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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Includes booklet The Republican Party and the Negro: Facts for Party Speakers and Workers; newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, itineraries, a 30-page survey of press coverage of Richard Nixon (1952), Nixon speeches, a packet containing an invitation to the January 1953 inauguration of Eisenhower and Nixon, correspondence from Gladwin Hill of the New York Times to Bassett, and a copy of Nixon speech of Sept. 23, 1952 ("The Checkers speech"). Split into three folders.
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Manuscripts
Includes booklet The Republican Party and the Negro: Facts for Party Speakers and Workers; newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, itineraries, a 30-page survey of press coverage of Richard Nixon (1952), Nixon speeches, a packet containing an invitation to the January 1953 inauguration of Eisenhower and Nixon, correspondence from Gladwin Hill of the New York Times to Bassett, and a copy of Nixon speech of Sept. 23, 1952 ("The Checkers speech"). Split into three folders.
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Includes some news photographs of the Nixons, telegrams, itineraries, (1952) campaign speeches by Nixon, several Congressional Quarterly Weekend Reports, news clippings, and eight check stubs - Reimbursement of expenses during the period Aug. - Oct. 1952. The amounts of the checks ranged from $46 to $154. Split into two folders.
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Includes some news photographs of the Nixons, telegrams, itineraries, (1952) campaign speeches by Nixon, several Congressional Quarterly Weekend Reports, news clippings, and eight check stubs - Reimbursement of expenses during the period Aug. - Oct. 1952. The amounts of the checks ranged from $46 to $154. Split into two folders.
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Includes a 1956 booklet titled, "The Second Man," (a critical look at Richard Nixon) published by Americans for Democratic Action, memos (one angry one to Bassett about photogs), news releases, a sheet of campaign song lyrics provided by Womanpower for Eisenhower, telegrams, a small campaign poster, invitation cards for the 1957 Inaugural, several Republican National Committee booklets related to the 1956 campaign, a New Yorker article of 10/13/56, an entire issue of Time (news magazine) for 11/12/1956, the election issue, with the cover story "The Winners." A red binder contains "1956 Nixon Campaign Diary of James Bassett--Aug. 31 - Sept. 24." Large file.
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Approx. 100 items. Folder includes correspondence with Richard Nixon and other members of the Eisenhower administration, newspaper clippings, press releases, TIME magazine reprint on President-elect Kennedy, an issue of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, other memos and notes. Dick Bergholz letter dated August 26, 1952 removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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