Editing Leonard Peikoff (section)

===Library of Congress dispute===
Peikoff inherited many of Rand's [[manuscript]]s. During her lifetime, Rand had made a statement that she would bequeath her manuscripts to the [[Library of Congress]]. She later had reservations, and the bequest was not part of Rand's will. However, after her death, the Library of Congress requested the manuscripts. In July 1991, Peikoff had an assistant deliver the manuscripts of Rand's novels, except for the first and last pages of ''[[The Fountainhead]]'', which he had framed. In their stead, he had the pages photocopied so that the manuscripts would be "complete". On August 16, 1998, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' published an article about Peikoff, including a joke he made about "stealing" the pages from the Library of Congress. The library demanded that he deliver the pages to them, deeming them to be [[Federal government of the United States|U. S. government]] property. A complaint from the [[United States Department of Justice]] followed in October 2000, claiming over a million dollars in damages unless Peikoff turned over the pages. After consulting his lawyer, Peikoff released the pages to a representative of the Library of Congress.<ref>{{harvnb|Heller|2009|pp=412–413}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Peikoff |first=Leonard |url=https://peikoff.com/essays_and_articles/peikoffs-experience-with-the-library-of-congress/ |title=Peikoff's Experience with the Library of Congress |date=February 13, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417050423/http://www.peikoff.com/essays/library.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |access-date=September 26, 2021}}</ref>