Homestake hard hat, 1963

Most of the items in this series were given or awarded to Nixon over the course of his career and for his retirement. These include sixteen plaques, three framed oversize photographs, various pieces of jewelry, a hard hat and bottle of water from the Homestake Tunnel, and the painting of Pueblo Dam the Colorado Water Congress gave him as the 1988 Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year. Other items include an oversize charcoal drawing of Nixon, a commemorative railway spike, and four plastic gas flow calculation tools. The series also contains a folder of eleven oversize maps and charts of Colorado's hydrologic divisions, the Arkansas River, Colorado Springs water delivery system, and the Security Water District. The items are arranged for most convenient storage.