Magruder (Jeb Stuart) papers

Correspondence 1972-1975

Arrangement

Arranged into two sub-series based on recipient: Jeb Stuart Magruder and his wife Gail Magruder. Jeb Magruder's sub-series is arranged into three chronological periods, each divided according to the correspondent's relationship. Gail Magruder's correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Magruder, Jeb 1972-1975

1972 January-1974 May

Family

box 1, folder 1

1973 May 11-1974 May 28

Friends and associates

box 1, folder 2

1972 January 9-December 13

Scope and Contents

Contains letters sent and received. Largely relates to Magruder's work on CRP and Nixon's inauguration. Includes correspondence with Dwight Chapin, Yuri Babenko, Bill Brock, Robert C. Odle and James R. Schlesinger.

box 1, folder 3

1972 December 14-March 7

Scope and Contents

Contains letters sent and received. Largely relates to Magruder's work on CRP and Nixon's inauguration. Includes correspondence with Yuri Babenko, Brad Hainsworth, Harry S. Dent, Sr., Bob Dole, Joyce Rumsfeld, Anna Chennault, David N. Parker, and Marlow Cook.

box 1, folder 4

1973 February 2-May 22

Scope and Contents

Contains letters sent and received. Includes correspondence with Janet Fraser, Jo Haldeman, Linden Blue, Peter G. Peterson, and Frederick Baily Dent's receipt of Magruder's resignation letter from the Department of Commerce.

box 1, folder 5

1973 April 19-July 27

Scope and Contents

Contains letters sent and received.

box 1, folder 6

1973 May 4-June 11

Scope and Contents

Contains letters received.

box 2, folder 1

1973 June 19-December

Scope and Contents

Contains letters received.

box 2, folder 2

1973 September-1974 January

Scope and Contents

Contains letters received. Relates to Magruder's time at Metropolitan Research Services, and specifically the Sea Pines development project.

box 2, folder 3

1974 April-May 31

Scope and Contents

Contains letters received. Includes letter from Dwight Chapin.

General public

box 2, folder 4

1973 May 21-July 17

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters sent and received.

box 2, folder 5

1973 June 12-July 9

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters received.

box 2, folder 6

1973 June 14-July 17

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters sent and received.

box 3, folder 1

1973 June 14-July 27

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters sent and received.

box 3, folder 2

1973 August 3-December 6

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters sent and received.

box 3, folder 3

1974 January 14-May 23

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters sent and received.

box 3, folder 4

1974 May 24-31

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters received.

1974 June-December

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters received.

Family

box 3, folder 5-6

Magruder, Gail 1974 July 8-August 24

box 3, folder 7

Children 1974 June-August

box 4, folder 1

Other family members 1974 July 23-December

Friends and associates

box 4, folder 2

1974 June 5-June 14

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Douglas E. Coe.

box 4, folder 3

1974 June 17-June 28

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Harry Dent, Sr.

box 4, folder 4

1974 July 1-July 8

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Donald Riegle, Jr.

box 5, folder 1

1974 July 9-July 19

box 5, folder 2

1974 July 21-July 31

box 5, folder 3

1974 August 1-August 12

box 5, folder 4

1974 August

Scope and Contents

Letter from Donald Santarelli.

box 5, folder 5

1974 August 13-August 25

box 5, folder 6

1974 August 24-September 23

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Atheneum Book Publishing.

box 6, folder 1

1974 September 24-October 31

box 6, folder 2

1974 November 1-November 13

box 6, folder 3

1974 November 15-November 24

box 6, folder 4

1974 November 25-November 27

Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Harry Dent, Sr., and Robert C. Odle.

box 6, folder 5

1974 December 2-December 10

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Alfred Knopf.

General public

box 6, folder 6

1974 June 2-June 5

box 7, folder 1

1974 June 5-June 6

box 7, folder 2

1974 June 7

box 7, folder 3

1974 June 8-June 11

box 7, folder 4

1974 June 13-June 14

box 7, folder 5

1974 June 14-June 16

box 7, folder 6

1974 June 17-June 19

box 7, folder 7

1974 June 21-June 24

box 8, folder 1

1974 June 25-June 30

box 8, folder 2

1974 July 1-July 14

box 8, folder 3

1974 July 14-July 23

box 8, folder 4

1974 July 25-August 7

box 8, folder 5

1974 August 10-August 19

box 8, folder 6

1974 August 21-August 27

box 9, folder 1

1974 August 27-August 30

box 9, folder 2

1974 September 2-September 8

box 9, folder 3

1974 September 9-September 30

box 9, folder 4

1974 October 2-October 29

box 9, folder 5

1974 November 1-December 3

box 9, folder 6

Scribner, Elizabeth 1974 May 30-July 26

box 9, folder 7

Levine, Arthur 1974 July 3-September 26

1975 January-June

Scope and Contents

Contains Letters received.

