1 00:00:09,042 --> 00:00:09,743 >> PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SET THE 2 00:00:09,743 --> 00:00:10,410 AREAS IN MOTION TO SELECT A 3 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:11,612 LOCATION FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL 4 00:00:11,612 --> 00:00:11,945 LIBRARY. 5 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:13,580 MAYOR EMANUEL HAS ANNOUNCED HE 6 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,948 WANTS TO UNINEED CHICAGO BID TO 7 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:16,149 GET IT. 8 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:16,984 THIS IN THE FACE 9 00:00:16,984 --> 00:00:18,819 OF LIKELY 10 00:00:18,819 --> 00:00:19,553 COMPETITIONS FROM NEW YORK CITY 11 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:20,621 AND THE STATE OF 12 00:00:20,621 --> 00:00:21,054 HAWAII. 13 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:22,022 HOW DID PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 14 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:23,390 COME TO BE? 15 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:24,458 >> WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY 16 00:00:24,458 --> 00:00:25,058 DO AND 17 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:26,560 DOES CHICAGO REALLY HAVE 18 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:27,194 THE 19 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:27,661 INSIDE TRACK? 20 00:00:27,661 --> 00:00:29,062 HERE TO TALK 21 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:29,663 ABOUT THE 22 00:00:29,663 --> 00:00:30,063 HISTORY 23 00:00:30,063 --> 00:00:31,331 ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES AND 24 00:00:31,331 --> 00:00:32,232 ASSESS THE 25 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:33,300 CHANCES ARE MICHAEL 26 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:34,635 ALLEN, A PROFESSOR OF 27 00:00:34,635 --> 00:00:35,602 HISTORY AT 28 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:36,336 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND 29 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:38,972 SPECIAL LIESES 30 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,274 IZES 31 00:00:40,274 --> 00:00:42,309 IN 20th CENTURY 32 00:00:42,309 --> 00:00:44,178 MEMORY AND SCOTT 33 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:44,511 WALTER, 34 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:45,479 UNIVERSITY OF DePAUL 35 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,047 UNIVERSITY. 36 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,448 FIRST OF 37 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,217 ALL, HOW 38 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:50,717 DID 39 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:51,418 PRESIDENTIAL UNIVERSITIES COME 40 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:52,152 TO BE? 41 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:53,887 >> THEY WERE 42 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,422 CREATED BY FRANKLIN 43 00:00:55,422 --> 00:00:56,557 ROOSEVELT IN 44 00:00:56,557 --> 00:00:57,124 THE 1930'S 45 00:00:57,124 --> 00:00:57,958 AND HE 46 00:00:57,958 --> 00:01:00,360 THOUGHT HE WOULD CREATE A 47 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:00,961 MONUMENT 48 00:01:00,961 --> 00:01:07,367 TO HIMSELF AND A 49 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:08,635 WAREHOUSE FOR RECORDS. 50 00:01:08,635 --> 00:01:10,771 HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HIS 51 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:16,643 PAPERSTIVE SEED UP 52 00:01:16,643 --> 00:01:22,516 TIVE 53 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:22,850 DIVIED 54 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:23,350 UP. 55 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:24,651 HE WANTED TO CREATE 56 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:25,152 A SHRINE TO 57 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:26,820 HIS MEMORY BUT ALSO THEN 58 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:27,654 DONATE 59 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:28,288 THAT T 60 00:01:28,288 --> 00:01:29,456 O THE PUBLIC AND THE 61 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:30,657 PUBLIC WOULD ASSUME THE 62 00:01:30,657 --> 00:01:31,124 COSTS 63 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:33,427 AFTER IT WAS FILLED. 64 00:01:33,427 --> 00:01:34,394 >> THAT CONTINUED 65 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:35,596 TO THE STATE, 66 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:35,996 CORRECT? 67 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:36,930 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 68 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:37,264 THE. 69 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:39,032 >> THE PRESIDENTS AND FRIENDS 70 00:01:39,032 --> 00:01:39,967 RAISED THE 71 00:01:39,967 --> 00:01:41,068 MONEY FROM PRIVATE 72 00:01:41,068 --> 00:01:42,369 SOURCES AND 73 00:01:42,369 --> 00:01:43,036 DONORS AND 74 00:01:43,036 --> 00:01:44,238 THE 75 00:01:44,238 --> 00:01:44,872 GOVERNMENT 76 00:01:44,872 --> 00:01:51,812 TAKES RESPONSIBILITY 77 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:52,713 FOR RUNNING 78 00:01:52,713 --> 00:01:53,113 IT. 79 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:54,882 >> THE MANAGEMENT ASSUMES THE 80 00:01:54,882 --> 00:01:55,682 COSTS 81 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:56,884 ASSOCIATED WITH THE 82 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:58,852 FACILITY. 83 00:01:58,852 --> 00:02:01,355 >> SO SCOTT WALT, 84 00:02:01,355 --> 00:02:02,122 WHAT IS THE 85 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,757 FUNCTION OF THE PRESSURE 86 00:02:03,757 --> 00:02:04,157 LIBRARY? 87 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:05,692 >> THAT WE JUST HEARD, TO MAKE 88 00:02:05,692 --> 00:02:06,560 SURE 89 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,229 THAT THE 90 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,197 PUBLIC 91 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:10,898 RETAINING 92 00:02:10,898 --> 00:02:12,599 ENDURING ACCESS TO THE RECORD OF 93 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:13,467 THE MOST 94 00:02:13,467 --> 00:02:14,601 IMPORTANT PUBLIC 95 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:15,035 OFFICIAL. 