TABLE OF CONTENTS
Collection Summary
Chronology for Ronald
Reagan
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
List of Recordings
Pre-Presidency Recordings 1938-1975
Campaign and Election Related Speech 1964-1988
Speeches on U.S. Foreign Policy and the Military 1981-1988
Speeches on Domestic Affairs 1981-1989
Miscellaneous Multitopic Speeches 1981-1989
Post-Presidency Speeches 1989
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Ronald
ReaganAn Inventory of Spoken Word Audio Recordings in the Vincent
Voice Library, Michigan State University
Ronald
Reagan
An Inventory of Spoken Word Audio Recordings in the Vincent
Voice Library, Michigan State University
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| Main Speaker: | Reagan, Ronald |
| Title: | Collected speeches of Ronald
Reagan |
| Collection Dates: | 1938-1989 |
| Quantity: | 185 sound recordings in digital format |
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| 1911 - | Birth - Death dates |
| 1964-1966 | Member, California Republican State Central Committee. |
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| 1967-1975 | Governor of California. |
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| 1968 | Candidate for Republican
nomination for President. |
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| 1976 | Candidate for Republican
nomination for President. |
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| 1981-1989 | President of the United States. |
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This collection of recordings ranges from President Reagan's career as an actor to through his activities after leaving the White House in 1989. The Collection is divided into 4 Pre-Presidency Recordings, 16 Campaign and Election Related Speech, 54 Presidential Speeches on U.S. Foreign Policy and the Military, 62 Presidential Speeches on U.S. Domestic Affairs, 48 Miscellaneous Multitopic Speeches--largely press conferences, and 1 Post-Presidency Speech.
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Restrictions on Access
All the recordings are available for listening in the Michigan State
University Library. Selected recordings are also available on the web in
RealAudio format where noted.
Restrictions on Use
The web-accessible recordings may be freely used with acknowledgment
of the Vincent Voice Library and the National Gallery of the Spoken Word.
Recordings available only in the MSU Library may be used only with
permission.
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| The following terms may be useful for searching the MSU Library online
catalog (MAGIC) for related sources. |
| Names: |
| | Agurs, Donal |
| | Allen, Ira |
| | Anderson, Bonnie |
| | Andrews, Wyatt |
| | Arnett, Peter 1934- |
| | Arnold, Garry |
| | Aubuchon, John |
| | Baker, Howard H. (Howard Henry) 1925- |
| | Baker, James Addison 1930- |
| | Barnes, Fred. 1943- |
| | Barnes, Michael D. |
| | Barnet, Larry |
| | Begleiter, Ralph |
| | Bierbauer, Charles |
| | Bolling, Richard Walker 1916- |
| | Bolshakov, Vladimir Viktorovich |
| | Bonilla, Tony |
| | Bork, R. H. (Robert Heron) |
| | Bork, R. H. (Robert Heron) |
| | Boyd, Gerald |
| | Brady, Raymond J. |
| | Brokaw, Tom |
| | Brown, Harold |
| | Brown, Willie |
| | Buchanan, Patrick J. |
| | Burger, Warren E. 1907- |
| | Bush, George 1924- |
| | Bush, George 1924- |
| | Byrd, Robert C. |
| | Cain, Bob |
| | Cannon, Lou |
| | Carlucci, Frank Charles 1930- |
| | Carlucci, Frank Charles 1930- |
| | Chalfont, Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron 1919- |
| | Chasen, Laura |
| | Cheney, Richard B. |
| | Cisneros, Henry |
| | Clark, W. A. V. (William A. V.) |
| | Cohen, Stephen |
| | Cohen William |
| | Coker Christopher |
| | Collins, Reid |
| | Crowe, William J. 1925- |
| | Dancy, John |
| | Daniloff, Nicholas 1934- |
| | Daschel, Thomas A. 1947 |
| | Davis, Evelyn |
| | Dodd, Christopher J. (Christopher John) 1944- |
| | Dole, Robert J. 1923- |
| | Donaldson, Sam |
| | Duarte, José Napoleón |
| | Dunsmore, Barrie |
| | Duvall, Jed |
| | Emory, Alan |
| | Fenton Tom |
| | Frazier, Stephen |
| | Freedman Michael |
| | French, David |
| | Garrels, Anne |
| | Gärtner, Michael |
| | Geyer, Georgie Anne 1935- |
| | Gilmore, Sandy |
| | Gold, David |
| | Goldstein, Rocky |
| | Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris) 1909- |
| | Gomes, Peter |
| | Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich 1931- |
| | Gottschalk, Alfred |
| | Gowans, T. R. |
| | Graham, Fred 1931- |
| | Gray, William H. 1941- |
| | Greenspan, Alan 1926- |
| | Haig, Alexander Meigs 1924- |
| | Hamilton, Lee H. 1931- |
| | Hart, Gary 1936- |
| | Healey, Denis |
| | Healey, Timothy |
| | Helms, Jesse |
| | Henry, Sherry |
| | Hinckley, John W. |
| | Holliman, John |
| | Hurst, Stephen |
| | Jackson, Michael |
| | Jamieson, Robert H. |
| | Jennings, Peter 1938- |
| | Johnson, Haynes Bonner 1931- |
| | Jones, James R. 1939- |
| | Jones, Phil |
| | Kalb, Marvin L. |
| | Kondracke, Morton |
| | Koppel, Ted |
| | Kur Bob |
| | Laxalt, Paul |
| | Leahy, Patrick J. |
| | Leuchtenberg, William |
| | Levine, Irving R. |
| | Lewis, Drew 1931- |
| | Loory, Stuart |
| | Lott, Trent |
| | Martin, David C. |
| | Matney, Bill |
| | Matthias, Charles McC. (Charles McCurdy) 1922- |
| | McClendon, Sarah |
| | McFarlane, Robert C. |
| | McGovern, George S. (George Stanley) 1922- |
| | McLaughlin, Bill |
| | McManus, Jim |
| | McNeill, Don |
| | Meese, Edwin |
| | Mesnikoff Alvin M. |
| | Metzenbaum, Howard M. |
| | Miller, Don |
| | Mitchell, Andrea |
| | Mitchell, George J. (George John) 1933- |
| | Mitchell, George Washington 1935- |
| | Moïsi Dominique |
| | Mondale, Walter F. 1928- |
| | Moomaw, Donn D. |
| | Morton, Bruce |
| | Moyers, Bill D. |
| | Mudd, Roger 1928- |
| | Muskie, Edmund S. 1914- |
| | Newman, Edwin |
| | Nofziger, Franklyn C. |
| | Norman, Jessye |
| | Nunn, Sam |
| | O'Leary, Dennis |
| | O'Leary, Jeremiah |
| | O'Neill, Tip |
| | Ogilvie, Richard B. |
| | Oller, Dale |
| | Palmer, John |
| | Pappas, Ike |
| | Pettit, Tom |
| | Pierpoint, Robert |
| | Plante, Bill |
| | Randall, Gene |
| | Rather, Dan |
| | Reagan, Nancy 1923- |
| | Reagan, Nancy 1923- |
| | Reynolds, Frank |
| | Ridings, Dorothy |
| | Robb, Charles S. |
| | Rodgers, Walter |
| | Rosenberg, Steven A. |
| | Rostenkowski, Dan |
| | Rowan, Carl Thomas |
| | Salzman, Ed |
| | Sanders, Jonathan |
| | Sanders, Marlene |
| | Sanford, Terry 1917- |
| | Sasser, James R. |
| | Sawyer, Diane |
| | Schieffer, Bob |
| | Schorr, Daniel 1916- |
| | Schroeder Pat |
| | Schweiker, Richard S. (Richard Schultz) 1926- |
| | Scowcroft, Brent |
| | Serafin, Barry |
| | Sesno, Frank |
| | Shaw, Bernard 1940- |
| | Shell Kurt Leo 1920- |
| | Shelton, Sally |
| | Shevardnadze, Eduard Amvrosievich |
| | Shultz, George Pratt 1920- |
| | Simes, Dimitri K. |
| | Simon, Bob 1941- |
| | Sloane, Harvey |
| | Smith, Jan |
| | Smith, Terrence |
| | Smith, William French 1917- |
| | Sorenson, Ted |
| | Speakes, Larry |
| | Spratt, Greville Douglas, Sir 1927- |
| | Stahl, Lesley |
| | Stewart, Potter |
| | Strauss, Robert S. |
| | Sununu, John |
| | Taira, Linda |
| | Thomas, Helen 1920- |
| | Thornburgh, Dick |
| | Thornburgh, Dick |
| | Threlkeld, Richard |
| | Tower, John |
| | Trewhitt, Henry |
| | Tsongas, Paul |
| | Tucker, Lem |
| | Utley, Garrick 1939- |
| | Volcker, Paul A. |
| | Wagner, Richard D. (Richard Donnell) |
| | Wallace, Chris |
| | Wallace, Mike 1918- |
| | Walters, Barbara 1931- |
| | Watt, James G. 1938- |
| | Wedge, William |
| | Weinberger, Caspar W. |
| | Weinberger, Caspar W. |
| | Wiehardt, James |
| | Wilson, Margaret Bush 1919- |
| | Woodruff, Judy |
| | Woods, Harriet |
| | Wright, Jim 1922- |
| | Wyman, Jane 1914- |
| | Yelinko, Yevgeny |
| Organizations: |
| | Achille Lauro (Ship) |
| | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research |
| | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) |
| | Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents |
| | Challenger II (Space shuttle) |
| | Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| | League of Women Voters (U.S.) |
| | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| | National Security Council (U.S.) -- Officials and employees |
| | Organization of American States |
| | Republican National Convention (1984 : Dallas Tex.) |
| | Republican National Convention (31st : 1976 : Kansas City Mo.) |
| | Republican National Convention (34th : 1988 : New Orleans La.) |
| | Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
| | United Nations |
| | United Nations. General Assembly |
| | United States. Central Intelligence Agency |
| | United States. Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures |
| | United States. Dept. of the Interior |
| | United States. President's Special Review Board. Report of the President's Special Review Board |
| | United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan) |
| | United States. Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs |
| | United States. Supreme Court |
| Subjects: |
| | Actors -- United States |
| | Actresses -- United States |
| | Afro-Americans |
| | Air traffic control -- United States |
| | Arms control |
| | Attorneys-general -- United States |
| | Berlin Wall Berlin Germany 1961-1989 |
| | Budget -- United States |
| | Cabinet officers -- United States |
| | Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Chornobyl Ukraine 1986 |
| | Christmas |
| | Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua |
| | Crime |
| | Criminals |
| | Disarmament |
| | Disarmament -- Inspection |
| | Drug abuse |
| | Drunk driving -- United States |
| | Economic assistance American -- Nicaragua |
| | Education, Bilingual -- United States |
| | Education -- United States |
| | Elections -- United States |
| | Federal Reserve banks |
| | Finance Public -- United States |
| | Hostages -- Lebanon |
| | Inaugural addresses |
| | Inflation (Finance) -- United States |