Family

box 9, folder 8

1975 January 9-March 5

Friends and associates

box 10, folder 1

1975 January 2-February 1

Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Robert Alan Fernon Reisner and Nancy Colson.

box 10, folder 2

1975 February 2-July 24

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Harry Dent, Sr.

General public

box 10, folder 3

1975 January 9-January 20

box 10, folder 4

1975 January 23-February 3

box 10, folder 5

1975 February 7-June 20

Magruder, Gail 1973-1975

Letters Received 1973-1975

box 10, folder 6

1973 February 28-May 2

box 10, folder 7

1973 May 7-August 21

box 10, folder 8

1974 January-March 27

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from the staff of Barbara Walters show.

box 11, folder 1

1974 March 28

Scope and Contents

Largely related to Gail Magruder's appearance on the Today Show.

box 11, folder 2

1974 March 28

Scope and Contents

Contains a letter from Barbara Bush.

box 11, folder 3

1974 March 29-March 31

box 11, folder 4

1974 March 31-April 19

box 11, folder 5

1974 April

Scope and Contents

Contains a letter from Jo Haldeman.

box 11, folder 6

1974 May 5-May 29

box 11, folder 7

1974 June 1-June 16

box 11, folder 6

1974 June 18-August 27

box 12, folder 1

1974 September 11-1975 June

Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison and a letter from Jo Haldeman.

1968 Presidential Campaign materials 1968

Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to Jeb Magruder's work as the Southern California coordinator to Richard Nixon's presidential campaign.

box 13, folder 1

Chairman campaign resources and lists 1968

box 13, folder 2-3

California GOP participation resources 1968

box 13, folder 4-5

Los Angeles goals program 1968

box 13, folder 6

California state officers list 1968

box 13, folder 7

California campaign headquarters 1968

box 13, folder 8

California executive meeting minutes 1968 September 18

box 13, folder 9

California precincts and voting information 1968

box 13, folder 10

Telephone campaign supervisor's handbooks for the primary 1968

box 33, folder 1

Organizational chart templates 1968

Scope and Contents

Contains California and Los Angeles county campaign organizational charts.

Deputy Director of White House Communications file 1968-1971

Scope and Contents

Contains materials related to Jeb Magruder's position as the deputy director of communications for the White House, including memorandum, reports, and subject files.

White House Action Memorandum 1969-1970

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Processing Information

Numerous memos contain several dates grouped together, in this event they are arranged and grouped with the originating date.

Related Materials

The Nixon Presidential Library contains additional Action Memorandum.

Scope and Contents

Official memorandum sent from the office of the secretary of staff. The memorandum contain numerous levels of communications with a variety of White House staff containing time sensitive tasks, needs-to-know information related to presidential policy, programs, proposals, and people.

box 14, folder 1

1969 october 16-November 14

box 14, folder 2

1970 January 10-30

box 14, folder 3

1970 February 5-7

box 14, folder 4

1970 August 10

box 14, folder 5

1970 September 4-21

box 14, folder 6

1970 September 22-30

box 14, folder 7

1970 October 1-29

box 14, folder 8

1970 November 10-30

box 14, folder 9

1970 December 1-16

box 14, folder 10

1970 December 17-22

box 14, folder 11

1970 December 23-31

Chronological file 1969-1971

Processing Information

Documents that were noted as originally being filed in JSM Chon file were added to this section. Loose documents that were related to existing subject files were filed with their related subjects. Numerous topics and corresponding memorandum and notes can be found filed both in the chronological file, and in a related subject or Action Memorandum file.

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and internal office memorandum pertaining to numerous projects and plans.

box 15, folder 1-4

1969 September-December

box 15, folder 5-8

1970 January-December

box 15, folder 9-10

1971 January-July

Subject file 1968-1971

Processing Information

Folder titles have been retained from the original folders when available. Devised subject files were created when large groupings related to a particular subject were identified. If Action Memorandum were found they were retained in the subject file and not separated to the Action Memorandum series.

