Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace

The Nixon Library is know as final resting place of former American president Richard Nixon, 37th president of USA. The Presidential Library is just 15 minutes from Disneyland.

Nixon Library is the final resting place of former American president Richard Nixon. He was the 37th president of USA. The Nixon Library is located at 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA 92886, USA. The Presidential Library is just 15 minutes from Disneyland. Richard Nixon was former president of United States. He also had worked as a vice president before that He was elected as a president in January 20, 1969. His work for economic development of country and for the technology development is appreciated. It was during his time, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon. Nixon suffered a severe stroke on April 18, 1994 and died. Richard Nixon was buried besides his wife Pat, at Nixon Library.

Materials deeded by Richard Nixon to the National Archives in the late 1960’s which were housed at the NARA Pacific Region Branch in Laguna Niguel, California. This pre-Presidential collection was transferred to Yorba Linda in August 2006.

Presidential Materials, include: Textual — staff member and office files, subject files, name files, National Security files, Federal records, Haldeman diaries, oral histories, and exit interviews Audiovisual — approximately 500,000 photographs, 700 hours of film, over 4,000 hours of “off air” video recordings, and 4,469 audio recordings Nixon White House Tapes — copies of the publicly available tapes, totaling approximately 2,371 hours Presidential and Vice Presidential Gifts — over 3,000.

These materials collection include approximately 4,000 different recordings of broadcast video, almost 4,500 audio recordings, near 30,000 gifts from foreign heads of states, American citizens, and others, 300,000 still photographs, 2 million feet of film, 46 million pages of documents, and 3,700 hours of recorded conversations (famous “White House tapes”).

All these materials have been maintained by National Archives under the authority of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservations Act (PRMPA). In the year of 1987, The Nixon White House Special Files are released to the public. President Nixon prevents the release of 150,000 pages of documents, claiming they were purely “personal-private” and “personal-political.” The Nixon Presidential Returned Materials Collections were deeded by the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation to the National Archives and Records Administration on July 11, 2007. These materials were returned to Nixon and his estate after materials within the White House Central Files and White House Special Files were determined to be of a personal or political nature.

The pre and post-Presidential materials, including audiovisual materials, maintained by the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation archive department after 1990 remain in the legal custody of the Foundation. They are, however, administered by the Nixon Library staff. Copyright of these materials continues to be held by the Foundation. The Place is very informative and interesting. Many events held here which you can participate in. So visit the place and live the pages of history!

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