Description
The Richard Nixon Presidential Library holdings include more than 150 oral history interviews with many individuals who worked in the Nixon Presidential administration or were significant figures during the time. For a complete listing of the interviews, expand the Alphabetical Index below. You may also browse subject-oriented groupings for the individuals interviewed.
Then-Library Director Timothy Naftali conducted the vast majority of these interviews between 2006 and 2011. Most, but not all of these interviews, are currently open for research. Researchers may access DVD copies of all open interviews from this project in the Library’s research room. Some interviews are posted online. Between 2002 and 2003 Library staff members recorded interviews of five individuals associated with the administration. The transcripts of three of these interviews are available online and the video of the remaining are available in the Library’s Research Room. Finally, in 1987 and 1988 Library staff recorded interviews of ten members of the administration: Adams, Ash, Colson, Ehrlichman, Haldeman, King, Richardson, Schecter, Stuart and Whitaker. Researchers may access transcripts for eight of these interviews and audio recordings of the interviews with H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman.
Indexes
The video links below may lead to one of two video locations or formats:
- NIH: These videos were captioned with assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Use the CC button for supplemental text captioning.
- YouTube: These video links are to captioned files on YouTube. To see the captions, click on the [cc] button at the bottom of the video player.
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope A. Adams |
8/4/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Ralph D. Albertazzie |
12/12/2003 |
Open |
|
Videocassette |
| Lamar Alexander |
6/27/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Richard Allen |
9/23/2008 |
Unprocessed |
--- |
--- |
| Fred Altshuler |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Roy Ash |
1/13/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
8/4/1988 |
Open |
|
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|
4/9/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
| Pamela Bailey |
4/16/2009 |
Open |
||
| Jeffrey Banchero |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
|
|
| Maureen Barden |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Richard Ben-Veniste |
10/20/2008 |
Open |
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| Carl Bernstein |
10/22/2007 |
Open |
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| Robert Bork |
12/1/2008 |
Open |
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| Frank Borman |
5/2/2009 |
Open |
||
| Becky Bovell |
9/22/2008 |
Open |
||
| John Brademas |
10/5/2007 |
Open |
||
| Benjamin Bradlee |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
||
| Stephen Breyer |
12/3/2008 |
Open |
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| Steve Bull |
6/25/2007 |
Open |
||
| Alexander Butterfield |
6/12/2008 |
Open |
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| Earl Butz |
4/13/2007 |
Open |
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| Joseph Califano |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| Lou Cannon |
2/21/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Frank Carlucci |
6/25/2007 |
Open |
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| Henry Cashen |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| Jack Caulfield |
10/25/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Red Cavaney |
3/26/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Dwight Chapin |
4/2/2007 |
Open |
||
| Richard Cheney |
12/19/2007 |
Open |
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| John J. Chester |
7/30/2002 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| D. Todd Christofferson |
7/15/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton |
7/9/2018 |
Open |
--- |
|
| William S. Cohen |
11/14/2007 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Charles Colson |
6/15/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
9/21/1988 |
Open |
|
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|
8/17/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
|
9/24/2008 |
Open |
|||
| Michael Conway |
9/30/2011 |
Open |
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| Rufus Cormier |
8/30/2018 |
Open |
--- |
|
| Kenneth W. Dam |
11/13/2011 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Evan Davis |
9/29/2011 |
Open |
|
DVD |
| John Dean |
7/30/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Deke DeLoach |
3/28/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Chris DeMuth |
1/14/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| John Doar |
1/24/2014 |
Open |
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| Robert J. Dole |
3/4/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| John Ehrlichman |
