File materials placed in the category PU (Publications) pertain to published and non-published items. This includes Federal, non-Federal, and private sources. These publications include books, booklets, pamphlets, cartoons, newspapers, magazines, and periodicals.
The principal correspondents in these files include the President; his counselors, assistants, and advisors, including Herbert Klein, Ronald Ziegler, Daniel Moynihan, John Ehrlichman, William Timmons, Rose Mary Woods, Noble Melencamp, Margita White, Dwight Chapin, John Dean, Henry Kissinger, and Peter Flanigan. Other correspondents include academic leaders, publishers, and private citizens.
The types of records found in the subject files include originals and drafts of letters, staff memoranda, carbons and electrostatic copies, reports, White House withdrawal sheets, clippings, published items, handwritten notes, press releases, and telegrams.
Subject matter in PU covers all aspects of publications and their relationship with the Federal Government. The following are typical examples: requests for permission to use the Presidential seal; request for comments from the President or other members of the Executive Branch; examples of publications of federal agencies; requests for copies of government documents; discussion of content and availability of White House press releases; requests for assistance from the White House in the research, writing, endorsement, or publishing of books; submissions of annual reports from non-governmental organizations; requests from the White House for cartoonists' originals; thank-you notes for "pro" editorials; presidential response letters to human interest stories in newspapers; discussion of the Newspaper Preservation Act; concern over the use of the mails to transmit obscene literature; and the Dirksen Bill (S.R. 1077).
National Archives and Records Administration withdrawal forms can be found in locations where items have been removed as audio-visual or museum objects, or due to preservation needs. Some documents have been withdrawn for national security, Federal statute, or privacy considerations.
The terms "Executive" and "General" in the subject file code refer to the source of the materials. Items designated as "Executive" ("EX") are communications between foreign, national, state, and local governments and prominent persons. Items designated as "General" ("GEN") are communications between government officials and private citizens and organizations. The topics under each heading are generally similar.
Some materials cross-referenced to PU are found in the following subject files:
FG 1 Federal Government - Organizations - President of the United States
JL 3 Judicial - Legal Matters - Criminal Matters
ND 18/CO 165 National Defense - Wars - Vietnam
PL/Nixon Political Affairs - Richard Nixon
PR 1 Public Relations - Administration Appreciation Letters
PR 3 Public Relations - Administration Support
PR 16 Public Relations - Publicity
The subcategories within PU are as follows:
PU 1 FEDERAL AGENCY PUBLICATIONS
This section is subdivided by FG and IT numbers. These numbers correspond to the Federal Government Organization or International Organization (IT) to which they are concerned. These files run in three series: 1969-1970, 1971-1972, and 1973-1974.
PU 1-1 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY
PU 1-2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
PU 1-3 FEDERAL REGISTER
PU 1-4 PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENT
PU 1-5 WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
PU 1-6 RELEASES
PU 2 NON-FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS
PU 2-1 BOOKS-BOOKLETS
PU 2-2 CARTOONS
PU 2-3 CLIPPINGS-EDITORIALS
PU 2-4 MAGAZINES-PERIODICALS
PU 2-5 NEWSPAPERS
PU 2-6 PORNOGRAPHIC-OBSCENE LITERATURE
PU 2-7 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS
Box 1
EX PU Publications 1/20/1969-12/1970
EX PU Publications 1/1/1971-12/1972
EX PU Publications 1/1/1973-6/1974
GEN PU Publications 1969-1970 1/20/1969-2/1970 [1 of 2]
GEN PU Publications 1969-1970 3/1970-12/1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU Publications 1971-1972
GEN PU Publications 1/1/1973-6/1974
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/1969-12/1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/1/1971-12/21/1972
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/1/1973-3/1974
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/20/1969-7/1970
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/1/1971-11/1972
Box 2
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) 1/1/1973-3/1974
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG - FG 12 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 13-FG 17 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 18-FG 21 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 22-FG 25 1969-1970 [1 of 2]
Box 3
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 39-FG 97 1969-1970 [2 of 2]
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 98-FG 160 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 161-FG 217 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 218-FG 251-1 1969-1970
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG6-4 - FG24-10 1969-1970 [1 of 2]
Box 4
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 44-FG 236 1969-1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 21-8 Pubs, Dept of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Admin, Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin 1969-1970 [1 of 3]
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 21-8 Pubs, Dept of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Admin, Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin 1969-1970 [2 of 3]
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 21-8 Pubs, Dept of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Admin, Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin 1969-1970 [3 of 3]
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG-FG 15 1971-1972
Box 5
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 16-FG 22 1971-1972
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 23-FG 118 1971-1972
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 119-FG 229 1971-1972
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 230-FG 334 1971-1972
Box 6
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 1/1/1971-12/1972
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 6-15 - FG 23 1973-1974
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 24-FG 217 1973-1974
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG 218-FG 350 1973-1974
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) FG # 1973-1974
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) IT [Publications - International Organizations] 1969-1970
EX PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) IT 1/1/1971-9/6/1972
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) IT 1969-1970
GEN PU 1 Federal Agency (Publications) IT 1/1/1971- [Empty]
