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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NIXONL_100729_012.JPG: With deep appreciation for the vision and dedication of President Nixon's friend Donald L. Bendetti Chairman 2000-2007
2. NIXONL_100729_015.JPG: The Replica: Construction of the replica began in August of 1991. The scale is 1" = 1'. Construction time totaled 180 hours. The replica is electrified, even the embers in the fireplace grow a warm red. When it was half finished, the docents, Library staff, employees, and friends signed up to sponsor the miniature furnishings and room construction costs. The furnishings closely resemble the originals and many were made by hand by the docents because they could not be purchased. The building of the base was by Phil Jones. The photography of pictures, sheet music and books was by Callie Jones. All of us have events in our lives we remember vividly. I remember the night I began placing the items everyone sponsored. It was at that moment that the replica shell became the Birthplace. My sincere thanks to everyone. My thanks also to my family who suffered through some less than award-winning meals during the three months of construction. To our visitors, I hope you will enjoy looking at the replica and its details, some of which were whimsical. When you are finished, stroll leisurely through Mrs. Nixon's beautiful garden and enjoy the real Birthplace.
3. NIXONL_100729_023.JPG: Welcome to the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum! A Presidential Library serves you in a number of ways: Its Archive holds original documents for you to research. Its Museum displays artifacts for you to learn about the life and times of President Nixon and his family. Its Performance/Conference/Learning spaces encourage visitors to explore, debate and discuss our country's history and especially President Nixon's era. This Hallway Gallery displays items illustrating aspects of all three.
4. NIXONL_100729_024.JPG: Rai Stone Limestone circa 1971 Ambassador David M. Kennedy received this large circular disk perforated at center and used as currency, on behalf of President Nixon in March of 1971 from the People of Yap Island, part of the Caroline Islands, in the federal States of Micronesia. Ambassador Kennedy also served as Treasury Secretary in the Nixon administration.
5. NIXONL_100729_029.JPG: Apollo 16 EMU Space Suit (reproduction) The Apollo era EU (extravehicular mobility unit) suit resembles the one worn by Apollo 17 Astronaut and Geologist Harrison Schmitt in this December 13, 1972 photograph. The suit, which was used during the last three Apollo missions, was quite different than those used during the first Apollo missions. Unlike earlier missions, this EMU allowed astronauts to sit and drive the LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) and it could be removed so they could more easily sleep while on the lunar surface. Also, the EVA (extravehicular activity) backpacks were modified to carry more oxygen, power, and cooling water for much larger EVAs. With these improvements, the astronauts of Apollo 15, 16, and 17 stayed much longer -- over two days more than Apollo 11 -- and, with the help of the LRV, explored much more of the lunar surface. The red stripes indicate that this EMU was worn by the Mission Commander.
6. NIXONL_100729_033.JPG: Russian seascape Oil on canvas No date During President Nixon's visit to Moscow in May of 1972, he and Soviet leaders continued discussions to limit strategic arms amongst the two powers. The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty of SALT I was arrived at during the visit, signed by General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and President Nixon on May 26, 1972. The painting on display was a gift to President Nixon by the Soviet Government, June 1972.
7. NIXONL_100729_043.JPG: A Candidate for Congress: A letter that changed his life. An enthusiastic "yes" was not enough. He didn't own a civilian suit. It was September 1945 and Lt. Richard Nixon had returned from overseas and was renegotiating Navy contracts in Baltimore, Maryland. His wife, Pat, was expecting their first child and, as World War II came to an end, the Nixons looked ahead to see what the future might hold. The answer came in the form of a letter from an old family friend in Whittier, California, who inquired if Richard Nixon would like to be a candidate for the House of Representatives on the Republican ticket in 1946. It was an offer that not only had immediate consequences but ultimately set Richard Nixon on the road to the Presidency. After discussing the offer with his wife, Richard Nixon's response was an enthusiastic "yes." But he soon learned that the question was not so simple. The letter was written on behalf of the Committee of 100, a candidate search committee composed of small businessmen and professionals from California's Twelfth Congressional District, and the committee was considering several candidates for the nomination. Richard Nixon was not being handed the nomination; instead, he would have to compete for it. The Committee purchased plane tickets, and on November 2 the Nixons flew to California. Wearing his Navy uniform -- he didn't own a civilian suit -- Richard Nixon was the last of six candidates to speak before the committee. The first speech of his political career, in which he denounced the government control of the New Deal and promised to wage an aggressive campaign against the Democratic incumbent, was brief and to the point. It was also effective. Nixon received sixty-three votes from the committee; his nearest competitor received twelve. He was now a candidate for Congress.
