries Act of 1955"
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The original '''Presidential Libraries Act''' was passed in 1955. Harry Truman was the first president to build a library - in Independence, Missouri - under the act. The Truman Library was completed for $1.75 million in 1957; the [[Clinton Library]] completed in 2004 cost $165 million. | The original '''Presidential Libraries Act''' was passed in 1955. Harry Truman was the first president to build a library - in Independence, Missouri - under the act. The Truman Library was completed for $1.75 million in 1957; the [[Clinton Library]] completed in 2004 cost $165 million. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 29 December 2007
The original Presidential Libraries Act was passed in 1955. Harry Truman was the first president to build a library - in Independence, Missouri - under the act. The Truman Library was completed for $1.75 million in 1957; the Clinton Library completed in 2004 cost $165 million.
The act was amended by the Presidential Libraries Act of 1986.
