Library Ruminations
George Will’s column earlier this week was apropos his visit to the Truman Presidential Library in Independence.
View ArticleThe Appeasement Chronicles
As President Bush continues to receive criticism about his recent remarks in a speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem, many are taking a fresh look at the personalities and politics of previous...
View Article“The Strong Man”: Mitchell and Secrets of Watergate
Greetings, supporters and students of Richard Nixon! Just a note to thank you in advance for welcoming me to the Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda this coming Tuesday, June 17,...
View Article“The Strong Man” Visits Yorba Linda
Greetings once again, supporters and students of Richard Nixon! Just a note to report on my visit to the Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda this past June 17, and to thank all the folks there...
View ArticleAll Wrapped Up With Tape
Earlier in the week, the Nixon tapes on Vietnam, among other things. Now, LBJ’s view.
View ArticleSaving Presidential Paper In A Post-Print World
Mark Feeney says we don’t need Presidential libraries anymore. Then how about we put the stuff in the Feeney family garage? Read more here.
View ArticleJohn Dean At Yorba Linda, or Who’s Deep Throat Now?
Tomorrow, June 17, is the thirty-seventh anniversary of the Watergate break-in. At the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, it will be marked by a lecture and book-signing by...
View ArticleWhen Seventies Phenomena Collide
Tonight, former Nixon White House counsel Luke W. – I mean, John W. Dean III appeared at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. Speaking before an audience of close to 300,...
View ArticleOn Documents & Reassessment
Whenever new documents (or in the case of RN – tapes and documents are released), it is an opportunity to reassess a subject. Or at the very least, provide some nuance into the subject. Probably the...
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America’s New Archivist
David S. Ferriero has been nominated by President Obama to be the 10th Archivist of the United States. He is seen above in the Main Reading Room at the 5th Avenue and 42nd Street branch of the New...
View ArticleGeorge McGovern Speaks At The Nixon Library
On Wednesday night, a crowd of over 700 gathered in Yorba Linda to see former Senator George McGovern talk about his new book, a short biography of Abraham Lincoln. The event, co-sponsored by the...
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Welcome To The Club
Groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center —the latest addition to the National Archives’ system of Presidential Libraries— will begin a year from now. The designs of architect Robert...
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12.2.69
Forty years ago today, on 2 December 1969, RN signed House and Senate bills dealing with the preservation of presidential homes and birthplaces. 60 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH: 27 was born here on 15...
View ArticleBuck Or Hot Potato?
In the old West, when the boys played poker at the saloon, or wherever, along with the cards, chips, money, and various beverages, the table was also adorned with a knife–one with a buckhorn handle....
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The Effective Use Of The President’s Time
In a Special Presidents’ Day Panel, RN’s Oval Office Team discussed how they created the model for White House management. The Oval Office Team (left to right): Dwight Chapin, Steve Bull, Larry Higby...
View ArticleManaging The Nixon Oval Office
On Presidents’ Day 2010, more than five thousand packed the Nixon Library and were welcomed with cherry pie and appearances by Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. Then at...
View ArticleA Historian’s Responsibility
Recently the New Yorker came out with allegations that Stephen Ambrose (famed WWII and Nixon Biographer) exaggerated his contact with Dwight Eisenhower, General of the Army and 34th President of the...
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