(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

TR007                             Notre Dame, Indiana, 05/17/1981 (177 pp.)

This category includes material pertaining to the drafting of President Reagan’s speech at the 1981 Notre Dame University commencement ceremonies, correspondence with people suggesting Presidential events and meetings for the trip, and thank-you correspondence sent after the trip.

 

TR017                             Texas, California, Colorado, 06/24/1981-06/29/1981 (4 pp.)

 

TR017-01                        San Antonio, Texas, United States Jaycees Annual Convention, 06/24/1981 (72 pp.)

 

TR017-02                        Los Angeles/Santa Barbara, 06/24/1981-06/29/1981 (3 pp.)

 

TR017-03                        Denver, Colorado – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Annual Convention (59 pp.)

 

TR026                             New Orleans, Louisiana, 09/28/1981 (92 pp.)

 

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. 

 

 

TR043                             Illinois, Chicago, 05/09/1982-05/10/1982 (193 pp.)

 

TR045                             Illinois, Eureka College [May 1982] (116 pp.)

 

TR045-01                        Illinois, Peoria, 05/09/1892 (9 pp.)

 

TR045-02                        Illinois, Chicago, 05/09/1982-05/10/1982 (71 pp.)

 

TR057                             Ohio, Columbus, 10/04/1982 (121 pp.)

 

TR062                             Brazil/Colombia/Costa Rica/Honduras, 11/30/1982-12/04/1982 (0.3 l.ft.)

 

TR062-01                        Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Brazil, 11/30/1982-12/03/1982 (137 pp.)

 

TR062-02                        Bogota,  Colombia, 12/03/1982 (37 pp.)

 

TR062-03                        Costa Rica, San Jose, 12/03/1982-12/04/1982 (179 pp.)

 

TR062-04                        San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 12/04/1982 (35 pp.)

 

TR098-07                        Fairbanks, AK, Meeting with Pope John Paul II, 05/02/1984 (21 pp.)

 

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

 

TR154                             Kentucky, Fort Campbell, 12/16/1985 (4 folders)

This secondary subject category contains: a copy of the Advance Office trip book that covered both the visit to Ft. Campbell, and the trip to the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington later that same day; support and thank-you letters sent to President Reagan after the trip to Ft. Campbell; and a few memos regarding advance planning for the trip to Ft. Campbell and the Rayburn Building.

 

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.

 

TR208                             Indiana, South Bend, 03/09/1988 (199 pp.)

The primary purpose of this trip was to visit Notre Dame University for the ceremonial unveiling of a Knute Rockne postage stamp. Material in this subject category includes draft and final trip schedules, unsolicited recommendations for Presidential events during the trip, form thank-you notes to people who helped with the trip, and newspaper articles.