| | Iran-Contra Affair 1985-1990 |
| | Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981 |
| | Jewish-Arab relations |
| | Military assistance American -- Iran |
| | Military assistance American -- Nicaragua |
| | Military policy -- United States |
| | Nuclear arms control |
| | Nuclear nonproliferation |
| | Nuclear power plants -- Ukraine -- Chernobyl -- Accidents |
| | Nuclear weapons |
| | Presidential candidates -- United States -- 1984- |
| | Presidents |
| | Presidents -- United States |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964 |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1976 |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1980 |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1984 |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Inaugural addresses |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Press conferences |
| | Presidents -- United States -- Staff |
| | Public welfare -- United States |
| | Religion and politics -- United States |
| | Religion in the public schools -- United States |
| | Security International |
| | Social security -- United States |
| | Space shuttles -- Accidents |
| | Strikes and lockouts -- Air traffic controllers |
| | Taxation -- United States |
| | Terrorism |
| | Unemployment -- United States |
| | Veto -- United States |
| | Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 -- United States |
| | Visits of state -- United States |
| | World War 1939-1945 |
| Places: |
| | Canada -- Relations -- United States |
| | Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | El Salvador -- Relations -- United States |
| | Grenada -- Military relations -- United States |
| | Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | Iran -- Military relations -- United States |
| | Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | Korea -- Military relations -- United States |
| | Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | Lebanon -- History -- Civil War 1975-1976 |
| | Lebanon -- Military relations -- United States |
| | Lebanon -- Politics and government |
| | Middle East -- Politics and government |
| | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- |
| | Nicaragua -- Foreign Relations -- United States |
| | Nicaragua -- Military Relations -- United States |
| | Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979- |
| | Poland -- Politics and government |
| | Soviet Union -- Armed Forces -- Middle East |
| | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States |
| | United States -- Constitution |
| | United States -- Defenses |
| | United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981- |
| | United States -- Economic policy |
| | United States -- Foreign economic relations |
| | United States -- Foreign relations |
| | United States -- Foreign Relations -- Canada |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America |
| | United States -- Foreign Relations -- El Salvador |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon |
| | United States -- Foreign Relations -- Nicaragua |
| | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union |
| | United States -- Military relations -- Grenada |
| | United States -- Military relations -- Iran |
| | United States -- Military relations -- Korea |
| | United States -- Military relations -- Lebanon |
| | United States -- Military relations -- Nicaragua |
| | United States -- Politics and government -- 1977- |
| | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981- |
| | United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989 |
| | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century |
| | United States -- Presidents -- Wives |
| | United States -- Social conditions |
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Sound recordings |
| Titles: |
| | Brother Rat |
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Pre-Presidency Recordings 1938-1975 4 Audio Recordings
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| Largely speech of Reagan as Governor of Claifornia. Also includes a sample from the film "Brother Rat" during his acting career. |
| M150 bd.7 1938 5 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman in a scene from the film Brother Rat. |
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| | Preservation |
| M2402 bd.8 1966 |
| | Ronald Reagan says that politicians in Sacramento and Washington don't have the answers in solving community problems. Broadcast on Year of Decision donated by American Political Items Collectors 1966. Reagan states Californians are capable of self-government and he would introduce a secret ballet into union election. |
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| M1299 bd.1 December 31, 1967 |
| | A presentation of some of the ideas of Governor Ronald Reagan of California as they are expressed by him in four days of examination at Yale University. Broadcast on PBL program December 31, 1967. Includes a conversation and confrontation with students. |
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| M1871 bd.4 January 6, 1975 |
| | Ronald Reagan says protestors demand that the committee he's on be rigged to find the CIA guilty. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 6, 1975. |
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| | Broadcast News |
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Campaign and Election Related Speech 1964-1988 18
Audio Recordings
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| Campaign related speech of Ronald Reagan in the presidential elections (1976, 1980, 1984) as well as Party related Speech 1964 and 1988. |
| M1430 bd.1 October 27, 1964 |
| | Ronald Reagan's speech in support of Barry Goldwater during th 1964 presidential campaign. UCLA October 27, 1964. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2123 bd.9 November 20, 1975 5 min. |
| | An anthology of opinions concerning Ronald Reagan collected by Tom Pettit. Broadcast on NBC-TV November 20, 1975. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2244 bd.7 March 31, 1976 30 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan delivers a campaign speech on a wide range of topics. Broadcast on NBC-TV March 31, 1976. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2335 bd.1 July 6, 1976 30 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan delivers a campaign speech on a variety of issues. Broadcast on ABC-TV July 6, 1976. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2336 bd.9 July 2, 1976 5 min. |
| | A collection of Reagan quotes on many campaign issues with commentary by Barry Serafin. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 2, 1976. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2410 bd.6 July 26, 1976 |
| | Ronald Reagan breaking with longstanding tradition names his choice for Vice Presidential running mate: Richard Schweiker. Broadcast on WKAR July 26, 1976. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2421 bd.7 August 15, 1976 |
| | Ronald Reagan greets enthusiastic Republicans on his arrival in Kansas City. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 15, 1976. Reagan also introduces two uncomitted delegates from Pennsylvania who have just announced for him. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M2422 bd.11 August 16, 1976 |
| | Ronald Reagan reacts angrily to Govenor Ogilvie's charge that Reagan attempted to bribe two Ford delegates form Illinois. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 16, 1976. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3387 bd.3 June 26, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan calls for an immediate tax cut of $36 billion. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 26, 1980. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3400 bd.7 July 13, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan fields questions about vice Presidential selection in an interview. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 13, 1980. Reagan appears with Mike Wallace. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3403 bd.2 July 16, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan announces George Bush as running-mate quashing rumors of a Reagan-Ford ticket. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 16, 1980. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3402 July 17, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan accepts the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 17, 1980. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3478 bd.4 November 5, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan speaks to his supporters at a victory party in Los Angeles. Broadcast on ABC-TV November 5, 1980. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M3249 bd.5 January 24, 1980 |
| | Ronald Reagan feels grain embargoes and Olympic embargoes are too small a response to the Russian threat to the peace in the Persian Gulf. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 24, 1980. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M4242 bd.2 August 23, 1984 45 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan accepts the presidential nomination. Originally broadcast on CBS-TV on August 23, 1984. Reagan cites the achievements of his first term as growth and prosperity without inflation strengthening the power and morale of the military reawakening patriotism and pride and other accomplishments. |
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| | Public Domain |
| M4272 bd.6 November 7, 1984 15 min. |
| | Reagan in a victory speech following his landslide re-election of 1984. Originally broadcast on CNN TV on November 7, 1984. |
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| | Public Domain |
| M4602 bd.4 August 15, 1988 50 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan addresses the Republican National Convention in New Orleans. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 15, 1988. |
