Presidential Library

Obama's Proposed Presidential Library Drew Protests in Chicago

Protests called for a formal promise from the city and the foundation that South Siders will not be hurt by the project.

Sam Houston Could Soon Be Getting His Own Presidential Library

Houston Matters learns about efforts create the Sam Houston Republic of Texas Presidential Library at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville.

New Ulysses Grant presidential library at home in the South

Mississippi State University will launch the new library and exhibit space housing Grant's papers and artifacts on Nov. 30.

US Archivist David Ferriero says it makes sense for Obama not to build a standard presidential library

It’s because most of his records were digitized anyway.

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.

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.

Theodore Roosevelt is finally getting a presidential library. It will be in North Dakota!

"The biggest mistake is to think too small. This is Theodore Roosevelt after all, not Millard Fillmore."

Obama Is Said to Have Picked Presidential Library Site in Chicago

President Obama has selected Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side to build his presidential library near the University of Chicago.

Architect Sought for Obama’s Presidential Library Complex

The foundation overseeing the Chicago library’s development has invited firms worldwide to apply for the project, which is to include a community garden.

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?

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

by Alexander S. Collie

Searching Google turns up this.

FDR attendance figures offer glimpse into local tourism

Buoyed by a PBS documentary on the Roosevelts by Ken Burns, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in 2014 welcomed 173,000 visitors, the highest attendance since 1989.

Does every president need a separate library?

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Multiple libraries are wasteful, costing taxpayers millions of dollars every year. And they’re undemocratic, because they allow our presidents — not the people who elected them — to define their legacies.

Who Owns Richard Nixon?

by Jeffrey Frank

At the Nixon Library the long war of ideological office politics goes on.

There's New Trouble in Nixonville

by Timothy Naftali

Should we really let Nixon loyalists write the script for the library's story of Vietnam, which thousands of Americans will view?