Register of the Ralph E. West papers

Finding aid prepared by Loralee Sepsey

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

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

box 1, folder 1

Biographical File 1940-1980

Scope and Contents

This file contains certificates, notes, a coin, and other memorabilia belonging to Ralph E. West.

Correspondence 1967-1982

box 1, folder 2

Agnew, Spiro 1970-1976

box 1, folder 3

Albert, Carl 1974-1975

box 1, folder 4

Allen, Richard 1981-1982

box 1, folder 5

Ames, E.O. 1969

box 1, folder 6

Anderson, Martin 1974-1982

box 1, folder 7

Andrus, Cecil 1977

box 1, folder 8

Angleton, James 1977

box 1, folder 9

Arcata National Corporation 1977

box 1, folder 10

Arcata Redwood 1977

box 1, folder 11

Baker, Howard 1973-1977

box 1, folder 12

Berman, Michael 1979

box 1, folder 13

Bible, Alan 1972

box 1, folder 14

Blumenthal, Michael 1977-1979

box 1, folder 15

Brennan, Jack 1978

box 1, folder 16

Bright, John 1969

box 2, folder 1-4

Brock, Bill 1977-1979

box 2, folder 5

Brown, Jerry 1977

box 2, folder 6

Brzezinski, Zbigniew 1978-1980

box 3, folder 1

Brzezinski, Zbigniew 1978-1980

box 3, folder 1

Burkley, John 1977

box 3, folder 3

Burton, John 1975-1982

box 3, folder 4

Bush, George 1981-1982

box 3, folder 5

Butz, Earl 1974

box 3, folder 6

Byrd, Robert 1977

box 3, folder 7

Byrne, Dick 1977

box 3, folder 8

California Continuing Education of the Bar Undated

box 3, folder 9

Calkins, John 1975-1976

box 3, folder 10

Campbell, Truman 1978-1980

box 3, folder 11

Carter, Hodding 1979

box 3, folder 12

Chairman of the Armed Services Committee 1973

box 3, folder 13

Chairman of the Japanese Internment Commission 1981

box 3, folder 14

Chancellor, John 1976

box 3, folder 15

Cheney, Richard 1974-1976

box 4, folder 1

Chicago Tribune 1972

box 4, folder 2

Church, Frank 1969-1975

box 4, folder 3

Clark, William 1982

box 4, folder 4

Clausen, Don 1978

box 4, folder 8-9

Crane, Philip 1979-1980

box 4, folder 5

Connell, Gerald 1970

box 4, folder 6

Costanza, Margaret 1977-1978

box 4, folder 7

Cowgill, Winston 1975-1980

box 4, folder 10

Cranston, Alan 1973-1977

box 4, folder 11

Crisp, Mary 1978

box 4, folder 12

Davidson, Jim 1977

box 4, folder 13

Dirksen, Everett 1967-1969

box 5, folder 1

Dole, Bob 1972-1982

box 5, folder 2

Dornan, Robert 1977

box 5, folder 3

Durbow, Elbridge 1977

box 5, folder 4

Eastland, James 1972

box 5, folder 5

Echohawk, John undated

box 5, folder 6

Ehrlich, Jake 1970-1971

box 5, folder 7

Eisenhower, Dwight 1968-1973

box 5, folder 8

Eizenstat, Stuart 1977-1980

box 5, folder 9

Elliott, Roland 1974-1976

box 5, folder 10

Ervin, Sam 1973

box 5, folder 11

Eureka Newspapers Incorporated 1977

box 5, folder 12

The Examiner 1980

box 5, folder 13

Feinstein, Diane 1970-1982

box 5, folder 14

First Monday Magazine 1972

box 5, folder 15

Fiser, John 1977-1979

box 5, folder 16

Forbes, Ralph 1975

box 5, folder 17

Ford, Gerald 1970-1980

box 6, folder 1

Ford, Gerald 1970-1980

box 6, folder 2

Friedersdorf, Max 1975

box 6, folder 3

Fulbright, William 1971-1974

box 6, folder 4

Garn, Jake 1979

box 6, folder 5

Gingrich, Newt 1981

box 6, folder 6

Goldwater, Barry 1974-1982

box 6, folder 7

Great Western Savings and Loan Association 1977

box 6, folder 8

Griffin, Robert 1978

box 7, folder 1-4

Guarino, Philip 1978-1980

box 7, folder 5

Gurney, Edward 1973

box 8, folder 1

Haerle, Paul 1975

box 8, folder 2

Haig, Alexander 1973

box 8, folder 3

Hannaford, Peter 1977

box 8, folder 4

Hansen, George undated

box 8, folder 5

Hartmann, Robert 1975-1976

box 8, folder 6

Hatch, Orrin 1979-1980

box 8, folder 7

Hatfield, Mark 1979

box 8, folder 8

Hauser, Rita 1972

box 8, folder 9

Hawkins, Jean 1978

box 8, folder 10

Hayakawa, S.I. 1977-1978

box 8, folder 11

Hayes, John 1972

box 8, folder 12

