In 2012, in honor of the Foundation’s 50th year, the Grant Foundation designated its collection as the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, which features Grant’s papers (published in 32 volumes) along with roughly 10,000 books on Grant, the nation’s 18th President. Soon after that designation was made came word of a plan to expand the Presidential Library when Mitchell Memorial Library added a fourth floor dedicated exclusively to the Presidential Library. He decided to donate his collection to the university because of the care it took with the Grant collection. With Williams’ donation, Mississippi State is home to the largest collection of Grant material and the second largest collection of Lincoln material outside of the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois. The continued growth of these collections will draw visitors for years to come, especially when the new Grant Presidential Library and Lincoln Collection move into their new home in the Cotton District.