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[Specified item], Box/Folder #, Law Spec. Coll. 08, Watergate Collection, 1974, Charles B. Sears Law Library, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Acquisition InformationGift of William P. Dixon, 1975.
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CopyrightMost of the materials are U.S. government documents and in the public domain. Copyright for the other materials in the collection does not reside with the Law Library. Therefore, patrons wishing to publish any item, or part of an item from this collection for any purpose, are responsible for securing requisite permissions. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library'ss usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Alternate FormsSome of this material was published as official U.S. government documents and Law Library holdings are so noted in the container list.
Processing InformationProcessed by Kristen Rinaldo, November 2006.
Accruals and AdditionsNo further accruals are expected to this collection.
William P. Dixon was born December 12, 1943, in Buffalo, N.Y. He received a B.S. in 1965 and a J.D. in 1970 from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
From 1970 to 1972, Dixon was an associate attorney with the Milwaukee law firm of Foley and Lardner. From 1972 to 1973, he was chief counsel to Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey.
Dixon was counsel to the U.S. Congress House Judiciary Committee from 1973 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977 he was General Counsel and deputy staff director of the U.S. Congress House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee. From 1977 to 1979 he was U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank.
Aside from serving as Chief of Staff to Senator Gary Hart from 1985 to 1987, Mr. Dixon was in private practice from 1979 on and at the time of this writing in Madison, Wisconsin, Of Counsel with the firm of Miner Barnhill and Gallard .
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee was authorized on February 6th, 1974 by H.Res. 803 "to investigate 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." Hearings were held from May through July 1974. Nixon resigned on August 8th, 1974. Useful resources for historical context are listed under Related Resources at the end of this finding aid.
The collection contains a set of background materials prepared for use by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in its impeachment investigation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. Included are many handwritten notes. Some of this material was published as official government documents and Law Library holdings are so noted.
The collection is arranged in 17 series:
I. Dixon Notebooks - Statements of Information
II. Statements of Information - Table of Contents
III. Index to Investigative Files - House Committee on the Judiciary
IV. Summary of Information
V. Briefing Book
VI. Minority Memorandum on Law and Evidence
VII. Draft Articles of Impeachment
VIII. Cambodia
IX. Nomination of Richard G. Kleindienst for Attorney General
X. Stenographic Minutes of Hearings Before the House Judiciary Committee - Impeachment Inquiry
XI. White House Tape Transcripts
XII. Impeachment Inquiry Staff Reports
XIII. Secondary Material (Used by Dixon)
XIV. Congressional Record
XV. Dixon Background Notes
XVI. Government Documents
XVII. Supplemental Material
I contains William Dixon's nine notebooks which are numbered I to IX (not to be confused with Series numbering). Each notebook contains an overall table of contents and is in original order. Series II-XVI each preserve William Dixon's working order and several of these series have self contained tables of contents or outlines as noted. Series XVII contains materials added by the processor.
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I. Dixon Notebooks - Statements of Information |
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This series contains notebooks kept by William P. Dixon, counselor. They contain the evidence assembled by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary Committee. Each book contains an overall table of contents. They also contain the Statements of Information. Note: Also available in Law Library KF 27 J8 1974d |
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I notebooks are numbered I to IX. Each book is divided into sections and sub-section (e.g. 2.1-3.4). Each subsection (.1) has a Table of Contents preceding it. Series II contains all of these Table of Content pages. |
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| 1.1-1.6 | Book I: Events prior to the Watergate break-in, December 2, 1971- June 17, 1972 | |
| 1.7-3.2 | Book II: Events following the Watergate break-in, June 17, 1972- February 9, 1973 (allegations involving Presidential interference with the official Department of Justice investigation). | |
| 3.3-5.3 | Book III: Events following the Watergate break-in, June 20, 1972- March 22, 1973 (allegations concerning payments of "hush" money to Watergate defendants to insure their silence, offers of leniency and executive clemency, and the making or causing to be, of false statements to persons connected with an official investigation of Watergate; chronology of events between February 9 and March 22, 1973). | |
| 5.4-7.10 | Book IV: Events Following the Watergate break-in, March 22, 1973- April 30, 1973 (events relating to the President's investigation of the alleged Watergate break-in and cover-up between March 22 and April 30, 1973). | |
| 7.11-9.4 | Book V: Testimony of Richard Kleindienst before the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 1972 regarding the commencement, prosecution and settlement of the anti-trust action against the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. | |