8/11/1987 |
Open |
|
Audio CD |
|
11/3/1987 |
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|
11/21/1987 |
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| Daniel Ellsberg |
5/20/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Robert Ellsworth |
1/30/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| George Elsey |
6/30/2009 |
Open |
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| Mike Endicott |
7/27/2009 |
Open |
||
| Richard M. Fairbanks |
5/22/2009 |
Open |
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| James H. Falk, Sr. |
5/26/2009 |
Open |
||
| Owen Fiss |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
|
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| Peter Flanigan |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
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| Barbara Franklin |
3/7/2007 |
Open |
||
|
6/26/2007 |
Open |
|||
| Sir David Frost |
10/30/2007 |
Open |
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| Leonard Garment |
4/6/2007 |
Open |
||
|
10/5/2007 |
Open |
|||
| Leslie Gelb |
11/12/2007 |
Open |
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| David Gergen |
8/5/2009 |
Open |
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| Richard Gill |
9/30/2011 |
Open |
|
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| Alexander Haig |
11/30/2006 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| H. R. Haldeman |
8/13/1987 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
4/11-13/1987 |
Open |
|
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| Morton Halperin |
6/25/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Ed Harper |
6/27/2007 |
Open |
||
| Richard Hauser |
5/21/2009 |
Open |
||
| Steve Hess |
5/19/2009 |
Open |
||
| Walter Hickel |
4/25/2008 |
Open |
||
| Linwood Holton |
2/26/2007 |
Open |
||
| Elizabeth Holtzman |
4/5/2007 |
Open |
||
| Lee Huebner |
10/7/2009 |
Open |
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| Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. |
3/10/2008 |
Open |
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| Tom Charles Huston |
4/30/2008 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
|
6/27/2008 |
Open |
|||
| Dwight Ink |
7/28/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Jerome Jaffe |
7/29/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Robin Johansen |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
||
| David Hume Kennerly |
1/28/2008 |
Open |
||
| John Kerry |
7/24/2007 |
Open |
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| Bobbie Kilberg |
11/19/2007 |
Open |
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| Gwendolyn B. King |
5/23/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
5/24/1988 |
Open |
|
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| Herb Klein |
2/20/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Egil "Bud" Krogh |
1/8/2007 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
|
9/5/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Melvin R. Laird |
12/18/2006 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Anthony Lake |
4/30/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Dorothy Landsberg |
11/7/2011 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Angelo Lano |
5/28/2009 |
Open |
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| John Lehman |
10/4/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Terry Lenzner |
12/4/2008 |
Open |
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| G. Gordon Liddy |
3/6/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Art Linkletter |
1/23/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Trent Lott |
12/8/2008 |
Open |
||
| Jeb Stuart Magruder |
3/23/2007 |
Open |
||
| Fred Malek |
9/17/2007 |
Open |
||
| Eugenio Rolando Martinez |
3/25/2008 |
Open |
||
| George McGovern |
8/26/2009 |
Open |
||
| Dana Mead |
10/8/2009 |
Open |
||
| Harry Middleton |
2/17/2011 |
Open |
||
| Jonathan Moore |
2/11/2008 |
Open |
||
| Powell Moore |
5/19/2009 |
Open |
||
| Robert Moustakas |
11/7/2011 |
Open |
--- |
|
| Ed Nixon |
1/9/2007 |
Open |
||
| Bernard Nussbaum |
10/1/2011 |
Open |
|
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| Robert Odle |
5/12/2008 |
Open |
||
| Francis S. O'Brien |
9/29/2011 |
Open |
|
|
| Patrick O'Donnell |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| Terrence O'Donnell |
5/21/2009 |
Open |
||
| Paul O'Neill |
9/21/2007 |
Open |
||
| Leon Panetta |
5/23/2007 |
Open |
||
| David Parker |
3/17/2009 |
Open |
||
| Douglas Parker |
9/16/2011 |
Open |
||
| Brad Patterson |
2/15/2008 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| Hubert Perry |
10/25/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| John Price |
9/21/2007 |
Open |
||
| Raymond Price |
4/4/2007 |
Open |
||
| Charles Rangel |
6/28/2007 |
Open |
||
| Elliot L. Richardson |
5/31/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Malcolm Roberts |