Hearst, William 1973-1974

box 8, folder 13

Heinz, John 1978

box 8, folder 14-15

Helms, Jesse 1977-1981

box 9, folder 1

Helms, Jesse 1977-1981

box 9, folder 2

Hoffman, Claire 1978

box 9, folder 3

Hogan, William 1969

box 9, folder 4

Holloway, Bruce 1972

box 9, folder 5

Hoover Institution 1980

box 9, folder 6

Horton, Rogers 1976

box 9, folder 7

Humphrey, Gordon 1980

box 9, folder 8

Irvine, Reed undated

box 9, folder 9

Irwin, Joan undated

box 9, folder 10

Jackson, Henry 1974

box 9, folder 11

Johnston, Patrick 1982

box 9, folder 12

Jordan, Hamilton 1977

box 9, folder 13

Kahle, Kent 1976

box 9, folder 14

Kaluf, John 1978

box 9, folder 15

Kennedy, Edward 1974-1976

box 9, folder 16

Kennedy, Ted 1972

box 9, folder 17

King, John 1969-1971

box 9, folder 18

Kirkpatrick, Jean 1982

box 9, folder 19

Laird, Melvin 1974-1977

box 9, folder 20

Larie, Louis 1969

box 9, folder 21

Laxalt, Paul 1979-1982

box 10, folder 1-2

Laxalt, Paul 1979-1982

box 10, folder 3

LeDean, John 1973

box 10, folder 4

Leonard, Mildred 1974-1976

box 10, folder 5

Levi, Edward 1976

box 10, folder 6

Lofton, John 1972

box 10, folder 7

Lungren, John 1974

box 10, folder 8

MacGregor, Clark 1972

box 11, folder 1-2

Mailliard, William 1969-1973

box 11, folder 3

Mansfield, Mike 1973-1975

box 11, folder 4

Marks, Milton 1982

box 11, folder 5

Marsh, John 1975

box 11, folder 6

McCabe, Charles 1975-1977

box 11, folder 7

Meany, George 1973-1976

box 11, folder 8

Meese, Edwin 1982

box 11, folder 9

Milibank, Jeremiah 1971

box 11, folder 11

Mitchell, Martha 1971-1973

box 11, folder 10

Mills, Wilbur 1974

box 11, folder 12

Molinari, John 1972

box 11, folder 13

Mondale, Walter 1977-1980

box 11, folder 14

Monroe, Tom 1971

box 12, folder 1

Morton, Rogers 1976

box 12, folder 2

Murphy, George 1968-1970

box 12, folder 3

National Republican Congressional Committee (United States) 1972

box 12, folder 4

National Taxpayers Union 1979

box 12, folder 5

Neighbor V 1972

box 12, folder 6

New York Times 1979

box 12, folder 7

Nixon, Richard 1969-1974

box 12, folder 8

Norris, Barbara 1976

box 12, folder 9

Nozfiger, Lyn 1979-1980

box 12, folder 10

O'Hara, William 1970

box 12, folder 11

Packard, David 1975

box 12, folder 12

Pearson, Drew 1969

box 13, folder 1

Percy, Charles 1982

box 13, folder 2

Phillips, Howard 1980

box 13, folder 3

Proxmire, William 1973-1981

box 13, folder 4

Publishers of Nixon's Memoir 1978

box 13, folder 5-6

Reagan, Ronald 1973-1980

box 13, folder 7

Reinecke, Ed undated

box 13, folder 8

Rhodes, John 1977

box 13, folder 9

Richards, Richard 1981-1982

box 13, folder 10

Richardson, John 1972

box 13, folder 11

Rogers, William 1970-1977

box 13, folder 12

Rockefeller, Nelson 1969

box 14, folder 1

Rumsfeld, Donald 1975-1976

box 14, folder 2

Sabin, Tom undated

box 14, folder 3

San Francisco Chronicle 1973-1981

box 14, folder 4

Schlafly, Phyllis 1978

box 14, folder 5

Schweiker, Richard 1976

box 14, folder 6

Scott, Hugh 1973-1974

box 14, folder 7

Sears, John 1976

box 14, folder 8

Secretary of State (William P. Rogers) 1970

box 14, folder 9-10

Simon, William 1975

box 14, folder 11

Smith, Howard 1973

box 14, folder 12

Somozu, Anastasio 1978

box 14, folder 13

St. Clair, James 1974

box 14, folder 14

Staar, Richard 1977

box 14, folder 15

Stans, Maurice 1980

box 14, folder 16

Stent, Ferdinand 1973

box 14, folder 17

Symington, Stuart 1973

box 14, folder 18

Thurmond, Strom 1972-1981

box 15, folder 1

Tower, John 1978-1981

box 15, folder 2

Tucker, Nion 1974

box 15, folder 3

Tunney, John 1973

box 15, folder 4

Udall, Morris undated

box 15, folder 5

United States Attorney General (John N. Mitchell) 1969-1972

box 15, folder 6

Vance, Cyrus 1975-1979

box 15, folder 7

Waldie, Jerome 1974

box 15, folder 8

Wall Street Journal 1973

