WHITE
HOUSE OFFICES
White House offices are
described below. We have provided information
on the offices in the Reagan White House and listed the collections that came
from each office. For various reasons,
the staff collection titles do not include many names that would appear in a
roster of office personnel. Offices
would often incorporate the files of a staff member into the files of a
successor or a more senior colleague.
Some record systems, such as the records of the White House Curator and
the White House Usher, stay in the White House complex from one President to
the next. The National Security Council also retained some NSC records, known
as "institutional" records, into the next Administration.
Administrative Office, White House (White House
Operations)
This office was responsible
for the administrative affairs for the White House and the White House
staff. Throughout most of the
administration the Head of Operations was also the Director of the Office of
Administration – a federal agency working at the White House. Therefore, some
federal records are intermixed with presidential records in these
collections. See White House Operations
for collections for the head of this office and the Office of Administration
federal records for material on the dual functions of the Director of each of
these offices.
See collection entries for
Administration
Finance
Personnel
Purchasing
Travel
Advance, Office of Presidential
This office was
responsible for the logistical planning and coordination, including onsite
arrangements, of the President’s domestic and international trips.
See collection entries for:
Advance, Office
of Presidential
Advance, Office
of Presidential
Events and
Briefing Books
Advance, Office
of Presidential:
Photo File
Advance, Office of
Presidential Site Surveys
and Misc. Material
Advance,
Office of
Presidential: Trip File
Brennan,
Joseph
Henkel,
William
Hildebrand,
Joanne
Hooley,
James
Oldham,
Jennifer
O’Neill,
Paul
Prince,
Stephanie
Richter,
Betty
Schmidt,
Robert
Skidmore,
Mary Lou
African Affairs Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
African
Affairs
Directorate,
NSC
Cohen,
Herman J.
Ringdahl,
Philip
Rosenberg,
Alison P.
Soos,
Helen
Wettering,
Fred
Appointments and Scheduling, White House Office of
The office received and
coordinated requests for the President’s time, helped prioritize the
President’s time, and developed the President’s daily and monthly
schedules.
See collection entries for
Appointments and Scheduling, WHO
of
Ryan,
Fred
Arms Control Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Brooks, Linton F.
Heiser,
G. William
Linhard,
Robert E.
Mahley,
Donald A.
Steiner,
Steven S.
Tobey,
William H.
Asian Affairs Directorate, National Security Council
In 1983, the NSC
reorganized and created five geographical directorates from the old Political
Affairs Office. The Asian Affairs
Directorate was one of the five geographical directorates created. For further information on this geographical
region for the first administration only, please see the Executive Secretariat,
NSC: Country Files (Far East).
See collection entries for
Asian
Affairs
Directorate,
NSC NSC
Childress,
Richard T.
Kelly,
James A.
Laux,
David N.
Paal,
Douglas H.
Sigur,
Gaston J.
Cabinet Affairs, White House Office of
The Office of Cabinet
Affairs created the working logistics for President Reagan’s belief in
“cabinet” style government. The Office
of Cabinet Affairs acted as the liaison and facilitator between various
agencies and the White House. In the first administration, the office was
heavily involved in making the seven cabinet councils work - scheduling
meetings, pursuing action plans, and so forth.
In conjunction with the Counsellor to the President’s office, Cabinet
Affairs created a detailed tracking system for issues before the Cabinet and
the various Cabinet Councils. These issues were marked as "CM-#" and
you will find frequent reference to this tracking system within the records of
the Office of Cabinet Affairs and the Counsellor to the President. While
Cabinet Affairs handled the Cabinet issue tracking and worked with agencies, the
actual Cabinet Council secretaries were from the Office of Policy Development.
During the second
administration, the Councils were reduced to two - the Domestic Policy Council
and the Economic Policy Council - and were an actual part of the Cabinet
Affairs office. In early 1985, the head of this office was renamed the Cabinet
Secretary. There are no actual records
for an Office of the Cabinet Secretary - just material for the individuals with
this title, Al Kingon and Nancy Risque.
See collection entries
for:
Cabinet Affairs, WHO of
Clarey,
Donald
Davis,
Richard A.
Dunlop,
Becky Norton
Faoro,
Patsy
Fuller,
Craig
Gibson,
Thomas
Hauptli,
Todd
Herbolsheimer, Lawrence
Hodapp, Nancy “Missy”
Kuttner,
Hanns
Neuman,
David
Preston,
Edward F.
Stucky,
Edward
Cabinet Council On Economic Affairs
See collection entry for
Cabinet
Council on Economic Affairs
Cabinet Secretary
See collection entries for
Kingon,
Alfred
Risque,
Chief of Staff, White House Office of the
Considered by many to
be the most powerful position in a modern White House, the Chief of Staff
during the Reagan administration acted as a close advisor to the President and
was responsible for the smooth operation of the White House. During the first
administration, Chief of Staff James A. Baker was part of a senior staff
triumvirate with the Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver and the Counsellor to
the President Edwin Meese. This group came to be known as “the Troika.” In the
second administration, Donald T. Regan (1985-87), Howard H. Baker (1987-88),
and Kenneth Duberstein (1988-89) served as Chief of Staff.
