ADVANCE, OFFICE OF
PRESIDENTIAL: Records, 1981-1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
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ADVANCE, OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL: Records,
1981-1989
The Office of
Presidential Advance provided planning and support for all presidential travel and
many of the local
Activities within this
office were centered round the “trip desk,” which was the coordinating point
for trips and events, as well as other activities such as site surveys
conducted independently of specific trips. Records related to each trip/event
were gathered during and after the activity and filed at the trip desk. This
system allowed for the organization and documentation of the work of the
numerous “advance” volunteers used by this office. The files for local events
and domestic travel were interfiled in chronological order. In general, international trips, generating
significantly larger sets of records, were separated. The trip desk provided a
method to accumulate all related material.
The trip desk
generated books for use by trip participants.
These trip books contain hour-by-hour schedules, travel details,
scheduled events, participant lists, and background information. Some of the
activities related to a particular trip could include: a site survey done prior
to this trip, a pre-advance trip for establishing plans, the actual trip
including departure and return, and in some cases, additional pre-advance
trips, termed special missions, to deal with specific issues regarding pending
meetings. These special missions were
most often done for US/Soviet Union Summits.
The office has been
arranged in 9 series:
Series I:
Administration
Series II: Events
Series III: Domestic
Trips
Series IV: Summits of
Industrialized Nations
Series V: US/
Series VI:
International Trips
Series VII: Cancelled
Events and Trips
Series VIII: Site Surveys
Series IX: Santa
Barbara Trip Desk
SERIES
I: ADMINISTRATION (6.7 l.ft., 19 boxes)
The material in this
series reflects support activities for the office both in the field and at the
White House. The material is divided
into seven subseries as follows:
Subseries A: Correspondence and General
Administration. This subseries
contains chronological files for the office, general correspondence, parking
assignments and White House passes, car rental and hotel invoices, word
processing disks and documentation, facilities use, and the Advance Office
Seminar material. It is loosely arranged
in chronological order.
Subseries B: Financial. This subseries
contains budget and travel expense information. It is arranged in chronological
order.
Subseries C: Travel Authorizations. This subseries
contains travel authorizations for Advance staff members for the period October
1982-1988. It is arranged
chronologically.
Subseries D: Personnel.
This subseries contains personnel assignment
sheets, experience records, general personnel files, candidate files, resume
files and two set of individual personnel folders. It is arranged in alphabetical order.
Subseries E: Photos. This subseries
contains photo requests, photo lab order and some photographs. The actual photographs were transferred to
audio-visual for storage. The material is arranged in an
alphabetical/chronological order.
Subseries F: Forms and Signs. This subseries
contains copies of all the forms and signs used by the Advance Office in the
field.
Subseries G: Specimen Trip Cover Binders. This subseries
contains samples of the bound covers used for trip books for various
international trips.
SERIES
II: EVENTS, 1981-1989 (28 l.ft.; 23 boxes)
The records in this
series reflect the documentation gathered for the trip desk for activities
taking place in the greater Washington, DC area involving the President. These include White House events, such as the
Rose Garden, East Room, etc. White House
international trip departure and return ceremonies are not included here, these
are filed with the specific international trip.
There are some exceptions to this filing system. The visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince
Philip to the United States in February-March 1983, also included a trip to the
West Coast by the Reagans to host the British royals
at the Reagan ranch. That material is
included here. However, material regarding the visit of the Chinese premier in
January 1984 is filed with the international trip to China later in 1984. The material is in chronological order.
SERIES
III: DOMESTIC TRIPS, 1981-1989 (40 l.ft., 35 boxes)
The records in this
series reflect the documentation gathered for the trip desk for all
presidential travel outside the Washington, DC area within the United States.
Included in this series are three trips to Mexican border cities: Tijuana
(October 1982), La Paz (August 1983), and Mexicali
(December 1985). All three of these
trips were a part of more extensive domestic U.S. trip by the President. The material is in chronological order.
