The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, stands on the Springwood estate and became the first presidential library in the United States when it was dedicated in 1941. Created from Roosevelt’s desire to keep his papers intact and open to the public, it preserved records from his service in New York and national office along with his historical collections. Roosevelt helped plan the fieldstone building, and Margaret Suckley played a key role in establishing its archives. The library set the precedent for the later presidential library system and remains both a research center and a place that examines Roosevelt’s legacy, including its more troubling aspects.

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