See collection entries for
Baker,
Howard H., Jr.
Baker,
James A.
Cicconi,
James
Crippen,
Daniel L.
Darman,
Richard
Dawson,
Thomas C.
Duberstein,
Kenneth
Hodsoll, Francis (Frank)
Oglesby,
M.B.
Regan,
Donald
Thomas
W. Dennis
Tuck,
John C.
Tutwiler,
Margaret
Communications, White House Office of
This office was largely
an umbrella White House office over the offices of speechwriting, media
relations, public affairs, public liaison, and the press office, although the mix
varied somewhat during the eight years of the Reagan presidency. The primary
function of this office was to ensure that the White House staff was consistent
in dealing with the media, and that the White House had a focused message. From
January 1984 to February 1985 the Communications office was downgraded to a
unit within the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, allowing Deputy Chief of
Staff Michael Deaver direct oversight of communications during the 1984
campaign season.
See collection entries for
Bailey,
Pamela
Bistany,
Joanna
Buchanan,
Patrick
Communications, WHO of
Gergen,
David
Griscom,
Thomas C.
Maseng,
Mari
Olsen,
Karen
Reid,
Kathleen
Consumer Affairs, White House Office of
This office advised the
President on a wide variety of consumer-related issues. Virginia Knauer, the
chief White House consumer advisor for Presidents Nixon and Ford (1969-1977),
performed this same role for President Reagan. From 1981 to 1983 she worked within
the White House Office of Public Liaison, and dealt with public liaison
outreach in addition to consumer issues. After Elizabeth Dole resigned as
director of the Public Liaison Office in 1983, Consumer Affairs was upgraded to
a separate White House office headed by Knauer. Knauer also served as Director
of the US Office of Consumer Affairs, a unit within the Department of Health
and Human Services.
See collection entry for
Coordination Office, National Security Council
This office primarily
provided planning and coordination assistance to the President for head of
state and foreign official visits, as well as other international meetings in
which the President participated.
See collection entries for
Coordination Office, NSC
Deal,
Timothy
Tyson,
Charles P
.
Correspondence, Office of White House
This office coordinated
the distribution of incoming mail to the White House, and in many cases the
Correspondence Office staff also prepared and sent responses. The Correspondence Office also included the
Volunteer and Comment Office, which received public opinion mail and calls, and
received and sent out numerous personal greetings on behalf of the President on
occasions such as birthdays and anniversaries.
See collection entries for
Anderson,
Robert B.
Batten,
Michael
Bell,
Lillie
Correspondence, WHO of
Correspondence, WHO of:
DeCain,
Joan
Dehart,
Linda
Donovan,
Charles A.
Higgins,
Anne
Hudson,
Maureen
Ingals,
Mary
Kelley,
Sally
Miller,
Amy
Theis,
Nancy
Tobin, Loesje (Edward)
Proclamations
Council of Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic
Advisers (CEA) was established by law in 1946, to brief the President on
overall economic policy objectives and policy issues. The CEA also prepares an
annual economic report to the President and an Economic Report of the President
for submission to Congress. During the
Reagan administration, the CEA chaired an interagency forecasting group that
included the Treasury and OMB for developing economic projections.
See collection entries
for
Burnham,
James
Carliner,
Geoffrey
Council
of Economic
Advisers,
CEA: Staff CEA:
Staff Economist’s Files
Feldstein,
Martin
Hemel,
Eric L.
Jordan,
Jerry
Moore,
Thomas
Mussa,
Michael
Niskanen,
William
Poole,
William
Sprinkel,
Beryl
Weidenbaum,
Murray
Counsel to the President, Office of
This office provided
legal advice to the President and White House staff. The Counsel staff advised the President and
White House staff on a wide variety of issues, including constitutional and
administrative powers and duties of the President, legislation, judicial
appointments, and regulatory issues. It
also coordinated the screening of Presidential appointees and White House staff
for security and potential conflict of interest problems. The Counsel staff was
responsible for gathering material in response to Independent Counsel requests
for documents for investigations.
See collection entries for
Astrue,
Michael
Boggs,
Paula
Bolton,
John
Brady,
Phillip D.
Bryan,
Patricia Mack
Cohen,
Ben
Cooksey,
Sherrie
Counsel
to the President:
Office of the
Cox, C. Christopher
Culvahouse, Arthur
Counsel to the
President, Office of the:
Appointee File
Counsel to the President,
Office of the:
Investigation File
Counsel to the President,
Office of the:
Judicial Selection
File
Dannehauer, Jane Dannenhauer, Jane
Duke,
Meg Shields
Erickson,
Jack
Fielding,
Fred
Finan,
Nancy Scott
Fitzsimmons, John
Garrett, H. Lawrence
Goldfield, H. P.
Hauser, Richard
Hewitt, Hugh
Hicks, Christopher
Holland, Dianna G.
Jameson, W. George
Janes,
Keisler, Peter D.
