(TR) TRIPS

The primary category containing information pertaining to trips planned or made by the President. This primary subject category includes matters such as plans, stops, and visits en route; schedules, itineraries; traveling companions; press coverage and photographic support; regarding the trip.

Subject categories and sub-categories fully available for research are bolded. Closed categories and sub-categories have a simple phrase describing their contents.

DESCRIPTION OF SECONDARY FILE CODES

File Code Description

TR036-03 California, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, 03/02/1982-03/09/1982 (0.1 l.f.)

This secondary subject category pertains to the President’s trip to Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California. This subcategory covers 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; and a barbecue and television production at Santa Ynez, California. The barbecue was hosted by Mr. And Mrs. Stuart Gildred at the Gildred Ranch. Entertainment was provided by Merle Haggard. The performance was filmed for showing on PBS television. The records include memos regarding the Pachmayr presentation, copies of thank you letters to various people assisting with the barbecue and entertainment, schedules for the President, and welcoming remarks by Peter Schabarum for the arrival of the President in Los Angeles.

TR104 New York, NY, 04/15/1984 (75 p.)

TR123-01 Economic Summit, Bonn, 05/03/1985-05/04/1985; Bonn, West Germany, 04/30/1985-05/06/1985

This secondary subject category pertains to the President’s trip to West Germany for an Economic Summit. The majority of these materials pertain to the President’s acceptance of an invitation by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to attend a ceremony at a German military cemetery in Bitburg. The ceremony was meant to acknowledge the United State-West German relationship upon the fortieth anniversary of the end of World War II. The acceptance of this invitation was controversial among Jewish and other groups because members of the Waffen SS were buried in the cemetery. The records include correspondence from the general public that is negative and positive regarding the President’s attendance at the ceremony, schedules, planning memorandums, and speech drafts.

TR130-01 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 06/05/1985

TR134 Texas, Dallas, 06/21/1985

TR137 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.

TR137-01 USSR-US Summit, Geneva, 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.

TR141 Florida, Tampa, 09/12/85

TR142 New Hampshire, Concord, 09/18/85

TR149 Ohio, Cincinnati, 10/03/1985

TR160 New York, New York City 04/18/1986

This subcategory includes: a copy of the White House advance trip schedule; material documenting the 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.

TR170 Trip to Atlanta for the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Dedication (2 folders)

Memoranda and correspondence concerning planning and scheduling for President Reagan's trip to Atlanta, 10/01/1986, including a copy of the President's itinerary while in Atlanta.