The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center is a complex comprising several buildings related to the life and

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Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch Abolitionism in the Un ...

. It is one of the first presidential libraries, built in 1916.

History

Located in

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, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center comprises the Rutherford B. Hayes Museum and Library and Spiegel Grove, an estate encompassing the Hayes home, residence to several generations of the Hayes family. Opened in 1916, the Rutherford B. Hayes Center Library was one of the first presidential libraries. The center is supported by the private foundations, the

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and Hayes Presidential Center Inc. The library holds the 12,000 volume personal library of

, as well as materials relating to his military and political career, particularly of his presidency from 1877 to 1881. It also contains 70,000 volumes plus newspapers and journals from the time of the

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to the eve of

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. The library was built by the state of Ohio in 1916, and was expanded in 1922 and in 1968. and As of 2020, two descendants of President Hayes were serving on the board of trustees.

Focus

The library has continued its special interest in Rutherford B. Hayes and concentrates on the history of the U.S. from 1850 to 1917, especially the Civil War,

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, the

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, black history and Indian/government relations. Second, the history of

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and the

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Valley and the Northwest are of interest. There is a large genealogical collection. The library contains history books on nearly every county of Ohio, but also on counties of many other states of the United States

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External links

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Photo Gallery

"Life Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes"
from

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's '' American Presidents: Life Portraits'', broadcast from the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, July 19, 1999 {{Authority control Buildings and structures in Fremont, Ohio Fremont, Ohio Library buildings completed in 1916 Hays Museums in Sandusky County, Ohio Presidential museums in the United States Presidential museums in Ohio Rutherford B. Hayes

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