Academic librariesLandscape architecturePresidentsThe other three are the University of Illinois at Chicago, which posted its full proposal for the library on its website, New York City's Columbia University and the University of Hawaii, which submitted a bid to build a presidential temple of ...
TheBarack ObamaFoundation has listed four potential sites for Obama’s presidential library and museum: Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. As reported by theLos Angeles Times, the Universities considered were selected for...
Presidential libraries and museums are built using private funds, but their upkeep is financed by taxpayers. Thus far, the Barack Obama Foundation has raised just $6 million to fund the project. There are currently 14 presidential libraries or museums in the country. They typically house documents...
Lincoln Presidential Library Opens at Last.Reports on the opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois on October 14, 2004. Features of the library; Statement issued by Library Director Richard Norton Smith on the launching of the library; Tentative schedule of the ...
This information was cobbled together from a variety of sources including news archives, public libraries, newsroom staffers, and some documents from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. I've linked to primary sources whenever possible, and included citations whenever the article isn't publicly ava...
Trace Ronald Reagan in the time before he entered politics. "Dutch" Reagan's youth growing up in Dixon, Illinois, his college days, and a lively career in radio broadcasting and then in Hollywood come alive through artifacts, images, and audiovisual presentations. Follow Reagan's active duty ...
Still, it can be accomplished on what I dub the Iowa-Illinois Presidential Loop. Image Credit: Google Maps The trip may be made in either direction. But, for the sake of simplicity, we start the tour in Dubuque and head south to the town of West Branch, Iowa, the birthplace of the ...
SPRINGFIELD (Ill.)ILLINOISMUSEUMSPRESIDENTIAL librariesLINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865AMERICAN Civil War, 1861-1865PRESIDENTS of the United StatesFirst page of articledoi:10.1111/j.2151-6952.2006.tb00205.xBeverly SerrellBlackwell Publishing Ltd
rnCan an ALA president, in a short term, have much impact on libraries and ALA? Stroyan: "The ALA president is a spokesperson for all types of libraries. I have experience in public libraries, special libraries, and academic libraries. I can speak from knowledge.Susan Stroyan...
ALA PRESIDENTIAL REUNION.A photograph is presented of former American Library Association (ALA) organization presidents including Barbara Ford, Peggy Sullivan, and John W. Berry on March 21, 2012 at Dominican University's annual Spring Lecture in River Forest, Illinois.EBSCO_AspAmerican Libraries...