96 00:02:15,035 --> 00:02:17,938 PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL 97 00:02:17,938 --> 00:02:19,606 LIBRARIES, THE MATERIALS MIGHT 98 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:21,775 HAVE BEEN 99 00:02:21,775 --> 00:02:22,809 DISPERSED AND 100 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:23,510 PRIOR TO 101 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:24,745 THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT 102 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:25,145 IN 103 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,914 1978, THE MATERIALS WERE 104 00:02:26,914 --> 00:02:28,582 CONSIDERED TO BE PERSONAL 105 00:02:28,582 --> 00:02:28,916 PAPERS. 106 00:02:28,916 --> 00:02:30,184 AND SO IT BE WASN'T 107 00:02:30,184 --> 00:02:30,918 ENSURED 108 00:02:30,918 --> 00:02:31,351 WE 109 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:33,153 WOULD GET ACCESS TO 110 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:33,654 THEM. 111 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:34,555 NOW THE 112 00:02:34,555 --> 00:02:35,689 LAW SAYS THAT 113 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:37,257 PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ARE PUBLIC 114 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,192 RECORDS AND AS PUBLIC 115 00:02:38,192 --> 00:02:38,592 RECORDS, 116 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:40,027 THEY ARE MAINTAINED IN THE 117 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:41,428 LIBRARIES TO MAKE SURE THAT 118 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:42,596 PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS 119 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:43,297 TO THEM 120 00:02:43,297 --> 00:02:44,464 AND UNDERSTAND THE WORKING OF 121 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:46,200 THE GOVERNMENT AT THE HIGHEST 122 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:46,633 LEVEL. 123 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:47,734 >> GIVE ME A SENSE 124 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:48,669 OF -- IF ONE 125 00:02:48,669 --> 00:02:50,170 GOES INTO A PRESIDENTIAL 126 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,071 LIBRARY, YOU 127 00:02:51,071 --> 00:02:52,005 TALK ABOUT THE 128 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:53,106 OFFICIAL 129 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:54,074 RECORDS OF THE 130 00:02:54,074 --> 00:02:56,109 PRESIDENT, WHAT 131 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:56,710 ELSE IS 132 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:57,244 INSIDE 133 00:02:57,244 --> 00:02:59,279 OF A PRESIDENTIAL 134 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:00,347 LIBRARIES? 135 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:01,048 >> THEY'RE INTERESTING BECAUSE 136 00:03:01,048 --> 00:03:02,716 THEY'RE LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS 137 00:03:02,716 --> 00:03:03,784 AND HAVE THE 138 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:04,852 PAPER RECORDS. 139 00:03:04,852 --> 00:03:05,786 THEY HAVE THE DIGITAL 140 00:03:05,786 --> 00:03:06,587 RECORDS. 141 00:03:06,587 --> 00:03:07,855 THEY HAVE THE ARTIFACTS THAT 142 00:03:07,855 --> 00:03:08,555 ARE 143 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:10,190 COLLECTED THROUGHOUT A 144 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:10,591 PRESIDENCY. 145 00:03:10,591 --> 00:03:11,992 THEY MAY BE 146 00:03:11,992 --> 00:03:13,026 GIFTS GIVEN TO 147 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,229 PRESIDENTS BY CITIZENS 148 00:03:15,229 --> 00:03:16,163 OR 149 00:03:16,163 --> 00:03:16,964 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND MAY 150 00:03:16,964 --> 00:03:18,065 HAVE 151 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:19,566 MATERIALS 152 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:20,400 DONATED TO SUPPLEMENT 153 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,368 THOSE 154 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:22,302 MATERIALS. 155 00:03:22,302 --> 00:03:23,437 ONE OF 156 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:24,438 THE MOST RECENT 157 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,406 DISCUSSIONS 158 00:03:26,406 --> 00:03:27,140 WAS THE 159 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:27,908 KENNEDY 160 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,042 LIBRARY AND 161 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:29,843 COMIC BOOK 162 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:34,515 ARTIST 163 00:03:34,515 --> 00:03:37,117 ASKED THE ORIGINAL ART FROM 164 00:03:37,117 --> 00:03:38,285 A 165 00:03:38,285 --> 00:03:39,419 SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK BE PART OF 166 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:40,420 THE 167 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:40,787 LIBRARY. 168 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:43,690 SO IT WOULD BE A 169 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:45,492 WIDE 170 00:03:45,492 --> 00:03:45,893 ARRAY 171 00:03:45,893 --> 00:03:46,493 OF 172 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:46,894 THINGS. 173 00:03:46,894 --> 00:03:48,195 >> AFTER NIXON, ARE 174 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:48,595 PRESIDENTS 175 00:03:48,595 --> 00:03:50,397 MORE 176 00:03:50,397 --> 00:03:51,398 AWARE OF THE 177 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:55,102 RECORDS THEY 178 00:03:55,102 --> 00:03:56,603 GENERATE BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD 179 00:03:56,603 --> 00:03:58,438 IT'S A 180 00:03:58,438 --> 00:03:58,906 MUSEUM/SHRINE. 181 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:01,208 HAVE 182 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:05,946 PRESIDENTS 183 00:04:05,946 --> 00:04:06,880 GOTTEN MORE 184 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,282 CRITICAL ON 185 00:04:08,282 --> 00:04:09,416 THAT? 186 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:11,351 >> WATERGATE MADE THAT 187 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:11,919 CLEAR 188 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:12,286 TO 189 00:04:12,286 --> 00:04:13,820 SUBSEQUENT PRESIDENTS AND ONE 190 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:15,455 REASON THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 191 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:16,490 KEEPING 192 00:04:16,490 --> 00:04:16,990 AUDIOTAPES 193 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,759 BUT 194 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:19,560 UNDER THE 195 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,161 PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS, ANY 196 00:04:21,161 --> 00:04:22,062 COMMUNICATION MADE TO 197 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:22,996 OR FROM 198 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:24,731 THE WHITE HOUSE OR FROM THE 199 00:04:24,731 --> 00:04:26,133 PRESIDENT'S STAFF IS 200 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:26,466 SUBJECT 201 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:26,833 TO 202 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:28,502 THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS. 203 00:04:28,502 --> 00:04:29,436 THEY MUST BE 204 00:04:29,436 --> 00:04:33,040 DEPOSITED IN 205 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:33,807 THESE 206 00:04:33,807 --> 00:04:34,641 ARCHIVES AND THEY ARE 207 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:35,209 SENSITIVE 208 00:04:35,209 --> 00:04:36,376 TO WHAT KIND OF 209 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:37,444 COMMUNICATIONTHEY 210 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,078 UNDERTAKE. 211 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:39,580 >> MORE 212 00:04:39,580 --> 00:04:40,380 RELIANCE 213 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:41,181 ON 214 00:04:41,181 --> 00:04:42,316 VERBAL 215 00:04:42,316 --> 00:04:43,784 COMMUNICATION, IS THAT SAFE TO 216 00:04:43,784 --> 00:04:46,186 ASSUME? 217 00:04:46,186 --> 00:04:47,454 >> AND THERE 218 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:48,488 HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS 219 00:04:48,488 --> 00:04:49,489 TO USE PRIVATE 220 00:04:49,489 --> 00:04:50,290 COMMUNICATIONS 221 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:51,925 OUTSIDE OF OFFICIAL CHANNELS TO 222 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:53,327 SAY THE THINGS THEY DON'T WANT 223 00:04:53,327 --> 00:04:54,595 RECORDED FOR HISTORY. 224 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:55,996 >> SCOTT WALTER, HOW 225 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:56,663 ABOUT WITH 226 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:57,865 THE ONSET OF 227 00:04:57,865 --> 00:04:58,799 INTERNET, EMAIL, 228 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:01,969 TEXT 229 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:03,470 MESSAGES, IS ANY OF 230 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:03,971 THAT 231 00:05:03,971 --> 00:05:06,306 CONTENT 232 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:07,007 REFLECTED IN 233 00:05:07,007 --> 00:05:09,443 PRESIDENTIAL 234 00:05:09,443 --> 00:05:09,943 LIBRARIES? 235 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:11,512 >> IT'S AN ENORMOUS INCREASE SO 236 00:05:11,512 --> 00:05:12,412 THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE 237 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:15,516 PRESSURE 238 00:05:15,516 --> 00:05:18,819 APPRECIATE 239 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:19,686 PRESIDENTIAL 240 00:05:19,686 --> 00:05:24,992 RECORDS, IT EBBS 241 00:05:24,992 --> 00:05:26,326 IT 242 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:26,693 EXPANDED. 243 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:29,363 THE BUSH LIBRARY 244 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:31,598 MAINTAINS 245 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:32,766 80TEROBYT SER. 246 00:05:32,766 --> 00:05:33,400 >> MORE DATA 247 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,234 THAN ANYBODY 248 00:05:34,234 --> 00:05:34,835 CAN 249 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:35,536 POSSIBLY COMPLAIN IN ONE PLACE 250 00:05:35,536 --> 00:05:36,503 AND 251 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:37,437 SO THAT WOULD BE 252 00:05:37,437 --> 00:05:38,505 THE 253 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:39,606 ARCHIVES OF THE 254 00:05:39,606 --> 00:05:40,440 WEBSITE, 255 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:40,707 THE 256 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:42,209 WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE SITE BUT 257 00:05:42,209 --> 00:05:43,677 ALL OF THE 258 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:44,077 EMAILS. 259 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:45,579 >> AND ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE 260 00:05:45,579 --> 00:05:46,947 TO THE 261 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:47,781 PUBLIC? 262 00:05:47,781 --> 00:05:48,482 >> WELL, I 263 00:05:48,482 --> 00:05:49,650 CAN'T SAY THAT BUT IT 264 00:05:49,650 --> 00:05:51,118 IS 265 00:05:51,118 --> 00:05:51,618 MAINTAINED AS 266 00:05:51,618 --> 00:05:52,352 PART OF 267 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:53,187 THE 268 00:05:53,187 --> 00:05:54,288 ARCHIVE AND PROCESSED ALONG WITH 269 00:05:54,288 --> 00:05:55,322 THE OTHER 270 00:05:55,322 --> 00:05:56,757 MATERIALS OF THE PUSH 271 00:05:56,757 --> 00:05:58,292 PRESIDENCY AND OF 272 00:05:58,292 --> 00:05:58,458 COURSE 273 00:05:58,458 --> 00:05:58,725 THE 274 00:05:58,725 --> 00:05:59,860 CLINTONS PRESIDENCY BEFORE THAT 275 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:01,929 AND WE CAN IMAGINE THAT WITH THE 276 00:06:01,929 --> 00:06:02,462 OBAMA PRESIDENCY 277 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:03,363 THERE WILL BE 278 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:04,932 AN EVEN GREATER INCREASE 279 00:06:04,932 --> 00:06:05,499 IN 280 00:06:05,499 --> 00:06:05,866 THE 281 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:12,172 DIGITAL 282 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:12,639 FOOTPRINTS. 283 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:13,707 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 284 00:06:13,707 --> 00:06:15,342 WHAT ARE CHICAGO'S 285 00:06:15,342 --> 00:06:15,709 CHANCES, 286 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,377 MICHAEL ALLEN, 287 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:17,511 BASED 288 00:06:17,511 --> 00:06:19,146 ON HOW 289 00:06:19,146 --> 00:06:19,847 PRESIDENTS GO ABOUT SELECTING 290 00:06:19,847 --> 00:06:20,747 THE LOCATES? 291 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:21,515 >> VERY STRONG. 