Gerald Lee Warren papers, 1956-1994

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Warren, Gerald Lee, 1930-
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, press releases, press conference transcripts, press summaries, photographs, clippings, and other printed matter relating to American foreign and domestic policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, the Watergate affair, and the American press. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
228 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 23 envelopes, 11 sound cassettes, 4 sound discs (93.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Gerald Lee Warren papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, press releases, press conference transcripts, press summaries, photographs, clippings, and other printed matter relating to American foreign and domestic policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, the Watergate affair, and the American press.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1930 August 17
Born, Hastings, Nebraska
1951
Member, Sigma Nu Fraternity
Editor, The Daily Nebraskan
1951-1952
Reporter, Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Nebraska
1952
B.A. in journalism, University of Nebraska
1952-1956
Single engine pilot, squadron personnel officer and legal (non-professional) officer, United States Navy
1956
Reporter, Mill Valley Record, Mill Valley, California
1956-1961
Reporter and later assistant city editor, San Diego Union
1961-1963
Business representative, Copley News Service
1963-1968
City editor, San Diego Union
1968-1969
Assistant managing editor, San Diego Union
1969-1974
Deputy press secretary to President Richard Nixon
1971
Distinguished Service Award, Alumni Association, University of Nebraska
1974-1975
Deputy press secretary to President Gerald Ford
1975-1995
Editor, San Diego Union, San Diego, California
2004
Master's degree in theology, Virginia Theological Seminary
2015 March 20
Died, Arlington, Virginia
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1980, with an increment received in 1995.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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], Gerald Lee Warren 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