box 15, folder 9

Walt, Lewis 1979

box 15, folder 10

Washington Post 1973-1974

box 15, folder 11

Washington Star 1976

box 15, folder 12

Weicker, Lowell 1973

box 15, folder 13

White House 1969

box 15, folder 14

Wilson, Bob undated

box 15, folder 15

Winn, David 1979

box 15, folder 16

Ziegler, Ronald 1974

Printed Matter 1964-1982

box 15, folder 17

Congressional records 1965-1973

Monographs 1964-1974

box 15, folder 19

A Choice Not an Echo by Phyllis Schlafly 1964

box 15, folder 19

The Betrayers by Phyllis Schlafly and Chester Ward 1968

box 15, folder 19

The Eleventh Hour by Lewis W. Walt 1971

box 15, folder 19

Henry Kissinger: Soviet Agent by Frank A. Capell 1974

box 16, folder 1

None Dare Call it Treason by John A. Stormer 1964

box 16, folder 1

Lincoln's Negro Policy by Earnest Sevier Cox 1968

box 16, folder 1

The Myth of the Six Million by Anonymous 1969

box 16, folder 2

The Redwoods by Kramer Adams undated

box 16, folder 2

Vietnam: An Eyewitness Account by Suzanne Labin 1964

box 15, folder 18

Memoranda 1977

box 16, folder 3

News releases 1973-1980

box 16, folder 4-5

Newspaper clippings 1969-1982

box 17, folder 1-5

Newspaper clippings 1969-1982

box 18, folder 1

Pamphlets 1965-1979

box 18, folder 2-4

Reports 1970-1981

Serial issues 1964-1981

box 18, folder 5

Aim Report 1980-1981

box 18, folder 6

The American Legion Magazine 1970-1980

box 18, folder 7

Bill Mailliard Reports

box 18, folder 8

The Call Chronicle Examiner undated

box 18, folder 9

Christian Anti-Communism CrusadeChristian Anti-Communism Crusade 1981

box 19, folder 1

Citizens for the Republic Newsletter 1977-1980

box 19, folder 2

The Coalition Insider 1978-1981

box 19, folder 3

Commanders Digest 1975-1976

box 19, folder 4

The Commonwealth 1978

box 19, folder 5

Current Foreign Policy undated

box 19, folder 6

Dan Smoot Report 1964-1965

box 19, folder 7

Department of the Treasury News 1978

box 19, folder 8

Dollars and Sense 1977-1978

box 19, folder 9

First Monday 1972-1980

box 19, folder 10

Gist 1978-1979

box 19, folder 11

Heritage Today 1980

box 19, folder 12

Human Events undated

box 19, folder 13

John Heinz Reports undated

box 19, folder 14

Latin American Report undated

box 19, folder 15

Mediplus 1981

box 19, folder 16

Member's Report 1980-1981

box 19, folder 17

The Plain Truth 1981

box 19, folder 18

Public Information Series undated

box 19, folder 19

Reagan Country Update undated

box 20, folder 1

The Retired Officer 1979-1981

box 20, folder 2

The Secretary of State 1975-1979

box 20, folder 3

Senior Citizen News 1979

box 20, folder 4

Time Magazine 1975

box 20, folder 5

Washington Report 1973-1981

Speeches and Writings 1941-1980, undated

box 20, folder 6

"The 1917 Brand of Preparedness," undated

box 20, folder 6

"Americanism," undated

box 20, folder 6

"A Few Reflections on America in the Midst of a Belligerent World," undated

box 20, folder 6

"The Attempted Modernization of China," undated

box 20, folder 6

"Don't Believe Everything You Read," undated

box 20, folder 6

"North Oakland Kiwanis," undated

box 20, folder 7

"Peanuts Gunther," undated

box 20, folder 7

"Rearmament for Peace," undated

box 20, folder 7

"Redwood Park Suggestions," undated

box 20, folder 7

"Summary of Impressions in the Communist World of Eastern Europe," undated

box 20, folder 6

"How Close Are We to War?" circa 1941

box 20, folder 6

"Neutrality," circa 1941

box 20, folder 6

"The Eastern Europe Communist World," 1964

box 20, folder 7

"Thirty Three Days Behind the Iron Curtain," 1964

box 20, folder 7

"Press Club Breakfast Speech," 1977

box 20, folder 7

"Re: the Redwood National Park Controversy," 1977

box 20, folder 6

"Operation PUSH: People United to Save Humanity," 1978

box 20, folder 7

"President Carter's Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage," 1980