Ford pardons Nixon
Gerald Ford was Vice President under President Richard Nixon and took over the Presidency when Nixon resigned. Nixon was under investigation for criminal activity...
Letter from Anthony Ferreira
In 1974, Anthony Ferreira told President Gerald Ford, “I think you are half right and half wrong” regarding the pardon of Richard Nixon.
Nixon resigns
Facing impeachment and removal from office, President Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Four days earlier Nixon released three tapes that implicated him in...
Phone call from the Moon
As this page from President Richard Nixon’s daily diary shows, the evening of July 20, 1969, had been busy. Nixon’s last phone call took place at 11:45 P.M. It...
The King meets the President
The most requested photograph in the holdings of the National Archives is this one of a meeting between President Richard Nixon and singer Elvis Presley in December 1970.
The Senate investigates Watergate
In February 1973, amid growing suspicion that there was more to the break-in of the Democratic Party's National Committee offices, the Senate established an...
The ship that welcomed the astronauts
Look at the second entry in this deck log from the U.S.S. Hornet, dated July 24, 1969. It documents the ship’s role in the recovery of the Apollo 11...