| 9.5-10.11 | Book VI: Political contributions pledged and made by milk producers' cooperatives from 1969 through 1972 for the benefit of the President's re-election campaign and the Administration's decision to increase price supports on dairy products. | |
| 11.1-14.10 | Book VII: Domestic surveillance activities directed by the White House | |
| 14.11-15.6 | Book VIII: Alleged efforts by White House officials to acquire information from the Internal Revenue Service and to direct certain IRS activities. | |
| 15.7-17.8 | Book IX: Events following the Watergate break-in, April 25, 1973-present [July 31,1974](the history of the Special Prosecutor's activities and the President's continuing investigation). | |
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II. Statements of Information- Table of Contents |
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This series describes what is contained in the notebooks in Series I and includes the same sheets that are at the beginning of each sub-section in the notebooks. |
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II is divided by Dixon notebook volume and is separated by markers indicating volume number. |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 17.9 | Books I-II | |
| 17.10 | Book III | |
| 17.11 | Book IV | |
| 17.12 | Book V | |
| 18.1 | Book VI | |
| 18.2-18.3 | Book VII | |
| 18.4 | Book VIII | |
| 18.5-18.6 | Book IX | |
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III. Index to Investigative Files- House Committee on the
Judiciary |
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This series contains the Index to the source materials accumulated by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff, House Committee on the Judiciary then held in the Inquiry Staff Library. |
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An Introductory Note describes the following organization: "Documents and Testimony Related to the Six Areas of Investigation, Materials Received from the White House, Court Documents and Transcripts of Testimony, Senate Select Committee Testimony, Executive Session Testimony." |
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| 18.7-18.9 | Documents and testimony related to the Six Areas of investigation: Domestic Surveillance, Campaign Intelligence, Watergate Break-in and Aftermath, Agency Practices, Personal Finances, Other Conduct in Office | |
| 18.10 | Materials Received from the White House, Court Documents and Transcripts of Testimony, Senate Select Committee Testimony, Executive Session Testimony | |
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IV. Summary of Information |
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This series contains a summary of the information collected in the investigation of the Watergate break-in and cover-up. Note: Also available in Law Library KF 27 J8 1974f. |
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IV is divided into four sections as indicated by the Table of Contents which is located in the first folder of the series. It indicates the organization below. Each section has separations. Table of Contents is provided as follows: |
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I. Watergate: The Organization of the White House
and its Relationship to CRP [Committee to Reelect the President]
The Approval of a Political
Intelligence Plan Including the Use of Electronic Surveillance
The Implementation of the Political
Intelligence Plan
The President's Response to the
Arrests
Containment- July 1, 1972 to
Elections
Payments
Clemency
Deception and
Concealment
The President's Contacts with the
Department of Justice, March 21, - April 20, 1973
April 30, 1973 to the
Present
Appendix A
Appendix B
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II. Abuse of Presidential Powers Introduction
Illegal Intelligence Gathering: 1.
1969-71 Wiretaps; 2. Joseph Kraft Wiretap and Surveillance; 3. The "Huston
Plan"; 4. The Donald Nixon Surveillance and Wiretap; 5. Daniel Shore
Investigation
Special Investigations
Unit
Concealment of Evidence of
Intelligence Gathering Activities: 1. Concealment of Records of 1969-71
Wiretaps; 2. Concealments of the Plumbers Activities; 3. The Offer of the
Position of FBI Director to Judge Byrne; 4. Misuse of the Internal Revenue
Service
Kleindienst Appointment –
ITT
The Department of
Agriculture
Improvements Made by Government
Agencies to the President's Properties
Conclusion
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III. The Refusal of the President to Comply with Subpoenas from the Committee on the Judiciary |
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The Committee's Subpoenas and the
President's Responses: 1. Efforts of Committee to Obtain Pertinent Materials
from White House; 2. The President's Response to Letters and Subpoenas
The Power of the House in and
Impeachment Inquiry
The Power of the House in and
Impeachment Inquiry: 1. Relevance or Need; 2. Presidential Claim of Executive
Privilege
The President's Refusal to Comply
with the Committee's Subpoenas as Grounds for Impeachment
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IV. Willful Tax Evasion." |
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 18.11 | I. Watergate. Sections A-G | |
| 18.12 | I. Watergate. Sections H-J | |
| 18.13 | I. Watergate. Sections J-Appendix B | |
| 19.1 | II. Abuse of Presidential Powers | |
| 19.2 | III. The Refusal of the President to Comply with Subpoenas from the Committee on the Judiciary- IV. Willful Tax Evasion | |
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V. Briefing Book |
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This series contains William Dixon's outline of chronologies and issues. |
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| 19.3 | Briefing Book | |
