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James A. Baker III Papers
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The Leadership Documentary Project was created by PS Productions, a five-person multi-media production company that included Executive Producer Andrew M. Ling, Producer and Director Townley Patton, and PS Communication's director Phil Schwenk. In addition to the existing PS Production team, Mark Higbie was hired as Associate Producer and Coordinator, David Paton as the writer, and Jose A. Salgado as a videographer.
The documentary was the company's first major production and had the approval of James A. Baker III, a close friend of Townley Paton's father, David Paton '52.
The James A. Baker III Papers document nearly every aspect of Baker's long career in politics and public service, including his time as White House Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, his term as Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush, and his work leading the presidential campaigns of Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Bush. Little documentation of Baker's time as Chief of Staff to President Bush from August 1992 to January 1993 is present in the papers.
The collection includes a variety of correspondence, memos, handwritten notes, speech transcripts, video and audio tapes, and other material related to Baker's positions in government and on political campaigns. The collection also includes material documenting Baker's legal career and early political efforts, including a substantial amount of correspondence with future President George H.W. Bush, written between Baker and Bush in the 1960s and 1970s. Substantial documentation of the 1978 Texas Attorney General Campaign, the only time Baker ran for political office himself, also exists.
Please see individual series descriptions for detailed information about the scope of each series.
The following works were consulted during preparation of the biographical note: Baker, James A. III, The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989-1992. New York: George G. Putnam & Sons, 1995. Newhouse, John, "Profiles: The Tactician," [James A. Baker III], The New Yorker, 7 May 1990, pp/ 50-82.
Accruals may occur at a later date.
The Baker Papers were housed at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, at Rice University until December 2002. Material donated in October 2004 was previously kept at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and Baker Botts law firm in Houston.
Microfilm of the collection will be available at the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, at Rice University.
The collection was donated by James A. Baker III in 2002. Additional accessions were donated in October 2004, February 2011, August 2011, and June 2025.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
The audiovisual series includes videotapes on VHS and various other formats.
This collection was processed by Daniel A. Santamaria and Joanna Peery Polyn in 2004, and updated in 2011 by Maureen Callahan. Finding aid written by Daniel A. Santamaria in 2004 and updated in 2011. Additions were processed in 2025 by Will Clements
Duplicates, material of little evidential or information value, and strictly personal documents have been returned to Secretary Baker. A large volume of newspaper clippings from major American newspapers have also been returned.
The February 2011 accession originally included four additional series, which were subsequently separated.
A series of board membership records spanned Baker's pre- and post-Washington career (additionally, some files from his work on the boards of regional organizations during the 1960's and '70s were interspersed throughout his personal financial records). Board participation during his post-Washington career includes work with St. Luke's hospital, Rice University, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the University of Bremen, Electronic Data Systems, Radiant Energy Corporation, and King Ranch. These records encompassed twenty linear feet, were non-unique, and of extremely limited research value.
A series called soft costs documented accounting within Baker Botts of how to expense Baker's political work using Baker Botts resources was also removed from the collection. The series of two boxes consisted of spreadsheets of phone logs and billing codes, and no material regarding the substance of Baker's political work.
A series of campaign contributions from Baker's 1978 Attorney General campaign included two boxes of index cards of campaign contributors' contact information.
Finally, the "Income Tax Records" series is the only surviving part of what was once a series of personal financial records, spanning the 1960s through the beginning of the Reagan administration, which included cancelled checks, financial statements from investments, receipts, tax returns, trust statements, documentation from family legal issues and statements from charitable organizations. Because these records included personally identifiable information and were of limited research value, the vast majority were separated from the collection, although Baker's tax returns were retained.
People
- Baker, James Addison (1930)
- Bush, George W. (George Walker) (1946)
- Bush, George (1924-2018)
- Carter, Jimmy (1924)
- Darman, Richard Gordon (1943-2008)
- Dole, Robert J. (1923)
- Ford, Gerald R. (1913-2006)
- Hodsoll, Francis Samuel Monaise
- Meese, Edwin
- Moore, Preston (1931)
- Nixon, Richard M. Richard Milhous (1913-1994)
- Reagan, Nancy (1921-2016)
- Reagan, Ronald
- Rove, Karl
- Scowcroft, Brent
- Tower, John G. (John Goodwin) (1925-1991)
Organization
- United States. Department of State
- United States. Department of the Treasury
- United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford)
- United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)
- United States. President (1989-1993 : Bush)
- United States. White House Office
- United States. White House Office. Office of Legislative Affairs
- Middle East Peace Conference (1991 : Madrid, Spain)
- Princeton University
Subject
- Diplomacy
- Finance, Public -- United States
- German reunification question (1949-1990)
- Nuclear disarmament
- Legislation -- United States
- Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Political campaigns -- United States -- 20th century
- Political candidates -- United States
- Post-communism
- Presidents--Election
- Presidential candidates
- Tax reform
- World politics--1945-1989
- World politics--1989-
Place
- Texas--Politics and government. -- 20th century
- United States--Foreign policy--1981-
- United States--Foreign relations--1981-1993.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union. -- 20th century
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- United States--Politics and government--1981-1989.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.
