White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs

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White House Photo Office Collection (Nixon Administration). 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974. Nixon White House Photographs

1968-1974

This series consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House Staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon Administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President's 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House Staff and the President's Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at The White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida and San Clemente, California. Prominently featured individuals include: President Nixon, Mrs. Pat Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, John Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower,Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward Finch Cox, Vice-President Spiro Agnew, Vice-President Gerald R. Ford, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Ronald Ziegler, Attorney General John Mitchell, Charles Colson, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev, and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai. Photographs were taken by the following White House photographers: Oliver Atkins, Robert Knudsen, Jack Kightlinger, Karl Schumacher, and Byron Schumaker. The Negative File subseries consists of the original color and black and white photographs and constitute the raw, unedited output of the White House Photo Office. The Master Print File subseries is comprised of photographs selected by the White House Photo Office for aesthetic and technical qualities and covers many general subject categories. The Transparency File subseries consists of color photographs. The Master Contact Sheet File subseries contains contact sheets made from the Negative File, and serves as a finding aid to it.

72 linear feet

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Richard Nixon Library

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