Jeb Stuart Magruder papers, 1968-1975

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Creators:: Magruder, Jeb Stuart, 1934-2014
Abstract:: Writings, correspondence, office files, memoranda, reports, sound recordings, and printed matter relating to the elections of 1968 and 1972 and the Watergate hearings.
Extent:: 34 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder, 7 sound recordings, 1 videorecording (15.76 Linear Feet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Jeb Stuart Magruder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: The collection contains materials related to Magruder's career during the Richard M. Nixon presidency, including files from his time as the deputy director of communications (1969-1971), and then as director and subsequent deputy director of the Committee to Re-elect the President (1971-1973). The collection contains memorandum, subject files related to drafting policy and communications, and materials related to the Watergate trial. Of note are personal correspondence to and from Jeb and Gail Magruder, including correspondence during Jeb's incarceration.
Biographical / historical:: Jeb Stuart Magruder (1934-2014) was an American businessman who served in the Richard M. Nixon White House as deputy director of communications, and as the director and then deputy director for the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) for the 1973 presidential election.
Acquisition information:: Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1978.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Names:: Committee for the Re-election of the President
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Places:: United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974

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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], Jeb Stuart Magruder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US