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| | Broadcast News |
| M4673 bd.4 August 15, 1988 50 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan praises his wife Nancy and recounts eight years of success on the Shining City on the Hill: at the Republican National Convention. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 15, 1988. |
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| | Broadcast News |
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Speeches on U.S. Foreign Policy and the Military 1981-1988 54 Audio Recordings
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| Collected Speech on U.S. Foreign Policy and the Military divided in two series by presidential term in office. |
| First Term 1981-1984 22
Audio Recordings |
| | Speeches on foreign and military policy. Includes: Iran Hostage Crisis, Disarmament Talks with the Soviet Union, etc. |
| | M3528 bd.4 January 27, 1981 10 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's official greetings welcoming home the hostages formerly held in Iran. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 27, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3563 bd.8 March 11, 1981 22 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks to the Canadian Parliament on his first foreign state visit. Broadcast on PBS March 11, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3773 bd.11 September 3, 1981 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan says the U.S. will enter into arms reduction talks with the USSR stating clearly that if the talks fail the Russians will be entering an arms race which they cannot possibly win. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 3, 1981. |
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| | M3842 December 17, 1981 40 min. |
| | | President Reagan's opening statement on the crisis in Poland with the voice of Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV December 17, 1981. Includes questions by reporters on Libyan assassins, Israeli-Arab negotiations, the economy, etc. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3848 bd.3 December 29, 1981 10 min |
| | | President Reagan reads out a list of sanctions against the Soviet Union indicating he will become specific later the same afternoon with the voices of Dan Rather and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV (News special) December 29, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3903 bd.5 February 24, 1982 20 min. |
| | | President Reagan speaks about U.S. policy toward Caribbean nations and toward Cuba and Russian colonialism to the OAS. Broadcast on ABC-TV February 24, 1982. Speech is followed by commentary by Frank Reynolds, Richard Threlkeld, Barrie Dunsmore, and Sam Donaldson. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4035 bd.3 November 22, 1982 30 min. |
| | | Presidential address to the nation on national defense by Ronald Reagan. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 22, 1982. Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer speculate on the consequences of his proposals. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4061 bd. 3 March 23, 1983 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan addresses the nation on national security. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 23, 1983. Correspondents Dan Rather, Bill Plante, Bob Schieffer, and Phil Jones discuss the reception of the President's proposals on Capitol Hill. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4065 bd.6 March 30, 1983 15 min. |
| | | President Reagan announces his proposal for bilateral reduction of nuclear warheads in Europe. Broadcast on NBC-TV March 30, 1983. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4073 bd.1 April 27, 1983 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan addresses a joint session of Congress on U.S. policy toward Central America support of El Salvador opposition to Nicaragua. Broadcast on CBS-TV April 27, 1983. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4073 bd.4 April 27, 1983 |
| | | Lesley Stahl Phil Jones and Bruce Morton respond to President Reagan's policy statements on Central America given before a joint session of the House and Senate with the voice of Dan Rather. Broadcast on CBS-TV April 27, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4094 bd.3 July 26, 1983 30 min. |
| | | Press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 26, 1983. Statements and discussion on Central America and US involvement in wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4103 bd.5 September 5, 1983 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan responds to the downing of Flight 007 Korean Airlines in an address to the nation. Dan Rather, Bill Plante, and Bob Schieffer discuss the meaning of the speech. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 5, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4115 bd.2 October 27, 1983 35 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's speech to the American public explaining the presence of US forces in Lebanon and Grenada with the voices of Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Bill Plante, and Phil Jones. Broadcast on CBS-TV October 27, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4120 bd.5 November 11, 1983 2 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the Japanese legislature in Japanese and English. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 11, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4116 bd.2 November 13, 1983 12 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan visits the demilitarized zone in Korea with the voices of Bill Plante and Charles Kuralt. Broadcast on CBS-TV (Sunday Morning) November 13, 1983. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4136 bd.3 January 16, 1984 30 min. |
| | | Special address to the nation about reducing tension with the Soviet Union. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 16, 1984. Commentary by reporters Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, and Lesley Stahl. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4206 bd.1 May 9, 1984 60 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan talks about the importance of sending U. S. aid to the democratic ins in El Salvador and support for the beleagured democratic outs in Nicaragua in a prime time address to the American people. Broadcast on CBS TV, May 9, 1984. A panel made up of Tony Bonilla, Chairman of the Hispanic Leadership Conference, Sally Shelton,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America under Jimmy Carter, and Senators Paul
Tsongas (Democratic, Ma.) and Christopher Dodd (Democratic, Conn.) discuss it with Dan
Rather, followed by comments by CBS regulars Bill Plante, Phil Jones, and Bruce Morton. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4212 bd.4 June 4, 1984 2 min. |
| | | President Reagan speaks before the Irish parliament. Originally broadcast on CBS-TV News June 4, 1984. Discusses relations with Soviet Union Nicaragua and El Salvador and the upcoming presidential elections. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4212 bd.1 June 6, 1984 10 min. |
| | | At Normandy Beach head with Ronald Reagan. Originally broadcast on NBC-TV News June 6, 1984. Remembers the gallantry of military on that spot Pointe du Hoc forty years earlier. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4250 bd.6 September 20, 1984 10 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan is questioned about the terrorist bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. Originally broadcast on NBC-TV on September 20, 1984. Also heard is Bonnie Anderson's report from Beirut on the extent of the damage. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4253 bd.2 September 24, 1984 40 min. |
| | | President Reagan address the United Nations General Assembly. Originally broadcast on CBS-TV on September 24, 1984. Reagan outlines what the United States is doing to bring about world peace and plenty his hopes for USA/USSR cooperation in these spheres through periodic and regular consultations. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| Second Term 1985-1988 32
Audio Recordings |
| | Speeches on foreign and military policy. Includes: Iran-Contra Affair, Nicuragua, Nuclear Disarmament, etc.. |
| | M144 bd.1 May 8, 1985 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the European Parliament in Strassburg, France. CBS-TV May 8, 1985. Roger Plante Dan Rather. In an address marking the longest peace of this century Reagan charges the USSR with undermining stability by blocking the Geneva talks. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M1173 bd.2 May 12, 1985 24 min. |
| | | Hits and misses on Reagan's trip President Reagan discusses the results of the Bonn Summit on economic matters. Broadcast on CNN May 12, 1985. |
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| | M4359 bd.2 October 24, 1985 60 min. |
| | | President Reagan delivers a major foreign policy address to the United Nations on the occasion of its fortieth birthday. NBC-TV News Special, October 24, 1985. Comments on speech by Tom Brokaw, Vladimir Bolshakov, Dr. Stephen Cohen, Chris Wallace,
Marvin Kalb, Robert McFarlane, and Senator Sam Nunn. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M681 bd.1 November 14, 1985 30 min |
| | | President Reagan addresses the American people 36 hours before leaving for the Geneva meetings with Mikhail Gorbachev with commentary by Bill Plante and Dan Rather. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 14, 1985. |
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| | M483 November 21, 1985 60 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses a joint session of Congress on his return from the Geneva summit with Mikhail Gorbachev. CBS-TV News Special, November 21, 1985. Journalists heard before the address are Dan Rather, Leslie Stahl, Phil Jones, and David Martin.