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VI. Minority Memorandum on Law and Evidence |
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This series contains an assessment prepared by the Minority staff of the Statements of Information presented by the Impeachment Inquiry staff to the Committee "during the course of its Inquiry, including factual analysis and arguments both for and against the sufficiency of the evidence as to grounds for impeachment of the President." |
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VI is divided into sections separated into the following: "Introduction-General
Abuse of Presidential Powers-
Introduction
Response to Committee
Subpoenas
Tax Deduction for Gift of Papers-
Introduction
Kleindienst Confirmation
Hearings
Government Expenditures at San
Clemente and Key Biscayne
Tax Deduction for Gift of
Papers
The Huston Plan
Internal Revenue
Service
Watergate- Criminal Law
Analysis"
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Also available in Law Library KF 27 J8 1974a |
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| 19.4 | Minority Memorandum on Law and Evidence | |
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VII. Draft Articles of Impeachment |
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This series contains draft comments from Robert W. Kastenmeier indicating his beliefs about the impeachment of President Nixon. Includes final report added by the processor taken from "Debate on Articles of Impeachment," located in folder 35.9 of this collection. An article from the New York Times: Commager, Henry Steele. "Five Grounds for Impeaching the President" New York Times June 28, 1974 and five draft versions of articles of impeachment is also included. |
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VII is organized with drafts and article at the beginning of the folder and the draft articles are separated by numbered separators. |
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| 19.5 | Draft Articles of Impeachment | |
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VIII. Cambodia |
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This series contains the Statement of Information Concerning the Bombing of Cambodia. "This staff report is designed to enable the Committee to assess the allegations that the President and other Administration officials misrepresented to the Congress the facts concerning the bombing of Cambodia by the United States Air Force during 1969-1971." Pages 5-13 have been replaced by a summary of section II and III so as to provide "the Committee with a summary of the facts concerning the actual bombing operations without disclosing top secret, secret or classified materials." Supplemental Submission Concerning Bombing of Cambodia "are items requested by various members of the Committee during the course of the staff's presentation of its Report on the Bombing of Cambodia on June 21, 1974." |
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VIII is divided according to the Table of contents for Statement of Information Concerning the Bombing of Cambodia (more detailed version found in first folder): "Introduction
I. Background
II. The Actual Bombing of
Cambodia
III. Reporting of Air Strikes in
Cambodia
IV. Statements up to July 16,
1973
V. Statements Following Secretary of
Defense Schlesinger's Letter of July 16, 1973, Acknowledging Pre-Incursion
Bombing of Cambodia
VI. Appendix
VII. List of Sources"
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Contents for Supplemental Submission Concerning Bombing of Cambodia (Found in Introduction): |
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"Part I: Five maps of Cambodia, four of
which depict the strike zone areas for the bombing operations discussed in part
II of the June 21 report.
Part II: A memorandum setting forth a
"Statement of the Statutory Law Relating to the Bombing of Cambodia"
Part III: Provides copies of the court
opinions (three) in Holtzman v Schlesinger.
Part IV: Deals with the protests filed
with the United Nations by the Cambodian government.
Part V: Official publication of the
Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on the Bombing of
Cambodia"
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Also available in Law Library KF 27 J8 1974d. |
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| 19.6 | Statement of Information Concerning the Bombing of Cambodia | |
| 19.7 | Supplemental Submissions Concerning Bombing of Cambodia: Part I-III | |
| 19.8-19.9 | Supplemental Submissions Concerning Bombing of Cambodia: Part IV-V | |
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IX. Nomination of Richard G. Kleindienst for Attorney
General |
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This series contains news clippings regarding the hearings on the nomination of Richard G. Kleindienst to be Attorney General from The New York Times and the Washington Post February 25, 1972- June 28, 1972. |
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| 20.1-20.2 | Newspaper Articles about Nomination of Kleindienst for Attorney General | |
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X. Stenographic Minutes of Hearings Before the House
Judiciary Committee- Impeachment Inquiry |
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This series contains the House of Representatives Report of Proceedings Held Before the Committee on the Judiciary: Impeachment Inquiry- Executive Session July 9, 1974-July 19, 1974 (Vol. 24-30, 32). Volumes 24-30 volume have 2 copies- One that was Chairman Rodino's and one that was Dixon's, while Volume 32 is Chairman Rodino's copy only. |
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X is divided by volume and each of these has a label on the side indicating the person who's testimony and related materials are included. |
