District of Columbia Metropolitan Area

The Following Case Files in this Subject Category have been digitized: 497568; 518619

Campaign Trips
This secondary subject category contains material regarding President Reagan’s trips to cities and specific functions on behalf of himself and other Republican candidates for office in the 1982 and 1986 mid-term elections, and the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns. This material has been designated as part of the Ronald Reagan Political Papers collection and is not a presidential record. This material is not available for research use.

California, Santa Barbara, 02/19/1981-02/22/1981

California, 04/27/1981-04/28/1981 (Cancelled)

Indiana, Notre Dame, 05/17/1981 (177 pp.)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the drafting of President Reagan’s speech at the 1981 Notre Dame University commencement ceremonies, correspondence with people suggesting Presidential events and meetings for the trip, and thank-you correspondence sent after the trip.

Ottawa, Canada, 07/19/1981-07/21/1981

Ohio, Cincinnati, Baseball Season Opener, 04/08/1981 (Cancelled)

Mississippi, Pascagoula, 05/16/1981 (Mrs. Reagan) for President

California, Santa Barbara, 05/22/1981-05/26/1981

Texas, California, Colorado, 06/24/1981-06/29/1981 (4 p.)

San Antonio, Texas, United States Jaycees Annual Convention, 06/24/1981 (72 p.)

Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, 06/24/1981-06/29/1981 (3 p.)

Denver, Colorado – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Annual Convention  (59 pp.)

Virginia, Richmond, 09/14/1981 (First Lady Went)

California, Los Angeles/Santa Barbara/Palm Springs, 12/27/1981-01/03/1982

California, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, 03/02/1982-03/09/1982  (0.1 l.f.)
This secondary subject category contains material regarding a presentation by Frank Pachmayr to the President of a customized firearm; a meeting with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; dinner with Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson while in Los Angeles; schedules for the President; welcoming remarks by Peter Schabarum for the arrival of the President in Los Angeles. This category also includes material relating to a barbecue and television production hosted by Mr. And Mrs. Stuart Gildred at the Gildred Ranch in Santz Ynez, CA; information on the entertainer Merle Haggard; the PBS production crew; and thank-you letters to various people assisting with the barbecue and entertainment.

France/Rome/Belgium/London - June (Includes the Economic Summit), 06/02/1982-06/07/1982

London, England, 06/07/1982-06/09/1982

The following Case Files have been digitized: 085955

California, Downey/Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, 05/25/1982-05/29/1982

Illinois, Chicago, 05/09/1982-05/10/1982 (193 p.)

Illinois, Peoria [Eureka College]/Chicago, 05/09/1982-05/10/1982 (116 p.)

New York, New York City, 06/17/1982

Kansas/Utah, 09/09/1982-09/10/1982

Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Brazil, 11/30/1982-12/03/1982 (137 p.)

Texas, Dallas, 01/11/1983

Illinois, Chicago, 01/19/1983

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, 04/06/1983

Florida, Miami, 05/20/1983

California/Whittier/Long Beach/Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, 06/30/1983-07/05/1983

Georgia, Augusta, 10/21/1983-10/23/1983

North Carolina, Camp Lejeune/Cherry Point, 11/04/1983

Alaska, Fairbanks, 05/01/1982-05/02/1984

Nevada, Las Vegas, 02/06/1984-02/07/1984

Ireland/London/France – Economic Summit, 06/01/1984-06/10/1984

Ireland, Ballyporeen/Dublin/Galway/Shannon, 06/01/1984-06/04/1984

London, England, 06/04/1984-06/09/1984

The following Case Files have been digitized: 216227

Missouri/Texas, 04/11/1984-04/12/1984

Missouri, Kansas City, 04/11/1984

New York, Nassau County, 06/17/1984

California, Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, 07/28/1984-08/15/1984

California, Santa Barbara, Thanksgiving, 11/16/1984

Germany/Spain/Portugal/France, 04/30/1985-05/10/1985

Economic Summit, Bonn, 05/03/1985-05/04/1985; Bonn, West Germany, 04/30/1985-05/06/1985 (3 l.f.)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the schedules, planning and speech drafts for the President’s trip to West Germany for an Economic Summit. Most of the material is comments from government officials, members of Jewish advocacy groups and the general public, both positive and negative, regarding the President's decision to accept an invitation from West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to acknowledge US-German relations at the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II in a ceremony at the German military cemetery in Bitburg. Shortly after accepting the invitation, it was learned that members of the Waffen SS were buried in the cemetery which caused the volume of comments on this trip.

