In 1970, the Richard M. Nixon Foundation selected Whittier College to create and manage an oral history project on Richard Nixon. The focus of the project was to be on the President's life from birth to 1945 or before he began his political career. However, some interview subjects did discuss Nixon's life up to and including his presidency. The oral history project was directed by Dr. C. Richard Arena. The interviews took place between 1971-1973. Those interviewed include family members, close friends, classmates, educators, and acquaintances.
Transcripts and images from the Richard Nixon Oral History Project are protected under United States Copyright Law, Title 17, U.S. Code. Fair use under such Copyright Law permits reproduction of single copies of selected items for personal research and private use. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation (such as public display, publication, or performance) of protected items is prohibited except upon receipt of written permission from Whittier College.
Submissions from 1973
Thomas W. Bewley (September 13, 1973) #3, Evlyn Dorn
Edith Holt (August 22, 1973, third interview), C. Richard Arena
Edward Nixon (June 29, 1973, third interview), C. Richard Arena
Edward J. Guirado (June 21, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Lester R. Brown (April 5, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Mary Irving Biddle (April 4, 1973), Evlyn Dorn
George R. Irving Jr (April 3, 1973), Evlyn Dorn
George R. Irving Sr. (April 3, 1973), Evlyn Dorn
Gretchen King and Robert L. King (March 25, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Stanton Haight (March 24, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Evlyn Dorn (March 21, 1973, fourth interview), C. Richard Arena
Lawrene Nixon Anfinson (March 19, 1973), Evlyn Dorn
Evlyn Dorn (March 16, 1973, third interview), C. Richard Arena
Alyce G. Koch (February 10, 1973, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Clinton O. Harris (February 9, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Robert O. Blake (February 5, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Raymond Henle (January 29, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Hollis M. Dole (January 26, 1973), C. Richard Arena
John L Buckley Jr. (January 26, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Charles O. Gronert (January 25,1973), C. Richard Arena
John N. Renneburg (January 25, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (January 24, 1973), C. Richard Arena
John Chisman Hanes (January 23, 1973), C. Richard Arena
Submissions from 1972
Helen Banks Smith (December 15, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Lloyd A. Harnish (December 15, 1972), C. Richard Arena
W. B. Camp (December 15, 1972), C. Richard Arena
William A. Sparling (December 14, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Edward A. Breitkreutz (December 12, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Dorris Gurley (December 7, 1972), C. Richard Arena
William R. Roalfe (December 7, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Pauline B. Cook (November 15, 1972), C. Richard Arena
John L. Arrambide (October 30, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Lyman A. Dietrick (October 27, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Gerald E. Bruce (October 19, 1972), C. Richard Arena
William G. Ryan (October 19, 1972), C. Richard Arena
E. Farley Hunter (Sheldon) (October 13, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Matthew G. Bender (October 9, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Horace Grant McConnell (October 5, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Irma McConnell (October 5, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Clawson Nephi Skinner (October 4, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Frieda Blair Skinner (October 4, 1972), Evlyn Dorn
Betty Jean Kenworthy (October 3, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Helen Hampson (October 3, 1972), C. Richard Arena
R. Harley McClure (September 29, 1972), C. Richard Arena
H. Hale McCown and Helen Lanier McCown (September 22, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Lyman H. Brownfield (September 20, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Doris Hemingway and William B. Anderson (September 18, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Geneva Elizabeth Johnson (September 17, 1972), C. Richard Arena
John Paul Bremhorst and Helen L. Bremhorst (September 17, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Richard M. Hofmann (September 17, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Edwin L. Mendenhall (September 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Henry Eugene Cook (September 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
J. Willard Dyer (September 13,1972), C. Richard Arena
Eleanor W. Comroe (September 12, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Ralph E. Howe (September 12, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Harriet Haisman (September 11, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Virginia Counts (September 10, 1972), Evlyn Dorn
Cecil Henry Sperring (September 8, 1972, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Donald C. Bishop and Dorothy Bishop (September 6, 1972), C. Richard Arena
George Louis Corcoran (September 6, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Carter Barrett (August 25, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Cecil Henry Sperring (August 17, 1972, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Jack A. Drown (August 17,1972), C. Richard Arena and Evlyn Dorn
Ardys M. Cox with Kenneth E. Cox and Jeannette S. Cox (August 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
H. Esther Williams (August 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Mabel S. Roberts (August 14, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Adela Rogers St. Johns (August 10, 1972), C. Richard Arena and Evlyn Dorn
Margaretha E. Lohmann (August 9, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Josephine L. Harrison (August 8, 1972, interview two), C. Richard Arena
Paul H. Gardner (August 8, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Merle Marie Lally (August 7, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Juan C. Sanchez and Frances V. Sanchez (July 26, 1972), C. Richard Arena
F. W. Palmer (July 24, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Harold Smith (July 23, 1972), Evlyn Dorn
Merritt T. Burdg (July 20, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Edward Rubin (July 19, 1972), C. Richard Arena
H. Esther Williams (July 17, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Basil Harold Nixon (July 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Cleatus Alven Nixon (July 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Earl Robert Nixon (July 16,1972), C. Richard Arena
Shirley Nixon Christensen (July 16, 1972), C. Richard Arena
L. O. Hofstetter (July 14, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Phebe M. Linney (July 13, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Helen H. Gosiewski (July 12, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Josephine L. Harrison (July 10, 1972, interview one), C. Richard Arena
Clyde N. Irwin (July 5, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Thelma Nixon Lucas (June 13, 1972), Evlyn Dorn
Carl J. Fleps (June 9, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Frederick Albrink (June 8, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Judith Wingert Loubet (June 8, 1972), Evlyn Dorn
Richard W. Kiefer (June 7, 1972), C. Richard Arena
M. William Adelson (June 6, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Edith Jessup Comfort (June 2, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Edwin B. Bronner (June 2, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Leonidas Dodson (June 2, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Mary McGovern And Joseph Riemer (May 31, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Harry J. McLaughlin (May 30, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Mamie L. Sterner (May 30, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Dorothy Airheart (May 25, 1972), C. Richard Arena
James Stewart (May 25, 1972), C. Richard Arena