8. NIXONL_100729_059.JPG: RCA Radiogram Congressman Richard M Nixon Aboard SS Panama WCC Documents incredibly hot. STOP. Link to Hiss seems certain. STOP. Link to others inevitable. STOP. Results should restore faith in need for committee if not in some members. STOP. You should be here to get lions share credit you deserve. STOP. Committee meets Tuesday. STOP. New York jury meets Wednesday. STOP. Jury expires December fourteen. STOP. Committee must move fast or let grand jury move and make committee hearings unnecessary or anticlimax. STOP. Could you arrive Tuesday and get days jump on grand jury. STOP. If not holding hearing early Wednesday. STOP. My liberal friends don't love me no more. STOP. Nor you. STOP. But facts are facts and these facts are dynamite. STOP. Hiss's writing identified on three documents. STOP. Not proof he gave them to Chambers but highly significant. STOP. Stripling says can prove who gave them to Chambers. STOP. Love to Pat. STOP. Vacation Wrecker Andrews
9. NIXONL_100729_069.JPG: Top hat worn by Richard Nixon during 1953 inaugural
10. NIXONL_100729_084.JPG: Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts began "Profiles in Courage" in 1954-55, while recuperating from back surgery. He had known Richard Nixon since the two men entered Congress together in 1947, and the friendship continued after Kennedy entered the Senate, where RN, as Vice President of the United States, served as presiding officer. Often Kennedy would drop by RN's Capitol Hill office for a chat, and one day in 1956 he brought along this copy of his new book, which he had inscribed, "To Dick Nixon, with the highest regards of his friend Jack Kennedy."
11. NIXONL_100729_095.JPG: Why are these leaders here? When the private Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace constructed this gallery nearly twenty years ago, President Nixon asked that it include statues of the major world figures he had dealt with throughout his career. His book Leaders includes vignettes about many of the people represented in this room. The presence of the statues in this gallery does not imply that the United States government, which has operated this museum since July 2007, takes a position on their legacies.
12. NIXONL_100729_198.JPG: The highest order of King Abdul Aziz Al Saud, presented to President Nixon by King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, 1974
13. NIXONL_100729_209.JPG: Pen used by United States Secretary of State William Rogers to sign the agreement to end the war in Vietnam, 1973. Vietnam and the 1968 Campaign: To "end the war and win the peace" No "secret plan" President-elect Nixon. In the 1968 campaign, candidate Nixon asserted in virtually every speech that the goal of his administration would be to "end the war and win the peace in Vietnam." One of the enduring myths of the 1968 Presidential campaign is that the Republican nominee claimed to have a "secret plan" to end the war. He never made such a claim. Just days before the election, Presidential Johnson announced a bombing halt which many believed was designed to give his Vice President, and Nixon's opponent, Hubert Humphrey, a last-minute boost at the polls. If that was the intent, it nearly succeeded. Nixon's substantial lead just prior to the bombing halt two weeks before the election turned into a squeaker on election night. President-elect Nixon was committed to ending the war in such a way that would guarantee freedom and security for South Vietnam, while maintaining American's standing as a reliable ally on the world stage. He would enter office, however, hampered by LBJ's bombing halt and by the negotiations in Paris, which were notable only for the propaganda points they earned for the North Vietnamese. Cambodia Violations of Cambodia's sovereignty. Cleaning out enemy sanctuaries. Through 1969 and into 1980, the North Vietnamese army was making increasing use of sanctuaries in Cambodia, both to supply troops in the field and for use as staging areas for offensives into South Vietnam. Communist violations of Cambodia's sovereignty had begun as early as 1965. Early in 1969, President Nixon ordered unannounced bombing runs into Cambodia to weaken the enemy's supply routes and storage areas. While this action met with substantial success, it became clear that a more intensive operation would be needed to counteract North Vietnam's massive abuse of Cambodian neutrality