FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
FAU Libraries are looking forward to the construction of the future Alan B. and Charna Larkin American Presidential Study on the third floor of the S.E. Wimberly Library at FAU’s Boca Raton campus.
Made possible by a generous $617,000 gift from longtime benefactor Charna Larkin, the premier space will house the Alan B. and Charna Larkin American Presidential Letters Distinguished Collection, making the letters available to the larger university and the general community. Among the items that will be housed in the presidential study are 45 letters signed by American presidents ranging from George Washington to Donald Trump.
This distinctive space also will serve as a historical archive of the Alan B. and Charna Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency, as well as a student study and gathering space, an educational site on the American presidents, and a community engagement location for small lectures, receptions and other special programs.
Additionally, the gift supports a collaboration between the S.E. Wimberly Library and the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. The Larkin Study will include a digital component that will provide links to all presidential libraries and homesteads, as well as a platform for digital history students to develop exhibits using art, photos and documents to feature a particular presidential era.
