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 1972
Tolbert B. Moorhead (February 8, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Ferris H. Gregory (February 3, 1972), C. Richard Arena
J. Gustav White (February 1, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Elsie M. Haigler (January 31, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Mary E. Rez (January 31, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Frank Graham Swain (January 28, 1972, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Raymond C. Black (January 28, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Newton P. Robinson (January 27, 1972, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Elizabeth Ardell Cloes (January 20, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Ruth and Waymeth B. Garrett (January 20, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Homer B. Bemis (January 19, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Richard Gauldin (January 19, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Ellen Cochran (January 18, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Gailerd C. Page and Viola Bemis Page (January 18, 1972, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Louis T. Jones (January 17, 1972, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Mary George Skidmore (January 17, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Charles R. Rothaermel (January 14, 1972, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Ralph C. Shook (January 14, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Theodore Franklin Marshburn (January 13, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Louis T. Jones (January 12, 1972, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Marygene M. Wright (January 12, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Newton P. Robinson (January 10, 1972, first interview), C. Richard Arena
W. Hurless Barton (January 10, 1972, second interview), C Richard Arena
L. Wallace Black (January 4, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Joseph S. Hiatt, Jr. (January 2, 1972), C. Richard Arena
Submissions from 1971
Benjamin S. Horack (December 31, 1971), C. Richard Arena
James Mullen (December 30, 1971), C. Richard Arena
J. Mack Holland (December 30, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Charles A. Dukes (December 29, 1971), C. Richard Arena
June A. Steck (December 21, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Earl A. Daniels (December 17, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Richard H. Spaulding (December 17, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Austin R. Marshburn (December 14, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Camilla V. Simmons and Mr. William L. Simmons (December 13, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Harry A. Schuyler (December 13, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Lotus Gartin (December 10, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Charles R. Rothaermel (December 9, 1971, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Robert H. Sillivan and Mary E. Sillivan (Decmber 8, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Charlotte Otis Craig (December 7, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Thomas J. Phelan (December 7, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Jessamyn West (December 5, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Calvin Burdg Milhous with Phillip L. Milhous and Oliver G. Milhous (December 4, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Hannah Elizabeth Milhous Reeves and S. Truman Reeves (December 4, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Earl H. Chapman (December 3, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Stephen J. Schatz (December 3, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Jane Milhous Barr (December 2, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Priscilla T. MacLeod and Patricia Jane MacLeod (December 2, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Hadley E. Marshburn (December 1, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Joseph Beeson (December 1, 1971), C. Richard Arena
E. Clayton Votaw (November 30, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Frances Irene King (November 30, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Alice Barmore Snedecor (November 29, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Merton G. Wray (November 29, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Edward Flutot (November 26, 1971), C. Richard Arena
T. Eugene Coffin (November 24, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Hannah E. Weegar (November 22, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Roy O. Day (November 22, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Alice M. Rosenberger (November 19, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Homer G. Rosenberger Jr. (November 19, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Marian Wilson Hodge (November 18, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Albert W. Upton (November 17, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Clinton O. Harris (November 16, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Temperance Bailey (November 16, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Arthur Sucksdorf with Florence A. Sucksdorf and Ethel Rand Garliepp (November 15, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Guy N. Dixon (November 2, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Thomas T. Seulke (November 12, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Frank B. Chandler (November 11, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Henry Akard (November 11, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Leland W. Nixon (November 11, 1971), Edward C. Nixon
Mary Kennedy Nixon (November 11, 1971), Edward C. Nixon
Ernestine "Dimpy" Nixon Noll and Charles Joseph Noll ( November 10, 1971), Edward C. Nixon
Melville Charles Rich (November 10, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Josephine Knupp Starkey (November 9, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Anne Gillmore (November 8, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Albert W. Upton (November 5, 1971, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Charles E. Cooper (November 4, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Gladys B. Starbuck (November 3, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Mabel Schuyler and Roger Schuyler (November 3, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Donald E. Fantz (November 2, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Harriett Hudspeth (November 2, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Wallace J. Newman (November 2, 1971, fourth interview), C. Richard Arena
Anne Gillmore (October 29, 1971, first interview), C. Richard Arena
William E. Starkey (October 20, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Paul S. Smith and Lillian M. Smith (October 27, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Philip H. Timberlake and Elizabeth T. Paldanius (October 27, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Melville Charles Rich (October 26, 1971, first interview), C. Richard Arena
Barbara Dawson Maple (October 25, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Rose Olive Marshburn and Oscar O. Marshburn (October 25, 1971, third interview), C. Richard Arena
Howard A. Marshburn (October 23, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Richard Alan Harrison (October 23, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Robert Franklin Milhous (October 23, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Charles Eric Milhous (October 22, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Russell Earl Harrison, Sr. (October 22, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Jane Milhous Beeson (October 21, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Mildred Gibbons Fink (October 21, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Winifred Todd, Helen Cole Cameron, and Harold Cameron (October 21, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Claren Cook Morris and Richie Morris (October 20, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Kenneth Ball (October 20, 1971, second interview), C. Richard Arena
Mary Fae Pickering (October 19, 1971), C. Richard Arena
Thomas T. Seulke (October 19, 1971), C. Richard Arena