My sympathy is with the Library here; Even Museums don’t preserve static displays forever.
If people only start finding books/evidence showing one view being showcased, then we have an issue. If however, we have the normal Academic/professional librarian, then don’t be surprised that he/she wants to make a splash bringing out different aspects of life other than the best known. They want to make their mark, not cling to the coat tails of their predecessors.
I’ve had significant professional dealing with University Libraries and professionals within them over the years. This isn’t political behaviour so much as Librarian behaviour. If it had been a static democrat display of such duration, they would have wished to changeit just as much.
From the website:
The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace opened its doors on July 19, 1990 with celebration, fanfare and more than 50,000 friends and well wishers including Presidents Nixon, Bush, Reagan and Ford and their First Ladies.
It is a privately supported, non-profit institution dedicated to educating the public about the life and times of the 37th President and encouraging interest in history, government and public affairs.
It’s beyond me why they would hire such a left-wing nut to run it and change things to NOT reflect the point of view of the President.
This isn’t just a matter of simply changing a display. When the government took over the library in 2007, the Watergate display was immediately dismantled, and the gallery remained empty for almost two years. The library’s new administrators could have at least retained the old display until they were ready to replace it.
I understand that the new display is finally in place and I am curious to see how it treats the event.