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| 20.3-20.4 | Vol.24 - July 9, 1974 Bittman- Mitchell | |
| 20.5-20.6 | Vol.25 - July 10, 1974 Mitchell | |
| 20.7-20.8 | Vol.26 - July 11, 1974 Dean | |
| 21.1-21.2 | Vol.27 - July 12, 1974 Peterson | |
| 21.3-21.4 | Vol.28 - July 17, 1974 Colson | |
| 21.5-21.6 | Vol.29 - July 16, 1974 Colson- Kalmbach | |
| 21.7-22.1 | Vol.30 - July 17, 1974 Kalmback | |
| 22.2 | Vol.32 - July 19, 1974 | |
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XI. White House Tape Transcripts |
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This series contains comparisons of passages from "Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations" by the Committee of the Judiciary House of Representatives and "Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations" by President Richard M. Nixon April 30, 1974. Transcripts prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judicial committee of various conversations. |
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| 22.3 | Comparison of Passages | |
| 22.4-22.8 | Transcripts prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff. | |
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XII. Impeachment Inquiry Staff Reports |
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This series contains three reports compiled by The Impeachment Inquiry Staff (May-June 1974). |
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Also available in Law Library KF 27 J8 1974d |
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| 23.1 | "Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-in and Its Investigation" | |
| 23.2 | "Report on the Impoundment of Funds" | |
| 23.3 | "Report on Government Expenditures Made on President Nixon's Private Properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne" | |
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XIII. Secondary Material (Used by Dixon) |
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This series contains books pertaining to the Watergate Investigations with Dixon's handwritten notes. |
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| 23.4-23.5 | New York Times. The Watergate Hearings: Break-in and Cover-up. Bantam Books: New York, 1973 (2 copies) | |
| 23.6 | Gold, Gerald, ed. The Whitehouse Transcripts. Bantam Books: New York, 1974 | |
| 23.7 | Altman, Herb, ed. Quotations from Chairman Sam: The Wit and Wisdom of Senator Sam Ervin. Harrow Books: New York, 1973. | |
| 23.8 | Chester, Lewis et. al. Watergate: The Full Inside Story by the London Sunday Times Team, Lewis Chester, Cal McCrystal, Stephen Aris and William Shawcross. Ballentine Books: New York, 1973 | |
| 23.9 | Juris Doctor Vol.4 No.8, September 1974. Contains a published chart that may have been derived from the chart found in folder 29.8. | |
| 24.1 | Dickenson, William P. ed. Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis. Congressional Quarterly, Inc.: Washington D.C., 1973. | |
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XIV. Congressional
Record |
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Volumes marked "damaged" are unavailable. |
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| 24.2 | No. 113 (July 30, 1974) | |
| 24.3 | No. 114 (July 31, 1974) | |
| 24.4 | No. 115 (August 1, 1974) | |
| 24.5 | No. 116 (August 2, 1974) | |
| 24.6 | No. 117 (August 3, 1974) *Damaged | |
| No. 118 | (August 6, 1974) | |
| 25.2 | No. 119 (August 7, 1974) | |
| 25.3 | No. 120 (August 8, 1974) | |
| 25.4 | No. 130, pt.2 (August 22, 1974) *Damaged | |
| Subseries A has been kept in original order as received. All folder titles are from the original folders. Some folders had numbers written on them and those are noted parenthetically after the description. | ||
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| 25.5-25.6 |
"Newspaper Articles": News clippings from
late July
and Early August 1974 pertaining to impeachment from various
newspapers, including New York Times, Washington Post,
National Observer, Chicago Tribune, Washington Star News. Also, the
Congressional Record.(2.23)
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| 26.1-26.2 |
"Colson": News clippings about Colson's testimony and
conviction; Memorandum from Ehrlichmen to attorney General (
May 5,
1971) about ITT case; Evidence involving Colson about ITT,
Watergate, Plumbers, Dairy; scope of testimony by Colson and a transcript of
the Opening statement. (2.24)
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| 26.3 |
"St. Clair Defense": Handwritten notes of the "St.
Clair Presentation"; New York Times article about
St. Clair's
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| 26.4 |
"Impeachment": Impeachment Resolution and article
about Ehrlichman
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| 26.5 |
"Watergate": News clippings; handwritten notes;
F.A.S. Public interest report, "Presidential Statements on the Watergate
break-in and its Investigation", compiled by the Impeachment Inquiry
Staff
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| 26.6 |
"ITT": Handwritten notes (indicates Book V, Vol.
1,2,3 see boxes 7-9), subpoena of President Nixon, news clippings
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| 26.7 |
"Witnesses": Suggestions of witnesses by St. Claire;
motion to call witnesses; memorandums from Dorothy Hubt to Bittman; scope of
testimony by Mitchell, Dean, Peterson, O'Brien, La Rue, Bittman,
Kalmbach; handwritten notes; exhibits from testimony
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| 26.8 |
"Plumbers": Handwritten notes; news clippings from
the New York Times and Washington Post
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| 26.9 |
"Agency Practices": News clippings; photocopy of
"Investigation into Certain Charges of the Use of the Internal Revenue Service
for Political Purposes" (gov. doc.)
