White House Press Office (White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files)

Boxes:   1-50
Series:   White House Press Releases 
Spans:   1969-1974
Description:   This series contains press releases issued by the White House. It includes notices to the press, executive orders, pool reports, presidential statements, biographies of newly appointed officials, the President's schedule, and presidential proclamations. The topics addressed cover the full range of activities and policies of the Nixon White House. Arranged chronologically.

Boxes:   51-52
Series:   Press Releases Not Released to the Press 
Spans:   1969-1973
Description:   This series contains drafted press notices that were never released to the press. Most concern remarks that the President or administration officials made on various subjects. The first folder in each box contains a table of contents that lists the unreleased notices. Arranged chronologically.

Boxes:   53-54
Series:   First Lady's Press Releases 
Spans:   1969-1974
Description:   This series contains press releases concerning the First Lady and First Family. Intermingled are a small number of memoranda related to White House social events. Arrangement for almost all of the files is chronological but a few files are grouped by subject.

Boxes:   55-101
Series:   White House Press Conferences 
Spans:   1969-1974
Description:   This series contains transcripts of regular press conferences given by White House Press Office personnel. Initially, briefings were given by Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler. During the last two years of Nixon's presidency, press conference duties largely shifted to Deputy Press Secretary Gerald Warren. Press conferences were generally given at the White House, although Warren and Ziegler gave occasional briefings from Key Biscayne, Florida and San Clemente, California while traveling with the President. The press conferences cover the full range of the activities of the administration with especially extensive attention to the war in Southeast Asia, the President's 1971 trip to China, and the Watergate break-in and subsequent events. Arranged chronologically.

Boxes:   102-103
Series:   Official Transcripts of Presidential Press Conferences 
Spans:   1969-1974
Description:   This series contains two sets of official White House transcripts of Presidential news conferences. Arranged chronologically.

Boxes:   104
Series:   Left to Right Identifications 
Spans:   1974
Description:   This series contains notices to the press providing identification of participants at meetings, ceremonies, and photo opportunities with the President. Arranged in reverse chronological order.

Boxes:   104
Series:   President's Schedule 
Spans:   1974
Description:   This series contains notices to the press providing the President's official schedule for the day. Arranged chronologically.

Boxes:   105-110
Series:   Background Briefings
Spans:   January 1969-July 1974
Description:   This series contains transcripts of background briefings given to the press on domestic and foreign policy issues. The transcripts include the ground rules such as whether direct quotations were permissible and how the information was to be attributed. Arranged chronologically.

Processing Note: The Background Briefings series was opened on September 24, 2026.