A circa 2018 transcription of Reston's original diary from his time in Washington, DC, during the summer of 1974 to witness the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon.
This song, “Watergate Blues,” is by Big Joe Williams and was recorded in 1978. The title is shared by songs created by other artists to convey current events and the Watergate scandal through music.
This subpoena is one of two issued by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to President Nixon on July 23, 1973; it requests all communications between President Richard Nixon and John Dean, who used to be Counsel to the…
This subpoena is one of two issued by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to President Nixon on July 23, 1973; it requests all records that relate to the attached list of 25 people on pages three and four of this document.
The subject line of this memorandum, sent by John Dean on August 16, 1971, is "Dealing with our Political Enemies," and it outlines how the Nixon administration can "use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies." This memo is…
This letter is one of four digitized letters from President Nixon to Sam Ervin; this particular letter acknowledges the two subpoenas issued on July 23, 1973, as well as the reasoning behind Nixon’s refusal to comply with those subpoenas.
This event was an interview of Rufus Edmisten by Chancellor Holden Thorp marking the donation of the Rufus Edmisten Papers to the Southern Historical Collection. This clip is about the discovery of a White House taping system.
This event was an interview of Rufus Edmisten by Chancellor Holden Thorp marking the donation of the Rufus Edmisten Papers to the Southern Historical Collection. This clip is about Edmisten's experience delivering two subpoenas to the White House.
This event was an interview of Rufus Edmisten by Chancellor Holden Thorp marking the donation of the Rufus Edmisten Papers to the Southern Historical Collection. This clip is about an error on the original subpoenas.
This event was an interview of Rufus Edmisten by Chancellor Holden Thorp marking the donation of the Rufus Edmisten Papers to the Southern Historical Collection. This clip is about Edmisten's thoughts about Nixon's actions regarding the Watergate…
This is a recording from WAFR—a Black-owned community radio station in Durham, NC—of Bobby Seale speaking at UNC-Chapel Hill on February 21, 1974. This clip is about categorizing Nixon's use of executive privilege as a divine right—drawing from the…
This is a recording from WAFR—a Black-owned community radio station in Durham, NC—of Bobby Seale speaking at UNC-Chapel Hill on February 21, 1974. This clip is about King Richard the First of America—likening Nixon to King George III.
This is a recording from WAFR—a Black-owned community radio station in Durham, NC—of Ronald Dellums speaking at Duke University around 1972 to 1973. This clip is about the winning being the top value in the US and how that has led to/impacted the…
This is a recording from WAFR—a Black-owned community radio station in Durham, NC—of Ronald Dellums speaking at Duke University around 1972 to 1973. This clip is about the danger of the mentality that led to Nixon's Enemies List.
This is a recording from WAFR—a Black-owned community radio station in Durham, NC—of Ronald Dellums speaking at Duke University around 1972 to 1973. This clip is about the danger that results from private campaign contributions
This item depicts two side-by-side images: Georges Clemenceau on the left and James Reston on the right. The image of Reston is the same image used on the cover of his impeachment diary, "How It Felt: The Impeachment Diary of James Reston, Jr., 27…
This photo of Bobby Seale was taken at a UNC-Chapel Hill event on February 21, 1974. Harold Moore took this photo for the Durham newspapers Durham Morning Herald, Durham Sun, and The Herald-Sun.
An image of the front of the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC—the location of the initial break-in. The image includes a person standing in front of a sign that reads "Watergate Mall."
This letter is one of four digitized letters from President Nixon to Sam Ervin; this particular letter references Nixon’s letter from July 6 and a statement he made on May 22; Nixon states that he will not permit access to the tapes.
This letter is one of four digitized letters from President Nixon to Sam Ervin; this particular letter references references the May 22 statement as well as former President Truman’s actions when subpoenaed by the 1953 Committee of the House of…
This letter is one of four digitized letters from President Nixon to Sam Ervin; this particular letter mentions a phone conversation they had on July 12. The letter states that Nixon does not see a reason to meet unless Ervin feels otherwise.