Nixon Legacy Forum: Laying the Foundation for the Modern Presidency⸺Reorganization Plan 2 of 1970
As part of the Nixon Legacy Forum, former members of the Nixon White House staff recently held a virtual panel to discuss the actions taken early in the Nixon administration that laid […]
Dealing with Disaster: 50 Years After Hurricane Agnes
1972-2022 50 years ago the floods caused by Hurricane Agnes devastated southwest New York and northeast Pennsylvania. One hundred and twenty eight people perished. Towns, farms, houses, jobs, as well […]
Remembering the Return of Blue Lake
On July 8, 1970, President Richard Nixon announced support for H.R. 471 as the first element of his new Indian Policy. Passed with bipartisan support in the United States Congress, […]
The 50th Anniversary Celebration of Title IX
The 50th anniversary celebration of Title IX kicked off with the official opening of the Nixon Library’s new exhibition, Evening the Odds: Women Leading the Way. Local Girl Scouts joined Secretary […]
A Nixon Legacy: College Grants for Millions
By Christopher T. Cross Pell Grants, the need-based government financial aid program currently supporting about 6.2 million college students could more fittingly be called Nixon Grants. As a Nixon appointee […]
The Environmental Legacy of President Nixon
During his first State of the Union address, delivered in 1970, President Nixon designated the environment as the defining issue of the new decade. “The great question of the Seventies […]
Podcast: Evan Thomas on the Great Silent Majority
Press photographers in the White House Oval Office take photos of President Nixon on the evening of his address to the nation on the Vietnam War of November 3, 1969. (Richard […]
Address to the Nation on Domestic Programs: Family Assistance Plan
Address to the Nation on Domestic Programs: Family Assistance Plan August 08, 1969 Note: The President delivered the address on nationwide radio and television at 10 p.m. Good evening my […]
Podcast: John Price on President Nixon’s Health Care Strategy
President Nixon signs the National Cancer Act on December 23, 1971. (Richard Nixon Presidential Library) John Price was Executive Director of the Urban Affairs Council in the Nixon White House […]
Podcast: Luke Nichter on the Nixon Tapes, Withdrawing from Bretton Woods, and the End of the Gold Standard
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon gave a televised address to the American people, explaining America’s new economic policy. (Associated Press) Luke Nichter is Professor of History at Texas A&M […]
