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Lou Cannon Ronald Reagan Papers Mss 257 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8319z4k No online items Guide to the Lou Cannon Ronald Reagan papers Mss 257 Finding aid prepared by D. Tambo 2014 June 20; latest revision 2014 December 18; encoded by Zachary Liebhaber. UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California, 93106-9010 Phone: (805) 893-3062 Email: [email protected]; URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections 2014 June 20 Guide to the Lou Cannon Ronald Mss 257 1 Reagan papers Mss 257 Title: Lou Cannon Ronald Reagan papers Identifier/Call Number: Mss 257 Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 55.0 linear feet(46 cartons, 6 document boxes, and 132 audiocassettes) Date (inclusive): circa 1947-2002 Date (bulk): 1970-1990 Abstract: The collection mainly contains files for four of the books about Ronald Reagan written by Lou Cannon. Included are court documents, fact sheets, interview tapes and transcripts, newspaper and magazine articles, polls, pool reports, presidential statements, press briefings, press kits and schedules, research files, texts of speeches and remarks, and wire service stories. Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library Creator: Cannon, Lou Use Restrictions Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Access Restrictions The collection is open for research. Preferred Citation [Identification of Item], Lou Cannon - Ronald Reagan papers, Mss 257. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Library purchase, 2008; additions, gift of Lou Cannon, 2009. Biographical Note Lou (Louis S.) Cannon was born in New York City on June 3, 1933. He is an American journalist, non-fiction author, and biographer of Ronald Reagan. He was raised in Reno, Nevada and attended the University of Nevada, Reno, and San Francisco State College. He was state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the later 1960s, while Reagan was Governor of California. In 1972 he began working for the Washington Post as a political reporter. He became senior White House correspondent for the Washington Post during the Reagan administration and also wrote a weekly syndicated column. In addition to his several works on Ronald Reagan, which are the main focus of this collection, he is the author of Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD (1997). Scope and Content The collection mainly contains files for four of the books about Ronald Reagan written by Lou Cannon. The books are arranged chronologically, as noted below. More detailed information may be found in the Container List. Ronnie and Jesse (1969). Files for Ronald Reagan and Jesse Unruh, arranged alphabetically. Includes interviews. Boxes 1-3. Reagan (1982). Arranged by campaign year. 1976: Campaign, Convention, and Election files. Box 4. 1980: Campaign, Chronology, Interviews (grouped with interviews for Governor Reagan and listed under Governor Reagan), Research files. Boxes 4-6. President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime (1991). Arranged alphabetically, by series. Assessments. Mainly magazine and newspaper articles, many from the Washington Post, with some interviews and other related material. Box 7. Campaigns. Includes press briefings, pool reports, fact sheets, polls, texts of speeches and remarks, clippings, a few interviews or portions of interviews, schedules, and election results. 1980: Box 8. 1982: Box 8. 1984: Boxes 8-9. 1986: Box 10. 1988: Box 10. Cannon. Mainly items by LC. Boxes 11-12. Guide to the Lou Cannon Ronald Mss 257 2 Reagan papers Mss 257 Economic Summits [also some pre- and post-summit stops and meetings]. Includes background information, briefings, clips, notebooks, pool reports, press kits and schedules, statements and declarations, and stories by LC. Boxes 13-15. Economy. Mainly magazine and newspaper articles, with some press briefings and releases, interviews, reports, and related material. Boxes 16-17. Foreign Policy. Mainly magazine and newspaper articles, with some White House and other press releases, briefings, pool reports, and related material. Boxes 18-21. Interviews [for PR, not for R&J and Reagan, which are listed separately]. Transcripts, synopses, and notes from face-to-face and telephone interviews, some taped and included in the list of audiovisual materials, along with background documents, articles, and other related material. Boxes 22-24. Iran. Includes newspaper and magazine articles, court documents, interviews and interview excerpts, pool reports, presidential statements, press