Price (John Roy) papers, 1955-2022

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Summary

Title:
John Roy Price papers
Dates:
1955-2022
Creators:
Price, John Roy, Jr.
Abstract:
John Roy Price, Jr. served as Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs and was the Executive Secretary of the Council for Urban Affairs during the first Nixon administration. The collection includes material related to Prices' time in the Richard Nixon administration (1969-1971) and his manuscripts and research material for the book "The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy" (2021).
Extent:
71 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (30.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John Roy Price papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes material related to Prices' time in the Richard Nixon administration (1969-1971) and his manuscripts and research material for the book "The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy" (2021).

Materials include daybooks (or diaries), correspondence, documents, speeches, writings, manuscripts, research material, and printed matter. The files include policies and programs Price worked on such as the Council for Urban Affairs (CUA), model cities, health care, urban policy and housing, federal government organization, and welfare reform including Income Maintenance Programs, the Family Security System (FSS), and the Family Assistance Program (FAP). Also included is material related to Price's work with the Ripon Society.

Biographical / historical:

John Roy Price, Jr. served as Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs and was the Executive Secretary of the Council for Urban Affairs during the first Nixon administration. Price co-founded the Ripon Society in 1962. In 1968 he joined Richard Nixon's Presidential campaign, where he served as an assistant to Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Council for Urban Affairs in 1969. In 1970, when Moynihan left, Price became Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs and Executive Secretary to the Council on Urban Affairs, reporting directly to John Ehrlichman. Price left the Nixon administration in 1971. After his tenure in the administration, Price shifted his career to finance and banking. Price wrote the memoir "The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider's Perspective on Nixon's Surprising Social Policy" (2021).

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2023.
Processing information:

Folder titles have been retained from the original folders when available. The original arrangement was retained as applicable. If the same subject was found filed under different organizational headings, it was retained in that organization and not grouped under one subject. Surrogates from the Nixon Presidential Library are made available to the public by the National Archives and Records Administration and are either unclassified or declassified.

Arrangement:

Price used an alphanumeric and numerical organization system that may be found on some of the original folder titles or written on the material. As applicable, groups of material have been arranged by that original system under the series for Council for Urban Affairs, Model Cities Community Development, Health Care Policy, Urban Policy and Housing, Welfare Reform, and Executive Reorganization. Additionally, the original groupings for the series Correspondence, Campaign File, Chronological Files, and Subject Files have been retained.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lucy Hernandez
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-27 17:17:33.889799

Access and use

Restrictions:

Content from this collection has been digitized. The remainder of 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], John Roy Price 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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