EX PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 1969-1970
EX PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 1/1/1971-10/20/1972
EX PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 1/1/1973-5/9/1973
GEN PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 2/1969-7/1970
GEN PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 1/1/1971- [Empty]
GEN PU 1-1 Congressional Directory 1/1/1973- [Empty]
EX PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/20/1969-6/30/1969
EX PU 1-2 Congressional Record 7/1/1969-9/30/1969
EX PU 1-2 Congressional Record 10/1/1969-12/5/1970
EX PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/1/1971-10/10/1972
EX PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
Box 7
GEN PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/8/1969-12/5/1970
GEN PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/1/1971-11/14/1972
GEN PU 1-2 Congressional Record 1/1/1971-5/8/1973
EX PU 1-3 Federal Register 5/7/1969-12/15/1970
EX PU 1-3 Federal Register 1/1/1971-12/20/1972
EX PU 1-3 Federal Register 1/1/1973-3/18/1974
GEN PU 1-3 Federal Register 4/30/1969-3/27/1970
GEN PU 1-3 Federal Register 1/1/1971-9/28/1972
GEN PU 1-3 Federal Register 1/1/1973- [Empty]
EX PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 5/28/1969-12/21/1970
EX PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 1/1/1971-11/16/1972
EX PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 1/1/1973-4/11/1974
GEN PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 2/26/1969-1/21/1970
GEN PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 1/1/1971-6/28/1971
GEN PU 1-4 Public Papers of the President 1/1/1973-3/8/1973
EX PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/16/1969-10/26/1970
EX PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/1/1971-8/7/1972
EX PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/1/1973-12/26/1973
GEN PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/23/1969-12/23/1970
GEN PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/1/1971-10/10/1972
GEN PU 1-5 Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 1/1/1973-6/18/1974
GEN PU 1-6 Releases 2/24/1969-10/22/1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases 1/1/1971-12/12/1972
EX PU 1-6 Releases 1/1/1973-7/23/1973
EX PU 1-6 Releases 1/22/1969-12/19/1970
GEN PU 1-6 Releases 1/1/1971-5/31/1972
GEN PU 1-6 Releases 1/1/1973-6/7/1974
Box 8
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG-FG 10 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 11 (Releases-State Department) 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 12-FG 19 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 20-FG 29 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 30-FG 77 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 78 Releases-Atomic Energy Commission 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 79-FG 88 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 89-FG 102 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 103-FG 163 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 164 Releases-NASA 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 165-FG 232 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 233 Releases-Veterans Administration 1969-1970
Box 9
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 234-FG 288 1969-1970
GEN PU 1-6 Releases FG 1969-1970
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 6-11-FG 102 1/1/1971-1972 [1 of 2]
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 126-FG 334 1/1/1971-1972 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 1-6 Releases FG 1/1/1971-1972
EX PU 1-6 Releases FG 1973-1974
EX PU 1-6 Releases IT (Releases-International Organizations) 1969-1970
GEN PU 1-6 Releases IT 1969-1970
EX PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1969-1970
EX PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1/1/1971-1972
Box 10
EX PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1969-1970
GEN PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1/1/1971-1972
GEN PU 2 Non-Federal (Publications) 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/20/1969-5/31/1969
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 6/1/1969-9/30/1969
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1/1969-2/1970 [1 of 2]
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 3/1970-12/1970 [2 of 2]
Box 11
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1971-9/1971 [1 of 2]
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1971-12/1972 [2 of 2]
EX PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/20/1969-1/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 2/1/1969-3/3/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 3/4/1969-3/26/1969
Box 12
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 3/27/1969-5/8/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 5/9/1969-5/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 6/1/1969-6/30/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 7/1/1969-7/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 8/1/1969-8/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 9/1/1969-9/30/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1/1969-10/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 11/1/1969-11/30/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 12/1/1969-12/31/1969
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1/1970-1/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 2/1/1970-2/28/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 3/1/1970-3/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 4/1/1970-4/31/1970
Box 13
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 5/1/1970-5/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 6/1/1970-6/30/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 7/1/1970-7/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 8/1/1970-8/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 9/1/1970-9/30/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1/1970-10/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 11/1/1970-11/30/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 12/1/1970-12/31/1970
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1/1971-6/30/1971
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 7/1/1971-9/30/1971
Box 14
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1/1971-12/31/1971
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1/1972-3/31/1972
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 4/1/1972-6/30/1972
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 7/1/1972-9/30/1972
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 10/1/1972-12/26/1972
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 1/1973-4/1973 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-1 Books-Booklets 5/1973-8/1974 [2 of 2]
Box 15
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/20/1969-4/30/1969
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 5/1/1969-6/30/1969
