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Series II. Nelson A. Rockefeller political campaigns, 1961-1974, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series II includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, flyers, ephemera, and other paraphernalia centered on Rockefeller's 1964 Oregon primary victory, as well as his later service to Richard M. Nixon during Nixon's campaign for reelection in 1972.

Arrangement

Material is organized chronologically.

Rockefeller. General, 1961-1963, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1964 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary (May 15, 1964), 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1964 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary. Advertisements, 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

1964 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary. Canvassing [2 folders], 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 9-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes telephone scripts and door-to-door canvasser's instruction sheets.

1964 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary. Returned mailings, 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Sixteen returned mailing envelopes (postmarked 21-22 April 1964), most still sealed, some empty, and a few open to reveal "Win With Rockefeller" brochures and a letter from William E. Walsh, State Chairman, Rockefeller for President Committee.

1964 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary. Clippings [5 folders], 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 12-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rockefeller. Ephemera [3 folders], 1964, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 17-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rockefeller. Nixon re-election [2 folders], 1972, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 20-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes drafts of Rockefeller's speech nominating Richard M. Nixon at the Republican National Convention in Miami, August 22, 1972.

Rockefeller. General, 1973-1974, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rockefeller material loaned to Cary Reich, 1964-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Cary Reich (1949-1998) was the author of The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer, 1908-1958 (New York: Doubleday, 1996). Includes a letter from Reich thanking Price for loan of the material.

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