4/25/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| William Ruckelshaus |
4/12/2007 |
Open |
||
| Donald Rumsfeld |
9/17/2007 |
Closed per Deed of Gift |
--- |
--- |
| Henry Ruth |
11/12/2011 |
Open |
--- |
DVD |
| Robert Sack |
9/27/2011 |
Open |
|
|
| William Safire |
3/27/2008 |
Open |
||
| Harold Saunders |
3/27/2009 |
Open |
||
| William B. Saxbe |
9/27/2002 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Jerrold Schecter |
2/24/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Jerry Schilling |
2/17/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| James Schlesinger |
12/10/2007 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| Daniel Schorr |
5/15/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Byron Schumaker |
11/26/2002 |
Open |
|
Videocassette |
| Walter Scott |
11/15/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Brent Scowcroft |
6/29/2007 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| John E. Sheehan |
11/26/2002 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Robert Shelton |
8/30/2018 |
Open |
--- |
|
| Geoffrey Shepard |
5/26/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
|
5/26/2009 |
Open |
--- |
||
| George P. Shultz |
5/10/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Laurence Silberman |
7/31/2009 |
Open |
||
| Earl Silbert |
9/17/2008 |
Open |
||
| Alan Simpson |
1/9/2008 |
Open |
||
| Michael Smith |
3/9/2009 |
Unprocessed |
--- |
--- |
| Constance C. Stuart |
8/15/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Larry Temple |
2/24/2011 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| William Timmons |
3/27/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Jim Tozzi |
3/26/2009 |
Open |
||
| Raymond Waldmann |
7/27/2009 |
Open |
||
| Ronald Walker |
2/19/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Mike Wallace |
7/21/2007 |
Closed for Privacy |
--- |
--- |
| Johnnie Walters |
10/18/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Jerry Warren |
6/29/2007 |
Open |
--- |
|
|
6/29/2007 |
Open |
|||
| Ben Wattenberg |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
||
| Arnold Weber |
11/15/2007 |
Open |
||
| Lowell Weicker |
10/23/2008 |
Open |
||
| William Weld |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
||
| Bruce Whelihan |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| John C. Whitaker |
12/30/1987 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
|
3/19/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
| Jill Wine-Banks |
10/21/2008 |
Open |
||
| Joseph Woods |
10/27/2011 |
Open |
||
| Bob Woodward |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
||
| Frank Zarb |
10/4/2007 |
Open |
||
| Stephen Zetterberg |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
The videos linked below were captioned with assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Use the CC button for supplemental text captioning.
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penelope A. Adams |
8/4/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Ralph D. Albertazzie |
12/12/2003 |
Open |
|
Videocassette |
| Lamar Alexander |
6/27/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Pamela Bailey |
4/16/2009 |
Open |
||
| Becky Bovell |
9/22/2008 |
Open |
||
| Steve Bull |
6/25/2007 |
Open |
||
| Alexander Butterfield |
6/12/2008 |
Open |
||
| Henry Cashen |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| Jack Caulfield |
10/25/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Red Cavaney |
3/26/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Dwight Chapin |
4/2/2007 |
Open |
||
| John J. Chester |
7/30/2002 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Charles Colson |
6/15/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
9/21/1988 |
Open |
|
||
|
8/17/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
|
9/24/2008 |
Open |
|||
| John Dean |
7/30/2007 |
Open |
||
| Chris DeMuth |
1/14/2008 |
Open |
||
| John Ehrlichman |
8/11/1987 |
Open |
|
Audio CD |
|
11/3/1987 |
||||
|
11/21/1987 |
||||
| Robert Ellsworth |
1/30/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Richard M. Fairbanks |
5/22/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| James H. Falk, Sr. |
5/26/2009 |
Open |
||
| Peter Flanigan |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
||
| Barbara Franklin |
3/7/2007 |
Open |
||
|
6/26/2007 |
Open |
|||
| Leonard Garment |
4/6/2007 |
Open |
||
|
10/5/2007 |
Open |
|||
| David Gergen |
8/5/2009 |
Open |
||
| Alexander Haig |
11/30/2006 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| H. R. Haldeman |
8/13/1987 |
Open |
|
|
|
4/11-13/1987 |
Open |
|
||
| Ed Harper |
6/27/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Richard Hauser |
5/21/2009 |
Open |
||
| Steve Hess |
5/19/2009 |
Open |
||
| Lee Huebner |
10/7/2009 |
Open |
||
| Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. |
3/10/2008 |
Open |
||
| Tom Charles Huston |
4/30/2008 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
|
6/27/2008 |
Open |
|||
| Dwight Ink |