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 7/1/1969-9/30/1969
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 10/1/1969-12/31/1970
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/1/1971-8/30/1971 [1 of 2]
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 9/1/1971-12/31/1972 [2 of 2]
Box 16
EX PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/20/1969-5/31/1970
GEN PU 2-2 Cartoons 6/1/1970-12/23/1970
GEN PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/1/1971-12/31/1972
GEN PU 2-2 Cartoons 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/20/1969-3/11/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 3/12/1969-3/31/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 4/1/1969-5/12/1969
Box 17
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 5/13/1969-6/30/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 7/1/1969-7/31/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 8/1/1969-9/30/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1969-12/31/1969
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1970-3/31/1970
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 4/1970-6/30/1970
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 7/1/1970-9/30/1970
Box 18
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1970-12/31/1970
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1971-1/31/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 2/1/1971-2/28/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 3/1/1971-3/31/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 4/1/1971-4/30/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 5/1/1971-5/31/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 6/1/1971-8/31/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 9/1/1971-9/30/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1971-12/31/1971
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1972-2/29/1972
Box 19
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 3/1/1972-3/30/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 4/1/1972-4/30/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 5/1/1972-5/31/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 6/1/1972-6/30/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 7/1/1972-7/31/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 8/1/1972-8/31/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 9/1/1972-9/30/1972
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1972-12/31/1972 10/2/1972-10/24/1972 [1 of 2]
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1972-12/31/1972 10/25/1972-11/2/1972 [2 of 3]
Box 20
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 10/1/1972-12/31/1972 11/3/1972-12/31/1972 [3 of 3]
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1973-2/28/1973
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 3/1/1973-4/30/1973
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 5/1/1973-7/31/1973
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 8/1/1973-10/31/1973
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 11/1/1973-12/31/1973
Box 21
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1974-end 1/2/1974-4/30/1974 [1 of 2]
EX PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1974-end 5/2/1974-8/5/1974
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials Begin-5/31/1970 1/20/1969-10/31/1969 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials Begin-5/31/1970 11/4/1969-5/28/1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 6/1/1970-12/30/1970 6/1/1970-
Box 22
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 6/1/1970-12/30/1970 8/1/1970-12/30/1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1971-6/30/1971
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 7/1/1971-12/31/1971
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1972-8/31/1972
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 9/1/1972-12/28/1972
Box 23
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1973-8/9/1974 1/1/1973-7/31/1973
GEN PU 2-3 Clippings-Editorials 1/1/1973-8/9/1974 8/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/20/1969-8/31/1969
EX PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 9/1/1969-12/21/1970
EX PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/1/1971-11/21/1972
Box 24
EX PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/20/1969-2/28/1969
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 3/1/1969-4/14/1969
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 4/15/1969-5/8/1969
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 5/9/1969-5/31/1969 / 6/4/1969-5/31/1970 6/4/1969-9/29/1969 [1 of 4]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals /9/1969-5/31/1969 / 6/4/1969-5/31/1970 10/1/1969-11/24/1969 [2 of 4]
Box 25
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 6/4/1969-5/31/1970 12/2/1969-3/28/1970 [3 of 4]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 6/4/1969-5/31/1970 4/3/1970-5/31/1970 [4 of 4]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 6/1/1970-12/31/1970 6/1/1970-8/19/1970 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 6/1/1970-12/31/1970 8/21/1970-12/31/1970 [2 of 2]
Box 26
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/1/1971-12/27/1972 1/16/1971-5/30/1972 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/1/1971-12/27/1972 6/15/1972-12/27/1972 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-4 Magazines-Periodicals 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-5 Newspapers 1/25/1969-10/10/1970
EX PU 2-5 Newspapers 1/1/1971-11/15/1972
Box 27
EX PU 2-5 Newspapers 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-5 Newspapers Begin-12/15/1970 1/20/1969-12/15/1970 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-5 Newspapers Begin-12/15/1970 1/9/1970-12/15/1970
GEN PU 2-5 Newspapers 1/1/1971-12/5/1972
GEN PU 2-5 Newspapers 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 2/4/1969-12/8/1970
Box 28
EX PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/1/1971-11/27/1972
EX PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/31/1969-5/31/1970 1/31/1969-5/31/1970 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/31/1969-5/31/1970 1/1/1970-5/20/1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 6/1/1970-12/21/1970
GEN PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/1/1971-12/26/1972
Box 29
GEN PU 2-6 Pornographic-Obscene Literature 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
EX PU 2-7 School Publications 1/20/1969-11/20/1970
EX PU 2-7 School Publications 1/1/1971-11/22/1972
EX PU 2-7 School Publications 1/1/1973-8/9/1974
GEN PU 2-7 School Publications Begin-12/3/1970 1/20/1969-5/13/1970 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-7 School Publications Begin-12/3/1970 7/17/1970-12/3/1970 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-7 School Publications 1/1/1971-12/11/1972 1/1/1971-6/12/1972 [1 of 2]
GEN PU 2-7 School Publications 1/1/1971-12/11/1972 7/14/1972-12/11/1972 [2 of 2]
GEN PU 2-7 School Publications 1/1/1973-8/9/1974