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Ronald Reagan Related Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Presidential Campaigns

Anderson (Annelise G.) papers

Schedules, memoranda, correspondence, reports, notes, clippings, and sound recordings relating to the presidential campaign of Richard M. Nixon in 1968 and Ronald Reagan in 1980, and to preparations for the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan; and draft and final report, transcripts of meetings and hearings, correspondence, notes, press releases, and clippings, relating to activities of the President's Commission on Privatization in investigating and making recommendations concerning the desirability of transferring various functions and assets of the United States government to the private sector (conclusions published as Privatization: Toward More Effective Government: Report of the President's Commission on Privatization [Washington, 1988]).

Photo: Annelise Anderson papers, Box 1, Folder 1, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Materials

1981 Presidential Inaugural Committee records

     1980-1981

Reports, memoranda, press releases, programs, guides, and memorabilia relating to the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president of the United States in 1981.

Anderson (Annelise G.) papers

     1968-1990

Schedules, memoranda, correspondence, reports, notes, clippings, and sound recordings relating to the presidential campaign of Richard M. Nixon in 1968 and Ronald Reagan in 1980, and to preparations for the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan; and draft and final report, transcripts of meetings and hearings, correspondence, notes, press releases, and clippings, relating to activities of the President's Commission on Privatization in investigating and making recommendations concerning the desirability of transferring various functions and assets of the United States government to the private sector (conclusions published as Privatization: Toward More Effective Government: Report of the President's Commission on Privatization [Washington, 1988]).

Church (Misty) collection

     1951-1981

The collection relates to Ronald Reagan, and especially to the presidential election of 1980 and the transition to the Reagan presidential administration. It is comprised of clippings, press releases, biographical data, speeches, photographs, and memorabilia.

Citizens for Reagan records

     1975-1986

Correspondence, position papers, press releases, memoranda, public opinion polling data, financial records, sound recordings, and video tapes relating to the campaign of Ronald Reagan for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 1976. Includes a few post-1976 records of Citizens for the Republic, the successor organization to Citizens for Reagan.

Deaver & Hannaford, Inc. records

     1960-2008

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, public opinion polling data, promotional material, press releases, news summaries, and clippings, relating to the political career of Ronald Reagan, the 1976 and 1980 Reagan presidential campaigns, and speaking and writing projects of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Dunn (Joyce Black) miscellaneous papers

     1984-1986

Scrapbook, pamphlet, phonotape cassette, and memorabilia, relating to the 1984 presidential re-election campaign of Ronald Reagan.

Fisher (Margaret Liebler) sound recording collection

     1979-1981

Phonotape cassettes of news coverage of Ronald Reagan and the 1980 presidential campaign, proceedings of the Republican and Democratic national conventions, and debates and press conferences of presidential candidates.

Hume (Jaquelin H.) papers

     1964-1991

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, lists, and financial records, relating to Republican Party fundraising activities, especially in California, election campaigns of Ronald Reagan, especially his presidential campaign in 1976, and the gubernatorial and presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan.

Iklé (Fred Charles) papers

     1972-1988

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, testimony, schedules, appointment books, telephone logs, and printed matter relating to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and other arms control issues, the 1980 presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan, and American defense policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Ronald Reagan. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

National Conservative Political Action Committee records

     1975-1993

Correspondence, minutes, legal and financial records, and audiovisual material relating to election campaigns in the United States on behalf of conservative candidates.

Nofziger (Lyn) papers

     1990-2004

The papers primarily consist of Nofziger's writings as reporter, political consultant, writer and satirical poet; collected materials relating to political conditions in California and the United States, and documents generated from work with Republican candidates including Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Also included are materials regarding United States vs. Nofziger pertaining to his alleged violation of the Ethics in Government Act.

Republican National Committee (U.S.) Opposition Research Group records

     1960-1984

The records include research materials accumulated and acquired by the Republican Opposition Research Group during the 1984 presidential election for use in the campaign against Democratic presidential candidates. The records consist of materials such as clippings, press releases, other printed matter, speeches, debate transcripts, memoranda, and video tapes regarding specific Democratic Party leaders such as Walter F. Mondale, John Glenn and Geraldine Ferraro, and specific political issues and special interest groups.

Whalen (Richard J.) papers

     1930-2010

Correspondence, writings, notes, interview transcripts, printed matter, and sound and video recordings, relating to twentieth-century American politics, Joseph P. Kennedy and the Kennedy family, the Republican Party, and the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Includes research materials for books by R. J. Whalen.

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