The Obama Center Museum Tower (Photo courtesy of The Obama Foundation)In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to donate his personal and official papers to the public, ending the long-standing tradition in which presidential papers were considered personal property. FDR also donated to the public a building on the grounds of his Hyde Park, New York, estate. Two years later, on June 30, 1941, the Roosevelt presidential…
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