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The instructions below describe the scope and organization
of the collection, the accession numbering system used, and
information elements and suggested uses of the Bibliography
of Documents and Index by Subjects and Names.
SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE
COLLECTION
University Publications of America (UPA) has begun a ma-
jor microform publication series of the textual records that are
being opened by the Nixon Presidential Materials Projects,
National Archives and Records Administration, titled Papers
of the Nixon White House and edited by Professor Joan Hoff-
Wilson. To date UPA has completed nine parts of the series:
Part 1. Official Inventories of Papers and Other Historical
Materials of the Nixon White House.
Part 2. The President's Meeting File, 1969-1974.
Part 3. John Ehrlichman: Notes of Meetings with the
President, 1969-1973.
Part 4. The John Ehrlichman Alphabetical Subject File,
1969-1973.
Part 5. H. R. Haldeman: Notes of White House Meetings,
1969-1973.
Part 6. Series A. President's Office Files, Documents
Annotated by the President, 1969-1974.
Part 6. Series B. President's Office Files. Daily News Sum-
maries Annotated by the President, 1969-1973.
Part 7. President's Personal Files, 1969-1974.
Part 8. The Nixon White House Tapes: The Complete
Transcripts Prepared by the Watergate Special
Prosecution Force.
The meeting notes which comprise Part 5 of this series are part
of the White House Special Files, Papers of H. R. Haldeman.
The White House during the Nixon administration kept two
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USER INSTRUCTIONS
parallel filing systems: the Central File and Special File. The
Special File was established to maintain especially sensitive
materials and was administered by politically loyal White House
staffers. The Central File which is the normal filing system for
the White House is run by professional civil service personnel.
All of H. R. Haldeman's files were kept either in Mr.
Haldeman's office or the Special File.
The Annotated News Summaries series of the President's
Office Files renamed the Daily News Summaries Annotated
by the President, 1969-1973 has been reproduced for this
publication. The documents are arranged chronologically.
Researchers should refer to the Index by Subjects and Names
portion of this printed publication to locate documents on a
particular subject.
UPA has microfilmed this entire series.
ACCESSION NUMBERS
Sample Microfiche and Accession Number
PaperaAfl of the Nixon White House
Part 5/H.F I.R. Haldeman Notes
White House Meetings. Feb. 19 - Mar. 31, 1972
Compilation o 1989 Universily Publications of America
Each separately dated document has been assigned a single ac-
cession number for reference purposes in the Bibliography and
Index sections and is keyed directly to the location of the docu-
ment within the companion microfiche collection. The first
element of the accession number indicates that the document
may be located in Part 5 of the series entitled Papers of the Nix-
on White House, the middle element identifies the number of
the first microfiche card on which the document may be found,
and the third element pinpoints the exact frame (01-96) on the
microfiche where the document begins.
The first and second elements of the accession number are
eye visible on each microfiche card; the third element (frame
number) may be viewed on the lower left side of the frame
itself. These elements are illustrated in the sample provided
below.
Fiche 71
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i Nixon Papers, Part 5. H. R. Haldeman Notes xiii