SERIES
IV: SUMMITS OF INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS (G-7), 1981-1988
(13 l.ft., 11 boxes)
The records in this
series reflect the documentation gathered by the trip desk for all trip
planning and travel to and from the G-7 economic summits, properly known as the
Summits of Industrialized Nations. During the 1980s only seven countries were
part of this group. The summits were
held annually and rotated to a different country each time the event was
convened. For the Reagan administration, the summits were held as follows: 1981
– Ottawa, Canada; 1982 – Versailles, France; 1983 – Williamsburg, VA; 1984 –
London, England; 1985 – Bonn, West Germany; 1986 – Tokyo, Japan; 1987 – Venice,
Italy; and 1988 – Toronto, Canada. We have included in this series all
documentation of the side trips occurring both before and after the summits. Most famously this includes the 1984 trips to
the Reagan “roots” in Ireland, and the trip to Normandy for the commemoration
of the 40th anniversary of D-Day. Reagan addressed the European
Parliament in 1985 and in 1987 made the “Tear down this wall” speech as a side
trip to Berlin from the Venice Summit. The material is arranged
chronologically.
SERIES
V: U.S./SOVIET SUMMITS, 1985-1988 (6.3 l.ft., 5 boxes)
The records in this
series reflect the documentation gathered by the trip desk for all travel to and
from the summits between President Reagan and General Secretary of the
U.S.S.R., Mikail Gorbachev. Material also reflects pre-advance
arrangements on choosing a meeting place, setting up accommodations for parties
and social arrangements for the meetings.
For additional material on the planning for these meetings, please see
the James Hooley collection. There were four formal meetings of Reagan and
Gorbachev during the Reagan administration held in: Geneva, Switzerland,
November 1985, Reykjavik, Iceland, October 1986; Washington, D.C, December
1987, and Moscow, Russia, May 1988-June 1988. This material is arranged
chronologically by meeting.
SERIES
VI: INTERNATIONAL TRIPS, 1981-1988 (17.5
l.ft., 14 boxes)
The records in this series
reflect the documentation gathered by the trip desk for all presidential trip
planning and travel to and from international destinations not associated with
US/Soviet Summits or G-7 Summits. The
material is arranged chronologically.
SERIES
VII: CANCELLED EVENTS/TRIPS, 1982-1988
(1 l.ft., 1 box)
The records in this
series reflect documentation for the planning and travel of presidential
events/trips which were later cancelled.
The material is arranged chronologically.
SERIES
VIII: SITE SURVEYS, 1982-1989 (2.5 l.ft., 2 boxes)
The records in this
series reflect documentation of trips made by the Advance Office staff to
various locations to establish the suitability of a particular area or site for
a presidential event. Staff surveyed various locations and established local
contacts for future use in case of a scheduled presidential event. The material is arranged alphabetically by
state.
SERIES
IX: SANTA BARBARA TRIP DESK, 1981-1988 (2.5 l.ft., 2
boxes)
The records in this
series reflect documentation for planning and presidential trips to and from
the President’s ranch in Santa Ynez, California and
trips and events occurring while the President was at his ranch. Given the extended time President Reagan
spent at his ranch during his presidency, it was more efficient to maintain a
separate trip desk in Santa Barbara for these times. The material is arranged
chronologically.