292 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:22,683 THE PRESIDENT TENDENCIES TO 293 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,518 LOCATE LIBRARIES IN THEIR HOME 294 00:06:24,518 --> 00:06:25,752 STATES, THEIR HOMETOWNS, CLOSE 295 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:26,787 TO WHERE THEY GREW UP 296 00:06:26,787 --> 00:06:28,422 AND THE 297 00:06:28,422 --> 00:06:28,889 OBAMAS 298 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:30,190 CLEARLY HAVE STRONG 299 00:06:30,190 --> 00:06:30,557 TIES 300 00:06:30,557 --> 00:06:32,693 TO CHICAGO, THEY HAVE THEIR 301 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:32,826 HOUSE 302 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,294 HERE, THEIR POLITICAL AND 303 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:35,896 PROFESSIONAL CAREERS WERE 304 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:36,296 BASED 305 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:37,364 HERE AND IT 306 00:06:37,364 --> 00:06:38,632 WOULD SEEM 307 00:06:38,632 --> 00:06:39,099 THAT THE 308 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:40,734 CHICAGO LOCATION WOULD BE 309 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:41,902 ATTRACTIVE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE 310 00:06:41,902 --> 00:06:43,403 OBAMA IS A YOUNG PRESIDENT WHO 311 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:44,204 WILL 312 00:06:44,204 --> 00:06:46,006 LIKELY LIVE FOR QUITE 313 00:06:46,006 --> 00:06:47,007 SOME 314 00:06:47,007 --> 00:06:47,374 TIME. 315 00:06:47,374 --> 00:06:49,443 >> HOW ABOUT WHEN HE LEAVES 316 00:06:49,443 --> 00:06:50,143 OFFICE? 317 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:51,578 >> THEY WILL USE THESE 318 00:06:51,578 --> 00:06:51,979 LIBRARIES 319 00:06:51,979 --> 00:06:53,280 AS HOME 320 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,915 BASIS TO LAUNCH 321 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,550 INITIATIVES AND 322 00:06:56,550 --> 00:06:57,417 OBAMA HAS SPOKEN 323 00:06:57,417 --> 00:06:59,353 ABOUT HOW HE WISHES 324 00:06:59,353 --> 00:07:00,454 FOR HIS 325 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:01,755 LIBRARY TO 326 00:07:01,755 --> 00:07:03,190 BECOME 327 00:07:03,190 --> 00:07:03,790 AN ECONOMIC 328 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:05,058 MISSION AND WE WOULD THINK 329 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:05,559 HE 330 00:07:05,559 --> 00:07:06,760 WOULD WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN 331 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:07,928 CHICAGO WHETHER HE GOT HUSBAND 332 00:07:07,928 --> 00:07:09,296 START 333 00:07:09,296 --> 00:07:10,464 IN THE 334 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:11,331 COMMUNITITY. 335 00:07:11,331 --> 00:07:13,133 >> SCOTT, DO 336 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:14,168 YOU AGREE 337 00:07:14,168 --> 00:07:15,068 WITH 338 00:07:15,068 --> 00:07:15,969 THAT? 339 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:17,004 MICHAEL YOU SEEM 340 00:07:17,004 --> 00:07:19,239 TO THINK 341 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:19,940 IT'S 342 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:20,941 CHICAGO'S PLACE TO LOSE. 343 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:22,075 >> I THINK CHICAGO WOULD BE A 344 00:07:22,075 --> 00:07:23,677 WONDERFUL PLACE BUT ALSO 345 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:24,211 BECAUSE 346 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:25,679 OF THE 347 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:28,815 CONCENTRATION OF 348 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:32,252 SCHOLARS 349 00:07:32,252 --> 00:07:33,687 AT MULTIPLE 350 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:34,288 UNIVERSITIES IN 351 00:07:34,288 --> 00:07:34,988 THE 352 00:07:34,988 --> 00:07:35,355 AREA. 353 00:07:35,355 --> 00:07:36,290 >> THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS 354 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:38,058 CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE 355 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,893 LEADING OF 356 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:40,194 THE 357 00:07:40,194 --> 00:07:41,361 SIX POTENTIAL 358 00:07:41,361 --> 00:07:42,329 BIDDERS, SO TO 359 00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:42,963 SPEAK. 360 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:43,997 IN TERMS 361 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:44,831 OF -- MICHAEL, 362 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:45,566 YOU 363 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:46,833 MENTIONED POTENTIAL PROBLEMS 364 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:50,504 INVOLVING LIBRARIES. 365 00:07:50,504 --> 00:07:51,738 THE DUALITY OF WHAT THEY CAN 366 00:07:51,738 --> 00:07:52,372 BE. 367 00:07:52,372 --> 00:07:52,706 >> SURE. 368 00:07:52,706 --> 00:07:54,975 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONE 369 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:55,375 OF 370 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:55,642 THE 371 00:07:55,642 --> 00:07:56,844 THINGS THAT IS 372 00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:57,644 INTENTIONED IN 373 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:59,046 THE PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVE'S 374 00:07:59,046 --> 00:08:00,514 SYSTEM, YOU HAVE THE ARCHIVES 375 00:08:00,514 --> 00:08:01,882 WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO GATHER 376 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:02,449 AND 377 00:08:02,449 --> 00:08:04,117 STORE ALL RECORDS ABOUT A 378 00:08:04,117 --> 00:08:05,252 PRESIDENCY, WHICH 379 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:05,853 IS 380 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:06,453 SOMETIMES 381 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:07,321 INCLUDES 382 00:08:07,321 --> 00:08:08,655 EMBARRASSING OR 383 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:09,623 UNFLATTERING DETAILS AND THE 384 00:08:09,623 --> 00:08:10,757 MUSEUM WHICH IS 385 00:08:10,757 --> 00:08:12,492 REALLY BUILT TO 386 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,093 MEMORIALIZE THE PRESIDENT 387 00:08:13,093 --> 00:08:13,527 AND 388 00:08:13,527 --> 00:08:14,928 CELEBRATE HIM AS A GREAT MAN 389 00:08:14,928 --> 00:08:16,096 AND 390 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:16,797 LEADER. 391 00:08:16,797 --> 00:08:18,098 THE 392 00:08:18,098 --> 00:08:18,565 LIBRARY IS 393 00:08:18,565 --> 00:08:19,032 SPECIFICALLY 394 00:08:19,032 --> 00:08:20,601 SERVING SCHOLARS, A 395 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:21,034 SMALLER 396 00:08:21,034 --> 00:08:21,902 NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 397 00:08:21,902 --> 00:08:23,303 WHERE IT CATERS TO 398 00:08:23,303 --> 00:08:23,704 THE PUBLIC 399 00:08:23,704 --> 00:08:24,872 AND PUTS ON A 400 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:29,109 POSITIVE AND 401 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:30,944 CELEBRATORY PRESENTATION 402 00:08:30,944 --> 00:08:31,945 OF 403 00:08:31,945 --> 00:08:32,379 PRESIDENT. 