 | Richard Nixon Collection
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 | Richard Nixon is Winning Orator
Yorba Linda Star March 29 1929 page 1 |
| Congressman Tells Y. L. Audience How Communist Spy Ring Works
Yorba Linda Star October 8 1948 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda Does Her Little Part in Electing Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1950 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda Signally Honored by Visit of Favorite Son
Yorba Linda Star October 31 1952 page 1 |
| Responsibility of Government Passes into Republican Hands as Voters Approve Ike and Dick
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1952 page 1 |
| Vice-President's Visit to Yorba Linda Enjoyed by Large Crowd
Yorba Linda Star November 4 1954 page 1 |
| Many Yorba Lindans, Many Guests Pay Tribute to the Vice President
Yorba Linda Star January 15 1959 page 1 |
| Big day for Yorba Lindans when the vice-president visits
Yorba Linda Star June 18 1959 page 1 |
| Yorba Linda leads nation with first “Nixon for President” Club
Yorba Linda Star September 3 1959 page 1 |
| Home town gives Nixon big vote
Yorba Linda Star November 10 1960 page 1 |
| Brown elected; Rafferty wins
Yorba Linda Star November 14 1962 page 1 |
| City Jubilant over Nixon victory
1968 page 1 |
| Form committee to preserve Nixon birthplace
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 |
| North Hollywood man pays $250 for president-elect Nixon's hat
Yorba Linda Star November 20 1968 page 1 |
| Nixon Birthplace Foundation organized here
Yorba Linda Star December 4 1968 page 1 |
| Dedication on President's birthday
Yorba Linda Star January 12 1972 page 1 |
| Nixon wins big in birthplace city
Yorba Linda Star November 15 1972 page 1 |
| Nixon Impeachment Rally Staged At Local Park
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star November 7 1973 page 1 |
| Residents saddened by Nixon resignation
by Julia Carey,
Yorba Linda Star August 14 1974 page 1 |
| 10-year effort ends with sale of Nixon home
by Margaret Anderson,
Yorba Linda Star July 15 1978 page 1 |
| Archives Find Yorba Linda Home
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 10 1987 page 1 |
| Nixon library site deemed historic by commission
Yorba Linda Star June 9 1988 page 3 |
| Library groundbreaking date set
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star July 21 1988 page 1 |
| Nixon Library to break ground
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 1 1988 page 1 |
| Ground broken for Nixon library
by Janette Neumann,
Yorba Linda Star December 8 1988 page 1 |
| Fanfare greets Nixon Library
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 26 1990 page 1 |
| 5,000 pay their respects to former first lady
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 |
| Time for tears, celebration
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star July 1 1993 page 1 |
| Man of vision, man of history
by David Montero,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 3 |
| Residents cherish Nixon's ties to city
by Bruce Bailey,
Yorba Linda Star April 28 1994 page 1 |
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5,000 pay their respects to former first ladyYorba Linda Star July 1 1993 
The lady is dead, but charisma lives on.
An estimated 5,000 people filed past the mahogany casket of former first lady Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan Nixon after waiting for hours in the hot afternoon sun beating down on the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace.
Mrs. Nixon, 81 died of lung cancer at her home in Park Ridge, N.J., June 22.
Though most had never met Mrs. Nixon, all knew of her and loved her for her inner strength and gracious manner.
Gwen Becker of Yorba Linda, who said she knew Mrs. Nixon slightly, said, “she was a perfect lady, I must say.”
That sentiment was echoed by Jeanne Webb of Garden Grove.
“Pat handled everything gracefully and raised a perfect family.”
By the time the library doors opened, well-wishers formed a line more than two blocks long along the front of the library grounds.
Some wore Air Force uniforms. Others came in T-shirts and jeans. Some wore black. Some carried flowers, others brought cards.
All were received, as Mrs. Nixon undoubtedly would have wanted.
They came from Mission Viejo and San Juan Capistrano, Corona, Fullerton, Long Beach, Cypress, Placentia, Brea, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Whittier.
Eighty-year-old Anne Teta, dressed in a knitted cap, rode a series of buses from Pasadena to say farewell to her old acquaintance.
“I once met Pat at Whittier College in the 50's,” Teta said.
“Pat had been an honored guest at a function and I gave her some information about a teacher and she really appreciated that.”
Teta's return trip was easier. Moved by the woman's effort, library staffers decided a bus wasn't good enough.
They provided a car and a member of the city's newly formed Community Action Patrol chauffeured her right to her doorstep.
When Teta left, other lined up in her place.
Karen Danskin, a 17-year-old Yorba Linda resident, made her first visit to the library.
Barbara Pinge said she admired Mrs. Nixon for her loyalty to her husband and family.
Flowers and cards lined the reception counter. Some bore a simple address, “For the Nixon family,” or “Mr. Nixon.” One said “former President Mr. Richard Nixon and Family.”
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