Koch, Kathleen D.
Kruger, Robert
Landers, Bill
Lawton, Mary
Luttig, J. Michael
Masterman, Vicki
McGrath, C. Dean
Nolan, David
Owens, Deborah
Raul, Alan Charles
Roberts, John G.
Rusthoven, Peter J.
Shepherd, J. Michael
Stephens, Jay B.
Waller, David
Wallison, Peter
White House Legal Task
Force
Willkie, Wendell
Wilson, D. Edward
Counsellor to the President, Office of the
“Counsellor to the
President” was the title given to Edwin Meese, one of the President’s top
advisers during the first Administration, and a long-time Reagan supporter and
advisor. Mr. Meese coordinated and
developed domestic policy issues and programs, although foreign and defense
policy issues were also a focus during the first year of the Administration.
Mr. Meese was familiar with the President’s style of government and system of
management from experience as Governor Reagan’s chief of staff in
California. The management of cabinet
communication and coordination was part of his office function during the first
year of the administration, and his office remained heavily involved with the
Office of Cabinet Affairs and the Cabinet Council system. The collections for this office are for his
direct staff and cover the first administration only. In early 1985, Mr. Meese left the White House
to become Attorney General of the United States.
See collection entries for
Cribb,
T. Kenneth
Garrick,
Robert
Hearn,
Roger
Jenkins,
Jim
Meese,
Edwin III
Counterterrorism and Narcotics, National Security
Council Office of
See collection entries for
Counterterrorism and
Narcotics, NSC
Office of
Coy,
Craig
Earl,
Robert
North,
Oliver L.
Crisis Management Center (CMC), National Security
Council
An outgrowth of NSDD-3,
which established a NSC structure for managing national security crisis's, the
Crisis Management Center (CMC) was set up in the first Administration and
disbanded in early 1987. As described by Robert McFarlane, the CMC was designed
to "conduct pre-crisis collection and analysis of information about likely
crisis areas in an effort to anticipate events and to provide extensive
background information to decision makers as a crisis preventive."
See collection entries for
Beal,
Richard
Crisis Management Center,
NSC NSC
McDaniel,
Rodney B.
Morton,
Elaine L.
Defense Policy Directorate (including Defense Policy
Planning staff), NSC
See collection entries
for
Cockell,
William A.
Donley,
Michael B.
Douglass,
John W.
Dur,
Philip A.
Ebner,
Eugene
Gold,
Sydell P.
Grant,
William J.
Grimes,
John G.
Helm,
Robert W.
Kissell,
Kenneth A.
Kraemer,
Sven F.
Levine,
Richard B.
Linhard,
Robert E.
Miskel,
James F.
Myer,
Allen A.
North,
Oliver L.
Pollock,
Raymond
Russell,
Horace L.
Shoemaker, Christopher C.
Snider,
Donald M.
Defense Programs and Arms Control Directorate, National
Security Council
See collection entries for
Brooks,
Linton F.
Donley,
Michael B.
Douglass,
John W.
Grimes,
John G.
Helm,
Robert W.
Kraemer,
Sven F.
Lehman,
Ronald F.
Levin,
Richard B.
Linhard,
Robert E.
Mahley,
Donald A.
Myer,
Allen A.
Pollock,
Raymond
Russell,
Horace L.
Steiner,
Steven S.
Wood,
J. Robert
Wright,
William H.
Deputy Chief of Staff, White House Office of the
The White House had a
deputy chief of staff position throughout the administration. The Deputy Chief
had a separate office and staff only when Michael Deaver held the post of
Deputy Chief of Staff from 1981 to 1985. Mr. Deaver was a long-time associate
and advisor to the President and Mrs. Reagan. He formed part of the
"ruling troika” with Edwin Meese and James Baker during the first
administration. Deaver had general oversight of scheduling, travel, and
communications, and maintained close contact with the Office of the First Lady
and the Military Office.
The United States
hosted the 1983 Summit of Industrialized Nations (aka the Williamsburg Summit
or the 1983 G-7 Summit). Coordination and planning for this event was conducted
out of the Deputy Chief of Staff’s office with Michael McManus serving as the
administrator of this event. We have created a separate collection for the
Williamsburg Summit under the Summit of Industrialized Nations. Also see the
Advance Office and the White House Press Office for further records on this
event.
The following collections are for the first
administration only.
See collection entries for
Canzeri, Joseph
Deaver, Michael
Hill, Kenneth John McManus,
Michael A., Jr.
Sittman, William
Domestic Affairs, White House Office of
See collection entries for
Cribb, T. Kenneth
Crippen, Dan L.
Dorminey,
A. Blair
McIntosh, David M.
Domestic Policy Council
Established in April of
1985, the DPC facilitated the development of the Administration’s domestic
policy initiatives. Along with Economic
Policy Council (EPC), the DPC replaced the seven cabinet councils that
functioned during the first Administration.
The DPC was composed of the attorney general (who served as chairman pro
tempore); the secretaries of the Interior, Health and Human Ser.vices, Housing
and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and Education; and the director
of the OMB.
