More than 245,000 pages of records from the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidencies will be opened for research on Monday at their respective libraries, the National Archive announced Friday.

"I am delighted that the Obama administration has cleared the way to open these presidential records," said Adrienne Thomas, acting archivist of the United States.

"This action allows the American people to view historical records relating to the presidency and judge for themselves the actions of federal officials," Thomas said.

The records are being released in accordance with the Presidential Records Act and the new Executive Order 13489, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Jan. 21.

On Monday, the Reagan library in Simi Valley will open 244,966 pages of records processed in response to hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests.

The records include presidential briefing papers, Office of Speech writing research material and about 13,000 pages of declassified records on foreign policy topics.

To date, more than 10 million pages of presidential records have been processed at the Reagan library.

The same day, the George H. W. Bush library will open 797 pages of records that deal with Saudi Arabia. More than 6 million pages of presidential records have been processed at the Bush library in College Station, Texas.