CONTAINER
LIST
SERIES I: ADMINISTRATION
Subseries
A: Correspondence and General Administration
OA 10779
Hooley
Memos
Conway,
Chron File
Chron File - Maralyn Elmore
Memos
and Correspondence - O’Neill (Notebook)
[Correspondence
- Leonard Cherson]
[Correspondence
1984-1986]
[Correspondence
- 1988]
Correspondence
Master
Copies - Administrative Memos
Volunteer
Memo
Grey
Terry [Administrative Contact Material] (Notebook)
Equipment
and Privilege Requests
Parking
[Phone
Lists]
Rolodex
Master List
Miscellaneous
59-Month
Economic Recovery Proposals Fall 1987 [I]
59-Month
Economic Recovery Proposals Fall 1987 [II]
59
Month Events
Minority
Business - 10/23/1987, Friday
[Presidential
Schedule 01/24/1981-02/24/1981] (Notebook)
[Presidential
Schedule 02/26/1981-03/20/1981] (Notebook)
Personal
Schedule 1983
Travel
Car
Rentals
OA 11359
National
Hotel Information
1988
Christmas Card Lists
Administrative
Equipment Support
WHCA
Equipment for Inaugural
Facility
Forms
Copier
Procedures
[Administrative
Procedures] (Notebook)
[FAX
Instructions]
[Narrative
Handling Procedure]
PROFS
Manual (Notebook)
[Directions
for Rolodex Use with Displaywriter]
[Advance
Seminar Material]
Presidential
Advance Seminar
Presidential Advance Seminar
09/20/1985-09/22/1985 (1)-(13)
Advance
Seminar [Handbook Cover Master]
Reagan-Bush
Anniversary Directory, December 1985
Travel
Arrangements [September-November 1984] (Notebook)
Tami
Kriner
Combined
Federal Campaign
Combined
Federal Campaign 1988
Campaign
1988 and GBFP(George Bush for President)
Central
Files Inventory I
Central
Files Inventory II
Central
Files Printout
Advance Operations Manual (Master) (1)-(7)
Advance Team Operating Manual and
Miscellaneous (1)-(5)
Manual Advance
[President's
Schedule Manual] (Notebook)
White
House Office Staff Manual, 1988 (Notebook)
Phone
Book 1988 [Executive Office of the President]
26
Displaywriter Disks (Stored in Audio/Visual for
Preservation - See Transfer Sheet
for
Titles)
Displaywriter 4 5 1/4" System Disks and Documentation
(See Archival Staff)
16
5 1/4" Floppy Disks (Stored in Audio/Visual for Preservation - See
Transfer Sheet
for
Titles)
4
5 1/4" Floppy Disks (Stored in
Audio/Visual for Preservation - See Transfer Sheet
for
Titles)
38
Wang Diskettes (Stored in Audio/Visual for Preservation - The Library is unable
to
print
these disks at this time)
67
Displaywriter Disks (Stored in Audio/Visual for
Preservation)
[Diskette
Contents - ADVANC 07/06/1988]
[Diskette
Contents - SJS8]
Beta
Casette - "Hands Across America" Performed
by Voices of America 5:17 (Stored
in
Audio/Visual for Preservation)
VHS
Casette "Face to Face" (Concerns
Soviet/American Relations) (Stored in
Audio/Visual
for Preservation
VHS
Casette "Going South" with Jack Nickolson (Stored in Audio/Visual for
Preservation
VHS
Tape "The Jacksonville Story" VHS Master 1987-1988" (Stored in
Audio/Visual
for
Preservation
21 Wang Diskettes (Stored in
Audio/Visual for preservation - See transfer sheet for list of
titles)
5 "Quiet Down Brand B"
Diskettes (Appear to be Wang Software - Stored in