See collection entries for
Bledsoe,
Ralph
Johnson,
Robert
Sweet,
Robert
Walters,
Raymond
Drug Abuse Policy Office, White House
Established in the
first Administration, and operating within the Office of Policy Development,
the Drug Abuse Policy Office coordinated the development and implementation of
Administration policy on drug abuse
See collection entries
for Daolas, Sue
Drug Abuse Policy Office,
WH
Lumpkins, Sharyn MacDonald, Ian
Romano, Neil
Turner, Carlton
Williams, Richard
Economic Policy Council
Established early in
the second Administration, the EPC facilitated the development of the
Administration’s economic policy. The
EPC, along with the Domestic Policy Council (DPC), replaced the system of seven
cabinet councils which functioned during the first Administration. The EPC
consisted of the Secretary of the Treasury (who served as Chairman); the
Secretaries of State, Agriculture, Commerce and Labor; the Director of the OMB;
the U.S. Trade Representative; the Chairman of the CEA; the Vice President; and
the Chief of Staff to the President.
See collection entries for
Economic Policy Council
McAllister, Eugene J.
McCaffrey,
Shellyn
Tracy,
Alan T.
European and Soviet Affairs Directorate, National Security
Council
In 1983, the NSC
reorganized and created five geographical directorates from the old Political
Affairs Office. The European and Soviet
Affairs Directorate was one of the five geographical directorates created. For further information on this geographical
region for the first administration only, please see the Executive Secretariat,
NSC: Country Files (Europe and the Soviet Union).
See collection entries
for:
Cobb,
Tyrus
Dobriansky,
Paula J.
Ermarth,
Fritz W.
European and Soviet
Affairs Directorate, NSC
Jameson, Lisa R.
Ledsky, Nelson C.
Lenczowski, John
Matlock, Jack F.
Perina, Rudolf V.
Rentschler, James M.
Sommer, Peter R.
Vail, Joan R.
Executive Secretariat, National Security Council Office
of the
The Executive
Secretariat acts as a conduit for communication and coordination amongst
agencies, and assists with internal NSC record keeping. There are 18 series within the Secretariat
office records for various groupings of records such as country files, subject
files, meeting files, etc. Please see the specific collection listing for these
series. Record keeping practices at the
NSC varied greatly during the first and second Reagan administrations. This is
further complicated by numerous office reorganizations - see specific
collection and series descriptions for more details on these changes.
The director of the
Secretariat, a legislated position, has the title "Executive
Secretary." The first National
Security Advisor - Richard Allen - changed this title to "Staff
Secretary." It was changed back to
Executive Secretary after he left. The
following individuals were the Executive Secretaries for the National Security
Council during the Reagan administration: Allen Lenz, Michael Wheeler, Robert
M. Kimmitt, William F. Martin, Rodney McDaniel, and Paul Schott Stevens.
See collection entries
for:
Executive Secretariat, NSC
Kimmitt,
Robert M.
Lenz,
Allen J.
Luhn,
Christina
Martin, William F.
McDaniel, Rodney B.
Miller, Jonathan S.
Morris, Richard C.
Neil, Elise
Pearson, W. Robert
Stearman, William L.
Stevens, Paul Schott
Thompson, Paul B.
Wheeler, Michael O.
First Lady, Office of the
This office provided
administrative support for the various functions and program
initiatives of the
First Lady.
See collection entries for
Balfour, Deborah
Barun,
Kenneth
Crispin,
Elaine
Erkenbeck, Jane
First
Lady, Office of the
First
Lady, Office of the
Advance Office
First Lady, Office of the
Press
Office
First Lady, Office of the
Projects
Office
Hansen, Joanne
McCoy, Peter
Rosebush, James
Schaben, Betsy
Tate, Sheila
Verstandig, Lee
Wormser, Nina
Wrobleski, Anne
Information Policy and Security Review, National
Security Council Office of
See collection entry for
Reger,
Brenda S.
Intelligence Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Cannistraro, Vincent M.
Collins,
James F.
deGraffenreid, Kenneth E.
Dornan, Diane S.
Godson, Roy
Gregg, Donald P.
Intelligence Directorate,
NSC
Kimberling,
Michael
Major,
David G.
Raymond,
Walter
Interagency Low Income Opportunity Advisory Board
Operating within the Office
of Policy Development, the ILIOAB explored and developed policy options for
improving the economic situation of low income Americans. Its staff focused on
welfare reform.
See collection entries for
Germanis,
Peter
Hobbs,
Charles
Interagency Low Income
Opportunity Advisory Board
Intergovernmental Affairs, White House Office of
This office provided
communication between the White House and state, county, municipal and local
governments. With the emphasis of the
Reagan Administration on “federalism,” this office was somewhat larger than in
previous administrations. In the second administration, this office handled
many of the duties previously handled by the Political Affairs Office.
