Picturing the Presidency
President Reagan and the Cold War is a comprehensive collection of original photographs, documents, and archival footage on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1980s.
The unit is organized around summits, speeches, and other major events in the story of United States Soviet relations.
1. Introduction to Picturing the Presidency
- Table of Contents
- Cold War Cover
- Cold War Card 1: President Reagan and the Cold War
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2. Evangelical Association Address
- Cold War Card 2: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals
- Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, March 8, 1983
- President’s Backup Copy: Address to the National Association of Evangelicals, March 8, 1983
- Draft of the President’s Address to the National Association of Evangelicals, March 8, 1983
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3. Geneva Summit
- old War Card 3: Summit in Geneva, Switzerland
- Memorandum of Conversation, Reagan-Gorbachev Meetings in Geneva Second Plenary Meeting, November 19, 1985
- Memorandum of Conversation, Reagan-Gorbachev Meetings in Geneva Second Private Meeting, November 19, 1985
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4. Strategic Defense Initiative
- Cold War Card 4: Strategic Defense Initiative
- President’s Backup Copy: Address on Defense, March 23, 1983
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5. Reykjavik Summit
- Cold War Card 5: Reykjavik Summit, Iceland
- Memorandum of Conversation, October 12, 1986
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6. Brandenburg Gate
- Cold War Card 6: Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin
- President’s Backup Copy: Remarks at Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1987
- Draft of the President’s Remarks at Brandenburg Gate Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1987
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7. Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- Cold War Card 7: President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House
- Remarks on Signing the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty December 8, 1987
- President’s Backup Copy: Signing Ceremony for I.N.F. Agreement Tuesday, December 8, 1987
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8. Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Cold War Card 8: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
- Power Map of the World, Cold War Era
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9. Correspondence
- Correspondence Addressed to President Brezhnev From President Reagan August 24, 1981
- Correspondence Addressed to President Reagan From President Brezhnev October 15, 1981 (Translation and Original Version in Russian.)
- Correspondence Addressed to President Brezhnev From President Reagan November 17, 1981 (President Reagan’s Response Final Version and Draft.)
- Correspondence Addressed to General Secretary Andropov From President Reagan July 11, 1983
- Correspondence Addressed to President Reagan From General Secretary Andropov August 28, 1983
- Correspondence Addressed to General Secretary Gorbachev From President Reagan April 4, 1985
- Correspondence Addressed to General Secretary Gorbachev From President Reagan November 28, 1985
- Correspondence Addressed to President Reagan From General Secretary Gorbachev December 5, 1985
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