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| 26.10 |
"Personal Finances": News clippings
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| 26.11 |
"Campaign Intelligence": Dixon's handwritten notes
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| 26.12 |
"Domestic Surveillance": Dixon's handwritten note;
news clippings
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| 26.13 |
"Persons": News clippings, transcript from CBS News
show "Face the Nation" with interview of Colson
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| 26.14 |
"Dobrovir Brief": "The Offenses of Richard M. Nixon:
A Lawyer's Guide for the People of the United States of America" by Dobrovir,
Gebhardt, Buffone, Oakes.
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| 27.1-27.2 |
"Previous Impeachments": summaries of testimony given
by witnesses given before the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign
Activities; Dixon's handwritten draft of a memorandum that outlines the
American history of impeachments; articles pertaining to the history of
impeachment.
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| 27.3-27.5 |
"Law": Memorandum from Dixon with attached document
"Bribery as an Impeachable Offence" by Robert D. Poling; correspondence; law
review articles; news clippings; memorandum from
Hillary Rodham and
Maureen
Barden with attachment, "Why President Nixon Should be Impeached"
and "The First Pamphlet Proposing the Creation of Committees of Correspondence
to Redeem the Constitution of the United States by Causing the Impeachment of
Richard M. Nixon" by American Civil Liberties Union; draft memorandum from
Kirkpatrick; memorandum "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment"
prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff; draft memorandum from Labovitz;
second pamphlet from American Civil Liberties Union; Dixon's handwritten
notes.
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| 27.6 |
"Editorials": News clippings; swtatement of James
Larson at the Hearings regarding the nomination of Gerald Ford as Vice
President of the United States.
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| 27.7-28.1 |
"Speech": News clippings; "Review of a Report
Submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Entitled
‘the Taper of June 20, 1972'"; excerpts from testimonies; Dixon's
handwritten notes
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| 28.2-28.5 |
"Memos for Committee Members": Memos from Dixon to
Congressmen with attached documents
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| 28.6 |
"Milk": News clippings relating to milk
issue
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| 28.7-28.8 |
"Misc.": News clippings, "The September 15th White
House Conversation: Cause for Impeachment of Richard Nixon and an Investigation
of the Department of Justice"
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| 28.9-29.1 |
"Historical and Personal": Pamphlet "We're
Fed Up! Catholics Crucifying Nixon"; "Assignments for Writeups"; memorandums
about staff and filing systems; news clippings; Report of the House of
Representatives "Investigatory Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary With
Respect to its Impeachment Inquiry"; drafts of letter recommending the
impeachment of Nixon; staff lists; "Work of the Impeachment Inquiry Staff as of
March 1, 1974"; note slipped under door of hallway behind Committee Room, "Why
I will Vote for Impeachment" by Lawrence J. Hogan. (1.5)
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| 29.2-29.3 |
"Additional Papers": "Papers in Criminal Cases
Initiated by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force as of May 10, 1974",
Chicago Tribune from May 1, 1974 (separated and
found at the end of the collection); news clippings; "Background Information
for White House Staff and President Nixon's Campaign Organizations"
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| 29.4 |
"Misuse of CIA": Dixon's Handwritten notes
(1.15)
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| 29.5-29.6 |
"Summaries of S.S.C. Testimony": News clipping about
Dixon; Dixon's handwritten notes; list of names; briefings; Report of
Proceedings briefing; memos;Stenographic Minutes of the Impeachment Inquiry
Procedures (Vol.33) revised final draft; Subpoena of Marshall; "Conclusions of
Facts" (full size newspapers separated and moved to the end of the collection)
(1.16)
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| 29.7 |
"RWK Speech": "Report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives"; news clipping; Dixon's handwritten
notes. (1.17)
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| 29.8 |
"May 30 Open Meeting": First draft of speech
recommending impeachment; news clippings; handwritten notes referring to Book
VIII (see Series I, boxes 14-15); handwritten drafts of memos by Dixon to
Congressman Waldie and others; articles about Nixon's use of racial epithets;
drafts of names of those charged, their charges and dispositions. Also contains
negatives and copies for the final list in a separate envelope
(1.18)
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| 29.9 |
"May 23": Dixon's handwritten notes
(1.19)
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| 29.10 |
"May 22": Dixon's drafts of memos; release from
Office of the White House Press Secretary on the topic of Milk Support Price
Decisions; statement of Rodino, Jr., "Summary" (1.20)
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| 29.11 |
"May 21": Dixon's handwritten notes; statement of
Rodino, Jr. (1.21)
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| 29.12 |
"May 16": Memos, Dixon's handwritten notes,
(discussion of Book II- see Series I, Boxes 1-3) (1.22)
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| 30.1 |
"May 15": Dixon's handwritten notes; "Transcript
prepared by the impeachment inquiry staff"; responses on behalf of the
president to subpoenas for tapes; activity log for president for June 20, 1972.
