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  • Title: Ralph E. West papers
    Date (inclusive): 1940-1982
    Collection Number: 77090
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 20 manuscript boxes (8.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, newspaper clippings, serial issues, and other printed matter relating to the Vietnam War, the Watergate affair, and American and international politics during the presidencies of Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan.
    Creator: West, Ralph E.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ralph E. West papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Lieutenant colonel, United States Marine Corps.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    This collection contains newspaper clippings, reports, pamphlets, correspondence to prominent American politicians. The collection also includes serial issues and other printed matter relating to the Vietnam War, the Watergate affair, and American and international politics during the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974
    Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
    United States. Marine Corps