A miscellaneous collection of newspaper clippings, magainzes, photocopies and various handwritten notes all on the topic of President Obama and his presidential campaign. Dates range throughout 2007 until January 2008.

One complete copy of a Newsweek article written on President Obama on September 1st, 2008. The article is entitled 'On His Own: Cereral and Cool, Obama is also steely, and his strength comes from the absence of a father. The making of a self-reliant man.' It features a direct interview with Obama, which is entitled 'I had to Learn to Fight: Obama's mom was an idealist, his setpdad a hardheaded realist, his father a myth. How all this shaped him.'

One complete copy of the Rolling Stone, which features a cover and cover story of President Obama, published in the July 10-14 2008 issue. The featured article is entitled "A Conversation With Barack Obama".

One complete copy of The New York Review of Books, with a featured editorial about Obama by Darryl Pinckney. The issue was published on March 6th, 2008.

One complete copy of the November 17th, 2008 Newsweek, which features President Obama both on the cover and as the subject of the a series of featured articles on the 2008 presidential race and results. Also included is a photocopied version of a New York Times online article entitled 'Change', also featuring Obama.

One complete copy of the May 19th, 2008 issue of Newsweek, with the cover story featuring Obama, entitled 'The O Team: Obama Has Shown He Can Run A Campaign. He'd Better Be Ready For A War.'

A miscellaneous collection of handwritten notes on lined paper, pads, and envelopes, photographs, and a printed out poem entitled 'Billie Holiday'. The photographs feature a young boy and adults who are presumably his parents or grandparents.

One undated lined paper notepad full of handwritten notes, presumably by John Callahan, all variously related to the writing of TLR (The Learning Room).

Printed email corrospondence between John Callahan and Laureen Bedell on the topic of writing/revising TLR (The Learning Room). The emails are extensive and variously dated in 2012.

Printed email corrospondence between Jacqueline Ko, Andrew Wylie, and John Callahan on the topic of Callahan's book The Learning Room. The emails are various dated and focused, but all are on the topic of TLR and from 2013.