Richard P. Nathan papers, 1957-1979

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Summary

Creators:
Nathan, Richard P.
Abstract:
The collection relates to American politics and intergovernmental relations and to domestic policy, particularly welfare and revenue sharing programs, during the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. It contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, and photographs.
Extent:
67 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (27.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard P. Nathan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection relates to American politics and intergovernmental relations and to domestic policy, particularly welfare and revenue sharing programs, during the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. It contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, and photographs.

As director of domestic policy research for Nelson A. Rockefeller's 1968 presidential campaign, Nathan kept organized binders of studies on domestic issues such as crime, youth, and poverty. These materials are included in the collection along with press releases and speeches from the campaign.

Reports and correspondence from Nathan's time as assistant director of the Office of Management and Budget detail the development of the Nixon administration's welfare reform proposals, including the Family Assistance Plan, from 1968 to 1972. Among these materials are studies relating to government assistance programs in New York and California, as well as background information packets compiled for Nixon's meeting with Governors Rockefeller and Reagan in 1971.

Other materials in the collection include memoranda received and studies administered by Nathan during his time in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, drafts and proof copies of articles, editorials, and books written by Nathan, and research materials and writings on revenue sharing compiled while working as a fellow with the Brookings Institution.

The collection is arranged in the order in which it was received, with no further arrangement done by archives staff.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1935
Born
1957
Bachelors degree, Brown University
1959
Masters degree in Public Administration, Harvard University
1959-1962
Legislative assistant, U.S. Senator Kenneth B. Keating
1962-1964
Director, Domestic Policy Research, National Campaign Staff, Nelson A. Rockefeller
1966
Doctorate of Philosophy, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University
1967
Associate Director for Program Research, National Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
1968
Director, Domestic Policy Research, National Campaign Staff, Nelson A. Rockefeller
1969
Chair, Nixon Transition Task Force on the Poor
Chair, Nixon Transition Task Force on Intergovernmental Relations
1969-1970
Chair, Domestic Council Committee on Welfare Reform Planning
1969-1972
Assistant Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
1972
Deputy Under Secretary for Welfare Reform, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
1972-1977
Visiting professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Government, University of Virginia
1972-1979
Senior fellow, The Brookings Institution
1975
Author, Monitoring Revenue Sharing, with Allen D. Marvel and others, The Brookings Institution
Author, The Plot that Failed: Nixon and the Administrative Presidency
1977
Author, Revenue Sharing: The Second Round, with Charles F. Adams, Jr., and Associates, The Brookings Institution
1979-1989
Professor of Public and International Affairs and Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
1983
Author, The Administrative Presidency
1987
Author, Reagan and the States, with Fred C. Doolittle and others
1988
Author, Social Science in Government, Uses and Abuses
1989-2004
Director, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York
1989-2009
Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Rockefeller College, University at Albany, State University of New York
1993
Author, Turning Promises into Performance
1997-2001
Advisor, U.S. Government Accountability Office
2003-2004
President, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
2003-Present
Member, New York State Commission on Judicial Nominations
2005-2009
Co-Director, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard P. Nathan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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