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The United States
Presidents Center
(U. S. P. C.) - National - Presidential - Portrait - Collection

Museum and Research Center in Ithaca, New York


Shangri-La Publications and Shangrila Gifts and Art are pleased to announce their foundation and sponsorship of this new national resource for understanding the historic and future role of United States Presidents.


MISSION STATEMENT


"The purpose of The United States Presidents Center (U. S. P. C.) or The Center is to develop and promote understanding of both the historic and future role of the presidency in the shaping of this great nation. To this end, The Center will conduct and host a wide range of educational, social, cultural, artistic, and political related events for the benefit of the community, the state, and the nation."


S. L. Gosline, Founding Curator - a working Mission Statement, draft as of March 2005

COLLECTION OVERVIEW


The Center already has a substantial collection of historic presidential portraits, busts, illustrations, photographs, political cartoons, and memorabilia. The core collection from its founder, Sheldon Lee Gosline and Shangri-La Publications consists of the following pieces.

PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAIT INDEX
Portrait of John Adams Adams, John
1797-1801 		Portrait of Thomas Jefferson Jefferson, Thomas
1801-09
Portrait of John Quincy Adams Adams, John Q.
1825-29

 Portrait of Andrew Johnson Johnson, Andrew
1865-69
Portrait of Chester Arthur Arthur, Chester
1881-85 		Portrait of Lyndon Johnson Johnson, Lyndon
1963-69
Portrait of James Buchanan Buchanan, James
1857-61 		Portrait of John Kennedy Kennedy, John F.
1961-63
Portrait of George H.W. Bush Bush, George H.W.
1989-93 		Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham
1861-65
Portrait of George W. Bush Bush, George W.
2001-present 		Portrait of James Madison Madison, James
1809-17
Portrait of Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy
1977-81 		Portrait of William McKinley McKinley, William
1897-1901
Portrait of Grover Cleveland Cleveland, Grover
1885-89, 1893-97 		Portrait of James Monroe Monroe, James
1817-25
Portrait of William Clinton Clinton, William J.
1993-2001 		Portrait of Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard
1969-74
Portrait of Calvin Coolidge Coolidge, Calvin
1923-29 		Portrait of Franklin Pierce Pierce, Franklin
1853-57
Portrait of Dwight Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight
1953-61 		Portrait of James Polk Polk, James
1845-49
Portrait of Millard Fillmore Fillmore, Millard
1850-53 		Portrait of Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald
1981-89
Portrait of Gerald Ford Ford, Gerald
1974-77 		Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1933-45
Portrait of James Garfield Garfield, James
1881 		Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore
1901-09
Portrait of Ulysses Grant Grant, Ulysses S.
1869-77 		Portrait of William Howard Taft Taft, William H.
1909-13
Portrait of Warren Harding Harding, Warren
1921-23 		Portrait of Zachary Taylor Taylor, Zachary
1849-50
Portrait of Benjamin Harrison Harrison, Benjamin
1889-93 		Portrait of Harry S Truman Truman, Harry S
1945-53
Portrait of William Henry Harrison Harrison, William Henry
1841 		Portrait of John Tyler Tyler, John
1841-45
Portrait of Rutherford Hayes Hayes, Rutherford B.
1877-81 		Portrait of Martin Van Buren Van Buren, Martin
1837-41
Portrait of Herbert Hoover Hoover, Herbert
1929-33 		Portrait of George Washington Washington, George
1789-97
Portrait of Andrew Jackson Jackson, Andrew
1829-37 		Portrait of Woodrow Wilson Wilson, Woodrow
1913-21


FORMER FIRST LADIES


G Washington
H S Truman




















The Eisenhowers
W Harrison


U S Grant

H Hoover
F D Roosevelt
A Lincoln


T Roosevelt
The McKinleys