Guide to the Arden B. Schell Watergate Collection, 1972-1974 C0041 Arden B. Schell Watergate

Guide to the Arden B. Schell Watergate Collection, 1972-1974 C0041

Arden B. Schell Watergate


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Eron Ackerman

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0041
Title
Arden B. Schell Watergate collection 1972-1974
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/schell.html
Quantity
11 Linear Feet, (22 boxes)
General Physical Description note
(22 boxes)
Creator
Schell, Arden B.
Language
English .
Abstract
This collection contains documents assembled by House Judiciary Committee Assistant Counsel Arden Schell, relating to the investigation of the Watergate Affair (1972-1974). The materials include evidentiary statements, printed (GPO) publications detailing the House Committee on the Judiciary investigation of Watergate and resulting impeachment hearings, and other textual materials such as correspondence, notes, and transcripts.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Arden B. Schell Watergate collection, Collection #C0041, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Ms. Arden Schell in 1995.

Processing Information

Some reprocessing was completed in 2009, and the folder information contains the old box and folder numbers.

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty in April 2009.


Historical Information

The papers included in this collection consist primarily of "evidentiary statements" gathered by the House Judiciary Committee's Inquiry staff during its investigation of President Richard Nixon and the Watergate break-in and cover-up. The Inquiry staff was charged with collecting evidence that would be used by the Committee to determine whether or not Nixon should be impeached. The evidentiary statements derive from the Nixon Oval Office tape recordings as well as testimony and documents from key White House, FBI, and CIA personnel.

Arden B. Schell was an Assistant Counsel on the House Judiciary Committee.

Scope and Content

This collection contains documents assembled by House Judiciary Committee Assistant Counsel Arden Schell relating to the investigation of the Watergate Affair (1972-1974). The materials include evidentiary statements, printed (GPO) publications detailing the House Committee on the Judiciary investigation of Watergate and resulting impeachment hearings, and other textual materials such as correspondence, notes, and transcripts. In addition to the Watergate break in, the subjects covered in this collection include materials on the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, domestic surveillance, dairy price supports, abuse of the Internal Revenue Service, and the activities of the Special Prosecutors.

Arrangement

Organized by subject.

Related Material

Special Collection and Archives also holds material about Watergate in the American Political Items Collectors collection, the Francis J. McNamara papers, and the Frank Phillippi Watergate collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Container List

Arden B. Schell Watergate collection
1972-1974
Scope and Contents note

The folder information also contains the old box and folder numbers.

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