ALPLM Cuts Ties With Library Foundation By SEAN CRAWFORD • APR 1, 2021

[David Lockmiller]

(04-11-2021 03:13 PM)Anita Wrote:  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum issued a statement Thursday, announcing a split with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which did fundraising and artifact acquisition for the facility.

The Foundation and the ALPLM have had years of friction, including the controversal purchase of a stovepipe hat, supposedly belonging to Lincoln, but whose lineage is increasingly in doubt.

As I recall, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation made the assessment of authenticity and thus value, and then the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum paid the price.

What is the status of this issue?

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(04-11-2021 03:13 PM)Anita Wrote:  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum issued a statement Thursday, announcing a split with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, which did fundraising and artifact acquisition for the facility.

Read more here.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/alplm-c...n#stream/0

An informative quote from the article:

"[T]he ALPLM feels it is vital for the Foundation to disclose how much money it raises, where that money goes, and what fundraising plans are in the works to support this institution.

The Foundation is unwilling to provide satisfactory answers to those questions."

Sounds like an exceedingly reasonable request to me.