Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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Historian. A galley proof and the original typescript for Debo's book"Geronimo" published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1966; correspondence (1967-1972) written by Debo on behalf of Alaskan Indians to regain their tribal lands, and newspaper clippings (1953-1954) of Debo's column in the Daily Oklahoman. Also included in this collection is one file of correspondence (1939-1972) between Debo and officials of the Princeton University Press regarding the publication of her controversial book"And Still the Waters Run".

Debo's book "Geronimo" can be found in the Western History Library and the Main Library at E 99 .A6 G324.

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Collector. A booklet (1969) published by Orange County, California in tribute to President Richard Nixon; certificates (1933) issued to Skinner by the Republican Party of California and the University of Oklahoma Foundation; and Nazi propaganda (1944-1945) airdropped to American troops during the Battle of the Bulge. Also included are sheets of postage stamps (1948-1957) commemorating the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma statehood and the centennials of the petroleum industry and the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma.

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Journalist. Manuscripts and galley proofs of books by Bell, including "The Johnson Treatment" "Mr. Conservative: Barry Goldwater" and "The Splendid Misery." Typescripts of interviews with Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. Also, Bell's correspondence with various political figures, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, Everett Dirkson, Barry Goldwater, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Edward M. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, William Proxmire, Douglas MacArthur, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Harry S. Truman, and Adlai E. Stevenson. Includes newspaper articles written by Bell on various subjects. Jack Bell Photograph Collection also in repository.

Black and white original and copy prints of Patrick Jay Hurley's career as United States Assistant Secretary of War and Secretary of War, special presidential representative to the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Afghanistan, and the Middle East, and United States Ambassador to China during World War II. The collection contains scenes of Hurley with Joseph W. Stilwell, Chou En-lai, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, Douglas MacArthur, Claire Lee Chennault, and Herbert Hoover. Also included are photographs of Secretary of War Hurley's inspection tours of United States military installations, suppression of the Bonus Army riots in 1932, Hurley with Japanese military representatives, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles A. Lindbergh, Amon Carter, Will Rogers, Chester Nimitz, Jonathan Wainwright, Henry Stimson, William Halsey, Bacone College and the towns of McAlester, Oklahoma and Phillips, Indian Territory. Patrick J. Hurley Manuscript Collection also in repository.

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Journalism professor. A collage of newspaper headlines (1972-1974) regarding the Watergate scandal and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.