DUBERSTEIN,
KENNETH M.: Files, 1987-1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
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Office
of the Chief of Staff: Deputy Chief of Staff, 1987-1988; Chief of Staff to the
President, 1988-1989
Kenneth
Duberstein worked in the Office of the Chief of Staff from March 1987 until
President Reagan left office in January 1989. Earlier in the Administration
(1981-1983), he had served in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Please
see the separate finding aid for Duberstein’s Legislative Affairs files. Also,
please see the John C. Tuck collection within the Office of the Chief of Staff
for further Chief of Staff work-related product for Kenneth Duberstein.
Duberstein
was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 21, 1944. He attended
When
President Reagan took office in January 1981, Duberstein joined the new administration
as the Legislative Affairs person responsible for liaison with the House of
Representatives. He became head of Legislative Affairs in December of that
year. In December 1983, he left the White House and took a position with
Timmons & Company Inc., the lobbying and public relations firm headed by
former Reagan campaign and transition director William Timmons. Duberstein
Congressional Liaison Team for the 1984 Reagan-Bush campaign organization.
In 1987
Duberstein returned to the White House as the deputy to the new Chief of Staff,
Howard Baker, with responsibility for most of the White House’s day-to-day operations.
When Baker announced his resignation in June 1988, he recommended that
Duberstein succeed him as Chief of Staff, and this recommendation was followed.
Duberstein, who had a reputation as an efficient manager, saw to the smooth
operation of the White House during the last six months of the Reagan
Presidency. In addition, he acted as a chief policy adviser to the President,
and helped develop and deliver White House support for George Bush’s 1988
Presidential campaign. After Election Day, President Reagan appointed
Duberstein the chief Administration coordinator for the transition to the
incoming Bush Administration.
Duberstein
is currently Chairman and CEO of The Duberstein Group, a
Duberstein’s
files from his time in the Office of the Chief of Staff are arranged into four
series.
SERIES I: SUBJECT FILE,
1987-1989 (1.7 l.ft.,
Alphabetically
arranged files pertaining to issues and topics from the last two years of the
Reagan Administration, including: the filling of Supreme Court vacancies;
US-USSR relations; the Washington and Moscow Summits and the INF Treaty; the
Iran-Contra affair; the 1988 State of the Union Address; long-range policy
planning; the federal budget; AIDS, health care, drug abuse, welfare, housing,
and other domestic issues; the 1988 Republican convention and Presidential
campaign; and the transition to the George Bush administration. Most of the
material pertaining to US-USSR relations was still security classified at the
time the Reagan Library processed this series.
SERIES II: TRANSITION FILE,
1988-1989 (0.5 l.ft.,
This
series includes material, administrative in nature, pertaining to the
transition from the Reagan Administration to the George H. W. Bush
Administration. Most material pertains specifically to the President-Elect’s
transition team, including: copies of public disclosure statements; lists and
form letters documenting transition team requests for basic information on
federal agencies; and material pertaining to the listing and verifying of
transition people. Also present are: memos authorizing certain Bush transition
personnel to communicate with Reagan Administration staff people in specific
agencies; lists and other documents pertaining to general conduct guidelines
for both Reagan and Bush transition personnel; and guidance for Reagan
Administration staff on employment status during and after the transition. This
series is arranged alphabetically.
SERIES III: PUBLIC OPINION
POLLS, October-November 1988 (1.1 l.ft.,
Books
of polls compiled for the White House by The Wirthlin
Group, the polling organization headed by Richard Wirthlin.
Wirthlin first conducted polls for Ronald Reagan
during the 1980 campaign. After Reagan became President, Wirthlin
directed many public opinion surveys for the White House, and regularly briefed
the President and Cabinet officers on his findings. The polls are arranged
chronologically.
SERIES IV: UNACKNOWLEDGED MAIL
FILE, August-September 1988 (1.7 l.ft., Boxes 10-13 + Oversize Box 1)
This
series consists of unanswered miscellaneous mail to the White House. It includes
letters from the general public, magazines and newsletters, US Government
publications, unsolicited resumes, polling information, and crank mail. Topics
include the 1988 elections, economics, US-USSR relations, US-Mexico relations,
and national defense. Most of the mail was addressed to Duberstein, Howard
Baker, or President Reagan. It is arranged alphabetically.