Post-speech analysis by Dan Rather, Bill Moyers, Yevgeny Yelinko, Ted Sorensen, Brent
Scowcroft, and Harold Brown. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M468 bd.8 c.1985 10 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's formal statement after the freeing of the hostages from Lebanon. Cable News Network [1985?], Bernard Shaw reporter. Reagan promises to pursue those who murdered the hostage and the marines in El Salvador and to free the seven Americans still held hostage in Lebanon. He puts terrorists on notice that the United States will pursue them. He thanks the Arab nations Israel and other nations for their help during the hostage crisis. |
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| | M1118 bd.2 March 16, 1986 30 min. |
| | | The president the congress and Nicaragua: President Reagan's appeal to the electorate to write their congressmen to support his request for $100 000 000 to be sent to the Contras in Nicaragua. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 16, 1986. Includes Democratic Party's response given by Senator James Sasser and commentary by Dan Rather. |
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| | M1152 bd.3 June 26, 1986 1 min |
| | | Ronald Reagan rejoices in the Congress' passage of $100,000 000 in aid to the Contras in Nicaragua. Broadcast on ABC-TV June 26, 1986. Representative Michael Barnes who led the fight again the aid package concedes. |
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| | M1185 bd.1 August 12, 1986 35 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan discusses a possible summit meeting with Gorbachev arms control South Africa and sanctions and the Berlin Wall. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 12, 1986. |
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| | M1165 bd.3 September 22, 1986 34 min. |
| | | President Reagan addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations. Broadcast on NBC-TV September 22, 1986. With commentary by Tom Brokaw an update on the Daniloff affair by Chris Wallace and a report from Moscow on the Reagan-Gorbachev correspondence by Stephen Hurst. |
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| | M1200 bd.5 October 13, 1986 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan reports on the outcome of his Icelandic mini-summit with Soviet leader Gorbachev. Broadcast on CBS-TV, October 13, 1986. Includes reporters discussing the outcome of the Reykjavik meetings, with the voices of Dan
Rather, Bill Plante, David Martin, and Phil Jones. |
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| | M4382 bd.4 November 13, 1986 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan's speech denying that U.S. shipments of parts for Iranian armaments was an attempt to smooth relations between the two countries reporters Dan Rather and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 13, 1986. |
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| | M4409 bd.1 March 3, 1987 10 min. |
| | | Reagan press conference called to respond to Gorbachev's offer to remove intermediate
range missiles from both sides of Europe with Chris Wallace, Sam
Donaldson, Tom Brokaw, Bob Shieffer, Dan Rather, and Bill Plante. Broadcast on NBC-TV and CBS-TV, March 3, 1987. |
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| | M4407 bd.2 March 6, 1987 15 min. |
| | | Analysis of and reaction to President Reagan's address on the arms-to-Iran revelations
of the Tower Commission by Dan Rather, Bill Plante, Phil Jones,
Robert Byrd, Trent Lott, Bob Schieffer, Ed Salzman, John Tower, Edmund Muskie,
Howard Baker, Alvin Mesnikoff, Tom Fenton, Dominique Moïsi, Kurt Shell, and
Christopher Coker. Broadcast on CBS-TV, March 6, 1987. |
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| | M4465 bd.4 June 11, 1987 20 min. |
| | | Reagan's press conference during the International Economic Summit in Venice. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 11, 1987. |
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| | M4461 bd.4 August 5, 1987 20 min. |
| | | Press conference announcing plans for dealing with the people of Nicaragua. Ronald Reagan, George Shultz ; with Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell, and
John Dancy. Broadcast on NBC-TV August 5, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4455 bd.3 August 12, 1987 23 min. |
| | | President Reagan's long-awaited message on the findings of the Iran/Contra dealings with response by Senator Mitchell and reporters Dan Rather, Phil Jones, and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV August 12, 1987. |
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| | M4450 bd.6 September 15, 1987 2 min. |
| | | USSR and US sign an agreement to set up nuclear risk reduction centers with Ronald Reagan and Eduard Schevardnadze and reporters Bill Plante,
Wyatt Andrews, Dan Rather, and Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV, September 15, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4466 bd.3 September 21, 1987 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the United Nations. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 21, 1987. President Reagan urges Iran and Iraq to accept United Nations resolution #598 to seek vigorously an end to their Middle East War. Reporters Dan Rather and Bill Plante discuss the speech with Soviet affairs expert Jonathan Sanders. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4467 bd.4 September 25, 1987 10 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan promises continuing aid to the freedom fighters in Central America in an address to Women Concerned for America. Broadcast on CNN September 25, 1987. |
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| | M4470 bd.2 October 14, 1987 15 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan welcomes President Duarte of El Salvador to Washington. Broadcast on CNN October 14, 1987. ncludes Duarte's response |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4484 bd.1 December 3, 1987 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan answers questions from representatives of the four major networks concerning his upcoming arms reduction summit with Soviet Premier Gorbachev and talks about the arms deals with Iran and the falling dollar with Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Bernard Shaw. Broadcast on ABC-TV December 3, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4491 bd.1 December 8, 1987 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan greets Mikhail Gorbachev on the White House lawn with a 21-gun salute
and various musical groups with reporters Reid Collins, Charles
Bierbauer, John Holliman, Gene Randall, and Stuart Loory. Broadcast on CNN December 8, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4492 December 8, 1987 1 hr. |
| | | Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev sign the pact reducing nuclear arms (intermediate and shorter range missiles) with the voices of Sam Nunn, Bernard Shaw, Peter Arnett, Ralph Begleiter, and Frank Sesno. Broadcast on CNN December 8 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4490 bd.1 December 10, 1987 20 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the nation on the results of the summit. Broadcast on NBC-TV December 10, 1987. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4493 bd.5 December 11, 1987 8 min. |
| | | Coverage of the meeting of the two heads of state Reagan and Gorbachev in order to disarm and to lessen international tensionswith Patrick Leahy Howard Metzenbaum and reporter Frank Sesno. Broadcast on CNN December 11, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4505 bd.1 February 2, 1988 35 min. |
| | | President Reagan asks for more Contra aid and Representative Hamilton tells why Democrats won't give it with reporters Bernard Shaw and Frank Sesno. Broadcast on CNN February 2, 1988. Only CNN would carry it all other networks refused. |
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| | M4577 bd.3 April 21, 1988 38 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the World Affairs Council in Springfield Massachusetts. Broadcast on CNN April 21, 1988. |
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| | M4577 bd.2 May 27, 1988 24 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks on the eve of his summit meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev in Helsinki Finland. Broadcast on ABC-TV May 27, 1988. President Reagan applauds glasnost and peristroika the freeing of some political prisoners the removal of censorship the beginnings for religious toleration the withdrawal from Afghanistan and condemns Russian failures to measure up to other human rights commitments including the Berlin Wall. |
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| | M4571 bd.2 June 3, 1988 15 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks at Andrews Air Force Base on return from Moscow summit with greetings from George Bush, Tom Brokaw, reporter, and Sandy Gilmore in Moscow. Broadcast on NBC-TV June 3, 1988. |
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| | M4573 bd.5 June 3, 1988 45 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan reports to our NATO allies concerning his Moscow summit: in the Guildhall in London with the voices of Lord Mayor Greville Spratt and reporters Dan Rather and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 3, 1988. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4630 bd.3 September 26, 1988 37 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addressing the United Nations for the last time as US President points to the recent successes of the United Nations in bringing peace to the world and bringing human rights to totalitarian nations. Broadcast on CNN September 26, 1988. |
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Speeches on Domestic Affairs 1981-1989 62 Audio Recordings
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| Thee are speeches on U.S. Domestic Affairs. They are divided by presidentiual term ending mid January with the next oath of office ceremony. |