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum, clippings, correspondence, and reports.

box 16, folder 11

Brinkley, David and NBC 1970 February 4

Scope and Contents

Related to recent coverage by David Brinkley on NBC

box 16, folder 1-4

Cambodia 1970 May-July

Scope and Contents

Contains notes, memorandum, reports, press coverage, and draft policies and communications for reporters. Of note is the draft of an edited speech for Ronald Reagan in support of sending troops into Vietnam, undated.

box 19, folder 10

Cambodia 1970 May-June

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum related to press and television planning, as well as correspondence with Jim Keogh related to a Cambodia book project.

box 16, folder 5

Campaign reform legislation 1970 March

box 16, folder 6

Campaign/Election 1969-1970

box 16, folder 7

Candidates 1970 January-1971 March

Scope and Contents

Memorandum related to searching for PR Head and campaign surrogates

box 16, folder 8

Citizens Committee for Government Reorganization 1971

box 16, folder 9-10

Crime and drug game plan 1970

box 17, folder 1

Economy project 1970 February 11

box 17, folder 2-3

Eight Goals 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Related to Action Memorandum 1603 - Goals of the Administration.

box 17, folder 4

Election ads 1970

box 17, folder 5

Environment 1969-1970

box 17, folder 6

Game planning 1969-1971

box 17, folder 7

Haldeman reading file 1971 January-March

Scope and Contents

Memorandum sent to H. R. Haldeman from Jeb Magruder

box 17, folder 8

Haynsworth case 1969

Scope and Contents

Memorandum related to Nixon's nomination of Clement Haynsworth as a associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The document contains views and polling on the nomination.

box 17, folder 9

Honor America Day 1971 February-August

box 17, folder 10

Huntley, Chet and NBC 1969-1971

box 17, folder 11

Inflation plan 1970

box 17, folder 12

Judge Carswell 1970

Scope and Contents

Memorandum related to Nixon's nomination of G. Harrold Carswell as a associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The file contains letters and draft letters of support for the nomination sent to Senators

box 17, folder 13

Labor Day rally 1970

box 17, folder 14

Laos 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum related to the tentative plans for Laos.

box 17, folder 15

Lasky book 1970

Scope and Contents

Related to a book proposal by Victor Lasky of President Nixon. Memorandum outlines Lasky's intentions with the project.

box 18, folder 1

Letters to the Editor 1969-1971

box 18, folder 2

Media briefing 1970-1971

box 18, folder 3

Miscellaneous 1968-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes a proposal for utilizing computer automation for presidential responses on Vietnam for incoming mail. Also includes a 1968 letter from Richard Nixon to Alfred H. Owens at Citizens National Bank asking for White House staffing recommendations.

News summary reports 1970-1971

box 18, folder 4

1970 July-1971 January

box 18, folder 5

1970 September-1971 March

box 18, folder 6

1971 January-April

box 18, folder 7

Open door administration 1970-1971

box 18, folder 8

Outside groups 1969-1970

box 18, folder 9

Plans committee meeting 1971

box 18, folder 10

Political 1970 September-October

Polling 1969-1972

box 18, folder 11

General 1970 March-December

box 19, folder 1

General 1969-1971

box 19, folder 2-3

Polls, Opinion Research Corporation 1969-1972

box 19, folder 4

Potomac Clean-up Day 1970 April 17

President 1969-1971

box 19, folder 5

Memorandum for the president 1969-1971

Scope and Contents

Contains internal memorandum for President Nixon from a variety of White House staffers, including H.R. Haldeman, Alexander Butterfield, Herb Klein, and John Dean. Of note is a draft letter for the president to sign related to William Casey's nomination to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Speeches 1969

box 19, folder 6

"President's Address on Vietnam, November 3, 1969" 1969 October

Trips 1971

box 19, folder 7

Planning 1971

box 19, folder 8-9

Des Moines, Iowa 1971

box 20, folder 1-6

Press Objectivity 1969-1970

Processing Information

Several documents that could be interfiled into related subject files have been retained within Magruder's original file structure within Press Objectivity.

