What: From the Presidential Archives: The Story of Private Polling and its Implications for American Democracy
Who: A talk with professor Lawrence Jacobs
Where: 4th Floor Gallery, Wilson Library, University of Minnesota
When: September 17, 2007, 5:30 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the public

Professor Lawrence Jacobs presents a talk in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the University of Minnesota's Government Publications Library's official federal depository status.

Access to White House records is being narrowed as more types of communications, including e-mail, are not being saved or are being removed by the White House from public viewing. The hidden story of presidential private polling illustrates the importance of maintaining robust access to presidential communications and decisions. Presidents since John F. Kennedy have developed an extensive polling operation but have used it in surprising ways.

This event is cosponsored by the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries, the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, the Minnesota Journalism Center, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, and the departments of history and political science.