The battle is on for part of President Obama‘s legacy: The presidential library.

The University of Chicago and the University of Hawaii — schools from Obama’s home city and his birth state — have expressed interest in hosting the library that will hold records from President Obama’s administration.

Every president since Herbert Hoover has sponsored a library; the George W. Bush library is scheduled to be dedicated next year in Dallas.

The Chicago Tribune reports on the competition for the Obama facility:

“The University of Hawaii, where the president’s parents attended school, has made no secret of its campaign to lure the library to Honolulu. The Hawaii Legislature passed a resolution calling on Obama to choose the state for the library and a committee of government and civic leaders has been put in place to lobby for it.

“The (University of Chicago), where Obama was a member of the law school faculty for 12 years, is widely considered the front-runner, though university officials have been tight-lipped about its efforts. However, officials at the National Archives and Records Administration, which administers 13 presidential libraries, confirmed that the U. of C. has expressed interest.

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