7/28/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Bobbie Kilberg |
11/19/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Gwendolyn B. King |
5/23/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
5/24/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
| Herb Klein |
2/20/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Egil "Bud" Krogh |
1/8/2007 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
|
9/5/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
| G. Gordon Liddy |
3/6/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Jeb Stuart Magruder |
3/23/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Fred Malek |
9/17/2007 |
Open |
||
| Dana Mead |
10/8/2009 |
Open |
||
| Powell Moore |
5/19/2009 |
Open |
||
| Robert Odle |
5/12/2008 |
Open |
||
| Patrick O'Donnell |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| Terrence O'Donnell |
5/21/2009 |
Open |
||
| David Parker |
3/17/2009 |
Open |
||
| Douglas Parker |
9/16/2011 |
Open |
||
| Brad Patterson |
2/15/2008 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| John Price |
9/21/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Raymond Price |
4/4/2007 |
Open |
||
| Donald Rumsfeld |
9/17/2007 |
Closed per Deed of Gift |
--- |
--- |
| William Safire |
3/27/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Byron Schumaker |
11/26/2002 |
Open |
|
Videocassette |
| Geoffrey Shepard |
5/26/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
|
5/26/2009 |
Open |
--- |
||
| Michael Smith |
3/9/2009 |
Unprocessed |
--- |
--- |
| Constance C. Stuart |
8/15/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| William Timmons |
3/27/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Raymond Waldmann |
7/27/2009 |
Open |
||
| Ronald Walker |
2/19/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Jerry Warren |
6/29/2007 |
Open |
--- |
DVD |
|
6/29/2007 |
Open |
|||
| Arnold Weber |
11/15/2007 |
Open |
||
| Bruce Whelihan |
3/10/2009 |
Open |
||
| John C. Whitaker |
12/30/1987 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
|
3/19/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Allen |
9/23/2008 |
Unprocessed |
--- |
--- |
| Daniel Ellsberg |
5/20/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Alexander Haig |
11/30/2006 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| Morton Halperin |
6/25/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Anthony Lake |
4/30/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| John Lehman |
10/4/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Harold Saunders |
3/27/2009 |
Open |
The videos linked below were captioned with assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Use the CC button for supplemental text captioning.
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Ash |
1/13/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
|
8/4/1988 |
Open |
|
||
|
4/9/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
||
| Robert Bork |
12/1/2008 |
Open |
||
| Earl Butz |
4/13/2007 |
Open |
||
| Frank Carlucci |
6/25/2007 |
Open |
||
| Richard Cheney |
12/19/2007 |
Open |
||
| Kenneth W. Dam |
11/13/2011 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Deke DeLoach |
3/28/2009 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Mike Endicott |
7/27/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Richard Fairbanks |
5/22/2009 |
Open |
||
| Alexander Haig |
11/30/2006 |
Open |
Transcript |
|
| Walter Hickel |
4/25/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Jon M. Huntsman, Sr. |
3/10/2008 |
Open |
||
| Jerome Jaffe |
7/29/2009 |
Open |
||
| Melvin R. Laird |
12/18/2006 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Angelo Lano |
5/28/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Jeb Stuart Magruder |
3/23/2007 |
Open |
||
| Fred Malek |
9/17/2007 |
Open |
||
| Jonathan Moore |
2/11/2008 |
Open |
||
| Robert Odle |
5/12/2008 |
Open |
||
| Paul O'Neill |
9/21/2007 |
Open |
||
| Leon Panetta |
5/23/2007 |
Open |
||
| Elliot L. Richardson |
5/31/1988 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| Malcolm Roberts |
4/25/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| William Ruckelshaus |
4/12/2007 |
Open |
||
| Donald Rumsfeld |
9/17/2007 |
Closed per Deed of Gift |
--- |
--- |
| William B. Saxbe |
9/27/2002 |
Open |
|
Transcript |
| James Schlesinger |
12/10/2007 |
Open |
||
| Brent Scowcroft |
6/29/2007 |
Open |
||
| John E. Sheehan |
11/26/2002 |
Open |
|
|
| George P. Shultz |
5/10/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Laurence Silberman |
7/31/2009 |
Open |
||
| Jim Tozzi |
3/26/2009 |
Open |
||
| Johnnie Walters |
10/18/2008 |
Open |
||
| John C. Whitaker |
3/19/2007 |
Open |
||
| Frank Zarb |
10/4/2007 |
Open |
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Borman |
5/2/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
The video linked below was captioned with assistance from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Use the CC button for supplemental text captioning.