| First Term 1981-1985 32
Audio Recordings |
| | Largely economic related speeches given in the U.S. in Reagan's first term. |
| | M3523 bd.4 January 20, 1981 2 min. |
| | | Warren Burger administers the oath of office to Ronald Reagan 40th President of the United States. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 20, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3523 bd.5 January 20, 1981 16 min. |
| | | Inaugural address by Ronald Reagan. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 20, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3540 bd.1 February 5, 1981 20 min. |
| | | Television address after 16 days in office. Ronald Reagan with the voice of Ted Koppel. Broadcast on ABC-TV February 5, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3549 February 18, 1981 45 min. |
| | | President Reagan gives a joint session of Congress the details of his budget-cut
proposals followed by the voices of Roger Mudd, Irving R. Levine,
Tom Pettit, Jimmy Jones, Robert Byrd and Jesse Helms. Broadcast on NBC-TV February 18, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3556 bd.10 March 2, 1981 1 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan talks about his budget cutting plans and his unalterable opposition to Federal funding of bilingual education. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 2, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3642 bd.1 March 30, 1981 30 min. |
| | | The shooting of the President with the voices of Alexander Haig,
Reagan family members, Dan Rather, Jed Duvall, Lem Tucker, Dr. Dennis O'Leary,
friends and associates of John Hinkley, pawnshop owner Rocky Goldstein, eyewitnesses,
Lyn Nofziger, George Bush, Robert Pierpoint, Fred Graham, Larry Speakes, Bruce
Morton, Lesley Stahl, Phil Jones, Richard Wagner, and Jim McManus. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 30, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3823 bd.1 April 28, 1981 25 min. |
| | | President Reagan supports the Graham-Latta substitute to his original budget plan but not the substitute proposed by House Democrats with the voice of Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV April 28, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3744 bd.1 July 27, 1981 25 min. |
| | | President Reagan's fourth television address to the nation on the economy. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 27, 1981. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3744 bd.2 July 27, 1981 10 min. |
| | | Tip O'Neill and Daniel Rostenkowski react to President Reagan's speech on the economy with reporters Lesley Stahl, Phil Jones, and Jed Duvall. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 27 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3728 June 29, 1981 50 min. |
| | | President Reagan speaking to the 72d annual convention of the NAACP with the voices of Carl Rowan, Bill Matney, Margaret Bush Wilson, and T.R. Gowans. Broadcast on PBS June 29, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3751 bd.2 August 3, 1981 5 min. |
| | | Joint press conference in which the President lays down the ultimatum to striking air traffic controllers: come back to work within 48 hours or expect to be fired permanently with Ronald Reagan, Drew Lewis, and William French Smith. Broadcast on NBC-TV August 3, 1981. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3792 bd.1 September 24, 1981 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan's sixth television address to the American people. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 24, 1981. Reagan discusses economic issues including social security program. Bob Schieffer, Phil Jones, and Leslie Stahl provide commentary and analysis. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3848 bd.1 December 23, 1981 20 min. |
| | | President Reagan's first Christmas message with comment by Bob Schieffer Lesley Stahl and Bob Simon. Broadcast on CBS-TV December 23, 1981. Includes review of 1981 achievements. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3857 bd.1 January 26, 1982 41 min. |
| | | First state of the union address by President Reagan introduction by Tip O'Neill. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 26, 1982. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M3857 bd.2 January 26, 1982 10 min. |
| | | Dan Rather reviews the highlights of President Reagan's first state of the union address. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 26, 1982. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3864 bd.2 January 26, 1982 30 min. |
| | | Review of the highlights of President Reagan's first state of the union address with Dan Rather, Bill Moyers, Bob Schieffer, Lesley Stahl, and Phil Jones. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 26, 1982. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M3926 bd.4 April 29, 1982 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan's budget message to Congress. Broadcast on CBS-TV April 29, 1982. Includes Rep. Richard Bolling giving the opposition and commentary by Dan Rather. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4012 bd.2 October 11, 1982 4 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan shouts shut up at Republican congressman Garry Arnold after Arnold questions his betrayal of his promises made as a candidate with the voices of Garry Arnold and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV October 11, 1982. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4012 bd.3 October 13, 1982 23 min |
| | | President Reagan's special economic message with the voices of Bob Schieffer, Bill Plante, and Phil Jones. Broadcast on CBS-TV (News special) October 13, 1982. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4039 bd.1 January 25, 1983 45 min. |
| | | President Reagan's second state of the union address with commentary by Dan Rather. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 25, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4039 bd.3 January 25, 1983 15 min. |
| | | State of the union 1983: analysis of President Reagan's address and of the Democratic Party's official response by correspondents Bob Schieffer, Lesley Stahl, Phil Jones, and Dan Rather. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 25, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4567 bd.2 April 27, 1983 40 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the Newspaper Publishers' Association and answers questions being very upbeat about the economy volunteerism and the American character. Broadcast on WBAI April 27, 1983. |
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| | M4041 bd.4 February 4, 1983 c.10 min. |
| | | Press conference on unemployment and the economy. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 4, 1983. Recording lacks opening statement and first few words. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4127 bd.9 December 13, 1983 1 min. |
| | | President Reagan declares the second week in December drugged and drunken driving awareness week. Broadcast on CNN December 13, 1983. |
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| | M4111 bd.3 October 16, 1983 1 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan announces William Clark as his nominee for Secretary of the Interior with the voices of James Watt and Howard Metzenbaum. Broadcast on CBS-TV October 16, 1983. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4167 bd.10 December 1983 25 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks to a convention of educators in Indiana. Tape-delayed broadcast of a December 1983 speech WKAR March 14, 1984. |
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| | M4137 bd.1 January 25, 1984 40 min. |
| | | Third state of the union address by Ronald Reagan. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 25, 1984. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4137 bd.3 January 25, 1984 20 min. |
| | | Analysis of Ronald Reagan's third State of the Union address and the Democrats' response which followed it with CBS news people Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Lesley Stahl, Phil Jones, and Bill Moyers. |
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| | M4167 bd.3 March 11, 1984 2 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks for prayer in public schools a Methodist minister says the position is a political ploy and George McGovern points out that Reagan never attends church with the voice of Marlene Sanders. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 11, 1984. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4209 May 28, 1984 60 min. |
| | | The interment of the unknown Vietnam War serviceman in Arlington National Cemetery. Ronald Reagan keynote speaker John Palmer and Chris Wallace narrators. Broadcast on CBS-TV May 28, 1984. Official services honoring the unknown serviceman killed during the Vietnam War. Included are remarks by the Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger heads of various chaplain divisions and prayers by chaplains of the major faiths. |
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| | M4239 bd.1 August 19, 1984 1 min. |
| | | President Reagan's off-the-cuff remarks during a microphone check that he will outlaw Russia and start bombing in five minutes draw quick reaction from Soviet radio and from Democrats Mondale and Hart. Broadcast on CBSTV August 19, 1984. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4264 bd.1 August 23, 1984 23 min. |
| | | Reagan addresses a prayer breakfast in Dallas on the relationship between religion and politics. Speech given on August 23, 1984. |
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| Second Term 1985-1989 30
Audio Recordings |
| | Largely economic related speeches given in the U.S. in Reagan's second term. |
| | M4311 January 21, 1985 60 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's second inaugural address. Inaugural address given in the rotunda. NBC-TV, January 21, 1985. Senator Charles Matthais, is the master of ceremonies; Rev.