Audio/Visual
for preservation)
1 BASF Brand 8" Diskette
(Stored in Audio/Visual for preservation)
1984
Olympics "Thanks" Plaque
SERIES I: ADMINISTRATION
Subseries
B: Financial
OA 11360
[Budget
- FY 1983] (Notebook)
Budget
Memos FY 1984-FY 1985
[Budget
Memos July 1985-June 1986
Budget
Letters- 1987
Budget
Letters 1988
Finance
File
Bill
Henkel's Expenses (Notebook)
[Travel
Expense FY 1981]
[Travel
Expense Vouchers and Budget for 1st Quarter, FY 1983] (Notebook)
Paid
Expense Vouchers July 1984- [Bakaly-Hatfield] (Notebook)
[Paid
Expense Vouchers July 1984- Henkel-Terry] (Notebook)
OA 11361
Volunteer
Advance Expenses August 1984-January 1985 A-L (Notebook)
Volunteer
Advance Expenses August 1984-January 1985 M-Z (Notebook)
[Expense
Vouchers 1985 A-G] (Notebook)
[Expense
Vouchers 1985 H-O] (Notebook)
[Expense
Vouchers 1985 P-Z] (Notebook)
OA 11362
[3"
x 5" Expense Check Cards (by Place Name)]
State
Department Expenses (Notebook)
[Travel
Expense FY 1986 - I]
[Travel
Expense FY 1986 - II]
SERIES I: ADMINISTRATION
Subseries
C: Travel Authorizations
OA 11362 (Continued)
10/08/1982-09/26/1983
[Travel Authorizations] (Notebook)
10/07/1983-04/19/1984
[Travel Authorizations] (Notebook)
05/29/1984-09/05/1984
[Travel Authorizations] (Notebook)
09/01/1984-12/31/1984
Travel Authorizations [06/28/21985] (Notebook)
OA 11363
08/01/1985-05/08/1986
White House Travel Authorizations (Notebook)
06/05/1986
Pre-Advance with the French, Liberty Weekend
06/16/1986
Pre-Advance Kennedy
06/17/1986-06/25/1986
06/19/1986
06/24/1986-06/30/1986
07/03/1986-07/05/1986
Liberty Weekend, Harbor Team
07/03/1986-07/05/1986
Pre-Advance for USS Iowa and Kennedy, Liberty Weekend
07/10/1986
07/16/1986
Miami, FL, Columbia, SC Pre-Advance
07/23/1986-07/24/1986
07/23/1986
07/24/1986
08/04/1986
Springfield, IL Pre-Advance
08/12/1986
08/12/1986
08/16/1986-09/07/1986
Santa Barbara, CA, Part I
08/16/1986-09/08/1986
Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, CA
08/26/1986-08/29/1986
Los Angeles, CA, Part I
08/31/1986-09/08/1986
Los Angeles, CA, Part II
09/08/1986
09/18/1986
09/18/1986
09/22/1986
NY, NY United Nations General Assembly
09/24/1986
09/24/1986
Omaha, NB
09/26/1986
NSA (National Security Agency, Fort Meade)
09/29/1986
09/29/1986
10/01/1986
10/02/1986-10/13/1986
10/08/1986
Atlanta, GA Political
10/08/1986
10/15/1986
10/17/1986
10/20/1986-10/29/1986
10/21/1986-10/29/1986
10/21/1986-10/30/1986
10/21/1986-10/30/1986
10/23/1986-10/30/1986
10/23/1986
10/23/1986
10/23/1986-10/24/1986
10/23/1986-11/01/1986
10/24/1986
10/28/1986
10/28/1986-11/04/1986
10/28/1986-11/04/1986
Los Angeles, CA, 1
10/29/1986-11/04/1986Andrew
and T.C.' s (Evansville to LA)
10/30/1986
10/31/1986
10/31/1986-11/04/1986
11/26/1986-11/30/1986
Thanksgiving [Santa Barbara]
12/23/1986-01/04/1987
Christmas [Los Angeles - Palm Springs]
03/27/1987
Columbia, MO
04/01/1987
Philadelphia, PA
04/05/1987
04/09/1987
Purdue, IN
04/12/1987
Los Angeles, CA
04/12/1987-04/20/1987
Santa Barbara, CA
05/03/1987
Ellis Island, NY
05/06/1987
