President, Office of the: Tapes of Dictation: Records, 1981-1982

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President Ronald Reagan dictated a series of correspondence into a mini-cassette recorder (most likely a Norelco model) during the period of February 17, 1981 through February 23, 1982. The Library has been unable to determine why this practice ceased in February 1982, but we have found no other recordings such as these in our collection.

The correspondence includes personal “thank you” notes for gifts, “get-well” notes and messages of support and prayer after the assassination, a few letters of greetings and comments to Heads of State, correspondence with past Dixon, Illinois acquaintances, and responses to the general public on support for his policies or disagreement with them. All of the correspondence within this collection is also part of specific case files within various White House Records Management Subject File categories.

The White House Office of Records Management converted the original 25 mini-cassettes to six (6) Scotch 177 Audio Recording Tapes (reel to reel) done by the White House Communication Agency, Audio Division. The Library received the 25 mini-cassettes only, but we have retained the reel numbers to group the paper correspondence. The textual correspondence folders are arranged by reel number and then by mini-cassette number. The dates on the folders represent the dates on the outgoing correspondence.

The Library had an actual transcript for material recorded on Reel #5 only. All other reels have copies of the outgoing correspondence resulting from the dictation. We have provided a folder-by-folder list of each letter within the folders.

Researchers can request the paper correspondence as a textual collection. For access to the 25 mini-cassettes, please see the research room attendant who will contact our audio-visual archivist.

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Last Modified Date

2024-11-08

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