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Quiz: Presidential Libraries

Posted March 26, 2009

Which president started the tradition of creating a presidential library?
1. Calvin Coolidge
2. Herbert Hoover
3. Franklin Roosevelt
4. Harry Truman
How many official presidential libraries (overseen by the Office of Presidential Libraries) are there in the United States?
1. 6
2. 13
3. 21
4. 34
The Office of Presidential Libraries is part of what larger government body?
1. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
2. Department of Education
3. White House Office of Administration
4. National Archives and Records Administration
What state is home to the most official presidential libraries?
1. New York
2. California
3. Texas
4. Ohio
Which president does not have an official or unofficial library?
1. George Washington
2. John Quincy Adams
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Rutherford Hayes
True or false: Presidential records that document the constitutional, statutory, and ceremonial duties of the office are the property of the president, not the U.S. government.
1. True
2. False
Where will George W. Bush’s permanent presidential library be housed?
1. Texas Tech University
2. Southern Methodist University
3. University of Texas–Austin
4. University of Houston
Whose presidential library contains the largest collection of presidential papers and artifacts?
1. Richard Nixon's
2. Ronald Reagan's
3. George H.W. Bush's
4. Bill Clinton's

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Corrections

There is no current presidential library for former President George W. Bush. According to statute and National Archives common practice, there is only the "Bush presidential materials project." It only becomes the "presidential library" once it is completed and accepted by NARA (around the year 2013). This means that questions 2 and 4 are incorrect.

If you wish to count the George W. Bush presidential materials project as an official library, then the answer to question 8 would be "George W. Bush's" - since his would contain more papers and artifacts than any other.

Anthony Clark of MD
Mar 26, 2009 14:39:52 PM [permalink] [report comment]

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