Is the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California a part of the Presidential Library System?
• The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California, is a privately funded and operated institution and is not a part of the Presidential Library System operated by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). • On July 11, 2007, the National Archives and Records Administration opened the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. • By agreement between the private Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace Foundation and the National Archives, control over the bulk of the facilities of the private Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace were transferred over to the federal government for use by the new Library. In addition, the transfer agreement gave to the Federal government presidential materials previously returned to President Nixon and his estate in the 1980s and 1990s. • Upon the completion of a suitable addition to the library, the Nixon presidential materials in College Park, Maryland, including the tapes, papers and head of state gifts will be moved