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Gordon Liddy |
3/6/2008 |
Under Review |
--- |
--- |
| Jeb Stuart Magruder |
3/23/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
|
| Fred Malek |
9/17/2007 |
Open |
||
| Eugenio Rolando Martinez |
3/25/2008 |
Open |
||
| Robert Odle |
5/12/2008 |
Open |
On February 6, 1974, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 80, which authorized the House Committee on the Judiciary “to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America.”
Soon thereafter, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter W. Rodino assigned Francis O’Brien from his staff to identify someone to lead the Impeachment Inquiry staff. After a national search, Chairman Rodino selected John Doar, a former head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Special Counsel to the Committee. He was joined by Albert E. Jenner as Special Counsel to the Minority. Doar and Jenner put together a staff of relatively young lawyers and researchers, a number of whom rose to prominence in later years – including future Massachusetts Governor William Weld, future judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Robert D. Sack, future White House Counsel Bernard W. Nussbaum and future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham.
Much of the focus of the staff was to produce a series of Statements of Information for the members of the Judicial Committee. These Statements of Information consisted of chronologies of events relating to the Watergate break-in and aftermath, allegations of misconduct relating to ITT, the so-called milk fund controversy, White House surveillance and campaign activities, use of the Internal Revenue Service to investigate opponents, the President’s tax deductions for the donation of pre-presidential papers, the bombing of Cambodia and use of government funds for President Nixon’s private properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne. Some members of the staff also researched the historical precedents for impeachment, the questions of what is an impeachable offense, transcribed White House tapes and examined procedures for a possible Senate trial.
John Doar emphasized to his staff the importance of not talking about the Impeachment Inquiry at the time – an admonition that the staff carried with them when the work was done. The staff member oral histories represents perhaps the first time staff members have publicly discussed details of their work on the Impeachment Inquiry.
This collection includes interviews with both members of the Committee and Congressional staffers.
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Committee Members
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| John Doar |
7/24/2014 |
Open |
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| Elizabeth Holtzman |
4/5/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Trent Lott |
12/8/2008 |
Open |
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| Charles Rangel |
6/28/2007 |
Open |
Staff Members
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Altshuler |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Jeffrey Banchero |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Maureen Barden |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Michael Conway |
9/30/2011 |
Open |
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| Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton |
7/9/2018 |
Open |
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| Rufus Cormier |
8/30/2018 |
Open |
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| Evan Davis |
9/29/2011 |
Open |
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| Owen Fiss |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Richard Gill |
9/30/2011 |
Open |
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| Robin Johansen |
10/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Dorothy Landsberg |
11/7/2011 |
Open |
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| Bernard Nussbaum |
10/1/2011 |
Open |
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| Francis S. O'Brien |
9/29/2011 |
Open |
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| Robert Sack |
9/27/2011 |
Open |
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| Robert Shelton |
8/30/2018 |
Open |
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| William Weld |
9/28/2011 |
Open |
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| Joseph Woods |
10/27/2011 |
Open |
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| D. Todd Christofferson |
7/15/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Earl Silbert |
9/17/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| Richard Ben-Veniste |
10/20/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Stephen Breyer |
12/3/2008 |
Open |
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| Henry Ruth |
11/12/2011 |
Open |
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| Jill Wine-Banks |
10/21/2008 |
Open |
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| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| Carl Bernstein |
10/22/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Benjamin Bradlee |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Lou Cannon |
2/21/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Sir David Frost |
10/30/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Leslie Gelb |
11/12/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| David Hume Kennerly |
1/28/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Art Linkletter |
1/23/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Jerrold Schecter |
2/24/1988 |
Open |
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Transcript |
| Jerry Schilling |
2/17/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Daniel Schorr |
5/15/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Mike Wallace |
7/21/2007 |
Closed for Privacy |
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| Ben Wattenberg |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Bob Woodward |
12/14/2010 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| Daniel Ellsberg |
5/20/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| John Kerry |
7/24/2007 |
Open |
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| Robert Moustakas |
11/7/2011 |
Open |
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| Name |
Date |
Status |
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Research Room |
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| John Brademas |
10/5/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| William S. Cohen |
11/14/2007 |
Under Review |
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| Robert J. Dole |
3/4/2008 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Linwood Holton |
2/26/2007 |
Open |
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| Elizabeth Holtzman |
4/5/2007 |
Open |
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| Trent Lott |
12/8/2008 |
Open |
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| George McGovern |
8/26/2009 |
Open |
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| Charles Rangel |
6/28/2007 |
Open |
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| Walter Scott |
11/15/2007 |
Open |
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| Alan Simpson |
1/9/2008 |
Open |
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| Lowell Weicker |
10/23/2008 |
Open |
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| Stephen Zetterberg |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| Joseph Califano |
4/3/2007 |
Open |
Transcript |
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| George Elsey |
6/30/2009 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Harry Middleton |
2/17/2011 |
Open |
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| Larry Temple |
2/24/2011 |
Under Review |
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| Name |
Date |
Status |
Online |
Research Room |
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| Ed Nixon |
1/9/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
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| Hubert Perry |
10/25/2007 |
Open |
DVD |
Descriptions for 1987-1988 and 2002-2003 Oral Histories
- Adams, Penelope A.
