all of the Presidents from Herbert Hoover to George W. Bush have a presidential center overseen by the National Archives. Even though official presidential papers are now public property as a result of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, and there is legislation limiting the size and financing of museums, Roosevelt's original intentions of preserving papers in one place and making them accessible to the nation still hold true. Museum Roosevelt hoped the library would become an important research center and attract visitors to the museum. The museum section of the building opened June 30, 1941. However, the onset of World War II changed Roosevelt's plans, and the official opening of the library as a research facility was deferred as the President served a third term and then was elected to a fourth term in 1944. He visited the library often during the war to sort and classify his records and memorabilia; and from his study in the library he delivered several of his famous radio speeches or "fireside chats". President Roosevelt paid his last visit to Hyde Park in March 1945 and died on April 12 at Warm Springs, Georgia, at the age of sixty-three. See also Presidential memorials in the United States References External links Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Roosevelt and His Library, part 1 Roosevelt and His Library, part 2 FDR, His Library, and the National Archives "Life Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt", from C-SPAN's American Presidents: Life Portraits, broadcast from the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, October 11, 1999 Franklin D. Roosevelt Houses in Hyde Park, New York Library buildings completed in 1940 Libraries in New York (state) Museums in Hyde Park, New York Roosevelt, Franklin D. Presidential museums in New York (state) U.S. Route 9 Monuments and memorials to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States