404 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:33,747 >> YOU 405 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:34,114 KNOW, AT 406 00:08:34,114 --> 00:08:35,482 THE RESULT OF 407 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:36,583 THIS 408 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:38,685 IS THAT 409 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:39,186 OFTENTIMES THE 410 00:08:39,186 --> 00:08:40,554 PUBLIC GETS A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT 411 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:42,356 THAT THE SCHOLARS AT WORK 412 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:42,756 TRYING 413 00:08:42,756 --> 00:08:43,557 TO 414 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:45,392 ACCOUNT FOR THAT ON THE 415 00:08:45,392 --> 00:08:45,792 RECORD. 416 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:47,961 >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING 417 00:08:47,961 --> 00:08:48,262 HERE. 418 00:08:48,262 --> 00:08:49,296 YOU CAN CHECK OUT 419 00:08:49,296 --> 00:08:58,438 OR 420 00:08:58,438 --> 00:08:59,139 >> PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SET THE 421 00:08:59,139 --> 00:08:59,806 AREAS IN MOTION TO SELECT A 422 00:08:59,806 --> 00:09:01,008 LOCATION FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL 423 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:01,341 LIBRARY. 424 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:02,976 MAYOR EMANUEL HAS ANNOUNCED HE 425 00:09:02,976 --> 00:09:04,344 WANTS TO UNINEED CHICAGO BID TO 426 00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:05,546 GET IT. 427 00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:06,380 THIS IN THE FACE 428 00:09:06,380 --> 00:09:08,215 OF LIKELY 429 00:09:08,215 --> 00:09:08,949 COMPETITIONS FROM NEW YORK CITY 430 00:09:08,949 --> 00:09:10,017 AND THE STATE OF 431 00:09:10,017 --> 00:09:10,450 HAWAII. 432 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:11,418 HOW DID PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES 433 00:09:11,418 --> 00:09:12,786 COME TO BE? 434 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:13,854 >> WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY 435 00:09:13,854 --> 00:09:14,454 DO AND 436 00:09:14,454 --> 00:09:15,956 DOES CHICAGO REALLY HAVE 437 00:09:15,956 --> 00:09:16,590 THE 438 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:17,057 INSIDE TRACK? 439 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:18,458 HERE TO TALK 440 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:19,059 ABOUT THE 441 00:09:19,059 --> 00:09:19,459 HISTORY 442 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:20,727 ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES AND 443 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:21,628 ASSESS THE 444 00:09:21,628 --> 00:09:22,696 CHANCES ARE MICHAEL 445 00:09:22,696 --> 00:09:24,031 ALLEN, A PROFESSOR OF 446 00:09:24,031 --> 00:09:24,998 HISTORY AT 447 00:09:24,998 --> 00:09:25,732 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND 448 00:09:25,732 --> 00:09:28,368 SPECIAL LIESES 449 00:09:28,368 --> 00:09:29,670 IZES 450 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:31,705 IN 20th CENTURY 451 00:09:31,705 --> 00:09:33,574 MEMORY AND SCOTT 452 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:33,907 WALTER, 453 00:09:33,907 --> 00:09:34,875 UNIVERSITY OF DePAUL 454 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:36,443 UNIVERSITY. 455 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:37,845 FIRST OF 456 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:39,613 ALL, HOW 457 00:09:39,613 --> 00:09:40,113 DID 458 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:40,814 PRESIDENTIAL UNIVERSITIES COME 459 00:09:40,814 --> 00:09:41,548 TO BE? 460 00:09:41,548 --> 00:09:43,283 >> THEY WERE 461 00:09:43,283 --> 00:09:44,818 CREATED BY FRANKLIN 462 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:45,953 ROOSEVELT IN 463 00:09:45,953 --> 00:09:46,520 THE 1930'S 464 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:47,354 AND HE 465 00:09:47,354 --> 00:09:49,756 THOUGHT HE WOULD CREATE A 466 00:09:49,756 --> 00:09:50,357 MONUMENT 467 00:09:50,357 --> 00:09:56,763 TO HIMSELF AND A 468 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:58,031 WAREHOUSE FOR RECORDS. 469 00:09:58,031 --> 00:10:00,167 HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE HIS 470 00:10:00,167 --> 00:10:06,039 PAPERSTIVE SEED UP 471 00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:11,912 TIVE 472 00:10:11,912 --> 00:10:12,246 DIVIED 473 00:10:12,246 --> 00:10:12,746 UP. 474 00:10:12,746 --> 00:10:14,047 HE WANTED TO CREATE 475 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:14,548 A SHRINE TO 476 00:10:14,548 --> 00:10:16,216 HIS MEMORY BUT ALSO THEN 477 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:17,050 DONATE 478 00:10:17,050 --> 00:10:17,684 THAT T 479 00:10:17,684 --> 00:10:18,852 O THE PUBLIC AND THE 480 00:10:18,852 --> 00:10:20,053 PUBLIC WOULD ASSUME THE 481 00:10:20,053 --> 00:10:20,521 COSTS 482 00:10:20,521 --> 00:10:22,823 AFTER IT WAS FILLED. 483 00:10:22,823 --> 00:10:23,790 >> THAT CONTINUED 484 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:24,992 TO THE STATE, 485 00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:25,392 CORRECT? 486 00:10:25,392 --> 00:10:26,326 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 487 00:10:26,326 --> 00:10:26,660 THE. 488 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:28,428 >> THE PRESIDENTS AND FRIENDS 489 00:10:28,428 --> 00:10:29,363 RAISED THE 490 00:10:29,363 --> 00:10:30,464 MONEY FROM PRIVATE 491 00:10:30,464 --> 00:10:31,765 SOURCES AND 492 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:32,432 DONORS AND 493 00:10:32,432 --> 00:10:33,634 THE 494 00:10:33,634 --> 00:10:34,268 GOVERNMENT 495 00:10:34,268 --> 00:10:41,208 TAKES RESPONSIBILITY 496 00:10:41,208 --> 00:10:42,109 FOR RUNNING 497 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:42,509 IT. 498 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:44,278 >> THE MANAGEMENT ASSUMES THE 499 00:10:44,278 --> 00:10:45,078 COSTS 500 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:46,280 ASSOCIATED WITH THE 501 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,248 FACILITY. 