He was looking for a way to preserve the papers of his administration and also his personal papers. And so, he created a library on the grounds of his a here in hyde park, new york. What he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archive. That model was followed by subsequent president s. This is the first of the president ial libraries that was created and operated by the national archives. About 10 euros ago, the library embarked on an ambitious plan to look at the entire museum and really bring it up to date. The new galleries opened in 2013 and basically everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. It is all brandnew. A fresh look at the lives of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and at his presidency. In 1932,ition began the year he was elected president of the u. S. That was a year of tremendous crisis for the nation and the world. The country was in the third year of the
And so, he created a library on the grounds of his here in hyde park, new york. What he decided to do was raise private money to build the library and then he gave it to the government to be operated by the national archive. That model was followed by subsequent president s. This is the first of the president ial libraries that was created and operated by the national archives. About 10 years ago, the library embarked on an ambitious plan to look at the entire museum and really bring it up to date. The new galleries opened in 2013 and basically everything you see at the museum now dates from that 2013 reopening. It is all brandnew. A fresh look at the lives of franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and of the roosevelt presidency. The exhibition began in 1932, the year he was elected president of the u. S. World. The country was in the third year of the great depression. In 1929, the depression began and unemployment in the u. S. Was at 3. 2 . At the time he was running for president in 1932,
Endowments of colleges and universities with wealth over a billion dollars. Is there a logic for colleges and universities having their endowment taxed in one way or another. In other words, what business is of it government to decide how schools devote their resources. The schools want to reduce the endowment, they can do it. Theyre not really forced to there are some arguments they are. I believe those are what is the government doing in mucking around in this . Our answer is that the government certainly has at least a very plausible basis for mucking around in this because the subsidizes for the tax system are such that they are really much encouraging this. First of all, donations to these organizations are tax deductible, second of all, the revenue generated is not taxed. At all. Its not taxed theres no taxation at all. So it further subbization of this relative to the private sector. We think that its perfective sense only raise the question. We dont think think its a good answe
Good morning. I am the Education Specialist at the roosevelt president ial library and museum and on behalf of the fdr president ial Library Museum welcome you in our audience, those of you at home watching on cspan to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. Franklin roosevelts plan for the library to become a premier Research Institution for the study of the roosevelt era, the librarys Research Room is one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflect a wide variety of Research Done here. Let me go over the format for the festivals concurrent sessions. At the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by a 10 minute question and answer period of. Than the authors go to the new deal store where you can purchase books and have them sign them. At the top of the next hour the process repeats itself again. Todays attendees can visit the Exciting Program exhibit in the president ial Library Museum free of charge. As
Roosevelts tomorrow is now. Coverage of the 2013 president reaching festival starts now. Here is maureen beasley. Good morning. I am the Education Specialist at the roosevelt president ial library and museum and on behalf of the fdr president ial Library Museum welcome you in our audience, those of you at home watching on cspan to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. Franklin roosevelts plan for the library to become a premier Research Institution for the study of the roosevelt era, the librarys Research Room is one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflect a wide variety of Research Done here. Let me go over the format for the festivals concurrent sessions. At the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed by a 10 minute question and answer period of. Than the authors go to the new deal store where you can purchase books and have them sign them. At the top of the next hour the process repeats itself aga