Collections
Three collections. Three ways into the past.
Explore the words of a president, the public career of an Arizona judge, and a family history of invention.
Each collection brings together records, dates, people, and research questions that are easier to understand in context than in isolation.
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3 collections spanning 1969 to 2026.
Browse presidential speeches and statements, judicial writing and public service, or the paper trail left by patented inventions.
Judicial service and public writing, 2020-2025
Judicial Papers of Alexander Francis Ball
Speeches, testimony, policy proposals, training materials, and farewell writings trace Alexander Francis Ball's service as a Justice of the Peace from 2020 to 2025.
What do selected public writings reveal about local judicial service and court governance?
- Records
- 7
- Date span
- 2020-2025
- Arrangement
- 1 series represented
- Availability
- Record description
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Public Papers volumes, 1969-1974
Nixon Archive
Six annual volumes gather Richard Nixon's speeches, statements, messages, and other presidential papers from 1969 through 1974.
How did Nixon describe the work and crises of his presidency?
- Records
- 6
- Date span
- 1969-1974
- Arrangement
- 1 series represented
- Availability
- Read online
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Frank Paul Del Giudice patents, 1969-1976
Ball Family Library
Family records meet the public patent record in the story of Frank Paul Del Giudice and five United States inventions.
What do five patents reveal about Frank Paul Del Giudice's inventive work?
- Records
- 1
- Date span
- 1969-1976 source coverage; 2026 public description
- Arrangement
- 1 series represented
- Availability
- Record description
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Where to begin
Choose the question that interests you.
Each collection opens with a different kind of documentary evidence.
Courts and public service
Judicial Papers of Alexander Francis Ball
What do speeches, testimony, policy proposals, and farewell writings reveal about local judicial leadership?
Presidency and political history
Nixon Archive
How did Richard Nixon describe the work of his presidency in speeches, messages, statements, and public papers?
Family history and invention
Ball Family Library
What can patent records reveal about Frank Paul Del Giudice, his collaborators, and his inventive work?