502 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:50,751 >> SO SCOTT WALT, 503 00:10:50,751 --> 00:10:51,518 WHAT IS THE 504 00:10:51,518 --> 00:10:53,153 FUNCTION OF THE PRESSURE 505 00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:53,554 LIBRARY? 506 00:10:53,554 --> 00:10:55,088 >> THAT WE JUST HEARD, TO MAKE 507 00:10:55,088 --> 00:10:55,956 SURE 508 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:58,625 THAT THE 509 00:10:58,625 --> 00:10:59,593 PUBLIC 510 00:10:59,593 --> 00:11:00,294 RETAINING 511 00:11:00,294 --> 00:11:01,995 ENDURING ACCESS TO THE RECORD OF 512 00:11:01,995 --> 00:11:02,863 THE MOST 513 00:11:02,863 --> 00:11:03,997 IMPORTANT PUBLIC 514 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:04,431 OFFICIAL. 515 00:11:04,431 --> 00:11:07,334 PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL 516 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,002 LIBRARIES, THE MATERIALS MIGHT 517 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:11,171 HAVE BEEN 518 00:11:11,171 --> 00:11:12,206 DISPERSED AND 519 00:11:12,206 --> 00:11:12,906 PRIOR TO 520 00:11:12,906 --> 00:11:14,141 THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT 521 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:14,541 IN 522 00:11:14,541 --> 00:11:16,310 1978, THE MATERIALS WERE 523 00:11:16,310 --> 00:11:17,978 CONSIDERED TO BE PERSONAL 524 00:11:17,978 --> 00:11:18,312 PAPERS. 525 00:11:18,312 --> 00:11:19,580 AND SO IT BE WASN'T 526 00:11:19,580 --> 00:11:20,314 ENSURED 527 00:11:20,314 --> 00:11:20,747 WE 528 00:11:20,747 --> 00:11:22,549 WOULD GET ACCESS TO 529 00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:23,050 THEM. 530 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:23,951 NOW THE 531 00:11:23,951 --> 00:11:25,085 LAW SAYS THAT 532 00:11:25,085 --> 00:11:26,653 PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ARE PUBLIC 533 00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:27,588 RECORDS AND AS PUBLIC 534 00:11:27,588 --> 00:11:27,988 RECORDS, 535 00:11:27,988 --> 00:11:29,423 THEY ARE MAINTAINED IN THE 536 00:11:29,423 --> 00:11:30,824 LIBRARIES TO MAKE SURE THAT 537 00:11:30,824 --> 00:11:31,992 PEOPLE CAN HAVE ACCESS 538 00:11:31,992 --> 00:11:32,693 TO THEM 539 00:11:32,693 --> 00:11:33,861 AND UNDERSTAND THE WORKING OF 540 00:11:33,861 --> 00:11:35,596 THE GOVERNMENT AT THE HIGHEST 541 00:11:35,596 --> 00:11:36,029 LEVEL. 542 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:37,130 >> GIVE ME A SENSE 543 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,065 OF -- IF ONE 544 00:11:38,065 --> 00:11:39,566 GOES INTO A PRESIDENTIAL 545 00:11:39,566 --> 00:11:40,467 LIBRARY, YOU 546 00:11:40,467 --> 00:11:41,401 TALK ABOUT THE 547 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:42,503 OFFICIAL 548 00:11:42,503 --> 00:11:43,470 RECORDS OF THE 549 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:45,506 PRESIDENT, WHAT 550 00:11:45,506 --> 00:11:46,106 ELSE IS 551 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:46,640 INSIDE 552 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,675 OF A PRESIDENTIAL 553 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:49,743 LIBRARIES? 554 00:11:49,743 --> 00:11:50,444 >> THEY'RE INTERESTING BECAUSE 555 00:11:50,444 --> 00:11:52,112 THEY'RE LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS 556 00:11:52,112 --> 00:11:53,180 AND HAVE THE 557 00:11:53,180 --> 00:11:54,248 PAPER RECORDS. 558 00:11:54,248 --> 00:11:55,182 THEY HAVE THE DIGITAL 559 00:11:55,182 --> 00:11:55,983 RECORDS. 560 00:11:55,983 --> 00:11:57,251 THEY HAVE THE ARTIFACTS THAT 561 00:11:57,251 --> 00:11:57,951 ARE 562 00:11:57,951 --> 00:11:59,586 COLLECTED THROUGHOUT A 563 00:11:59,586 --> 00:11:59,987 PRESIDENCY. 564 00:11:59,987 --> 00:12:01,388 THEY MAY BE 565 00:12:01,388 --> 00:12:02,422 GIFTS GIVEN TO 566 00:12:02,422 --> 00:12:04,625 PRESIDENTS BY CITIZENS 567 00:12:04,625 --> 00:12:05,559 OR 568 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:06,360 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND MAY 569 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:07,461 HAVE 570 00:12:07,461 --> 00:12:08,962 MATERIALS 571 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:09,796 DONATED TO SUPPLEMENT 572 00:12:09,796 --> 00:12:10,764 THOSE 573 00:12:10,764 --> 00:12:11,698 MATERIALS. 574 00:12:11,698 --> 00:12:12,833 ONE OF 575 00:12:12,833 --> 00:12:13,834 THE MOST RECENT 576 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:15,802 DISCUSSIONS 577 00:12:15,802 --> 00:12:16,537 WAS THE 578 00:12:16,537 --> 00:12:17,304 KENNEDY 579 00:12:17,304 --> 00:12:18,438 LIBRARY AND 580 00:12:18,438 --> 00:12:19,239 COMIC BOOK 581 00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:23,911 ARTIST 582 00:12:23,911 --> 00:12:26,513 ASKED THE ORIGINAL ART FROM 583 00:12:26,513 --> 00:12:27,681 A 584 00:12:27,681 --> 00:12:28,815 SUPERMAN COMIC BOOK BE PART OF 585 00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:29,816 THE 586 00:12:29,816 --> 00:12:30,184 LIBRARY. 587 00:12:30,184 --> 00:12:33,086 SO IT WOULD BE A 588 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,888 WIDE 589 00:12:34,888 --> 00:12:35,289 ARRAY 590 00:12:35,289 --> 00:12:35,889 OF 591 00:12:35,889 --> 00:12:36,290 THINGS. 592 00:12:36,290 --> 00:12:37,591 >> AFTER NIXON, ARE 593 00:12:37,591 --> 00:12:37,991 PRESIDENTS 594 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:39,793 MORE 595 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:40,794 AWARE OF THE 596 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:44,498 RECORDS THEY 597 00:12:44,498 --> 00:12:45,999 GENERATE BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD 598 00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:47,835 IT'S A 599 00:12:47,835 --> 00:12:48,302 MUSEUM/SHRINE. 