to support its war machine. On April 30, 1970, President Nixon announced to the nation the beginning of an operation to clean out enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia so they could not be used to prolong the war through further aggression in South Vietnam. The President assured the American people that this was not an invasion of Cambodia. Only areas occupied and controlled by the North Vietnamese would be attacked by the joint American-South Vietnamese force. By the time the action concluded on June 30, 1970, huge supplies of arms, equipment, ammunition, and food had been captured. This included a year's supply of ammunition, nearly 23,000 rifles and machine guns, more than 2,500 heavy mortars and rocket launchers, and over fourteen million pounds of rice. In all, almost as much was captured in Cambodia in the first month of the operation than had been captured in all of Vietnam in 1969. The Communists had to scrap their plans for a spring offensive. Peace with Honor: Signing the Paris Accords The effect of Watergate The end of South Vietnam On January 27, 1973, the peace agreement ending the war in Vietnam was signed in Paris by all the parties to the conflict. This agreement provided for the return of our prisoners of war, brought about a cease-fire in place, and provided for negotiations between the North and the South for a permanent peaceful solution to the division of the Vietnamese peninsula. The goals for which the United States had been involved in Vietnam for a quarter of a century seemed to have been achieved. Tragically, this was not to be. As 1973 unfolded, President Nixon came under increasing attack at home over Watergate. This gave those in the Congress who had long opposed the US goals in Vietnam the perfect opportunity to undermine the peace agreement and seal the fate of South Vietnam. His political position weakened by Watergate, President Nixon found it increasingly difficult to frustrate the efforts of those who wanted to cut and run from the unsteady but functioning peace in Vietnam. Military aid to South Vietnam was cut by two-thirds at a time when the Soviet Union was increasing its aid to North Vietnam, and Congress tied the President's hands, making it nearly impossible for him to respond to Communist breaches of the peace treaty. The South Vietnamese held on valiantly as long as they could. When the end of South Vietnam came in April 1975, it was only the beginning of a period of death and destruction unknown there even in twenty-five years of war.
14. NIXONL_100729_242.JPG: While in the Oval Office of the White House on July 20, 1969, President Nixon used this green telephone to talk to the Apollo 11 astronauts.
15. NIXONL_100729_261.JPG: Presidential Limousine. White House Lincoln Continental Limousine Used by President Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter: This Lincoln Continental is a 1967 model featuring Ford's regular production 462-inch, 340 hp V-8 engine. Though the vehicle generally has the outward appearance of a luxury automobile, a close examination reveals multiple unique construction details. The automobile's windows and transparent bubble top are bullet proof and thicker than the glass and plastic used in fighter planes. They are capable of stopping a .30-caliber rifle bullet. The rear bumper folds down to provide a platform for Secret Service agents. The vehicle turns on four heavy duty truck tires. Inside each tire is an inner steel disc with a hard rubber thread allowing the limousine to be driven up to 50 miles at top speeds with all four tires flat. Ford Motor Company retained the services of Lehmann Peterson to customize a regular production Lincoln into this White House Continental. To build the car, they took a regular Continental, cut it in half, and inserted a center section. About two tons of armor plating was added bringing the car's total weight to over 11,000 pounds. The 1977 Guinness Book of World Records states that this is "the most expensive car ever built... cost for research, development and manufacturing was estimated at $500,000."
16. NIXONL_100729_267.JPG: Hand Carved Buy [sic] Chester Cornett for the President of the Unidstat [sic] of America Richard M Nixon famley [sic]
17. NIXONL_100729_283.JPG: Please excuse our dust We are currently building a new Watergate Gallery. Please excuse any dust and inconvenience during this renovation. Please exit galleries through here
18. NIXONL_100729_284.JPG: Watergate Coming Soon a new permanent gallery