York, PA
05/09/1987
Long Island, NY
05/10/1987
Tuskegee, AL
05/10//1985
Fayetteville, NC
05/12/1987
Chattanooga, TN
05/23/1987
Mayport, FL
06/03/1987-06/12/1987
Europe Summit: Europe Pre-Advance
06/03/1987-06/12/1987
Europe Summit:
06/03/1987-06/12/1987
Europe Summit:
06/03/1987-06/12/1987
Europe Summit:
06/03/1987-06/12/1987
Europe Summit:
06/22/1987
Melbourne, FL
07/08/1987
New Britain, CT
07/13/1987
Indianapolis, IN
07/27/1987
Milwaukee, WS
08/09/1987
Topeka-Santa Barbara
08/13/1987
North Platte, NB
09/10/1987
Miami, FL
09/17/1987
Philadelphia, PA
09/21/1987
United Nations General Assembly
10/13/1987
Somerset, NJ
10/28/1987
West Point, NY
10/30/1987
Phoenix, AZ
11/24/1987
Denver, CO
Thanksgiving
1987 California (Santa Barbara/LA)
December
1987 California,
12/01/1987
Jacksonville, FL
12/15/1987
Toronto Survey
01/11/1988
Cleveland, OH
01/13/1988-01/15/1988
Mexico Survey
February
1988 California
02/02/1988-02/04/1988
Brussels Survey
02/08/1988
Durham
02/12/1988-02/13/1988
Mexico
02/24/1988-02/25/1988
Toronto Survey
03/01/1988-03/03/1988
Brussels
03/04/1988-03/13/1988
and 03/26/1988 Moscow Mission
03/19/1988
South Bend, IN
03/28/1988Richmond,
VA
04/01/1988-04/10/1988
Santa Barbara
04/04/1988
Coto de Casa
04/07/1988-04/16/1988
Moscow: Pre-Advance
04/14/1988
05/04/1988
05/06/1988
05/08/1988-06/02/1988
05/09/1988-05/14/1988
05/09/1988-06/02/1988
Pre-Advance for Helsinki /
05/17/1988
05/20/1988-06/03/1988
06/17/1988
06/22/1988
06/29/1988
07/08/88
Cincinnati, OH
07/14/1988
Davenport, IA and Marion, IL
07/17/1988-07/24/1988
Santa Barbara
August
1988 Santa Barbara
August
1988
08/16/1988
08/17/1988-08/28/1988
09/06/1988
Louisville, KY (08/30/1988-09/07/1988)
09/06/1988
Hastings, NE - 08/30/1988-09/07/1988
09/14/1988
St. Louis/Cape Girardeau - 09/07/1988-09/15/1988 Pre-Advance
OA 12798
09/22/1988-09/23/1988
Texas, Waco and Houston; Florida, Boca Raton - 09/14/1988-
09/24/1988 Pre-Advance
09/261988-09/27/1988
New York, NY - 09/18/1988-09/28/1988 Pre-Advance
09/30/88
Chicago, IL - 09/20/1988-09/30/1988 Pre-Advance
10/07/1988Detroit
- 09/30/1988-10/08/1988 Pre-Advance
10/10/1988
Las Vegas
10/12/1988
New Jersey
10/12/1988
Philadelphia
10/19/1988
Ohio
10/21/1988
Kentucky/North Carolina
10/26/1988
Baltimore
10/27/1988
Springfield, MO/Little Rock, AR/San Diego, CA
10/27/1988
10/30/1988
Los Angeles
10/31/1988-11/08/1988
Chicago/New Jersey/Michigan/
11/01/1988-11/02/1988
Orange County/San Bernardino, CA/Reno, NV/Milwaukee, WS
11/07/1988
Long Beach, CA and
11/14/1988-11/22/1988
12/07/1988
12/08/1988-12/16/1988
Christmas
1988
01/13/1989
New York
09/07/1986-12/31/1986
Site Surveys
December
1986-October 1988 Site Surveys
12/01/1986-03/13/1987
Survey Missions
May
1987-November 1988 Rick Ahearn Travel
Various
Forms with No Time to File [1988]
SERIES I: ADMINISTRATION
Subseries
D: Personnel
OA 12798 (Continued)
Administrative
Assistants
Past
Assignment Sheets 1983-1984
[Staff
Assignments, May 1986-January 1989] (Notebook)
Staff
Assignments, 1987-1988 (Notebook)
January
1989 / Presidential Advance Staff