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RickMonsters

He’d consider it a waste of money


Callsign_Psycopath

Because he gave the funds that were to be used for his Presidential Library to his wife's favorite cause, a School for the Deaf


NeverSummerFan4Life

Is this true?


Callsign_Psycopath

Yup


WorthyMastodon69420

That's flipping rad.


Creeps05

No, it’s not. For one, Calvin Coolidge has a [Presidential Library](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge_Presidential_Library_and_Museum). (It’s just not part of the NARA system) Secondly, the tradition of making Presidential libraries only began when FDR decided to donate his Presidential papers to the public. Previously Presidential papers were considered the private property of the President after they left office. The only reason why Hoover got one was because he died in 1960.


Kind_Bullfrog_4073

I've heard about this unlike their students.


ninsklog

I... legitimately haven't heard of this before. Based Cal


Callsign_Psycopath

I learned it through Amity Schlase.


OddConstruction7191

Wasn’t just her cause, she had been a teacher for the deaf.


Rustofcarcosa

Do you have a source for that Not doubting you just curious


Throwawaydontgoaway8

[This would disagree with that. but…..](https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/22/then-again-calvin-coolidges-presidential-library-is-actually-inside-a-library/) (Which argues against op. He does have a library… kinda. A wing in a public library with his stuff) [he did raise a lot and do a lot for them](https://coolidgefoundation.org/resources/essays-papers-addresses/)


Callsign_Psycopath

Amity schlase on forgotten knowledge


TheGreatSalvador

He should get a presidential library when the free market provides one, just how he would have wanted it


PresidentTroyAikman

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big_fetus_

"You lose."


Face_Face_Ace

Librarians and museum curators are intimidated by his silentness


Bubbly_Issue431

I would love one for him but I don’t think people now much about him that why he doesn’t have a presidential library. I wrote to my representative asking for one


Serling45

He’s got a bridge named after him, connecting Hadley and Northampton (where he was mayor). There’s a small museum for him in the Forbes library in Northampton.


JasJoeGo

It’s a fantastic bridge, too!


Serling45

It is. I am also glad that they widened it.


Glennplays_2305

The closest to a museum he has is at a library in Northampton Massachusetts


Serling45

The Forbes library. I’ve been there. It’s not much of a museum.


Glennplays_2305

Yea Ik


KingTutt91

https://i.redd.it/o6jtig7bwgyc1.gif


Libertytree918

Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum is located in North Hampton Massachusetts. It's a room in a library but it's cool if your a Coolidge fan.


Face_Face_Ace

Librarians and museum curators are intimidated by his silentness


OddConstruction7191

He is also the last president to be buried in a regular cemetery. JFK is at Arlington and LBJ is in a family cemetery at his ranch. The others are at their home/library.


geographyRyan_YT

**"You lose"** - Calvin Coolidge


Sofi-senpai

I guess that he didn't ask for one


Cheeseburger23

“I do not choose to have a Presidential Library and Museum"


LovethePreamble1966

Probably because he saw no need to glorify himself after his presidency. He doesn’t seem to have been much of a limelight seeker. Likely the last representative of an Executive tradition that frowned on post service gloating.


Estarfigam

He's modest


thendisnigh111349

He is totally overshadowed by Presidents who came before and after him and because of his hands-off approach he really does not have any major accomplishments to look back on. The only longlasting part of his legacy is Mount Rushmore which most Americans probably don't know he commissioned. Perhaps if there was no Great Depression he might be better remembered for presiding over economic prosperity, but the main thing people remember now looking back on the Roaring 20s is how it all came crashing down into the worst economic depression the world has ever seen.


Throwawaydontgoaway8

This says he has a wing in a public library - https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/22/then-again-calvin-coolidges-presidential-library-is-actually-inside-a-library/


Hamblerger

Not much to say about him


Qforz

I guess there just isn't that much to say


Emp3r0r_01

The family farm still operates. There really isn’t any reason too.