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Libraries Lose Tax Deductions for Donated Papers
The 1969 repeal of income tax deductions for donated official and personal papers has reduced gifts to the Library of Congress and state archives. Nixon’s papers and other donors shift to estate deductions while archivists warn the loss harms artists and historians. Public figures discuss motives and past deductions with Library officials noting few significant gifts since 1969.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Congress
Nixon
U.S
Services Administration
National Archives
George Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Mary Lethbridge
GSA
Daniel
Galbraith
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve
Eisenhower
Henry H. Fowler
Treasury
Nixe Lon
William P. Rogers