See collection entries for
Alvarado,
Ron
Bach,
Christina
Black,
Judy
Card,
Andrew
Carpenter,
Jane
Daniels,
Mitch
Donatelli,
Frank
Hawley,
Edward (Kip)
Intergovernmental
Affairs,
WHO
of
King,
Gwen
Lauffer,
Susan
McMaster,
Margaret
Medas,
Jim
Meeker,
Jennifer
Miller,
Linda
Moore,
Dian
Neal,
Rick
Parke,
Kathleen
Peachee,
Judy
Pinkerton,
Jim
Rairdin,
Kae
Redington,
Mary
Rhodes,
Steve
Richie,
Spencer,
Karen
Spencer,
Susan
Verstandig,
Lee
Williamson,
Richard
International Communications and Information
Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Castine, Michael P.
Lord,
Carnes R.
Mandel,
Judyt E.
Menges,
Constantine
Raymond,
Walter
Steiner,
Steven S.
International Economic Affairs Directorate, National
Security Council
See collection entries for
Bailey, Norman A.
Bonk, Benny L.
Danzansky, Stephen
Farrar, Stephen P.
International Economic Affairs
Directorate, NSC
Levine Richard B.
International
Martin, William F.
McMinn, Douglas W.
Melby, Eric D.
Platt, Alexander H.
Pugliaressi, Lucian S.
Robinson, Roger W.
Seiber, Marilyn J.
Tarbell, David S.
Wigg, David C.
International Programs and Technology Affairs
Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Bemis, Robert C.
Cobb, Tyrus
Curtin, Jeremy
Dean,
Robert
Pugliaressi,
Lucian S.
Saunders,
Richard M.
Tice,
Donald C.
Latin American Affairs Directorate, National Security
Council
In 1983, the NSC
reorganized and created five geographical directorates from the old Political
Affairs Office. The Latin American
Affairs Directorate was one of the five geographical directorates created. For further information on this geographical
region for the first administration only, please see the Executive Secretariat,
NSC: Country Files (Latin America [old name- Inter-American Affairs]).
See collection entries for
Flower, Ludlow "Kim"
Fontaine, Roger W.
Klissas, Nick
Latin American Affairs
Directorate, NSC
Menges, Constantine C.
Pastorino, Robert S.
Sapia-Bosch, Alphonso F.
Tillman, Jacqueline
Vail, Joan R.
Legal Advisor Office, National Security Council
See collection entries
for
Green,
Grant S.
Kimmitt,
Robert M.
Legal
Advisor Office, NSC
Levin,
Daniel
Lilac,
Robert H.
Rostow,
Nicholas
Scharfen,
Jonathan R.
Sommer,
Peter
Legislative Affairs, White House Office of
This office handled
White House liaison with members of Congress on a wide variety of topics,
including pending legislation and Presidential appointments. The office also assisted members of Congress
with photo opportunities and constituent service. The office was organized along Congressional
lines, divided into Senate and House staffs.
The office was further organized by separate Congresses - 97th Congress
(1981-1983) through 100th Congress (1987-89).
See collection entries for
Addington, David
Ball, William
Bockorny, David
Cooksey, Sherrie
Donnelly, Thomas P.
Dorn, Nancy
Drew, Edie
Duberstein, Kenneth
Dyer, James W.
Frazier, Fran
Friedersdorf, Max
Gandy, Henry
Greener, Chuck
Harlow, Bryce Larry
Kabel, Robert
Kennedy,
Kranowitz, Alan
Legislative Affairs, WHO of
McClure,
McKiernan, Gerald
Moore, Powell
Oglesby, M. B.
Palmer,
Prendergast, Richard
Risque,
Royal, Debra Kopko
Sable, Ronald
Scruggs, John
Stone, Jay
Swanson, David
Thomas, W. Dennis
Turner, Pamela
Withey, Lyn
Wright, David
Legislative Affairs Directorate, National Security
Council
See collection entries for
Andricos, George
"Mike"
Fortier, Alison B.
Lehman,
Christopher M.
Matthews, David J.
Sable, Ronald K.
Thompson, Paul B.
Media and Broadcast Relations, White House Office of
See collection entries for
Bacarisse, Charles E.
Board, Elizabeth
Peschong, John
Rhoden, Caroline
Media Relations, White House Office of
See collection entries for
Abdoo,
Terry
Mahan-Duvall,
Janice
Media
Relations, WHO of
Small-Stringer,
Karna
Wimmer,
Carolyn
National Security Affairs, Office of the Assistant to
the President for
The Assistant to the
President for National Security Affairs was the principal national security
adviser to the President, and staff director of the National Security
Council. Six men held this position
during the Reagan Administration:
Richard Allen (1981-82), William Clark (1982-83),
Robert "Bud"
McFarlane (1983-85), John Poindexter (1985-86), Frank Carlucci (1986-87), and
Colin Powell (1987-89).
See
collection entries for
Allen, Richard V.
Carlucci, Frank C.
Clark, William P.
Colson, Janet
Fortier, Donald R.
Keel, Alton G.
McFarlane, Robert C. "Bud"
Nance, James W.
National Security Affairs,
Office of Assistant to the
President for
Odum, William E.
Poindexter, John
Powell, Colin L.
Reed, Thomas C.