19. NIXONL_100729_285.JPG: The 18-1/2 Minute Gap: What is it? There is a long erasure on a significant White House tape. At President Nixon's request, the Secret Service taped most of the meetings and conversations in the White House between February 1971 and July 1973. On November 21, 1973, the White House informed Judge John J. Sirica, who was presiding over the Watergate cover-up trial, that there was an eighteen-and-a-half-minute gap in a recording made of a conversation between the President and White House Chief of Staff HR Haldeman on June 20, 1972. There were no voices during the gap, just buzzing and clicking noises. What can you do in eighteen and a half minutes or measure in 90 feet? * Most people can walk 1 mile * 90 feet is over half the width of a football field Why does it matter? The gap occurs as President Nixon and HR Haldeman are discussing the Watergate break-in. The disclosure of the gap led to public skepticism in 1973 and still raises questions abut what's missing. President Nixon was in the Bahamas and Haldeman was in Florida on June 17, 1972, when burglars employed by the Committee to Re-Elect the President were arrested inside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Headquarters in the Watergate Complex in Washington DC. The gap is during a recording of the President and Haldeman's first conversation in Washington after the break-in. Haldeman's notes of the conversation show that the gap occurred at a point where the men were discussing the Watergate break-in and how to respond. Neither Haldeman nor President Nixon recalled any details of the missing conversation in their later memoirs. Who erased the tape? Nobody knows for certain. On November 27, 1973, the President's longtime secretary Rose Mary Woods testified that she had accidentally caused the first five minutes of the gap when she reached for a telephone call while transcribing the tape. Woods recalled pressing the "record" button down and thought she might have mistakenly kept her foot on the pedal of the Uher 5000 tape recorder during the entire five-minute call. No one took responsibility for the remainder of the gap and Woods had difficulty recreating this stretch for the Sirica court. Six audio experts appointed by the federal trial court reported in 1974 that the gap had been caused by at least five and possibly as many as nine separate erasures. They also explained that each erasure required manual operation of the keyboard controls on a Uher 5000 machine and could not be explained by operating the foot pedal. The experts determined that in a few places the tape had been erased, rewound, and then erased again. Can we recover the missing conversation? Not with today's technology. In 1974, the court-appointed experts wrote "we know of no technique that would recover intelligible speech from the buzz section." In 2003, the National Archives and Records Administration sponsored private efforts to see if new technology could recover information from the gap. But the erasures were too complete, and these efforts failed. Perhaps future advances will unlock the secrets of the gap. In February 1971, President Nixon ordered the Secret Service to set up a taping system in the White House. In its first phase, the taping system included seven microphones in the Oval Office -- five in the President's desk and two at each side of the fireplace -- and six microphones behind the wall sconces in the Cabinet Room. Secret Service technicians wired the microphones to recorders in an old locker room in the White House basement. A few weeks alter, the President had the Secret Service expand the taping system. In April 1971, technicians installed four microphones in his desk in the President's Old Executive Office Building office (OEOB), which led to recorders in a nearby room. Technicians also established taps on the telephones in the Oval Office, in the President's OEOB office, and in the Lincoln Sitting Room, adjacent to the Lincoln Bedroom in the private quarters of the White House. Telephone conversations were automatically recorded via the White House switchboard by a machine in a closet in the basement of the residence. In May 1972, at the President's request, the Secret Service set up a taping system in the President's study in Aspen Lodge at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. A microphone recorded conversations in the study and tapes were placed on the telephone on the President's desk and on a telephone on the study table. The existence of the White House taping system was kept secret. Only President Nixon, his first chief of staff, HR Haldeman, and a few aides knew about it. The recorders in the Oval Office, the OEOB office, and at Camp David were sound activated and operated whenever the President was present. The Cabinet Room recording devices were manually activated by Alexander Butterfield, a deputy assistant to the President. The secret recording of meetings in the President's study at Camp David ended in March 1973. The rest of the White House taping system continued to function until General Alexander M Haig Jr, the President's second chief of staff, ordered it shut down following Alexander Butterfield's revelation of the system before the Senate Watergate Committee in mid-July 1973. President Nixon was the sixth and last American president to establish a taping system in the White House. His taping system, however, was unprecedented in its scope and unique in being sound activated. As a result, the Nixon administration produced over three and half times as many hours of tape as all previous presidencies combined. When the system was turned off in mid-July 1973. there were approximately 3,700 hours of recorded Nixon conversations. Presidents Lyndon B Johnson and John F Kennedy, who had the two next most active secret taping operations, recorded less than 900 hours and 300 hours of conversation, respectively. The revelation of Richard Nixon's taping system was a turning point in the Watergate scandal and the tapes, which the National Archives and Records Administration is releasing as part of a multi-year effort, constitute an unrivaled source of information for scholars and the general public about the inner workings of government.