(1.23)
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| 30.2 |
"May 14": Dixon's handwritten notes; transcript of a
recording by the president; "Questions for Mr. Doar"; memo; request for further
materials from St. Claire (1.24)
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| 30.3 |
"May 9": Dixon's handwritten notes on meeting; news
clipping; opening statement by Hutchinson; statement of Rodino, Jr.,
(1.25)
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| 30.4 |
"Note": note stating "Try to get notes on other
briefings to balance these because my personal notes are 1 sided to serve as
devil's advocate" (1.26)
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| 30.5 |
"Article I": drafts and revisions of Article I of
Articles of Impeachment (2.1)
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| 30.6 |
"Misc. Papers on 7/24/74": "Articles of Impeachment
voted by Judiciary Committee; "Impoundments"; full Committee notice of meeting;
memorandum with attached United State v Nixon
Supreme Court document; "Direct Evidence" items, transcripts of conversations
provided by St. Claire (2.2)
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| 30.7 |
"Wiretaps": news clippings; portion of draft of
Article II (2.3)
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| 30.8 |
"Article II": Dixon's handwritten notes; different
drafts and suggestions for Article II; memorandum from Dixon (2.4)
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| 30.9 |
"Article III": materials respecting proposed Article
III- Failure to Comply with Subpoenas (2.5)
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| 30.10 |
"Article 4- Cambodia": drafts and suggestions for
Article IV (2.6)
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| 30.11 |
"Article 5- Taxes": "Summary of Facts Supporting
Conclusion That the President Willfully Evaded Portion of Income Taxes for
Years 1969-1972" (2.7)
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| 30.12 |
"Article II": draft of article II, Article II as
amended (2.8)
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| 30.13 |
"W. House": News clippings pertaining to the defense
of Nixon (2.9)
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| 30.14 |
"Senate": News clippings related to the Senate
(2.10)
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| 30.15 |
"General": News clippings (2.11)
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| 30.16 |
"Hearing": News clippings (2.12)
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| 30.17 |
"Personal": Committee on the Judiciary "Impeachment
Inquiry" from May 9, 1974 (2.13)
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| 30.18 |
"Hearings-2": News clippings (2.14)
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| 30.19 |
"Impeachment": News clippings (2.15)
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| 30.20 |
"Ford Testimony-Oct. 17, 1974": correspondence
between Dixon and Ford, Hungate and Ford, Hungate and Jaworski; draft of
letter; memo from the ACLU with attached articles; "Syllabus" of
United States v. Nixon, President of the United States et
al; Supreme Court documents; news clippings; Witness List for Oct.1,
1974; "The Record of the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice's Action on House
Resolutions 1367 and 1370, Privileged Resolutions of Inquiry"; "Significant
Facts Relating to Resolutions of Inquiry"; H.R.16619, H.R. 16750, H.R. 16751,
H.R. 16756, H.R. 16794, H.R. 16798, H.R. 16878, H.J. Res. 1118, H.J. Res. 1121,
H.J. Res. 1126, H.J. Res. 1130, H.J. Res. 1139, H. Con. Res. 629, H. Con. Res.
630, H. Con. Res. 632, H. Con. Res. 633, H. Con. Res. 636, H. Con. Res. 646, H.
Res. 1361, "Full, Final Report of the Special Prosecutor", H. Res. 1367, H.
Res. 1368, H. Res. 1375, H. Res. 1382, H. Res. 1385, H. Res. 1363, H. Res.
1370. (2.16)
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| 31.1 |
"Impeachment Procedures- May 2, 1974": "Impeachment
Inquiry Procedures" (multiple copies- of various drafts one with amendments by
the committee on May 2 underlined in red); "Procedures for Handling Impeachment
Inquiry Materials"; memo with attachment of adopted "Impeachment Inquiry
Procedures"(3 copies); draft of "Report of the Subcommittee of Courts, Civil
Liberties and the Administration of Justice to the Committee on the Judiciary
Respecting Impeachment Inquiry Procedures"; opening statement of Kastenmeier;
draft of Statement on Informal Planning Statement; "Motion of Congressman
Wiggins"; H. Res. 803; "Drafts of Procedures for Judiciary Committee;
"Investigatory Powers of Committee on the Judiciary with Respects to its
Impeachment Inquiry (report No. 93-774); blank proxy vote form; amendments
proposed by various people on committee with handwritten notes by Dixon.
