# These Presidential Libraries Are OUT OF HAND! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446 "2004-11-18T13:05:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446/41 "2004-11-19T04:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > **Tengu** : A friend of mine is of the opinion it’s very phallic in appearance. Your friend most have be most unusual. > [@](#): > > **Bryan Ekers** : Hey, how’d you like it if a Presidential Library moved into your neighborhood?! From what I heard on television this morning, the library was built in a part of Little Rock that was very run down. New shops have begun to open so apparently property values have increased. Little Rock is expecting tourism to increase. I also think that I heard that there are only twelve Presidential libraries. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446/42 "2004-11-19T04:10:08Z")
Your partisanship is showing. If you don’t want to visit, then don’t, but don’t begrudge the man his due as a former United States President. He is getting the same treatment as the forty-odd men before him… nothing more, nothing less. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446/43 "2004-11-19T04:25:10Z")
I think that Presidential Libraries are abominations. Despite what was said above, I don’t believe _all_ presidents have libraries. It’s a relatively recent thing. Was there a Presidential LIbrary prior to FDR’s? I know that the papers of the earliest presidents are held by University Libraries, and it seems to me that some sort of arrangement between Universities and the Federal Government would be a good thing. Presidential libraries sem to me to be exercises in vanity, and eventually our landscape will be dotted with the damned things. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446/44 "2004-11-19T04:34:19Z")
I didn’t mean all presidents get libraries as they probably are a recent invention. I meant that he’s getting some sort of landmark or building or monument named after him, which is hardly uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446/45 "2004-11-19T07:25:37Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Hey, how’d you like it if a Presidential Library moved into _your_ neighborhood?! Don’t remind me – I’m already too close to the Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan presidential libraries for my taste. One of these days, I plan to do a tour of said libraries with a fifty-pound bag of salt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-presidential-libraries-are-out-of-hand/275446.md?page=2)