20. NIXONL_100729_299.JPG: Nixon's resignation letter
21. NIXONL_100729_300.JPG: President Nixon's Study Park Ridge, NJ April 1994
22. NIXONL_100729_314.JPG: He walked here in peace for all mankind July 1999 30th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Lunar Excursion Module "Eagle" and the second man to set foot on the moon
23. NIXONL_100729_318.JPG: On June 12, 1971, Tricia Nixon and Edward Finch Cox were married in the White House Rose Garden. This gazebo, made especially for the ceremony, is on loan from the White House.
24. NIXONL_100729_323.JPG: The Pat Nixon Amphitheater A Gift of Bob and Delores Hope
25. NIXONL_100729_327.JPG: Patricia Ryan Nixon 1912-1993 Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart
26. NIXONL_100729_329.JPG: Patricia Ryan Nixon 1912-1993 Even when people can't speak your language, they can tell if you have love in your heart
27. NIXONL_100729_332.JPG: Richard Nixon 1913-1994 The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker
28. NIXONL_100729_365.JPG: This block of Aquia Creek Sandstone, quarried on Government Island, Stafford County, Virginia, was removed from the United States Capitol. The White House was also built with Aquia Sandstone.
29. NIXONL_100729_399.JPG: Letter from Lt. Richard Nixon to Pat Nixon, August, 1943. The reference that "before too long something good may break for me" refers to his upcoming appointment as head of the SCAT contingent for the next advance in the South Pacific. It was widely believed that the advance would be an invasion of the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul, and this front-line position was one that Lt. Nixon had long sought. Instead, the target was Green Island, and the unopposed landing did little to satisfy his desire to serve in a real assault.
30. NIXONL_100729_407.JPG: Wedding cake ornament from Richard and Patricia Nixon's wedding cake, June 21, 1940 "Someday I'm going to marry you!" A "beautiful and vivacious girl" A ring amongst the flowers In 1938, Richard Nixon renewed his interest in dramatics when the director of a local Whittier theater group asked him to take the role of prosecuting attorney in an upcoming production. He enjoyed the group and a few months alter went to the auditions for The Dark Tower. Pay Ryan accepted Richard Nixon's offer of a ride home but turned down his invitation for a date, light-heartedly protesting that she was "too busy." He continued to see her at rehearsals and, undaunted, asked her again. When she still insisted that she was busy, he replied, "You shouldn't say that, because someday I'm going to marry you!" She laughed, but they began to see each other regularly, and in the spring of 1940 he sent her a May basket with an engagement ring amongst the flowers. They were married on June 21, 1940, at the Missouri Inn in Riverside, California. The newly weds had little money, and so there were no photographs taken of the wedding or their two-week honeymoon drive through Mexico. "I thought I knew everyone in Whittier, but that night a beautiful and vivacious young woman with titian hair appeared whom I had never seen before. I found I could not take my eyes away from her. This new girl in town as Pat Ryan, and she had just begun teaching at Whittier High School. For me, it was a case of love at first sight." -- RN
31. NIXONL_100729_410.JPG: I loved the "WWND?" (What Would Nixon Do?) t-shirts!
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Wikipedia Description: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
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The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and final resting place of Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States. Located in Yorba Linda, California, the library is one of twelve administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. From its original dedication in 1990 until becoming a federal facility on July 11, 2007, the library and museum was operated by a private foundation and was known as the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace. The nine acre (36,000 m�) campus is located at 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard in Yorba Linda, California and incorporates the National Historic Landmarked Richard Nixon Birthplace where Nixon was born in 1913 and spent his childhood. The facility is now jointly operated between NARA and the Richard Nixon Foundation.