Timothy Healey, President of Georgetown University gives the invocation; Jessye Norman sings
"Simple Gifts" from Aaron Copeland's "Old American Songbook"; Rabbi Alfred Gottschalk,
President of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnatti offers a prayer; Supreme Court Justice Potter
Stewart administers the oath of office to Vice President George Bush; Dr. Paul Traver and the
University of Maryland Chorus sing a portion of Randall Thompson's "Testament of Freedom"; and
Rev. Moomaw of Bel Air Presbyterian Church offers a prayer. In his address Ronald Reagan welcomes Senator Stennis from a long illness; says a silent prayer for
Senator Gillis Long who died the preceding night; talks of [Washington's first inaugural and his
own, of "new beginnings', the diminishing role of] government, of higher employment, lower taxes,
of golden years, a reborn American revolution, a time of reckoning after 50 years of deficit
spending; calls for law demanding a balanced budget, for continued "star wars" research, for
banning abortions; and cites worldwide freedom as America's best ally. Rev. Peter Gomes,
Harvard Memorial Church, delivers the benediction. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4313 bd.1 January 21, 1985 13 min. |
| | | Second inaugural luncheon for President Reagan. NBC TV January 21, 1985. Presentations to President Reagan and Vice President Bush by Sen. Charles Matthias (R-MD.) during the inaugural luncheon held in Statuary Hall. Includes toasts by the crowd and President Reagan's quip offerring Tip O'Neill the right to borrow his key to the Capitol. |
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| | M4313 bd.3 January 21, 1985 5 min. |
| | | Tom Brokaw interviews Harvey Sloane Democratic mayor of Louisville Kentucky about his reactions to President Reagan's second inaugural address. NBC-TV January 21, 1985. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4313 bd.7 January 21, 1985 20 min. |
| | | President Reagan George Bush and Nancy Reagan address thousands of high school bandsmen who were disappointed by the cancellation of the Inaugural parade by Washington D.C.'s sub-zero weather. NBC-TV January 21, 1985. |
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| | M4318 bd.1 February 6, 1985 35 min. |
| | | State of the Union address. CBS-TV February 6, 1985. In this address Reagan calls for a balanced budget, increased support for Central American rebels, an experimental outer space missile defense system, the return of school prayer, the outlawing of abortion, and introduces two symbols of the American dream 21-years-old Vietnamese refugee Jean Nguyen a senior at West Point and 79 years old Mother Clara Hale founder of Harlem's home for drug-addicted infants. |
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| | M2309 bd.1 February 10, 1985 15 min. |
| | | Short biography of President Reagan includes statements on the economy in five State of the Union Addresses the joint session of Congress singing Happy Birthday to You and editorial comments on the most recent State of the Union Address by Daniel Schorr and Don Miller. Bob Cain is the narrator. Cable News Network February 10, 1985. |
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| | M4346 bd.1 May 28, 1985 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan delivers his message proposing to overhaul the tax system by simplifying income taxes into a three tier (15%, 25%, 35%) system and corporation taxes without loopholes. CBS-TV May 28, 1985. Phrases include Freedom's Finest Hour . Second American Revolution Pro-family Initiative Ladder of Opportunity Return-Free System and America's Tax Plan . The tax program and its chances of passage is discussed by CBS-TV commentators Dan Rather, Lesley Stahl, Phil Jones, and Ray Brady. |
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| | M1105 bd.3 February 26, 1986 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan appeals directly to US citizens to support increased defense spending and Jim Wright calls for a cost-accountable Pentagon. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 26, 1986. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M465 bd.5 August 1985 20 min. |
| | | Dale Oller and Steve Rosenberg physicians give details of President Reagan's cancer and the surgery to excise it in a White House press conference. CBS-TV August 1985. |
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| | | Piblic Domain |
| | M1180 bd.6 September 14, 1986 20 min. |
| | | Ronald and Nancy Reagan address the nation on combatting drug abuse. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 14, 1986. |
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| | M674 bd.1 January 28, 1986 10 min. |
| | | President Reagan addresses the American people on the Challenger II tragedy with Dan Rather who introduces him as President Nixon. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 28, 1986. Dan Rather reads the World War II poem High flight from which the President will quote the closing lines ... and touched the face of God to end his short address. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M680 February 4, 1986 1 hr. |
| | | State of the Union address #5: Ronald Reagan ; with Democratic
responses by George Mitchell, Charles Robb, Thomas Daschel, Harriet Woods, and
William Gray; and commentary by Dan Rather, Bill Plante, and Phil Jones. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 4, 1986. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4397 bd.1 January 27, 1987 35 min. |
| | | State of the union address Ronald Reagan. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 27, 1987. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4397 bd.3 January 27, 1987 25 min. |
| | | Democrats' response to President Reagan's State of the Union address by Jim Wright and Robert Byrd. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 27, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4397 bd.2 January 27, 1987 5 min. |
| | | Dan Rather and Bill Plante review and comment on the main points in President Reagan's State of the Union address. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 27, 1987. |
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| | M4762 bd.1 March 1987 5 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan announces the appointment of Frank Carlucci as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Broadcast on ABC-TV March 1987. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4465 bd.1 June 2, 1987 15 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan accepts Paul Volcker's resignation from the Federal Reserve and appoints Alan Greenspan to replace him with the voices of James Baker and reporter Bob Jamieson. Broadcast on NBC-TV June 2, 1987. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4445 bd.1 September 17, 1987 20 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks at Independence Hall Philadelphia on the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. Broadcast on CBS-TV September 17, 1987. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4470 bd.1 October 14, 1987 23 min. |
| | | President Reagan says he and Robert Bork will fight for every vote because the system of independent judiciary is at stake. Broadcast on CNN October 14, 1987. The speech lasts nine minutes after which Terry Sanford calls on the President to stop appealing to the American people over the heads of Congress. Frank Sesno David French and Linda Taira analyze the speeches. |
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| | M4476 bd.7 October 23, 1987 10 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan talks about the decline in unemployment and expansion of prosperity the longest and one of the strongest in US history in a speech to the Labor Department. Broadcast on CNN October 23, 1987. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4486 bd.2 November 17, 1987 18 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan speaks at a ceremony on the departure of Caspar Weinberger resigning as Secretary of Defense with announcer Reid Collins. Broadcast on CNN November 17, 1987. Weinberger responds speaking of the arms buildup during his tenure in office after a decade of neglect. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4500 bd.1 January 25, 1988 55 min. |
| | | Seventh state of the union address by Ronald Reagan with commentary by Dan Rather and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 25, 1988. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4500 bd.2 January 25, 1988 20 min. |
| | | Robert Byrd and Jim Wright give the Democrats' response to President Reagan's seventh state of the union addrss. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 25 1988. |
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| | | Public Domain |
| | M4514 bd.5 March 1, 1988 3 min. |
| | | President Reagan makes remarks on the White House lawn before departing for NATO talks in Brussels Belgium. Broadcast on CNN March 1, 1988. |
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| | M4584 bd.2 July 12, 1988 16 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan names Richard Thornburgh to replace Edwin Meese as U. S. Attorney General with Tom Brokaw. Broadcast on NBC-TV July 12, 1988. Thornburgh then makes a statement recalling his eight years in the Justice Dept. |
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| | | Broadcast News |
| | M4628 bd.2 September 22, 1988 6 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan pays tribute to the seven who died aboard the Challenger: in an address to NASA workers at Johnson Space Center Houston Texas. Broadcast on CNN September 22, 1988. |
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| | M4654 bd.1 December 13, 1988 25 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan addresses the conservative American Enterprise Institute. Broadcast on CNN December 13, 1988. Reagan includes a partisan view of his two terms in office an attack on the media praise for Robert Bork and mention of the line-item veto. |
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| | M4662 bd.2 January 8, l989 15 min. |