Interview Date: August 4, 1988
Penelope A. Adams was the radio and television coordinator and later deputy press secretary for Mrs. Nixon. She worked in the White House from December 1, 1969 to September 1973. In the interview, she discussed her working relationship with the West Wing Staff and anecdotes about the celebrities who were invited to the Evenings with the White House including Pearl Bailey, Ray Conniff, Beverly Sills, Red Skelton, Johnny Cash, Peggy Lee, Merle Haggard, and David Frost.
- Ralph D. Albertazzie
Interview Date: December 12, 2003
Colonel Ralph D. Albertazzie was the pilot of the President's aircraft, "Air Force One," from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974. The colonel flew President Nixon and his staff on his landmark trips to China, the Soviet Union, and the Mideast. In his interview, Colonel Albertazzie discussed his relationship with the President and the White House Staff and his role in the historic summit trips to China and the Soviet Union in 1972.
- Ash, Roy L.
Interview Date: January 13, and August 4, 1988
Roy L. Ash served as the Chairman of the President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization (PACEO) from 1969-1970 and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 1972 to 1974. He was also Assistant to the President for Executive Management (1973-1974). In his interview, Mr. Ash discussed government organization and management, the President's management style, and his role in domestic policy making, especially after John Ehrlichman left the administration. Other topics addressed include the Domestic Council, the Super Cabinet proposal, New Federalism, and the Space Shuttle Program.
- Chester, John J.
Interview Date: July 30, 2002
John J. Chester, an Ohio attorney, was a member of President Nixon's defense team during the Watergate crisis in 1974. In his interview, Mr. Chester discussed a variety of topics related to Watergate. He also related a conversation he later had with Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr relating Watergate to the William J. Clinton impeachment proceedings. Other matters that Mr. Chester covered included his relationship with people such as Special Counsel James St. Clair and U.S. Attorney General William B. Saxbe; his day-to-day activities as Special Counsel; and his life before and after his career at the Nixon White House.
- Colson, Charles W.
Interview Date: September 21, 1988 and June 15, 1988
Charles Colson was Special Counsel to the President. He was responsible for political liaison with nongovernmental organizations. His duties also included lobbying on behalf of the administration and political analysis. In his interview, Mr. Colson described the reorganization of the administration after the 1972 election and his resignation. He also talked about his relationships with H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell. Other topics discussed include Watergate, President Nixon's management style, the Vietnam War, the White House tapes, George Wallace, Henry Kissinger, busing, television network relations, the hardhats' march, President Nixon's attitudes toward Jews, Teamsters Union, Alexander Haig, Billy Graham, and Ross Perot.
- John Ehrlichman
Interview Date: August 11, 1987, November 3, 1987 and November 21, 1987
John D. Ehrlichman's first position in the Nixon administration was Counsel to the President. These interviews discuss a range of topics including the Apollo program, the domestic council and domestic policy issues, White House staff and further recollections of his years working for Richard Nixon.