(2.17)
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| 31.2-31.3 |
"Selected Important Articles- 8/12/74": "The Nixon
Memorial Library: A Proposal for the Committee to Resurrect the
President"(satirical); memo from Magruder to Butterfield (1 "fake copy" and one
authentic copy); news clippings (2.18)
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| 31.4-31.5 |
"July 13-19": Table of contents to news clippings,
news clippings (similar to Subseries B but missing numerous pages and includes
others not on the table of contents) (2.19)
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| 31.6 |
"Conclusion of Facts": "Conclusion of Facts" July 2,
1974 (2.20)
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| 31.7 |
"Cates, July 3, 1974": "Following facts lend further
support to the conclusion that P intended to conceal the break-in from the very
beginning..." (2.21)
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| 31.8-31.10 |
"Ehrlichman Notes": "Ehrlichman Notes" with
handwritten notes by Dixon,;photocopy of "Ehrlichman Notes" (2.22)
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| 32.1 |
"Articles- 1975": News clippings from
1975
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| 32.2-33.2 |
"Articles": from end of July- Early August of 1974 (
Approx. July20-August 12, 1974)
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| Subseries B is arranged chronologically with table of contents for each set of dates. Date range from July 20- September 20, 1974. | ||
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| 33.3-33.4 |
July
20-July 26 1974
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| 33.5-33.7 |
July
27-August 2, 1974 (pages missing: 12839, 12846, 12957, 13082)
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| 33.8-34.2 |
August
3-August 9, 1974
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| 34.3 |
August 10-August 16, 1974
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| 34.4 |
August 17-August 23, 1974
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| 34.5 |
August 24-August 30, 1974
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| 34.6 |
August 31-September 6, 1974
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| 34.7 |
September 7-September
13, 1974 (page missing: 13764)
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| 34.8 |
September 14-September 20,
1974
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| Box-folder | Contents | |
| 35.1-35.4 | " Impeachment Inquiry: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803: a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate weather 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" Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1975. 3 v., Hearings held Jan. 31-July 23, 1974. Also in Law Library: KF 27 J8 1974h | |
| 35.5 | "Impeachment: Selected Materials on Procedure: Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington: U.S. GPO., 1974. Committee Print. Also in Law Library: KF 4868 A25 1974 | |
| 35.6 | United States. Congress. House. Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures. "Information of Importance to Candidates for Office of United States Representatives in the 93d Congress." Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1972 Committee Print. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: Y 4. C 15 92nd: C 15/ 4/ 972 US | |
| 35.7 | "Pardon of Richard M. Nixon, and related matters : hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session" September 24, October 1 and 17, 1974. Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975. Y 4. J 89/1 93rd : 93-60 US | |
| 35.8 | "Minority Memorandum on Facts and Law: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, Pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee… to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House… to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, July 22, 1974." Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. Also in Law Library: KF 27 J8 1974a | |
| 35.9 | "Debate on Articles of Impeachment: Hearings of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803…" Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. Also in Law Library: KF 27 J8 1974b | |
| 36.1-36.2 | "Impeachment; selected materials. Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, first session." Washington, Govt. Print. Office, 1973. Committee Print. Also in Lockwood Library: KF 8781 A4 A5 1973 | |
| 36.3 | "Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon President of the United States: report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Peter W. Rodino, Jr., chairman." Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. House Report 93-1305, House Document 93-339. Also in Law Library: KF 32 J8 1974 | |
| 36.4 | "Expenditure of Federal Funds in Support of Presidential Properties. Hearings Before a Subcommittee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, first session." Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1973. Also in Lockwood Library: Y 4. G 74/7 93rd F 96/4 US | |
| 36.5 | "The EOB Tape of June 20, 1972" Report on a Technical Investigation Conducted for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by the Advisory Panel on White House Tapes. | |
| 36.6-40.2 | "Statement of information : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach Richard M. Nixon" Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Books I-XII (Missing Books VII- Part 2, VIII) Also in Law Library: KF J8 1974a (12 vol.) | |
| 40.3-40.7 | "Statement of information: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803,...Appendices." Washington: U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. [App. I - Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-In and Its Investigation; App II –Papers in Criminal Cases; App. III –Supplementary Documents; IV: Political Matters Memoranda (2 v.)] Also in Capen UGL Library KF 27 J8 1974d App. | |
| 41.1 | "Comparison of White House and Judiciary Committee transcripts of eight recorded Presidential conversations : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803 ... May-June, 1974." Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Also in the Law Library: E 860 N55 1974 | |
