Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Facts

Original Building

Architect: The Stubbins Associates, Boston, MA
Style: Spanish Mission (with Red Tiled Roof and Central Courtyard)
General Contractor: Peck/Jones, Los Angeles, CA
Size: 150,000 square feet total
CostL $40.4 million (Construction Contract) $57 million total
Fundraising and Construction Costs Provided by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation

Location

40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA  93065
Ventura County, Simi Valley/Thousand Oaks, CA
Site: 29 acre campus on 100 acres|
Donated by Blakeley-Swartz Development Partnership

Library Operations

The Library is a federal government historical research facility and public museum. The Presidential Library system is composed of sixteen Presidential Libraries across 14 facilities nationwide. These facilities are overseen by the Office of Presidential Libraries, in the National Archives and Records Administration.. The Library shares the campus space with the offices of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.

Library Holdings

• Textual Material - 63.6 million pages
• Audiovisual - 1,623,000 still photographs
  • 670,000 feet of motion picture film
  • 20,500 video tapes
  • 25,500 audio recordings
• Gifts/Artifacts - 62,317 objects
• Printed Material: 74,000
  • 16,000 volumes of books
  • 58,000 serials and other items

Storage Conditions
Textual records - Temperature (63º) and Humidity (45%) Controlled; Earthquake Bracing and Restraints
Audiovisual - Cold Storage (62º and 35º) for Negatives  and Motion Picture Film Prints; Earthquake Restraints
Museum - Museum object storage units for general conservation and earthquake protection