Much of the information on Nixon's early career comes from research in Nixon's Vice Presidential Papers at the National Archives in Laguna Niguel, Calif. (Series 320, Boxes 46, 384). Otherwise, here are the main sources drawn on for this article, apart from those cited in the text or in links:

Leonard Garment, "Richard Nixon, Unedited," New York Times, Oct. 19, 1999, A23.

Irwin F. Gellman, The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952, New York, Free Press, 1999.

Stanley Kutler, ed., Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes, New York, Free Press, 1997.

Greg Mitchell, Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady, New York, Random House, 1998.

Raymond Moley, "Nixon and Anti-Semitism," Newsweek, Sept. 5, 1960.

Roger Morris, Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician, New York, Henry Holt, 1990.

Walter Pincus and Bob Woodward, "Bush Associate, Under Nixon, Surveyed Jews in BLS," Washington Post, Sept. 11, 1988, A1.

William Safire, Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House, New York, Da Capo Press, 1975.

Melvin Small, The Presidency of Richard Nixon, Lawrence, Kan., University Press of Kansas, 1999.

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, The Final Days, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1976.