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Title: Ronald Reagan radio commentary sound recordings
Date (inclusive): 1967-1980
Collection Number: 2000C19
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 3 oversize audio boxes
(7.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: This collection contains sound recordings, transcripts, correspondence, and other documents related to the radio broadcast
series
Viewpoint with Ronald Reagan and
Ronald Reagan Radio Commentary as well as the LP records
Ronald Reagan: The Great Moments (aborted) and
Ronald Reagan: On the Air. O'Connor Creative Services produced both the radio series and the LPs. A variety of domestic and international topics are
covered including the economy, oil, guns, religion, taxes, energy, and welfare. Era-specific subjects such as conflict in
Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia) and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties that returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama receive
considerable attention.
Creator:
Reagan, Ronald
Creator:
O'Connor Creative Services
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; there is digitized content available. Materials must be requested in advance via our
reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before
providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[Identification of item], Ronald Reagan radio commentary sound recordings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
The series
Viewpoint with Ronald Reagan and
Ronald Reagan Radio Commentary were produced by O'Connor Creative Services and concern political conditions in the United States and abroad. The titles
Viewpoint with Ronald Reagan and
Ronald Reagan Radio Commentary were used at different times to describe the series:
Viewpoint for the programs produced in 1975 and 1976 and
Ronald Reagan Radio Commentary for the programs produced in 1977 and 1978. Programming was halted during the times Reagan was a declared candidate for the
presidency: the first occurrence being November 1975, resuming September 1, 1976 after he lost the nomination; the second
being November 1979, when he declared for the 1980 presidential election. Programming ceased altogether following the 1980
election.
Reagan recorded his radio commentaries in batches of fifteen programs (five a week). During the period of January 8, 1975,
to December 12, 1978, these recordings were pressed on vinyl LPs. Each LP contained three weeks of programming. At least once
during this period Reagan recorded twenty programs at a studio session instead of fifteen, leaving fifteen to be distributed
while he was on a foreign trip. Commentaries were committed to magnetic tape following the December 12, 1978, program.
In 1977, O'Connor Creative Services began planning
Ronald Reagan: The Great Moments, the first attempt to issue select commentaries commercially. Tracks were sequenced and artwork selected, however the project
was aborted in 1978. Later in 1978, a comparable LP,
Ronald Reagan On the Air: A Collection of His Most Memorable Broadcasts (O'Connor Creative Services, 1978), was successfully created and issued. In 2001, a five-CD collection titled
Reagan in his Own Voice (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2001) was issued and includes many more commentaries as well as recorded thoughts by Nancy Reagan,
Harry O'Connor, Peter Hannaford, Martin Anderson, Annelise Anderson, Edwin Meese III, and others. A selection of twenty recordings
was also included on CD in
Reagan's Path to Victory (The Free Press, 2004), eight of which overlapped with the Simon & Schulster Audio). Transcripts of these recordings were
published in the books
Reagan in His Own Hand (The Free Press, 2001) and
Reagan's Path to Victory (The Free Press, 2004).
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains sound recordings, transcripts, correspondence, and other documents related to the radio broadcast
series
Viewpoint with Ronald Reagan and
Ronald Reagan Radio Commentary as well as the LP record albums
Ronald Reagan: The Great Moments (aborted) and
Ronald Reagan: On the Air. O'Connor Creative Services produced both the radio series and the LPs. A variety of domestic and international topics are
covered, including the economy, oil, guns, religion, taxes, energy, and welfare. Era-specific subjects such as conflict in
Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia) and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties that returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama receive
considerable attention.
Audio recordings of these commentaries are included on the records or tapes in this collection. For preservation purposes,
the original recordings have been reformatted and are available as digital use copies in the Hoover Archives reading room.
Selected recordings from this series were issued commercially on the compilation LP
Ronald Reagan On the Air: A Collection of His Most Memorable Broadcasts (O'Connor Creative Services, 1978) and the CD collection
Reagan in His Own Voice (Simon & Schuster, 2001).
Transcripts of the recordings issued on Reagan in His Own Voice were published in the book
Reagan in His Own Hand (Simon & Schuster, 2001), and are included in Box 2 of this collection.
Ronald Reagan subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Citizens for Reagan records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Deaver & Hannaford, Inc. records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Peter D. Hannaford papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Annelise G. Anderson papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sound recordings
Radio broadcasting -- United States
United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977
United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981