Occupation
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1972
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1976
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1980
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1984
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1988
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1992
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1996
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2000
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff
- Presidents -- United States -- Transition periods
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence
- Publisher
- Public Policy Papers
- Finding Aid Author
- Daniel A. Santamaria
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
- Sponsor
- These papers were processed with the generous support of David M. Rubenstein.
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use, with the following exceptions:
Interview transcripts in Series 12: The Politics of Diplomacy are closed unless permission, specific to each transcript, is granted by Secretary Baker as well as the person who gave the interview. Please contact the library for additional details. Audio cassette tapes of the same interviews in Series 14: Audiovisual Materials are also restricted; audio interviews related to The Politics of Diplomacy are closed unless permission, specific to each interview, is granted by Secretary Baker as well as the person who gave the interview.
- Use Restrictions
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Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
Collection Inventory
The Personal and Legal Career series documents Baker's personal and professional life prior to his involvement in Texas and national politics. The series consists of correspondence, including correspondence with family and friends, diaries and date books, financial documents, legal documents, memos, and correspondence related to Baker's work at Andrews, Kurth, Campbell and Jones law firm, and personal documents such as a birth certificate and scholastic records.
The series is divided into 5 subseries.
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The Correspondence subseries consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence dating from 1957 through 1976. A substantial amount of material is personal in nature, including letters to and from family and friends, while a small amount of material is related to Baker's legal and political activities.
The subseries is arranged chronologically. Materials within folders are in reverse chronological order.
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The Diaries and Date Books subseries consists of Baker's diaries and date books from 1957 through 1979 (with the exception of 1976). The diaries list appointments, personal obligations, and work-related matters such as court cases. Two date books exist for both 1977 and 1978; information overlaps somewhat but is not duplicated.
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Financial subseries consists of a small group of documents relating to some of Baker's financial matters in the 1960s and 1970s. Included are materials from Baker's involvement with Texas Commerce Bank.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Legal subseries consists of memoranda and reader files containing legal correspondence associated with court cases with which Baker was involved from 1957 through 1977. Also included are subject files that include documents related to Andrews, Kurth, Campbell and Jones, material concerning Baker's affiliation with state and local bar associations, and various legal documents.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically
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The Personal Subject Files subseries consists of documents related to Baker's charitable work, Princeton alumni activities, and other non-professional matters. Included are personal documents such as Baker's birth certificate and Baker's military and scholastic records, as well as documents and notes relating to Baker's travels to China (to visit George Bush), Africa, and the western United States.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Early Political Career series documents Baker's first forays into politics in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the material is related to Republican organizations or political campaigns in Texas.
The most significant materials in the series are the files related to George H.W. Bush, which include material related to Bush's Congressional and Senate campaigns, as well as files of correspondence and notes sent between Bush and Baker from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, including letters sent between the two while Bush was serving as Ambassador to China.
The Baker-Bush correspondence addresses a wide variety of subjects, both political and personal, and ranges from letters concerning Bush's early Congressional campaigns to light-hearted notes and attempts to schedule tennis matches. The general correspondence folder consists primarily of professional and political correspondence, while the personal notes, letters, and miscellaneous folder tends to contain material that is more personal in nature, although professional and personal material does overlap somewhat in both folders. Highlights of the correspondence include a note sent from Bush to Baker on the day after Bush was passed over for the Vice Presidency in the Ford Administration, and a two-page, single-spaced letter, apparently hand-typed by Bush, sent soon after Bush's arrival in China. In addition to correspondence, the Bush files also include Baker's "political file" from 1969, when Baker, encouraged by Bush and others, was considering running for the Congressional seat vacated when Bush decided to run for Senate. The material, including additional correspondence from Bush, documents Baker's decision not to run for the seat and also includes some material related Bush's Senate campaign and other political topics.
The remainder of the early political career series documents Baker's involvement in various campaigns (i.e. Archer for Congress) and work with various Republican organizations such as the Republican State and Harris County Finance Committees and the Republican Congressional Boosters Club. There is also a concentration of material related to Senator John Tower (R-Texas).
The series is divided into four major groupings. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Each remaining grouping is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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The most significant materials in the series are the files related to George H.W. Bush, which include material related to Bush's Congressional and Senate campaigns, as well as files of correspondence and notes sent between Bush and Baker from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, including letters sent between the two while Bush was serving as Ambassador to China.