- H. R. Haldeman
Interview Date: August 13, 1987 and April 11-13, 1988
H. R. Haldeman was President Nixon's Chief of Staff; however, his official title was Assistant to the President. The extensive interviews addressed a wide variety of topics including White House staff work and many of the major personalities in the administration. The interviews contain lengthy discussions of Mr. Haldeman's impressions of President Nixon's management style, personality, and policy goals. Other topics include the White House taping system, Mr. Haldeman's diary, White House public relations, the administration's reaction to press leaks, and Watergate.
- King, Gwendolyn B.
Interview Date: May 23 and 24, 1988
Gwendolyn B. King served as Director of Correspondence for the First Lady. Her responsibilities included answering all mail received by Mrs. Nixon, Julie and David Eisenhower, and Tricia and Edward Cox. In addition to discussing her duties and relationships with the First Family, Ms. King related anecdotes about Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, Helene Drown, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Lady Bird Johnson and described her work for the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Administrations.
- Richardson, Elliot L.
Interview Date: May 31, 1988
Elliot L. Richardson served as Under Secretary of State (1969-1970), Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1970-1973), Secretary of Defense (Jan.-May 1973) and Attorney General (May-October 1973). In the interview, Mr. Richardson addressed his work at the State Department and Health, Education, and Welfare but not as Secretary of Defense or Attorney General. He also talked about the Vietnam War.
- Saxbe, William B.
Interview Date: September 27, 2002
William B. Saxbe, an Ohio attorney and U.S. Senator, was Attorney General in 1974. In his interview, Mr. Saxbe related his views about the Nixon Administration's involvement in Watergate, Attorney General Elliot Richardson's handling of Watergate, his own relationship as Attorney General with the Watergate Special Prosecutor and President Nixon, the Nixon tapes, and the impact of Watergate on the Justice Department and the Presidency. He also discussed the transition from President Nixon to President Gerald Ford. Other matters that Mr. Saxbe covered included Justice Department affairs other than Watergate; and his career prior to and following his departure from the Ford administration.
- Schecter, Jerrold
Interview Date: February 24, 1988
Jerrold Schecter was a journalist who worked as the White House correspondent for Time in 1971 and 1972 and diplomatic editor for the magazine in 1973 and 1974. In his interview, Mr. Schecter discussed reporting on President Nixon and Henry Kissinger as well as the Vietnam War and the President's trip to China in 1972.
- Schumaker, Byron
Interview Date: November 26, 2002
Byron Schumaker was one of the two White House photographers who traveled with President Nixon on his historic trip to the People's Republic of China in February 1972. He served as a White House photographer from 1970 to 1973 under Ollie Atkins, President Nixon's Chief Photographer. He also accompanied the President to the Soviet Union in June 1972.
- Sheehan, John E.
Interview Date: August 19, 2002
John E. Sheehan, a Kentucky businessman, was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) from 1972 to 1975. In his interview, Mr. Sheehan discussed how he controlled the board's spending and increased the Federal Reserve System's revenue. He talked about how his appointment came about and his views of monetarism, wage and price controls, and the ending of the gold standard. He described the relationship between the Nixon White House and the FRB, and outlined how the FRB made monetary policy. Other matters that Mr. Sheehan covered included security at the Watergate Office Building; the problems of inflation and unemployment in 1973, 1974, and 1975; the Arab oil embargo; his views of John Connally and Arthur Burns; the Nixon tapes; and his career before and after leaving the Nixon White House.
- Stuart, Constance C.
Interview Date: August 15, 1988
Constance C. Stuart served simultaneously as staff director and press secretary for the First Lady starting in October 1969. Ms. Stuart described the operation of her staff whose duties included managing press relations, correspondence, scheduling, and social events for Mrs. Nixon, Tricia and David Eisenhower, and Julie and Edward Cox. She talked about Mrs. Nixon and the 1972 Africa trip. Ms. Stuart also discussed her relations with the President and his staff.
- Whitaker, John C.
Interview Date: December 30, 1987
John C. Whitaker was Cabinet Secretary in 1969 and a member of the Domestic Council staff from 1969 to 1973. As a member of the Domestic Council, Mr. Whitaker had responsibility for environmental and natural resources policies. In his interview, Mr. Whitaker shared his impressions of his colleagues especially President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and George Schultz. He also discussed the origin of the Nixon Doctrine. He does not discuss the work of the Domestic Council or environmental policies much.