The Case Files in the Subject Category have been fully digitized:

Strasbourg, France, 05/08/1985

Madrid, Spain, 05/06/1985-05/08/1985

Georgia, Atlanta, 06/06/1985-06/06/1985

Indian, Mooresville/Indianapolis, 06/19/1985

Switzerland /Belgium, Gorbachev Meeting, 11/16/1985-11/21/1985 (0.3 ft.)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to: advance planning for Presidential and First Lady events in Geneva (11/16/1985-11/21/1985) and Brussels (11/21/1985); the lodging of the U.S. delegation in Geneva; correspondence with U.S. Government officials, and the general public regarding the trip; pre-trip briefings, speeches, and statements; and follow-up correspondence, such as thank-you letters to those who assisted with the trip.

USSR-US Summit, Geneva, Switzerland, 11/16/1985-11/21/1985 (1 folder)
This secondary subject category consists of invitations for President and Mrs. Reagan to attend two Geneva social events, hosted by the Soviets and the Swiss respectively; and a September 1985 memorandum on President Reagan’s upcoming Geneva trip.

California/Missouri, 03/111/1985-09/02/1985

New York, New York City, United Nations Assembly, 10/23/1985-10/24/1985

New Hampshire, Concord, 09/18/1985

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 10/15/1985

California/Washington, 11/26/1985-12/02/1985

Kentucky, Fort Campbell, 12/16/1985 (4 folders)
This secondary subject category contains a copy of the Advance Office trip book that covered both the visit to Ft. Campbell, and the trip to the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington later that same day; support and thank-you letters sent to President Reagan after the trip to Ft. Campbell; and material regarding advance planning for the trip to Ft. Campbell and the Rayburn Building..

California/Hawaii/Guam/Indonesia/Japan, 05/25/1986-05/07/1986

Grenada, 02/20/1986

California, 02/12/1986-02/15/1986

California, Santa Barbara, Easter, 03/27/1986-04/06/1986

New York, New York City 04/18/1986 (0.1 l.f.)
This secondary subject category contains material regarding the White House advance trip schedule; scheduling of a Presidential appearance at a fundraiser for Senator Alfonse D’Amato; and thank-you notes from President Reagan to those who assisted with the trip.

South Carolina/North Carolina, 06/04/1986

New York, New York City, 07/04/1986

Texas/Florida/South Carolina, 07/23/1986-07/24/1986

Georgia, Atlanta [Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Dedication], 10/02/1986 (2 folders)
This secondary subject category contains material regarding planning and scheduling for President Reagan's trip to Atlanta.

Missouri, Kansas City, 09/29/1986

Gorbachev-Reagan Pre Summit, Reykjavik, Iceland, President Finnbogadottir, 10/09/1986-10/12/1986

North Carolina, Raleigh, 10/08/1986

North Dakota, Grand Forks, 10/17/1986

Economic Summit, Italy, Venice/Rome/Vatican City and West Germany, 06/03/1987-06/15/1987

Germany, West Berlin/Bonn, 06/12/1987

California, Los Angeles/Palm Springs, 12/27/1986-01/02/1987

Missouri, Columbia, 03/26/1987

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 04/01/1987

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 09/17/1987

California, Los Angeles/Palm Springs/Santa Barbara, 12/26/1987-01/03/1987

Indiana, South Bend, 03/09/1988 (199 pp.)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the President’s trip to Notre Dame University for the ceremonial unveiling of a Knute Rockne postage stamp. Material includes draft and final trip schedules, unsolicited recommendations for Presidential events during the trip, form thank-you notes to people who helped with the trip, and newspaper articles.

Canada, Ottawa/Toronto (Economic Summit), 06/19/1988-06/21/1988

Louisiana, New Orleans, (Republican Convention) 08/14/1988- 08/16/1988

New York, New York City (United Nations General Assembly), 09/26/1988-09/27/1988

Arkansas/Missouri/California, 10/27/1988

California, Bel Air/Ventura/Simi Valley (Library Groundbreaking), 12/23/1988

[New York City/Meeting with General Secretary Gorbachev, 12/07/1988]
This secondary subject category contains material regarding President Reagan’s trip to New York City on December 7, 1988 and luncheon meeting with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the then Soviet Union. The leaders met at Governor's Island. Material includes trip books and preliminary schedules; remarks drafts; requests for Reagan to ask Gorbachev to allow the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania independence; relief for certain protesters in the Soviet Union, particularly Soviet Jews and political "refusniks;" and assistance in the search for Raoul Wallenberg.

[Charlottesville, VA/University of Virginia, 12/16/1988] (2 folders)

[New York City/Order of Malta Dinner, 01/13/1989] (1 folder)
This secondary subject category contains a trip book for President Reagan's trip to New York City to address the American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a program for the investiture of new Dames and Knights of Malta.