| | | A farewell analysis of the eight years of the Reagan presidency with the voices of Reagan, William Leuchtenberg, Pat Buchanan, Haynes Johnson, and reporter Terrence Smith. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 8, l989. |
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| | M4663 bd.10 January 11, 1989 20 min. |
| | | Farewell speech to the American people from the Oval Office his 34th television appearance from that setting as President cites a return to national patriotism and international peace in eight years and calls for continuing citizen support on his programs. Broadcast on CBS-TV January 11, 1989. |
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| | M4664 bd.2 January 12, 1989 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan accepts the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William Crowe and Secretary of the Army Carlucci: at Andrews Air Force Base. Broadcast on CNN January 12, 1989. Includes a special videotape of his contributions to rebuilding the military |
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Miscellaneous Multitopic Speeches 1981-1989 48
Audio Recordings
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| These are often Press Conferences and Question and Answer in which the President covers a number of topics in a single sitting. |
| First Term 1981-1985 24
Audio Recordings |
| | Press Conferences in first term. |
| | M3534 bd.1 January 29, 1981 30 min. |
| | | Press conference. Ronald Reagan ; with the voices of Helen
Thomas, Walter Rodgers, Sam Donaldson, Larry Barnet, Donal Agurs, Lou Cannon,
John Palmer, Jeremiah O'Leary, Judy Woodruff, Alan Emory, Laura Chasen. First Presidential press conference of the Reagan administration. Broadcast on NBC-TV January 29, 1981. |
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| | M3561 bd.1 March 6, 1981 34 min. |
| | | Press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV March 6, 1981. |
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| | M3719 bd.6 June 15, 1981 17 min. |
| | | President Reagan's first press conference since the assassination attempt with the voice of Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 15, 1981. |
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| | M3795 October 1, 1981 36 min. |
| | | President Reagan's sixth press conference. Broadcast on NBC-TV October 1, 1981. Reagan discusses the national debt ceiling, sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia, etc. including answers to questions by Marvin Kalb. |
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| | M3824 bd.1 November 10, 1981 34 min. |
| | | Press conference President Reagan with the voice of Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 10, 1981. Begins with a long statement about America's fiscal situation which is still far over budget and contains responses to reporters' questions. |
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| | M3854 bd.5 January 19, 1982 30 min. |
| | | Seventh press conference. President Reagan including the voice of Bob Schieffer. Broadcast on CBS-TV, January 19, 1982. President Reagan answers questions on unemployment, sanctions on the Soviet Union, tax breaks
for segregated schools, censorship of government "leaks" to the press, etc. |
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| | M3904 bd.1 February 18, 1982 45 min. |
| | | President Reagan's eighth press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 18, 1982. |
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| | M3929 bd.2 May 13, 1982 37 min. |
| | | Tenth presidential press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV May 13, 1982. |
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| | M3975 bd.1 July 28, 1982 35 min. |
| | | President Reagan's twelfth press conference with the voice of Dan Rather. Broadcast on CBS-TV July 28, 1982. |
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| | M4046 bd.6 January 5, 1983 16 min. |
| | | Part of President Reagan's press conference on issues of social security defense budget and the summit meeting with the voice of Roger Mudd. Broadcast on NBC-TV January 5, 1983. |
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| | M4040 bd.9 January 14, 1983 10 min. |
| | | President Reagan's surprise news conference dealing with disarmament with the voices of Frank Reynolds and Sam Donaldson. Broadcast on ABC-TV January 14, 1983. |
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| | M4071 bd.2 May 17, 1983 30 min. |
| | | Seventeenth presidential press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV May 17, 1983. |
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| | M4082 bd.4 June 28, 1983 30 min. |
| | | Eighteenth presidential press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 28, 1983. |
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| | M4113 bd.1 October 19, 1983 40 min. |
| | | Press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV October 19, 1983. Questions about CIA involvement in Central America, marines in Lebanon, Senator Helms' fight against Martin Luther King Jr. Day, nomination of William Clark as Secretary of the Interior, Tip O'Neill's refusal to act on the new immigration bill, the 1984 presidential race, arms control talks, the outer space defense system, and the economy. |
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| | M4128 bd.11 December 14, 1983 20 min. |
| | | Press conference. Broadcast on ABC-TV December 14, 1983. President Reagan discusses the Battleship New Jersey firing on Syrians in Lebanon and discusses public and private welfare programs. |
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| | M4127 bd.4 December 20, 1983 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan calls 1983 a banner Year for an improved economy and talks about peacekeeping in the Middle East. Broadcast on CBS-TV December 20, 1983. |
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| | M4126 bd.4 December 27, 1983 20 min. |
| | | President Reagan's post-Christmas press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV December 27, 1983. The conference begins with a statement about terrorism especially in Lebanon with the voices of Helen Thomas, Ike Pappas, and Diane Sawyer. |
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| | M4151 bd.1 February 22, 1984 40 min. |
| | | Press conference covering Lebanon and the Middle East government borrowing and spending oil supply. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 22, 1984. |
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| | M4178 bd.4 April 4, 1984 35 min. |
| | | Press conference. Dan Rather recapitulates. Broadcast on CBS-TV April 4, 1984. |
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| | M4212 bd.8 June 14, 1984 40 min. |
| | | Twenty-fifth press conference of his presidency. Originally broadcast as a CBS-TV Special on June 14, 1984. Deals with the chances of a summit with the Russian leaders Reagan's willingness to debate the democratic presidential candidate and denial of accusations that his tax relief program worked mainly for the wealthy. |
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| | M4227 bd.3 July 24, 1984 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan's 26th press conference . Broadcast on CBS-TV July 24, 1984. Lists six proposals to be brought before Congress' short August session: balanced budget tax relief for working spouses tax incentives for investors tax credits for parochial school parents anti-crime package permission for religious groups to meet on public school grounds followed by questions from member of the press. |
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| | M4247 bd.8 September 11, 1984 15 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's press conference. Originally broadcast on ABC and CNN News Special on September 11, 1984. Reagan announces forthcoming meeting with Soviet ambassador Andrei Gromyko. He answers questions about the meeting breaches in arms control by the Soviets Reagan's priorities and a specific deficit-reduction plan. |
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| | M4299 bd.2 December 7, 1984 15 min. |
| | | Press conference on the budget. Originally broadcast on CBS-TV Special Report on December 7, 1984. Reagan answers questions about Social Security, U.S. relations with the Union of South Africa,
across the board salary cuts for high level people in government, and deficit spending. Dan Rather
and Leslie Stahl analyze the president's answers. |
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| | M4303 bd.1 January 9, 1985 30 min. |
| | | In his first press conference in six months President Reagan begins with a statement on the Schultz/Gromyko agreement to reduce nuclear weapons and then answers questions about Star Wars Russian record of violating agreements Social Security budget cuts subway vigilantism and other questions concerning domestic and foreign policies. Originally broadcast on CBS-TV News Special on January 9, 1985. |
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Audio Recordings |
| | Press Conferences in second term. |
| | M402 bd.2 February 21, 1985 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan in the first press conference of his second term. CBS-TV News Special February 21, 1985. Includes statements to the growth of the economy and plans to cut $51 billion from federal
programs and Reagan answers questions concerning Stockman's quote about farmers, the SALT
treaties, plans for revamping income tax laws, the Soviet role in Middle East diplomacy, the
Sandinista government in Nicaragua, quotas on Japanese manufactured goods, the overvalued
dollar, and the removal of our bases from Athens. Dan Rather hosts the program. |
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| | M435 bd.1 March 21, 1985 35 min. |
| | | Reagan's second press conference since re-election. CBS-TV News Special March 21, 1985. Includes an expression of gratitude to the Senate for passing the funding for the MX missile as the USA enters into disarmament talks with the Soviets and asks the House to do the same. Discusses a summit with new Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev comments on the death of two CBS newsmen in Lebanon and mentions the rioting in South Africa. |