Rodman, Peter W.
Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate, National
Security Council
In 1983, the NSC
reorganized and created five geographical directorates from the old Political
Affairs Office. The Near East and South
Asia Affairs Directorate was one of the five geographical directorates
created. For further information on this
geographical region for the first administration only, please see the Executive
Secretariat, NSC: Country Files (Near East and South Asia).
See collection entries for
Burns, William J.
Kemp, Geoffrey T.H.
Lazan, Michael
Near East and
Affairs Directorate, NSC
Oakley, Robert B.
Putignano, Patrick A.
Ross, Dennis B.
Tahir-Kheli, Shirin R.
Teicher, Howard J.
News Summary Office, White House
See collection entries for
News
Summary Office, WH
Operations, White House
During the second
administration this office assumed the control of paper to the President that
had been handled by Richard Darman and the Chief of Staff’s office in the first
administration. Mr. Chew and Mr. Dawson reported directly to Donald Regan. Generally the head of this office simultaneously
served as head of White House Office of Administration, but this was not so
when Mr. Chew and Mr. Dawson held the post.
See collection entries for
Chew, David
Dawson,
Rhett
O’Donnell,
Claire
Permanent Operating Offices in the White House Complex
These permanent offices
within the White House, staffed primarily with career professional staff,
carried out administrative support functions for the President and White House policy
staff from one President to the next.
These offices retained many of their records into the following
administration, but they also transferred some materials to the National
Archives and Records Administration at the end of the Reagan administration.
See collection entries for
Executive Clerk, WHO of the
Executive Clerk, WHO of the:
Bill Reports
Evans, Michael
Gift Unit, WH
Library, WH
Military Office, WH
Photographic Office, WH
Post Office, WH
Records Management, WHO
Shaddix, Billie
Situation Room Support
Staff, WH
Travel and Telegraph Office,
WH
United States Secret Service
Planning and Evaluation, White House Office of
See collection entries for
Beal, Richard S.
Blankley, Anthony
Bledsoe, Ralph C.
Chapman, Bruce
Flick, Rachael
Sullivan, Lisa
Planning and Evaluation Directorate, National Security
Council
See collection entries for
Bailey, Norman A.
Guhin, Michael A.
Lord, Carnes R.
Manfredi, Arthur A.
Martin, William F.
McMinn, Douglas W.
Nau, Henry R.
Robinson, Roger W.
Weiss, Gus W.
Policy Development, Office of
Established in 1974 as
the Domestic Council Staff, the Office of Policy Development (OPD, renamed in
1981) supported the formulation, coordination and implementation of domestic
and economic policies. This office
worked closely with the Office of Management and Budget, the seven cabinet
councils during the first Administration, and the White House Domestic and
Economic policy councils during the second Administration. Staff members were frequently the official
"secretaries" for the first Administration cabinet councils. For a brief time in 1982, the staff was
subdivided into the Office of Policy Development and the Office of Policy
Information. We have not made a separate
office listing for the Office of Policy Information.
See collection entries for
Anderson,
Martin
Bandow,
Doug
Barr,
William
Bauer,
Gary
Bauman,
Genie
Blankley,
Anthony
Bledsoe,
Ralph C.
Boggs,
Danny
Bradley,
Melvin
Carleson,
Robert
Chao,
Elaine
Danzansky,
Stephen
Davis,
Randall
Driggs,
Michael
Fairbanks,
Shannon (Ann)
Ferrara,
Peter
Frankum,
Ron
Galebach,
Stephen
Garfinkel, Eric
Gray, Ed
Gunn,
Wendell
Harper,
Edwin
Hemel,
Eric
Hines,
Pat
Hobbs,
Charles
Honegger,
Barbara
Hopkins,
Kevin
Jacobson,
James B.
Johnston,
Judy
Kemp,
Judith
Klenk,
John
Kroeger,
Beverly
Leonard,
Burleigh
Li,
Lehman
Mares,
Jan
McAllister,
Eugene
McCaffrey,
Shellyn
McClaughry,
John
Montoya,
Velma
Policy
Development,
Office of
Porter,
Roger
Roper,
William
Selby,
Beverly
Simmons,
Paul
Smith,
Dan
Smith,
Martin
Solon,
Carol Hornby
Svahn,
Jack
Sweet,
Robert
Uhlmann,
Michael
Warner,
James
Policy Development, National Security Council Office of
See collection entries for
Dorminey, A. Blair
Fortier, Donald R.
Herbst, John E.
Levine, Richard B.
Sestanovich, Stephen R.
Political Affairs, White House Office of
The office assisted the
President in the planning and coordination of his political activities as the
leader of the Republican Party, including fund raisers and campaign support for
Republican candidates. It enjoyed a high profile during most of the first
Administration, as it focused on the President’s re-election. The Political
Affairs office was disbanded in August 1983, with much of its staff leaving the
White House for positions in the President’s 1984 re-election campaign. During the campaign, Margaret Tutwiler (from
the Office of the Chief of Staff) handled most political affairs issues within
the White House, with Michael McManus (Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff) and
Kenneth Duberstein (Office of Legislative Affairs) also handling some.
