Nixon Presidential Library & Museum

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Beginning in February 1971, President Nixon began secretly taping conversations and telephone calls in several locations.
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Expansion of the Nixon Library: Building the California home for the Presidential Records
The Archival addition is on schedule to be completed in November 2009. The Presidential material will be moved from College Park, Maryland to the site in 2010. A schedule of Reference closures and move dates will be posted soon.

Called Upon By The Voice Of My Country: Inaugurations As History, Ritual And Celebration
October 31, 2008 to April 19, 2009.
Robert Scheer

Called upon by the Voice of my Country: Inaugurations as History, Ritual and Celebration. The initial title recalls George Washington’s brief words from his 1793 inaugural address. Highlights include a 1789 letter from George Washington to James Madison asking him to secure lodgings for him as he prepared to travel to New York for his inauguration as new President of the U.S.; there's also a portion of William Henry Harrison's 1841 Inaugural Address. Modern US Presidents' speeches will include FDR's 1937 and 1945 addresses, Reagan's 1985 speech, Clinton's 1993 speech, and President Nixon's 1969 address. Audiovisual material and photographs will be displayed, as well as a good representation of inaugural collectibles from Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.. On display will be both 1969 inaugural ball gowns worn by Tricia Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower as well as First Lady Laura Bush’s own gown from the 2005 inaugural ball.
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198 hours of Nixon White House tape recordings and approximately 90,000 pages of textual materials from the Nixon Presidency. Opening December 2, 2008
Daily Diary
The Nixon Presidential Library announces the release of tape recordings and textual material.

Tapes
Approximately 198 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House recorded between November and December 1972 and consisting of approximately 1,398 conversations. The conversations cover topics such as the 1972 Presidential and Congressional elections, reorganization of the executive branch, creation of a “New Majority” for a reinvigorated Republican Party or new conservative third party, the late stages of the peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, and the decision to bomb the Hanoi and Haiphong areas in North Vietnam. All 198 hours of tape recordings will be made available on the web at www.nixonlibrary.gov. They will also be available at both the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA and at the National Archives College Park, MD facility.

Textual
30 cubic feet of textual materials from the White House Central Files - Staff Member and Office Files of J. Fred Buzhardt, President Nixon’s attorney during the Watergate scandal, and Bryce Harlow, senior adviser and counselor to President Nixon. The opening will also include approximately 10 cubic feet of textual materials from the Jeb Stuart Magruder papers relating to his service on the Committee to Re-elect the President.
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