Digitization of Alexander Butterfield's White House Central Files Completed

July 11, 2025

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Completes Digitization of Alexander P. Butterfield’s White House Central Files

Press Release

July 11, 2025

Yorba Linda, CA

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum has completed the digitization of Alexander P. Butterfield’s White House Central Files, with 1,600 pages newly available in the National Archives Catalog.

These digital files are from the original collection maintained by the White House Central Files, first opened to in-person researchers in 1991. They complement other materials Butterfield later donated to the National Archives in 2016, which Library staff made physically available that year and digitally available in 2017.

Butterfield served as H. R. Haldeman's deputy on President Nixon’s staff as Deputy Assistant to the President. He served the administration from 1969 until he left to work as Administrator at the Federal Aviation Administration in early 1973.

About the Files

The newly digitized files contain memoranda, letters, and reports received by Butterfield principally in connection with his responsibilities for planning events in cooperation with the First Lady's staff, as a contact for those seeking the attention of the President, and as liaison with the Secret Service dealing with personnel and document security. The files described here were retired to the White House Central Files unit as Confidential Files Oversize Attachment 693.