SERIES I: SUBJECT FILE, 1987-1989
AIDS Commission
Briefing Material – Fall 1987 Issues
(1)(2)
Briefing Material – “The President’s
Strategic Plan”
Candidates for Supreme Court [Notebook
One] (1)(2)
Candidates for Supreme Court [Notebook
Two] (1)(2)
Candidates for Supreme Court [Notebook
Three] (1)-(3)
Candidates for Supreme Court [Notebook
Four] (1)-(4)
Drug Issues
Duberstein [Chronology of Activities:
11/03/1988 Nancy Risque Memo]
[Early
Warning Report to Chief of Staff for
[Fetal Experimentation
(Armstrong, William L.)]
Gorbachev
Meetings (1)
Gorbachev Meetings (2)
Health Care Issues
Housing Issues
INF Ratification
[
Japanese Internment
Labor Issues
Ferdinand Marcos
[
Secretary Gorbachev,
[
Secretary
Gorbachev,
[National Public Service Awards 1989]
[NATO
1988 Political
Campaign (1)(2)
1988 Republican National Convention
1988 State of the
Nomination of Judge Robert Bork
Nomination
of Douglas Ginsburg
Nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy (1)(2)
[Pardon
Proposal: Hammer, Armand]
[Pardon
Proposal: Hearst, Patty]
Quadrennial
Pay Commission
“Spinoff Project:” Douglas Morrow
Project on NASA
Stock Market Issues/National Economic
Commission
Trade Issues (1)(2)
Transition
Issues (1)-(3)
[Transition:
Miscellaneous Correspondence
[US
Information Agency: Conference on Chemical Weapons]
[
General Secretary Gorbachev,
[Washington Summit Briefing
Book: The Meetings of President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev,
Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987] (1)-(3)
[Washington Summit Briefing
Book: The Meetings of President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev,
Washington, DC, 12/08/1987-12/10/1987] (4)
Welfare
Reform Issues
[White
House Personnel Requests]
Williamsburg
Charter
[World’s Fair 1992 (Wick,
Charles Z.)]
Duberstein
– Transition (1)-(8)
Duberstein – Transition [Cabinet] (1)(2)
Duberstein – Transition [Executive
Office of the President Agencies] (1)(2)
Duberstein
– Transition [Sub-Cabinet Agencies] (1)(2)
Duberstein
– Transition [Sub-Cabinet Agencies] (3)-(8)
[Transition Teams Disclosure
Statements (A)]
[Transition Teams Disclosure
Statements (B)] (1)(2)
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (C)] (1)(2)
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (D)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (E-F)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (G)] (1)(2)
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (H-J)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (K-L)]
[Transition Teams Disclosure
Statements (M)] (1)(2)
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (N-Q)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (R)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (S)] (1)(2)
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (T-V)]
[Transition
Teams Disclosure Statements (W)]
[Transition Teams Disclosure
Statements (X-Z)]
WH National Monitor October 1988
Volume 1 of 3
WH
National Monitor October 1988 Volume 3 of 3
[Note
re WH National Monitor October 1988-November 1988]
WH National Monitor October
1988-November 1988 Volume 1 of 2
WH
National Monitor October 1988-November 1988 Volume 2 of 2
SERIES IV:
UNACKNOWLEDGED MAIL FILE, August-September 1988
[Note
re Mail to File]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (A-B)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (C-H)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (I)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (J)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (K)] (1)-(3)
[Mail to Howard Baker (L-M)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (N-ND)]
[Mail to Howard Baker (NE-R)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (S-SO)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (SP-Z)]
[Mail
to Howard Baker (Anonymous)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (A-BN)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (BO-COK)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (COM-CR)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (CS-DN)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (DO-DZ)] (1)(2)
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (E-G)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (H-J)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (K-LE)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (LF-MARJ)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (Market
Opinion Research)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (MARL-MZ)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (N – National B)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (National C – National Z)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (NATJ-PAH)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (PAI-PZ)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (Q-R)]
`
[Mail to Duberstein and others (S-SC)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (SD-SEM)]
(1)-(3)
[Mail to Duberstein and others (SEN-SH)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(SI-SL)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(SM-STAT)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(State Department Watch)] (1)-(4)
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(STAU-SZ)]
[Mail
to Duberstein and others (T – United States M)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (United
States N – WASG)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (
[Mail to Duberstein and others (WF – Williams
G)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(Williams H – WZ)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others (X-Z)]
[Mail to Duberstein and others
(Anonymous)] (1)(2)
Oversize
[Mail
to Howard Baker (Oversize)]