| 41.2-41.3 | "Statement of information submitted on behalf of President Nixon: hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to H. Res. 803, a resolution authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional." Washington, U. S. Govt. Printing Office, 1974. Books II-III (of IV vol.) Also in the Law Library: KF 27 J8 1984d | |
| 41.4 | "Book Review. Stonewall: The Real Story of the Watergate Prosecution" Reviewed by Maurice M. Nessen. Reprinted from Columbia Law Review. Vol. 77, No.6 | |
| 41.5 | "Brief on Behalf of the President of the United States Richard Nixon to the Committee on the Judiciary" Respectfully submitted. Office of the Special Counsel to the President. Also in the Law Library: KF 27 J8 1974c | |
| 41.6-44.1 | "Presidential campaign activities of 1972 : Senate Resolution 60 : hearings before the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities of the United States Senate, ninety-third congress, first session : Watergate and related activities. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1973-1974. Books 1-26, index and Appendix part I-II. Also in the Law Library: KF 9409 U55 1973 | |
| 44.2 | "The final report of the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, United States Senate, pursuant to S. Res. 60, February 7, 1973 : a resolution to establish a select committee of the Senate to investigate and study illegal or improper campaign activities in the Presidential election of 1972." Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: Y 4.P 92/4 93rd: P 92/93-981 US | |
| 44.3 | "Senate rules and precedents applicable to impeachment trials : executive session hearings before the Committee on Rules and Administration and its Subcommittee on Standing Rules of the Senate, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session, pursuant to S. Res. 370 ... and on S. Res. 371 ... August 5 and 6, 1974." Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.R 2 93rd: Im 7/2 | |
| 44.4-44.5 | "Procedures for handling impeachment inquiry material. Ninety-third Congress, second session. February, 1974." Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Committee Print (2 copies) Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.J 89/1 93rd: Im 7/5 | |
| 44.6 | "Work of the impeachment inquiry staff as of February 5, 1974" Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Committee Print. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.J 89/1 93rd: Im 7/6/974 | |
| 44.7 | "Work of the impeachment inquiry staff as of March 1, 1974. Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Committee Print. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.J 89/1 93rd: Im 7/6/9 | |
| 44.8 | "The impeachment inquiry: What it means. Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Committee Print | |
| 44.9 | "The impeachment inquiry: its meaning. Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Committee Print. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.J 89/1 93rd: Im 7/7 | |
| 44.10-44.11 | "Investigation into certain charges of the use of the Internal Revenue Service for political purposes." Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1973. (2 copies) Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.In 8/11 93rd: P 75 | |
| 44.12-44.13 | "Errata : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session pursuant to H. Res. 803." Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. (2 copies) Also available in the Law Library: KF 27 J8 1974i | |
| 44.14 | "Impeachment inquiry procedures / Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y 4.J 89/1 93rd: Im 7/8 | |
| 44.15 | "Election Reform: Basic References/ United States Senate, Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, Pursuant to S. Res. 60" Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1973. Committee Print. Also in the Law Library: KF 4920 A25 1973 | |
| 44.16 | "Political Intelligence in the Internal Revenue Service: The Special Service Staff: A Documentary Analysis/ Prepared by the Staff of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session." Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. Also in Lockwood Library – in storage: US Y4. J 89/2 93rs: In 8/16 | |
| 45.1 | "Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations To the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon" Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1974. Also in Lockwood Library – Documents: US Pr 37.2: C 76 | |
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These folders in the Watergate Collection contain biographical material, correspondence and additional background materials added by the processor. |
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| 45.2 | Biographical information and correspondence: Biographical article from "The Milwaukee Journal" copied from folder 29.5, print-out of William P Dixon's "Attorney Profile" from his employer Miner, Barnhill and Galland, correspondence to editor of the "The Opinion" announcing the gift of these papers to the library, email correspondence between Mr. Dixon and library personnel regarding the collection. | |
| 45.3 | Background: Photocopy of first three pages of "Debate Articles of Impeachment" (from folder 35.9) indicating Dixon as Counsel to the Committee on the Judiciary, "Break-in to Pardon: A Chronology" printed from website, "Revisiting Watergate" printed from http://www.washingtonpost.com . | |
| 45.4 | "Watergate: A constitutional crisis, 1972-1974 political overview." (1977), in Congress and the Nation, 1973-1976 (Vol. 4). Washington: CQ Press. Retrieved January 16, 2007, from CQ Electronic Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn73-0009170307. Document ID: catn73-0009170307 | |
| 45.5 | "Watergate crisis, 1972-1976 political chronology." (1977), in Congress and the Nation, 1973-1976 (Vol. 4). Washington: CQ Press. Retrieved January 16, 2007, from CQ Electronic Library, CQ Public Affairs Collection, http://library.cqpress.com/cqpac/catn73-0009170361. Document ID: catn73-0009170361. | |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library'ss online catalog.
Newspapers from folders 29.3 and 29.5 are encapsulated and located separately at the end of the collection.
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