600 00:12:48,302 --> 00:12:50,604 HAVE 601 00:12:50,604 --> 00:12:55,342 PRESIDENTS 602 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:56,276 GOTTEN MORE 603 00:12:56,276 --> 00:12:57,678 CRITICAL ON 604 00:12:57,678 --> 00:12:58,812 THAT? 605 00:12:58,812 --> 00:13:00,747 >> WATERGATE MADE THAT 606 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:01,315 CLEAR 607 00:13:01,315 --> 00:13:01,682 TO 608 00:13:01,682 --> 00:13:03,217 SUBSEQUENT PRESIDENTS AND ONE 609 00:13:03,217 --> 00:13:04,852 REASON THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 610 00:13:04,852 --> 00:13:05,886 KEEPING 611 00:13:05,886 --> 00:13:06,386 AUDIOTAPES 612 00:13:06,386 --> 00:13:08,155 BUT 613 00:13:08,155 --> 00:13:08,956 UNDER THE 614 00:13:08,956 --> 00:13:10,557 PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS, ANY 615 00:13:10,557 --> 00:13:11,458 COMMUNICATION MADE TO 616 00:13:11,458 --> 00:13:12,392 OR FROM 617 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:14,127 THE WHITE HOUSE OR FROM THE 618 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:15,529 PRESIDENT'S STAFF IS 619 00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:15,863 SUBJECT 620 00:13:15,863 --> 00:13:16,230 TO 621 00:13:16,230 --> 00:13:17,898 THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS. 622 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:18,832 THEY MUST BE 623 00:13:18,832 --> 00:13:22,436 DEPOSITED IN 624 00:13:22,436 --> 00:13:23,203 THESE 625 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:24,037 ARCHIVES AND THEY ARE 626 00:13:24,037 --> 00:13:24,605 SENSITIVE 627 00:13:24,605 --> 00:13:25,772 TO WHAT KIND OF 628 00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:26,840 COMMUNICATIONTHEY 629 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:27,474 UNDERTAKE. 630 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:28,976 >> MORE 631 00:13:28,976 --> 00:13:29,776 RELIANCE 632 00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:30,577 ON 633 00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:31,712 VERBAL 634 00:13:31,712 --> 00:13:33,180 COMMUNICATION, IS THAT SAFE TO 635 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,582 ASSUME? 636 00:13:35,582 --> 00:13:36,850 >> AND THERE 637 00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:37,885 HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTS 638 00:13:37,885 --> 00:13:38,886 TO USE PRIVATE 639 00:13:38,886 --> 00:13:39,686 COMMUNICATIONS 640 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,321 OUTSIDE OF OFFICIAL CHANNELS TO 641 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,723 SAY THE THINGS THEY DON'T WANT 642 00:13:42,723 --> 00:13:43,991 RECORDED FOR HISTORY. 643 00:13:43,991 --> 00:13:45,392 >> SCOTT WALTER, HOW 644 00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:46,059 ABOUT WITH 645 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:47,261 THE ONSET OF 646 00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:48,195 INTERNET, EMAIL, 647 00:13:48,195 --> 00:13:51,365 TEXT 648 00:13:51,365 --> 00:13:52,866 MESSAGES, IS ANY OF 649 00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:53,367 THAT 650 00:13:53,367 --> 00:13:55,702 CONTENT 651 00:13:55,702 --> 00:13:56,403 REFLECTED IN 652 00:13:56,403 --> 00:13:58,839 PRESIDENTIAL 653 00:13:58,839 --> 00:13:59,339 LIBRARIES? 654 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:00,908 >> IT'S AN ENORMOUS INCREASE SO 655 00:14:00,908 --> 00:14:01,808 THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE 656 00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:04,912 PRESSURE 657 00:14:04,912 --> 00:14:08,215 APPRECIATE 658 00:14:08,215 --> 00:14:09,082 PRESIDENTIAL 659 00:14:09,082 --> 00:14:14,388 RECORDS, IT EBBS 660 00:14:14,388 --> 00:14:15,722 IT 661 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:16,089 EXPANDED. 662 00:14:16,089 --> 00:14:18,759 THE BUSH LIBRARY 663 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:20,994 MAINTAINS 664 00:14:20,994 --> 00:14:22,162 80TEROBYT SER. 665 00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:22,796 >> MORE DATA 666 00:14:22,796 --> 00:14:23,630 THAN ANYBODY 667 00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:24,231 CAN 668 00:14:24,231 --> 00:14:24,932 POSSIBLY COMPLAIN IN ONE PLACE 669 00:14:24,932 --> 00:14:25,899 AND 670 00:14:25,899 --> 00:14:26,833 SO THAT WOULD BE 671 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:27,901 THE 672 00:14:27,901 --> 00:14:29,002 ARCHIVES OF THE 673 00:14:29,002 --> 00:14:29,837 WEBSITE, 674 00:14:29,837 --> 00:14:30,103 THE 675 00:14:30,103 --> 00:14:31,605 WHITE HOUSE WEBSITE SITE BUT 676 00:14:31,605 --> 00:14:33,073 ALL OF THE 677 00:14:33,073 --> 00:14:33,473 EMAILS. 678 00:14:33,473 --> 00:14:34,975 >> AND ALL OF THAT IS ACCESSIBLE 679 00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:36,343 TO THE 680 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,177 PUBLIC? 681 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:37,878 >> WELL, I 682 00:14:37,878 --> 00:14:39,046 CAN'T SAY THAT BUT IT 683 00:14:39,046 --> 00:14:40,514 IS 684 00:14:40,514 --> 00:14:41,014 MAINTAINED AS 685 00:14:41,014 --> 00:14:41,748 PART OF 686 00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:42,583 THE 687 00:14:42,583 --> 00:14:43,684 ARCHIVE AND PROCESSED ALONG WITH 688 00:14:43,684 --> 00:14:44,718 THE OTHER 689 00:14:44,718 --> 00:14:46,153 MATERIALS OF THE PUSH 690 00:14:46,153 --> 00:14:47,688 PRESIDENCY AND OF 691 00:14:47,688 --> 00:14:47,855 COURSE 692 00:14:47,855 --> 00:14:48,121 THE 693 00:14:48,121 --> 00:14:49,256 CLINTONS PRESIDENCY BEFORE THAT 694 00:14:49,256 --> 00:14:51,325 AND WE CAN IMAGINE THAT WITH THE 695 00:14:51,325 --> 00:14:51,859 OBAMA PRESIDENCY 696 00:14:51,859 --> 00:14:52,759 THERE WILL BE 697 00:14:52,759 --> 00:14:54,328 AN EVEN GREATER INCREASE 698 00:14:54,328 --> 00:14:54,895 IN 699 00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:55,262 THE 700 00:14:55,262 --> 00:15:01,568 DIGITAL 701 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:02,035 FOOTPRINTS. 702 00:15:02,035 --> 00:15:03,103 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 703 00:15:03,103 --> 00:15:04,738 WHAT ARE CHICAGO'S 704 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:05,105 CHANCES, 705 00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:06,773 MICHAEL ALLEN, 706 00:15:06,773 --> 00:15:06,907 BASED 707 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:08,542 ON HOW 708 00:15:08,542 --> 00:15:09,243 PRESIDENTS GO ABOUT SELECTING 709 00:15:09,243 --> 00:15:10,143 THE LOCATES? 710 00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:10,911 >> VERY STRONG. 711 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:12,079 THE PRESIDENT TENDENCIES TO 712 00:15:12,079 --> 00:15:13,914 LOCATE LIBRARIES IN THEIR HOME 713 00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:15,148 STATES, THEIR HOMETOWNS, CLOSE 714 00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:16,183 TO WHERE THEY GREW UP 715 00:15:16,183 --> 00:15:17,818 AND THE 716 00:15:17,818 --> 00:15:18,285 OBAMAS 717 00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:19,586 CLEARLY HAVE STRONG 718 00:15:19,586 --> 00:15:19,953 TIES 719 00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:22,089 TO CHICAGO, THEY HAVE THEIR 720 00:15:22,089 --> 00:15:22,222 HOUSE 721 00:15:22,222 --> 00:15:23,690 HERE, THEIR POLITICAL AND 722 00:15:23,690 --> 00:15:25,292 PROFESSIONAL CAREERS WERE 723 00:15:25,292 --> 00:15:25,692 BASED 724 00:15:25,692 --> 00:15:26,760 HERE AND IT 725 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,028 WOULD SEEM 726 00:15:28,028 --> 00:15:28,495 THAT THE 727 00:15:28,495 --> 00:15:30,130 CHICAGO LOCATION WOULD BE 728 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:31,298 ATTRACTIVE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE 729 00:15:31,298 --> 00:15:32,799 OBAMA IS A YOUNG PRESIDENT WHO 730 00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:33,600 WILL 731 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,402 LIKELY LIVE FOR QUITE 732 00:15:35,402 --> 00:15:36,403 SOME 733 00:15:36,403 --> 00:15:36,770 TIME. 734 00:15:36,770 --> 00:15:38,839 >> HOW ABOUT WHEN HE LEAVES 735 00:15:38,839 --> 00:15:39,540 OFFICE? 