...Bob Clark The recent announcement by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the Barack Obama Foundation that there will be no Barack Obama Presidential Library has received very little attention or scrutiny. This essay examines that decision and places it in historical context...

...LYNN SCOTT COCHRANE : This article casts aside the iron triangle metaphor as less useful than the characteristics of a policy subsystem in defining the eleven presidential libraries within the National Archives and Records Administration. I examine the costs and benefits of the subsystem from...

... they accomplished. Key words: presidential libraries, presidential papers, Harry S. Truman Library, Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs, National Archives and Records Administration The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the views...