briefings, and other related material. Boxes 25-26. Issues. Mainly newspaper and magazine articles, along with Presidential press briefings and fact sheets, reports, statements by public officials and legislators, stories by LC, and related material. Also includes some interviews and excerpts of interviews relating to the respective issues. Boxes 27-32. People. Mainly magazine and newspaper articles [some by LC], along with briefings, correspondence, interviews [including interviews and interview excerpts with individuals noted, and with others, about the individuals noted], press releases, and related material. Boxes 33-37. Shooting. Includes clippings, press briefings, some interviews. Box 41. Speeches [by Reagan]. Arranged by theme. Includes texts of speeches, clippings, interviews or interview excerpts. Box 42. Terrorism. Includes clippings, pool reports, and press releases. Box 43. Travel. arranged chronologically, includes press its, press releases, clippings, pool reports. Boxes 44-49. Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (2003). Book/Research Files. Arranged alphabetically. Box 50. Interviews. For Reagan (book) and Governor Reagan. Arranged alphabetically, by surname. Boxes 50-51. Additions to the Collection, 2009. Mainly Gov. Reagan cabinet meeting minutes, 1967-1974, and Ronald Reagan speeches, 1942-1970. Box 52. Audiovisual - Audiocassettes. President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime – Interviews. Arranged alphabetically, by surname. 118 tapes. Governor Reagan – Interviews. Arranged alphabetically, by surname. 14 tapes. Interviewees. Some of the more prominent individuals interviewed for the books include: Richard [Rich] Armitage, William Bagley, Howard Baker, James [Jim] Baker, William [Bill] Brock, David Broder, William F. Buckley, George [H. W.] Bush, Frank Carlucci, William Casey, Richard [Dick] Cheney, William Clark, Richard [Dick] Darman, Mike Deaver, George Deukmejian, Ken Duberstein, Marlin Fitzwater, David Gergen, Barry Goldwater, Alan Greenspan, Alexander [Al] Haig, Richard Helms, Ken Khachigian, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Henry Kissinger, Paul Laxalt, Robert [Bud] McFarlane, Edwin [Ed] Meese, Franklyn C. [Lyn] Nofziger, Peggy Noonan, Landon Parvin, William Perry, John Poindexter, Colin Powell, Maureen Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Neil Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Donald [Don] Regan, Ed Rollins, Donald [Don] Rumsfeld, Brent Scowcroft, George Shultz, Larry Speakes, Stuart K. [Stu] Spencer, Potter Stewart, David Stockman, Helen Thomas, John Tower, Margaret Tutwiler, Jesse Unruh, James Watt, Caspar W. [Cap]Weinberger, George Will, and Richard Wirthlin. Additions, 2009. Taped interviews and other taped speeches, comments, and other, open unless otherwise noted. Some may relate to interview transcripts listed earlier in the guide. Some may relate to stories LC was writing under deadline for the Washington Post. A few may be on topics unrelated to Ronald Reagan. Other Descriptive Information List of acronyms used in the guide: LC = Lou Cannon MC = Mary Cannon PR = President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime R&J = Ronnie and Jesse RR = Ronald Reagan Subjects and Indexing Terms Reagan, Ronald Articles Audiocassettes Governors--California Interviews Guide to the Lou Cannon Ronald Mss 257 3 Reagan papers Mss 257 Newspapers Presidents--United States Speeches Ronnie and Jesse [Unruh] (1969) Scope and Content Note that several of the file titles are chapter titles from the book Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969. “This was Cannon’s first book, written in Sacramento in 1968 and published by Doubleday in 1969. It is a dual biography of Reagan, then governor, and of Assemblyman Jesse Unruh, then the powerful Democratic speaker of the Assembly, known as “Big Daddy.” This book was acclaimed by New York Times reviewer John Leonard as “the best book on state government,” and is highly valued by a number of California historians.” Files mainly include articles and newspaper clippings, along with memoranda, notes, and related materials. 3 cartons. Box 1 Actor – Reagan Bibliography – R&J Biography - Reagan Boyarsky Story on Unruh Legacy Budgets and Tax Reform - Reagan Cabinet – Reagan [mainly memos and letters re role of RR in 1968 Presidential race] California Legislature – Assembly Majority Caucus Campaigner 66 – Reagan Campaigner 68 - Unruh Campaigner 70 – Unruh Campus Unrest Chubb Fellows Corrections - Reagan Creative Society – Reagan Democratic Convention,
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