Guide to the Nixon Presidential Photograph Collection
Arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Nixon Presidential Photograph Collection, 1969-1972
Collection number: Mss 248
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- July 10, 2008
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Nixon Presidential Photograph Collection
Dates: 1969-1972
Collection number: Mss 248
Collection Size:
1.5 linear feet
(5 oversize boxes).
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Mounted prints taken by official White House photographers; given to Mrs. [?] Firestone, mother of Brooks Firestone, and prominent
Republican supporter.
Physical location: Annex 2.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None. Collection is stored off-site; advance notice required for retrieval.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Nixon Presidential Photograph Collection. Mss 248. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Brooks Firestone, via UCSB History Department, 2007.
Scope and Content Notes
This collection, donated by Brooks Firestone, is comprised of official White House photographic prints, primarily taken by
Ollie Atkins, the Official White House Photographer during the Nixon administration. The collection includes over 50 large
format prints with matching descriptions, as well as two medium size photograph collections focusing on his daughter Tricia's
wedding at the White House Rose Garden in June 1971 and on Nixon's trip to China in February of 1972 in which he met Chairman
Mao Zedong and other Chinese officials.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Atkins, Oliver F., 1916-1977
Related Material
Original prints, slides, and negatives of Ollie Atkins' photographs are located in the Special Collections & Archives Department
at George Mason University: Many of the prints in this collection have been digitized by GMU and are available here:
http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollections/ollie1.html .
Researchers looking for information and additional photographs about President Nixon may want to contact the Nixon Presidential
Library and Museum:
http://www.nixonlibrary.gov/ .
Numbered Series
Scope and Content Note
Incomplete
Box 1
8. Typical ceremony for a State visit, South Lawn, White House,
May 26, 1970.
Box 1
9. President and Mrs. Nixon attend reception at French Embassy with President and Madame Georges Pompidou,
Feb. 25, 1970.
Box 1
10. The President converses with Chancellor Willy Brandt of Germany in the Green Room at the White House,
May 14, 1969.
Box 1
11. Mrs. Nixon receives a big hug during a party for diplomatic children,
Dec. 23, 1969.
Box 1
12. The President meets with David Lupi, the Hearing and Speech Poster Child,
Apr. 24, 1969.
Box 1
15. The President throws out the first ball at opening day,
Apr. 7.
Box 1
17. Duke Ellington looks on as the President takes a turn at the piano.
Box 1
23. Presidential motorcade with President Nixon and President Diaz Ordaz of Mexico; San Diego, California,
Sep. 9, 1970.
Box 2
28. Tricia and friends attend a masked party at the White House.
Box 2
32. President Nixon visits Pope Paul at the Vatican,
Sep. 28, 1970.
Box 2
33. Airport arrival ceremonies at Belgrade, Yugoslavia with President Tito,
Sep. 30, 1970.
Box 2
34. Motorcade during visit to Madrid, Spain,
Oct. 2, 1970.
Box 2
35. Mrs. Nixon receives Irish linen from a family in Ireland during visit,
Oct. 4, 1970.
Box 2
36. Motorcade in Dublin, Ireland, during visit,
Oct. 5, 1970.
Box 2
37. President Nixon stops along roadside to watch horsemen work out during visit to Ireland,
Oct. 5, 1970.
Box 2
47. President Nixon walks with Prime Minister Heath at the Presidential retreat, Camp David, Maryland,
Dec. 18, 1970.
Box 3: 1
Tricia Nixon's wedding at the White House, June 12, 1971 (15 photographs, see box 4 for one additional oversize photograph)
Box 3: 2
Nixon in China, Feb. 21-28, 1972 (8 photographs, see box 5 for one additional one oversize photograph)
Box 3: 3
"Special Photographic Report on Recent Activities of the President and the First Family," April 5, 1974. (41 photographs plus
1 form letter from O. Atkins)
Box 3: 4
Portrait of President Nixon; Portrait of President and Mrs. Nixon; photograph of Mrs. Nixon, Mrs. Ford, Queen Fabiola of Belgium,
and one unidentified woman
Box 4
Miscellaneous images of President Nixon, the First Family, and the White House, May 14, 1969-July 18, 1971 (9 photographs)
Box 5
Miscellaneous images of President Nixon, the First Family, and the White House, Aug. 6, 1971-May 24, 1972 (8 photographs)
Box 5
Miscellaneous images of President Nixon, the First Family, and the White House, undated. (3 photographs)
