Obama library

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• SOURCE: The Washington Times
  1-8-18
  

  University of Chicago faculty tell Obama to move ‘socially regressive’ library

  The Obama Presidential Center will not provide the “promised development or economic benefits” to surrounding neighborhoods, the professors write and could cost more than $100 million in state funds.

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• SOURCE: fedscoop
  5-3-17
  

  National Archives Announces a New Model for the Preservation and Accessibility of Presidential Records

  Instead of building a presidential library for Barack Obama, the 44th president’s foundation will help fund a more-accessible digital archive of his records. This is the new model.

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  5-3-17
  

  Obama unveils plans for presidential center in Chicago

  The center will sit near a lagoon that runs into Lake Michigan in the Jackson Park neighborhood and will feature three buildings – a museum, a forum and a library – as well as outdoor gathering spaces.

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• SOURCE: The New York Post
  2-19-17
  

  Barack Obama’s presidential library may need $1.5 billion

  The Obama Center is due to be so expensive because it will require the construction of both a presidential library and a museum about the lives of Barack and Michelle Obama.

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• SOURCE: The Chicago Tribune
  12-23-16
  

  Obama Foundation's daunting task: Raising money for his library

  Though the Obama library fundraising effort will span the nation and possibly the globe, it's likely to hold special appeal to Chicago's philanthropists, said a local fundraising specialist.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic Journal-Constitution
  6-8-16
  

  First stop for Obama library archives? It's an empty furniture store in the 'burbs.

  Before the doors of President Barack Obama's library open on Chicago's South Side, truckloads of White House archives will be shipped to a former furniture store in the northwest suburbs.

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  7-28-15 (accessed)
  

  The Obama library lands on Chicago

  by Rick Perlstein

  Like so many things Obamian, when it comes to transparency, fantasies of reform turn to ashes in our mouths.

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• SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor
  5-12-15
  

  Obama library in Chicago: What it means for city's South Side – and Obamas

  Chicago's diverse South Side has long yearned for economic development and improved amenities. Will the Barack Obama Presidential Center deliver?

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• SOURCE: AP
  4-30-15
  

  Obama chooses Chicago to host his presidential library

  President Barack Obama has chosen his hometown of Chicago to host his future presidential library.

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• 4-3-15
  

  The Dismaying Way Obama’s Presidential Library Is Being Depicted Online

  by Alexander S. Collie

  Searching Google turns up this.

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• 3-29-15
  

  An Open Letter to President Barack Obama

  by Anthony Clark

  Please, Mr. President, don’t build a presidential museum. It’s time for a change.

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  3-15-15
  

  Chicago land feud over Obama presidential library plan reflects familiar history

  This is not the first time a presidential library has been at the center of a land dispute.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  2-19-15
  

  After stumbles, Chicago on course to host Obama library

  The Barack Obama Foundation, the nonprofit charged with siting the library, is set to announce the location by the end of next month.

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• SOURCE: Politcal Wire
  1-21-15
  

  Emanuel Aims to Boost Bid for Obama Library

  “His magnanimous gesture boosts U of C’s chances of beating out Columbia Universityin New York to become the library’s home. A win would add new luster to the university’s already considerable prestige.”

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• SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times
  12-30-14
  

  Chicago Obama library bids in trouble; foundation has 'major concerns' with U. of C. proposal

  “There are major concerns with the three potential sites in the University of Chicago proposal given the fact that neither the school nor the City of Chicago control the sites.”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-30-14
  

  Illinois GOP Hates Obama Library Offer of 100 million dollars

  Dems response:  "We’re talking about a son of Illinois who became president of the United States.”

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-21-14
  

  Obama library gets going

  Illinois, New York and Hawaii are all expected to compete for Obama's library.