The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. The library is located in Simi Valley, in Southern California, and was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates. Construction of the library began in 1988, and the center was dedicated on November 4, 1991. It was the last presidential library to be named after a sitting president.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is the repository of presidential records from the administration of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. It is the largest of the 13 federally operated presidential libraries, containing millions of documents, photographs, films and tapes. There is a permanent exhibit covering the President’s life, as well as memorabilia such as Air Force One, the aircraft personally used by the president, and a section of masonry from the Berlin Wall. The library is located in Simi Valley, in Southern California, and was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates. Construction of the library began in 1988, and the center was dedicated on November 4, 1991. At the time of its dedication, it was the first time in U.S. history that five United States Presidents gathered together in the same place: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush, Pat Nixon, Betty Johnson and Betty Rosalynn Johnson. Only Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis did not attend; but, her children Caroline Kennedy and Caroline Schlossberg were in attendance along with Luci Turpin, younger daughter of Luci Johnson Turpin. In 2007, thousands of artifacts were reported missing, and poor record-keeping as well and a breakdown in security software were blamed. The first person to propose a site for the Reagan Library was W. Glenn Campbell, director of the Hoover Institution, a right wing think tank much used by Reagan for policy positions. Campbell contacted Reagan in February 1981 to say that the Hoover Institute was willing to host the Ronald Reagan Library at their headquarters on the campus of Stanford University in Northern California.
The plans included three components: an archival library for researchers, a museum for the general public and a Center for Public Affairs which would serve as a think tank to promote the ideas of the Reagan Foundation. Stanford’s Board of Trustees approved the location in December 1983 and the agreement was announced in February 1984. In 1987, the library plans were canceled by Stanford in 1987 and the site in Simo Valley was chosen the same year. The dedication ceremonies for the library were held in November 1991, and were attended by six First Ladies: Barbara Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Betty Reagan, Pat Carter, Betty Nixon, Pat Ford, Betty Rosnalynne Johnson, and Betty Johnson, along with descendants of Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. The Reagan Library is administered by the National Archives and Records Administration and is under the authority of the Presidential Records Act of 1974. It was the last presidential library to be named after a sitting president; it was named after Ronald Reagan’s father, Ronald Reagan. It has been open to the public since 1984 and is located on the same campus as the Reagan Presidential Museum in California, which was opened in 1987. It also houses a permanent exhibition covering the president’s life. The Ronald Reagan Museum, which opened in 1989, is on the grounds of the University of California, Los Angeles. The museum is open to visitors and is open for a limited period of time.
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