For most of the second
Administration, the Political Affairs office took a lower profile, as a unit
within the Office of Political and Intergovernmental Affairs (see the Office of
Intergovernmental Affairs).
See collection entries for
Atwater,
Lee
Donatelli,
Frank
Lacy,
William
Lauffer,
Susan
Lavin, Frank
Lord, Jeffrey
Nofziger, Lyn
Political Affairs, WHO of
Richardson, Anne
Rollins, Edward
Tutwiler, Margaret
Political Affairs Directorate, National Security Council
The Political Affairs
office of the NSC was the umbrella grouping for all of the offices at the
National Security Council organized by geographic regions of the world.
(Africa; East Asia and Pacific; Inter-American; Near East and South Asia;
Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; Western Europe) In 1983, in an effort to more closely
reflect the State Department structure, the NSC reorganized and created five
geographical directorates from the old Political Affairs Office : African
Affairs Directorate, Asia Affairs Directorate (formally East Asia and Pacific
Affairs), Latin American Affairs Directorate (formally Inter-American Affairs),
Near East and South Asia Affairs Directorate and European and Soviet Affairs
Directorate [including Canada]
(combination of former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Western Europe). We have not divided staff material between
these two structures. For example,
Dennis Blair started in the Western Europe office and became part of the new
European and Soviet Affairs Directorate.
He is listed in both offices as are the majority of the staff members
listed here.
See
collection entries for
Childress,
Richard T.
Dobriansky, Paula J.
Feith, Douglas J.
Fontaine, Roger W.
Fortier, Donald R.
Kemp, Geoffrey T.H.
Laux, David N.
Lenczowski, John
Lilley, James
Pipes, Richard
Rentschler, James M.
Sapia-Bosch, Alphonso F.
Sigur, Gaston J.
Tanter, Raymond
Teicher, Howard J.
Wettering, Fred
Political and Military Affairs Directorate, National
Security Council
See collection entries for:
Childress, Richard T.
Dur, Philip A.
Fortier, Donald R.
Lilac, Robert H.
North, Oliver L.
Saunders, Richard M.
Sestanovich, Stephen R.
Stark, James R.
Tahir-Kheli, Shirin R.
Teicher, Howard J.
President, Office of the
See collection entries for
Osborne, Kathleen
President, Office of the
Reagan, Ronald
Presidential Diary,
Office of the
This
office, located within the Appointments and Scheduling Office, prepared
detailed accounts of the President’s daily schedule and appointments. Compiled
by a staff member of the National Archives and Records Administration, usually
weeks after the event, the Presidential Diary included an automated version
within the STAIRS program, and a textual version in a standardized format.
See collection entries for
McCathran, Ellen
Presidential Diary, Office of
Presidential Diary, Office of
the: Diarist Working Files
Presidential Personnel, Office of
The office served as
the primary clearing house for presidential appointments to over twenty-seven
hundred Executive and Judicial Branch positions. The office located potential appointees,
checked on professional qualifications
and degree of support for the President’s objectives, conducted interviews,
arranged for background checks (in conjunction with the Office of the Counsel
to the President), and made recommendations to the President on appointments of
people to carry out the President’s program.
See collection entries for
Bullock, Katja
Dunlop, Becky Norton
Farrell, J. Michael
Herrington, John S.
James, E. Pendleton
Kinser, Richard
Phillips,
Susan
Presidential
Personnel, Office
of
Roberts,
A. Wayne
Timmons,
William
Tuttle,
Robert
Urban,
Maryann
Vasiliou,
Rosalie
Von
Damm, Helene
Wood,
Lynn Ross
Press Secretary, White House Office of the
The Press Secretary and
his staff spoke for the President at press briefings, prepared news summaries
for the President and his staff, briefed the President for his press
conferences and other press contacts, advised on press relations, and provided
logistical support to the White House press corps. After Press Secretary James
Brady suffered serious wounds during the March 1981 assassination attempt on
the President, Larry Speakes assumed the Press Secretary’s day-to-day
functions, with the title “Principal Deputy Press Secretary.” In 1987, Marlin
Fitzwater succeeded Speakes in this role, as the “Assistant to the President
for Press Relations.”
See collection entries for
Allin,
Lyndon K. (Mort)
Brady,
James S.
Djerejian,
Edward
Fitzwater,
Marlin
Heinze,
Mary Kayne
Jarrett, Ben
Popadiuk, Roman
Press Secretary, WHO of the
Roussel, Peter
Sims, Robert B.
Small-Stringer, Karna
Speakes, Larry
Private Sector Initiatives, Office of
On October 14, 1981, by
Executive Order 12329, President Reagan established the President’s Task Force on Private Sector
Initiatives. The Task Force was
established to advise the President and other Executive agency heads on methods
of "promoting private sector leadership and responsibility for meeting
public needs." After the task force
was terminated in late 1982, the Office of Private Sector Initiatives was
established at the White House to continue support for the private sector
initiatives program and to implement final recommendations of the Task Force.
