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Hand written list of all the hotel keys that he [Copeland's father] stayed in while traveling

First Lady getting off the plane. Contributors father is second from the right looking down.

Contributors father is in the photos as a secret service agent, serving as head detail for First Lady Pat Nixon.

Photo of President Nixon with his hands in the air as his motorcade moves down the road. Pat Nixon sits on the back of the convertible. In the background of the photo is a "Pat for First Lady" sign

Father, Vernon Copeland, in secret service, in charge of Mrs. Nixon's body guard detail. A picture of him holding her purse. Mrs. Nixon was in the restroom.

To the right of the President is Vernon Copeland. He had attended Browns Business College and "could type like nobodies business" (100 words per minute on a typewriter). He was recruited by the Secret Service in the 1950s and retired around 1980.

To the right of Nixon is Vernon Copeland.

Includes list of prices of menu items, and information on the town of Joppa, Illinois. This restaurant was open for ten years and was often considered a "hole in the wall."

A framed yearbook page of the "Observer Editorial and Business Staffs" for Woodruff High School's 1952 yearbook in Peoria, Illinois. The Observer was the school's biweekly newspaper.

The Booklet came from the John Powers Estate Auction in Jacksonville, Illinois 2020 when Tom Wright acquired it.