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum and analysis of events and topics from a variety of subjects. Coverage includes Labor Day rally, crime game plan, Honor America Day, Bill Huntley and NBC, and Judge Haynsworth.

box 20, folder 7

Reference memos used for planning 1969-1970

Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous memorandum used by Magruder as reference materials. Coverage includes: crime, role of the vice president, cabinet members.

box 20, folder 8

Television 1970-1971

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum related to setting up satellite interviews with the president, as well as television interviews.

box 20, folder 9

Unemployment statistics 1971 September

box 20, folder 10

Vanderbilt University project 1970

box 20, folder 11

Vietnam 1969 November 3, 1970 January 26

Scope and Contents

Contains the president's Vietnam Address relay schedule (1969), and game plan for the Tell it to Hanoi Committee (1970).

Committee to Re-elect the President file 1971-1973

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum, reports, polling data and strategies, and campaign canvassing materials.

box 21, folder 1-5

Memorandum and weekly reports for the Attorney General 1971 April 21, 1972 January 19-July 28

box 21, folder 6

Resolution of the budget committee file circa 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains undated copy of the document with subject: "Committee action without meeting on payment of legal expenses of committee officers"

box 21, folder 7-8

Resumes 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Resumes and interview schedules for potential campaign staff and interns.

Chronological file 1971 February-1973 June 13

box 21, folder 9

1971 February-September

box 21, folder 10

1971 October-November

box 21, folder 11

1971 December

box 22, folder 1

1972 January-February

box 22, folder 2

1972 March 14

Scope and Contents

Contains document related to attack organization and strategy.

box 22, folder 3

1972 March-April

box 22, folder 4

1972 May-June

box 22, folder 5-6

1972 August-November

box 22, folder 7

1973 January-February

box 22, folder 8

1973 June 13

Spokesman Resources Division file 1971-1972

box 22, folder 9-10

General 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Memorandum and planning related to surrogates and spokesman.

box 22, folder 11

Spokesman Resources Budgets 1972

Scope and Contents

Projected budgets for 1972 campaign, includes budget analysis and comparison charts.

Richard Nixon's 1972 Presidential Campaign materials 1972

box 23, folder 1-3

"State Chairman Organizational Manual" 1972

box 23, folder 4

"Press Directors' Handbook" 1972

box 23, folder 5

"Business and Industry Committee for the Re-election of the President, City Chairman's Guide Book" 1972

box 23, folder 6

"Planning for the Re-election of the President, Guide Book" 1972 July 2

box 23, folder 7

California reginal headquarters records 1972 September

box 23, folder 8

California country headquarters list 1972 August 1

box 24, folder 1

Polling data 1972 July

box 24, folder 2

Proposals for organization and staffing 1971 November 17

Scope and Contents

Memorandum for the Attorney General from Magruder related to proposals for staffing, and polling.

box 24, folder 3-4

"Ticket Splitters by State" 1972

box 24, folder 5

"Special Ballot Program Plan" 1972 June 2

box 24, folder 6-7

Advertising, direct mail, and media organization 1972 January-November

box 25, folder 1

Advertising, direct mail, and media organization 1972 September 25-October 6

box 28, folder 3

Canvassing materials 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains a sample of a canvassing kit.

box 25, folder 2-6

Direct mail and telephone operation 1972

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum, budgets, and strategic planning documents.

box 25, folder 7-9

Sample mailings 1972

Scope and Contents

Examples of bulk mailings for recruiting volunteers, and soliciting support and donations. The mailings are grouped by regional demographics.

box 26, folder 1-3

Sample mailings 1972

Scope and Contents

Examples of bulk mailings for recruiting volunteers, and soliciting support and donations. The mailings include surrogate support letters, and get out the vote program letters.

box 26, folder 4-7

Telephone campaign materials 1972

Scope and Contents

Includes a sample recruitment book that was used for managing shifts and call schedules, chairman's notebook and manual for running a call center, phone bank sample documents and scripts, and the Leaders Orientation Handbook.

box 27, folder 1

"Victory Volunteer Manual" 1972

box 27, folder 2-4

Polling and research files 1972

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum and reports related to polling data, media research and strategy, and political maps.

Campaign strategy files 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum and reports related to campaign and election strategy.

box 27, folder 5-9

1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum and reports related to campaign leadership, strategy, and planning.

box 28, folder 1-2

1972 November

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum related to post election analyzation of Republican results. Also includes RNC invoices to CRP.

box 28, folder 4

"Campaign reform" 1971-1972

box 28, folder 5

"Senate and congress races" 1972 August-September

Voting files 1971-1972

Processing Information

Original folder titles retained.