See collection entries for
Barnett,
Tricia
Butler,
Judith
Castine,
Michael
Coyne,
James
Fitch,
John
Kelly,
Anne
Kerr,
Anne Marie
Moorhead,
Jay
Private
Sector Initiatives,
Office of
Ryan,
Fred
Westerman,
Edie
Public Affairs, White House Office of
Operating within the
Office of Communications, this office coordinated and handled outreach
activities to various public groups and the media to publicize and further the
policy initiatives of the Administration. This office focused mainly on
domestic policy issues, leaving most foreign policy matters to the National
Security Council’s Public Affairs Directorate.
See collection entries for
Baroody, Michael
Gibson, Thomas
Hansen, Richard
Public Affairs, WHO of
Public Diplomacy for Central
America, WHO of
Rickett, Nikki
Rizzuto, Christopher
Public Affairs Directorate, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Grooms,
Sally
Kaminsky,
Phyllis
Korengold,
Robert J. "Bud"
Posa,
Leonard M.
Public
Affairs Directorate,
NSC
Sims,
Robert
Small-Stringer,
Karna
Public
Liaison, White House Office of
This office was a large and important office
during the Reagan Administration. The Liaison
office was a conduit for various constituency groups to present their interests
to the White House. Liaison office staff
also contacted constituency groups and organizations to education them about
the Administration’s goals and actions, and to build support for the
Administration’s policies. The
activities of this office were often coordinated with the Communications
office, the Media Relations office and the Public Affairs office. The office included specialists with various
groups and issues, including blacks, Hispanics, education, the business
community, religious groups and women.
See
collection entries for
Acle, Luis
Anderson,
Carl
Anderson,
Curt
Archie,
Timothy
Arey,
Linda
Bell,
Mariam
Beserra,
Rudy
Blackwell,
Morton
Bolton,
Roger
Bonitati,
Robert
Borcherdt,
Wendy
Bradley,
Melvin
Breaux,
Merlin
Breger,
Marshall
Buckalew,
Judi
Burgess,
Jack
Cavaney,
Red
Chavez,
Linda
Chumachenko,
Katherine
Danner,
Donald
Demoss,
Dewhirst,
Mary
Dole,
Elizabeth
Donatelli,
Frank
Duggan,
Juanita
Duggin,
Thelma
Eberly,
Donald
Evans,
Greg
Foley,
Todd
Gale,
Michael
Green,
Max
Holladay,
J. Douglas
Hornby,
Carol Solon
Jacobi,
Mary Jo
Jepsen,
Dee
Kojelis,
Linus
Kruke, Kevin
Lozano,
Diana
Lynch,
Edward
Maseng,
Mari
Meloy,
Mary Ann
Morrison,
Trudi
Paschall,
Eliza
Paylan,
Elise
Peterson,
Eileen
Public
Liaison, WHO of
Quint,
Mary Elizabeth
Reilly,
Robert R.
Riggs,
Douglas A.
Rousselot,
John
Schnepper,
Mary
Stein,
Jacob
Strother,
Candace
Sundseth,
Carolyn
Triplett,
William
Valis,
Wayne
Vila,
Adis
Villapando,
Catalina (Cathi)
Waldman,
Benjamin
Whittlesey,
Faith
Zachary,
Matt
Zuniga,
Henry
Science Adviser, White House Office of the
This post advised the
President on a wide variety of scientific and technological issues. The Science Adviser also served as the
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a federal
agency.
See collection entries for
Graham,
William R.
Keyworth,
George A.
Secretariat, White House
See collection entries for
Chew,
David
Social Affairs, White House Office of
Under the general
direction of the First Lady’s office, the Social Affairs office planned and
coordinated White House social events and functions, including everything from
head of state dinners to the annual Easter egg roll.
See collection entries for
Brandon,
Mabel (Muffie)
Faulkner,
Linda
Fenton,
Catherine
Gemmell,
William
Graphics
and Calligraphy,
WHO Office of
Hodges,
Gahl
Social
Affairs, WHO of
Space Programs, National Security Council
See collection entries for
Dekok,
Roger G.
May,
Gerald M.
Rye,
Gilbert D.
Speechwriting, White House Office of
This office, which
included a speechwriting research office, drafted and coordinated the
preparation and approval of the President’s speeches and official statements.
See collection entries for
Dolan,
Tony
Khachigian,
Ken
Parvin,
Landon
Robinson,
Peter
Speechwriting,
WHO of
Speechwriting,
WHO of
Research Office
Speechwriting,
WHO of
Speech Drafts
Television Office, White House
Board,
Elizabeth
Holmes,
Joseph R.
Visitor’s Office, White House
See collection entries for
Andrews,
Melinda
McCain,
Carol
Morris,
Marja
Visitors’
Office, WH
White House Conferences
See collection entries for
Courtemanche,
Jack
WH
Conference for a
Drug Free
WH
Conference on
Productivity
Women’s Business Enterprise, Interagency Committee on
Women’s Business Enterprise, Interagency
Committee on