Background prior to dedication:

Traditionally, materials and records of a U.S. president were considered to be his personal property upon leaving office. The Watergate scandal and Richard Nixon's subsequent resignation from office complicated the issue, however.

In September 1974, Richard Nixon made an agreement with the head of the General Services Administration, Arthur F. Sampson, to turn over most materials from his presidency, including tape recordings of conversations he had made in the White House; however, the recordings were to be destroyed after September 1, 1979 if directed by Nixon or by September 1, 1984 or his death otherwise. Alarmed that Nixon's tapes may be lost, Congress abrogated the Nixon-Sampson Agreement by passing S.4016, signed into law by President Gerald Ford on in December 1974 as the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act. It applied specifically to materials from the Nixon presidency, directing NARA to take ownership of the materials and process them as quickly as possible. Private materials were to be returned to Nixon.

As a result of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act, President Nixon's White House papers and tapes were held by the National Archives, thus they could not be transferred to a facility in Yorba Linda. Funding to build the Nixon Library came from private sources. The estimated cost to build the institution was $25 million. Ground was broken by Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of President and Mrs. Nixon, in December 1988.

Dedication:

The original Library & Birthplace was officially dedicated on July 19, 1990. Former President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon were present, as were President George H. W. Bush, then the President of the United States, former President Gerald Ford, former President Ronald Reagan, and first ladies Barbara Bush, Betty Ford, and Nancy Reagan. A crowd of 50,000 gathered for the ceremony. At the dedication, Nixon said, "Nothing we have ever seen matches this moment - to be welcomed home again."

Facilities:

The museum, housed in a 52,000-square-foot (4,800 m2) building, offers a narrative of Nixon's life and career. Behind the museum is the birthplace, which was constructed by Nixon's father using a homebuilding kit, and restored to appear as it was in 1910. President and Mrs. Nixon are buried on the grounds, just a few feet from the birthplace. Since California prohibits burial of remains on private property, the intended burial plot at the Library had to be deeded to a local church who classified the plot as a cemetery.

The Nixon Library compound also contains the Loker Center and Annenberg Court, a 38,000-square-foot (3,500 m2) wing with a Special Exhibit room and an exact replica of the East Room of the White House that is used as an event space; the East Room can be rented for events such as weddings and business meetings. This wing is under the control of the Nixon Foundation.

Permanent museum collection:

There is an extensive collection of memorabilia, formal clothing, and photographs of Nixon, his wife Pat, and their children. This collection includes an assortment of bronze figures of world leaders who had important relations with Nixon as President or as Vice President under President Eisenhower (1953-1961). The leaders' bodies have been accurately recreated in lightweight bronze over a papier-m�ch� frame, and they are dressed in their actual clothing. The U.S. government limousine used by President Nixon throughout his presidency, a customized 1969 Lincoln Continental, is on display in the Domestic affairs gallery.

Lieutenant Colonel Gene Boyer, President Nixon's Chief Helicopter Pilot, secured the President's VH-3A "Sea King" helicopter, tail number 150617, to be on permanent display on the library grounds. The helicopter was in the presidential fleet from 1961 to 1976, transporting Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, and many foreign heads of state and government. Boyer flew President Nixon on his final flight from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base on August 9, 1974 in this aircraft.

Transition to National Archives:

In January 2004, the United States Congress passed legislation that provided for the establishment of a federally operated Nixon Presidential Library. Specifically, the legislation amended the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974, which mandated that Nixon's Presidential Materials were to remain in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Under this new legislation, the materials are being moved from NARA's Archives II facility in College Park, Maryland to the federally operated facility in Yorba Linda.

In March 2005, then-the Archivist of the United States, Allen Weinstein, and the Reverend John H. Taylor, then-Executive Director of the privately run Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation (now Richard Nixon Foundation), exchanged letters on the requirements that allowed the Nixon Library & Birthplace to become the twelfth federally funded presidential library, operated and staffed by NARA in conjunction with the Nixon Foundation. In April, 2006, Weinstein appointed Timothy Naftali director of the Library. On July 11, 2007 the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum was officially welcomed into the federal presidential library system.

In the winter of 2006, NARA began transferring 30,000 presidential gifts from the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff in College Park, Maryland to Yorba Linda. Later that year, the institution began the transition from a private library to a federal presidential library, which including adding retrofits to the facility to house Nixon's presidential and pre-presidential materials according to NARA standards. NARA assisted the Library & Birthplace staff and the Nixon Foundation in planning for appropriate space to house these materials.

Library collections:

The Archives, which opened in March 1994, house approximately 6.2 million pages of records as well as extensive photographs, film reels, and recordings. Approximately 46 million pages of official White House records from the Nixon Administration are stored at NARA's Archives II facility in College Park, Maryland in accordance with the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974, and will be transferred to the newly-federal Yorba Linda facility from 2007-2009. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff (nicknamed the "Nixon Project") had no previous affiliation with the Nixon Library, but lent materials to the Library & Birthplace in the past. Upon completion of the transfer of Nixon papers, gifts of state and memorabilia, the Nixon Materials Project will be discontinued. Once the transfer from the Nixon Presidential Materials project is complete, it will hold all of Nixon's presidential as well as his pre- and post-presidential papers.
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