Scope and Contents

Contains memorandum and strategy related to voting demographics.

box 29, folder 1-2

18-21 year old vote 1971-1972

box 29, folder 3-4

Black vote 1971-1972

box 29, folder 5

Democrats for Nixon 1972

box 29, folder 6-9

Elderly and older American's vote 1972

box 29, folder 10

Ethnic voters 1972

box 29, folder 11-12

Farm vote 1971

box 29, folder 13

Jewish vote 1972

box 30, folder 2-4

Middle America vote 1971

box 30, folder 1

Middle American and Ethnic vote 1972

box 30, folder 5

Spanish vote 1971

box 30, folder 6-7

Women vote 1971-1972

box 30, folder 8-10

Youth vote 1972

Republican National Convention file 1968-1972

box 28, folder 6

"Apportionment of Delegates to 1972 RNC" list 1972

box 28, folder 7

Memorandum 1968-1972

Scope and Contents

Includes registration activity reports, as well as memorandum related to RNC engagement.

box 28, folder 8

RNC Telephone Directory and Guide, Miami Beach 1972

box 31, folder 1-2

Planning schedule for the Republican National Convention 1972 March 27

Scope and Contents

Contains a memorandum for the planning activities for the campaign leading up to the convention.

box 31, folder 3

Election night activities 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Includes memorandum and documents related to planning/coordinating the election night activities.

Printed matter 1972-1973

box 32, folder 1

Campaign ephemera order booklet 1972

os_folder H13

1972 campaign posters 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains: "Now more than ever" (horizontal version), "The president" created by the Young Voters for the President, and "Senator McGovern, the people of St. Louis want to know:…"

box 33, folder 2

1972 campaign posters 1972

Scope and Contents

Contains: "Now more than ever" (vertical version), "The nation needs coolness more than clarion calls…", and a black and white portrait of the President smiling with his arms crossed.

box 33, folder 3

"The ReElector" Issue number 5 1972

Scope and Contents

Campaign newspaper, edition featured convention schedule and calendar.

1973 Inauguration 1972-1973

box 31, folder 4

Post election staff list 1972 October 12

Scope and Contents

Detailed memorandum documenting the staffing changes within the White House after the election.

box 31, folder 5

Letter to Jeb Magruder from Taft Schreiber 1972 November 2

Scope and Contents

Letter related to preferential treatment to big donors at the inauguration.

box 31, folder 6-8

Guest lists for inauguration 1972-1973

box 32, folder 2

1973 Inaugural book 1973

Watergate records 1969-1975

Scope and Contents

Materials related to the investigation, trial, and sentencing of Jeb Magruder and his role in the Watergate break-ins, also includes Magruder's recorded testimony.

box 34, folder 1

Statement to the court 1973

Scope and Contents

Jeb Magruder's draft statement to the court regarding his involvement in the Watergate break-ins, and cover-up.

box 34, folder 2

Letters 1973-1974

Scope and Contents

Contains letters with the Special Prosecution and Magruder's attorney, and character letters sent to Magruder's Probation officer, and Judge Sirica prior to sentencing. As well as a letter from McCord to Judge Sirica.

box 34, folder 3

Court records 1974

Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of the filed court order for the United States of America v. Jeb Stuart Magruder, and sentencing documents.

box 34, folder 4

Court transcript 1974

Scope and Contents

Copy of Magruder's transcript, with original annotations.

box 34, folder 5-6

Dossier of Jeb Magruder 1974

Scope and Contents

Chronology of events and publications in various news outlets. Includes copies of all press coverage of the Watergate break-in.

Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force 1969-1973

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Scope and Contents

Contains copies from the National Archives and Records Administration, records group 460. Materials were used during the Watergate trial.

box 34, folder 7

Memorandum 1969 September 9-December 19

box 34, folder 8

Memorandum 1970 January 5-November 30

box 34, folder 9

Memorandum 1971 October 10

box 34, folder 10-12

Diaries 1971-1972

Scope and Contents

Copies of Jeb Magruder's appointment books and calendars.

box 34, folder 13

Travel records 1972-1973

box 34, folder 14

Grand Jury Summons 1973 May 15

box 35

Jeb Stuart Magruder's testimony before the United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities 1973 June 12

Physical Description: 3 microfilm reels (35 mm)

Audiovisual materials 1973, 1975

Conditions Governing Access

Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

Watergate Hearing 1973 June 14

box MC35

Watergate Hearing, part 1 1973 June 14