736 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:40,974 >> THEY WILL USE THESE 737 00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:41,375 LIBRARIES 738 00:15:41,375 --> 00:15:42,676 AS HOME 739 00:15:42,676 --> 00:15:44,311 BASIS TO LAUNCH 740 00:15:44,311 --> 00:15:45,946 INITIATIVES AND 741 00:15:45,946 --> 00:15:46,813 OBAMA HAS SPOKEN 742 00:15:46,813 --> 00:15:48,749 ABOUT HOW HE WISHES 743 00:15:48,749 --> 00:15:49,850 FOR HIS 744 00:15:49,850 --> 00:15:51,151 LIBRARY TO 745 00:15:51,151 --> 00:15:52,586 BECOME 746 00:15:52,586 --> 00:15:53,187 AN ECONOMIC 747 00:15:53,187 --> 00:15:54,454 MISSION AND WE WOULD THINK 748 00:15:54,454 --> 00:15:54,955 HE 749 00:15:54,955 --> 00:15:56,156 WOULD WANT THAT TO HAPPEN IN 750 00:15:56,156 --> 00:15:57,324 CHICAGO WHETHER HE GOT HUSBAND 751 00:15:57,324 --> 00:15:58,692 START 752 00:15:58,692 --> 00:15:59,860 IN THE 753 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:00,727 COMMUNITITY. 754 00:16:00,727 --> 00:16:02,529 >> SCOTT, DO 755 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:03,564 YOU AGREE 756 00:16:03,564 --> 00:16:04,464 WITH 757 00:16:04,464 --> 00:16:05,365 THAT? 758 00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,400 MICHAEL YOU SEEM 759 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,635 TO THINK 760 00:16:08,635 --> 00:16:09,336 IT'S 761 00:16:09,336 --> 00:16:10,337 CHICAGO'S PLACE TO LOSE. 762 00:16:10,337 --> 00:16:11,471 >> I THINK CHICAGO WOULD BE A 763 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,073 WONDERFUL PLACE BUT ALSO 764 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:13,607 BECAUSE 765 00:16:13,607 --> 00:16:15,075 OF THE 766 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:18,212 CONCENTRATION OF 767 00:16:18,212 --> 00:16:21,648 SCHOLARS 768 00:16:21,648 --> 00:16:23,083 AT MULTIPLE 769 00:16:23,083 --> 00:16:23,684 UNIVERSITIES IN 770 00:16:23,684 --> 00:16:24,384 THE 771 00:16:24,384 --> 00:16:24,751 AREA. 772 00:16:24,751 --> 00:16:25,686 >> THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS 773 00:16:25,686 --> 00:16:27,454 CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE 774 00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:29,289 LEADING OF 775 00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:29,590 THE 776 00:16:29,590 --> 00:16:30,757 SIX POTENTIAL 777 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:31,725 BIDDERS, SO TO 778 00:16:31,725 --> 00:16:32,359 SPEAK. 779 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:33,393 IN TERMS 780 00:16:33,393 --> 00:16:34,228 OF -- MICHAEL, 781 00:16:34,228 --> 00:16:34,962 YOU 782 00:16:34,962 --> 00:16:36,230 MENTIONED POTENTIAL PROBLEMS 783 00:16:36,230 --> 00:16:39,900 INVOLVING LIBRARIES. 784 00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:41,134 THE DUALITY OF WHAT THEY CAN 785 00:16:41,134 --> 00:16:41,768 BE. 786 00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:42,102 >> SURE. 787 00:16:42,102 --> 00:16:44,371 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONE 788 00:16:44,371 --> 00:16:44,771 OF 789 00:16:44,771 --> 00:16:45,038 THE 790 00:16:45,038 --> 00:16:46,240 THINGS THAT IS 791 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:47,040 INTENTIONED IN 792 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:48,442 THE PRESIDENTIAL ARCHIVE'S 793 00:16:48,442 --> 00:16:49,910 SYSTEM, YOU HAVE THE ARCHIVES 794 00:16:49,910 --> 00:16:51,278 WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO GATHER 795 00:16:51,278 --> 00:16:51,845 AND 796 00:16:51,845 --> 00:16:53,514 STORE ALL RECORDS ABOUT A 797 00:16:53,514 --> 00:16:54,648 PRESIDENCY, WHICH 798 00:16:54,648 --> 00:16:55,249 IS 799 00:16:55,249 --> 00:16:55,849 SOMETIMES 800 00:16:55,849 --> 00:16:56,717 INCLUDES 801 00:16:56,717 --> 00:16:58,051 EMBARRASSING OR 802 00:16:58,051 --> 00:16:59,019 UNFLATTERING DETAILS AND THE 803 00:16:59,019 --> 00:17:00,153 MUSEUM WHICH IS 804 00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:01,889 REALLY BUILT TO 805 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:02,489 MEMORIALIZE THE PRESIDENT 806 00:17:02,489 --> 00:17:02,923 AND 807 00:17:02,923 --> 00:17:04,324 CELEBRATE HIM AS A GREAT MAN 808 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:05,492 AND 809 00:17:05,492 --> 00:17:06,193 LEADER. 810 00:17:06,193 --> 00:17:07,494 THE 811 00:17:07,494 --> 00:17:07,961 LIBRARY IS 812 00:17:07,961 --> 00:17:08,428 SPECIFICALLY 813 00:17:08,428 --> 00:17:09,997 SERVING SCHOLARS, A 814 00:17:09,997 --> 00:17:10,430 SMALLER 815 00:17:10,430 --> 00:17:11,298 NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 816 00:17:11,298 --> 00:17:12,699 WHERE IT CATERS TO 817 00:17:12,699 --> 00:17:13,100 THE PUBLIC 818 00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:14,268 AND PUTS ON A 819 00:17:14,268 --> 00:17:18,505 POSITIVE AND 820 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:20,340 CELEBRATORY PRESENTATION 821 00:17:20,340 --> 00:17:21,341 OF 822 00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:21,775 PRESIDENT. 823 00:17:21,775 --> 00:17:23,143 >> YOU 824 00:17:23,143 --> 00:17:23,510 KNOW, AT 825 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:24,878 THE RESULT OF 826 00:17:24,878 --> 00:17:25,979 THIS 827 00:17:25,979 --> 00:17:28,081 IS THAT 828 00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:28,582 OFTENTIMES THE 829 00:17:28,582 --> 00:17:29,950 PUBLIC GETS A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT 830 00:17:29,950 --> 00:17:31,752 THAT THE SCHOLARS AT WORK 831 00:17:31,752 --> 00:17:32,152 TRYING 832 00:17:32,152 --> 00:17:32,953 TO 833 00:17:32,953 --> 00:17:34,788 ACCOUNT FOR THAT ON THE 834 00:17:34,788 --> 00:17:35,189 RECORD. 835 00:17:35,189 --> 00:17:37,357 >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING 836 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:37,658 HERE. 837 00:17:37,658 --> 00:17:41,658 YOU CAN CHECK OUT