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| | M470 bd.2 June 18, 1985 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan in a press conference. CBS-TV News Special June 18, 1985. News conference dealing mainly with the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Algiers to Beirut and the holding of 40 Americans hostages. Other subjects include questions of budget the MX missile aid to the Contras and the Bitburg decision. |
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| | M470 bd.3 June 18, 1985 7 min. |
| | | CBS-TV correspondents discuss President Reagan's press conference on the hijacking of an airplane and holding Americans hostage in Lebanon. CBS-TV June 18, 1985. Dan Rather, Bill Plante, Bill McLaughlin, and Don McNeill, reporters. |
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| | M149 bd.6 September 17, 1985 30 min. |
| | | Reagan's news conference. CBS News Special September 17, 1985. In his thirty-first news conference Reagan opens with a statement on the economy and answers questions about the upcoming summit, US becoming a debtor nation for the first time since 1914, and AIDS victims in the public schools. |
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| | M4356 bd.7 October 11, 1985 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan in press conference. NBC-TV News Special, October 11, 1985. Statement on the apprehension of the terrorists who captured the Achille Lauro and killed Leon
Klinghoffer. Praises governments of Italy, Egypt and Tunisia, the pilots and intelligence service who
pulled off the recapture of the terrorists. Answers questions about hostages, holding of vehicles by
Egypt and Italy, and extradition. Chris Wallace converses with Tom Brokaw. Anne Garrels talks
about extradition. |
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| | M493 bd.1 January 7, 1986 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan's first prime-time press conference and first press conference in four months. CBS-TV January 7, 1986. Reagan begins with a prepared statement announcing the severance of all U.S. business ties with Libya and calling for all U.S. citizens to leave Libya because he has evidence that Libya is a service and training area for airport terrorists says the U.S. has foiled 146 terrorist plots in the past year and states that if economic sanctions are not effective he is prepared to go further. |
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| | M695 bd.1 February 11, 1986 30 min. |
| | | Second press conference of 1986. CBS-TV Special Report February 11, 1986. In his 33rd press conference President Reagan opens with a prepared statement about the balanced budget and promises to veto any proposal to raise taxes. He answers questions about Philippine elections, the judicial ruling against sections of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings, affirmative action, the freeing of Anatoly Scharansky, and the US role in the abdication of Jean-Claude Duvalier. Newcomers to the White House Press Corps are recognized. |
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| | M1133 bd.2 April 8, 1986 30 min. |
| | | 35th presidential press conference. CBS-TV April 8, 1986. Press conference opens with a statement on the federal budget. Other topics discussed were U.S. participation in Central American internal politics, the possibilty of further military engagemnts in Libya, Khadafi, and June summit talk with Gorbachev. A woman asks Reagan to come to Canada to receive an award from an international bodybuilders association. |
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| | M1140 bd.2 May 6, 1986 25 min. |
| | | Press conference from the International Economic Summit in Tokyo dealing with terrorism Chernobyl disaster as well as economics with President Reagan. Broadcast on CBS-TV May 6, 1986. |
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| | M1179 bd.4 August 4, 1986 20 min. |
| | | Press conference on drug abuse with President Reagan and a post-conference precis by Chris Wallace. Broadcast on NBC-TV August 4, 1986. |
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| | M4383 bd.5 November 19, 1986 40 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan's press conference with reporters Bob Schieffer, Bill McLaughlin, Phil Jones, and Bill Plante. Broadcast on CBS-TV November 19, 1986. President Reagan answers questions on his reduced credibility; the coincidences in timing of
hostage releases with the delivery of arms shipments; U.S.-USSR disarmament talks; official
diplomatic break with Nicaragua; etc. |
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| | M4407 bd.1 March 4, 1987 1 hr. |
| | | Response to the Tower Commission report by President Reagan. Broadcast on NBC-TV, March 4, 1987. Includes reactions and commentary by Tom Brokaw, John Sununu, Willie Brown, Henry Cisneros,
Michael Gartner, Edmund Muskie, Robert Strauss, Paul Laxalt, Patricia Schroeder, Denis Healey,
Robert Dole, William Cohen, Michael Freedman, Chris Wallace, Marvin Kalb, and Bob Kur. |
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| | M4426 bd.8 March 18, 1987 4 min. |
| | | Dan Rather's opening statement of President Reagan's press conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV (News Special) March 18, 1987. |
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| | M4426 bd.9 March 19, 1987 30 min. |
| | | Reactions to President Reagan's first press conference since the fall of 1986 comes to a consensus that the President was in charge. Broadcast on CBS-TV, March 19, 1987. Includes the voices of Dan Rather, Bruce Morton, Phil Jones, John Tower, Diane Sawyer, Sherry
Henry, David Gold, Michael Jackson, George Mitchell, Richard Cheney, and George Bush. |
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| | M4465 bd.3 June 15, 1987 25 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan asks for a balanced budget, a line item veto, and agreement with Russia
to pull short and medium range missiles out of Europe with Chris
Wallace, John Dancy, and Garrick Utley. Broadcast on NBC-TV, June 15, 1987. |
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| | M4405 February 26, 1987 60 min. |
| | | Press conference on the release of the Tower report with Ronald
Reagan, John Tower, Edmund Muskie, and Brent Scowcroft. Broadcast on CBS-TV, February 26, 1987. Includes questions and answers from Bill Plante, Sam Donaldson, Chris Wallace, Evelyn Davis,
Andrea Mitchell, Charles Bierbauer, Ira Allen, Sarah McClendon, John Aubuchon, Gerald Boyd,
and Jan Smith. Dan Rather and Bruce Morton discuss the report with special input by Phil Jones. |
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| | M4445 bd.2 September 18, 1987 60 min. |
| | | A presidential news conference in which a US-Soviet ban on land-based short and
medium range missiles is announced. Broadcast on NBC-TV and ABC-TV, September 18, 1987. Includes the voices of Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, Tom Brokaw, Chris Wallace, Fred Francis,
Ted Stevens, John Glenn, Eduard Shevardnadze, Lord Chalfont, Stephen Frazier, Sandy Gilmour,
Dimitri Simes, John Dancy. |
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| | M4476 bd.6 October 22, 1987 42 min. |
| | | News conference. Broadcast on CBS-TV October 22, 1987. First news conference in seven months begins with an opening statement on the volatility of the stock market answers questions about the threat of a depression taxes, Persian Gulf policies, and the threat of war. |
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| | M4514 bd.1 February 24, 1988 30 min. |
| | | President Reagan answers questions about Palestinian rights, hostages held in Lebanon, the proposed Iraqi pipeline, his support for Edwin Meese, restrictive legislation in South Africa, Iran-Contra Affair, trade with the Soviet Union, George Bush's reservations about Irangate, Navy Secretary Webb's resignation, drug charges against Panama's Noriega. Broadcast on CBS-TV February 24, 1988. |
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| | M4569 bd.2 June 21, 1988 30 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan press conference in Toronto immediately following the economic summit. Broadcast on CBS-TV June 21, 1988. |
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| | M4658 bd.1 December 7, 1988 4 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan answers questions about arms reduction and Arab recognition of Israel as he leaves by helicopter for a luncheon (his last as President) with Mikhail Gorbachev. Broadcast on CNN December 7, 1988. |
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| | M4652 bd.3 December 8, 1988 40 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan answers questions about the growing deficit, reductions in social programs, the reduced threat from the USSR, change in the Soviet Union, the toughest and nicest part of his job, the Middle East, the future of the Contras, etc. at his 48th press conference as president. Broadcast on CBS-TV December 8, 1988. |
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| | M4665 bd.3 January 16, 1989 52 min. |
| | | Ronald Reagan talks about arms control, poison gas, Gorbachev, human rights
conference, religion, death of 240 marines in Beirut, George Bush, Don Regan, his appeal
to young people with Nancy Reagan and reporter Bernard Shaw. Broadcast on CNN (Special report), January 16, 1989. |
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Post-Presidency Speeches 1989 1
Audio Recordings
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| Speeches made to various constituencies on behalf of the Republican Party after the end of Reagan's presidency and prior to his being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. |
| M4670 bd.5 February 6, 1989 10 min. |
| | Ronald Reagan announces that he'll travel the country stumping for a line-item veto on the budget and an amendment calling for a balanced budget. Broadcast on CNN February 6, 1989. The speech was interrupted in the middle by technical difficulties. |
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