The correspondence addresses a wide variety of subjects, both political and personal, and ranges from letters concerning Bush's early Congressional campaigns to light-hearted notes and attempts to schedule tennis matches. The general correspondence folder consists primarily of professional and political correspondence, while the personal notes, letters, and miscellaneous folder tends to contain material that is more personal in nature, although professional and personal material does overlap somewhat in both folders. Highlights of the correspondence include a note sent from Bush to Baker on the day after Bush was passed over for the Vice Presidency in the Ford Administration, and a two-page, single-spaced letter, apparently hand-typed by Bush, sent soon after Bush's arrival in China. In addition to correspondence, the Bush files also include Baker's "political file" from 1969, when Baker, encouraged by Bush and others, was considering running for the Congressional seat vacated when Bush decided to run for Senate. The material, including additional correspondence from Bush, documents Baker's decision not to run for the seat and also includes some material related Bush's Senate campaign and other political topics.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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primarily clippings related to CIA directorship
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The Undersecretary of Commerce series consists of correspondence, memos, transcripts, press breakfast briefing material, status reports, and fact sheets related to Baker's 1975 term as Undersecretary of Commerce in the Ford administration. Approximately one third of the series involves the nomination and confirmation process and contains a transcript of the confirmation hearings, correspondence (including many congratulatory letters), and other associated forms and materials. The remainder of the series consists of correspondence, briefing documents, speeches, and other materials related to Baker's term in office. The series also includes a group of subject files which contain material related to a variety of topics, including a 1976 appearance in Oklahoma where Baker, when asked about Henry Kissinger's role in the Ford Administration if Ford were to be elected in 1976, caused a stir in the press.
The subseries is divided into two main groupings of material. Files within each grouping are arranged alphabetically.
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The Post-1976 Election series documents Baker's involvement in politics after he returned to Houston following the 1976 presidential election. The series includes several folders of correspondence, notes, and memos from George H.W. Bush. Much of this material is related to Bush's future campaign for the Republican nomination for president in 1980. The series also includes a grouping of material related to the Fund for Limited Government, a political action committee established by Baker and Bush to explore a possible Bush presidential campaign in 1980. The Fund for Limited Government material includes a substantial amount of correspondence and memos from political strategist Karl Rove, who was a paid consultant for the organization. The series also includes a small amount of correspondence, as well as material related to Baker's involvement with the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Republican National Committee.
The series is arranged alphabetically.
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The Post-1976 Election series documents Baker's involvement in politics after he returned to Houston following the 1976 presidential election. The series includes several folders of correspondence, notes, and memos from George H.W. Bush. Much of this material is related to Bush's future campaign for the Republican nomination for president in 1980. The series also includes a grouping of material related to the Fund for Limited Government, a political action committee established by Baker and Bush to explore a possible Bush presidential campaign in 1980. The Fund for Limited Government material includes a substantial amount of correspondence and memos from political strategist Karl Rove, who was a paid consultant for the organization.
The series also includes a small amount of correspondence, as well as material related to Baker's involvement with the Associated Republicans of Texas and the Republican National Committee.
The series is divided into eight subseries.
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The Campaign Administration subseries consists of documents relating to the general administration of Baker's campaign for Texas Attorney General. The subseries includes Baker's own files, which consist of handwritten notes, memos, and correspondence, as well as material created and maintained for Baker by his staff.
The "kitchen cabinet" files include strategy and planning documents created by a group of Baker's high-level advisers, including meeting agendas, various memos, and updates on finances and fundraising.
The subseries also includes a small amount of financial material and budgets, as well as documents concerning staff organization and hiring, files devoted to prominent staff members such as campaign manager Frank Donatelli, campaign memos, and notes from staff meetings.
The subject files contain material related to organizations endorsing Baker, such as Blacks for Baker, a folder of documents from "Prominent Republicans" such as Bob Dole and Gerald Ford, and memorabilia such as bumper stickers and buttons. The subject files also include Baker's campaign announcement and concession speech.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Correspondence subseries consists of three groupings of correspondence. The Name Files consist primarily of staff correspondence from 1978 to 1980. Much of this correspondence concerns fundraising, though there are two folders of correspondence from Governor William P. Clements. The "Reader Files" contain outgoing correspondence from Baker; the Reader Files often include fairly routine letters such as follow-ups to a contribution or fundraising event. The Miscellaneous correspondence consists of nine chronologically arranged folders dating from 1976 to 1979.
The Name Files are arranged alphabetically by last name. The Reader Files and Miscellaneous groupings are arranged chronologically.
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Arrangement: This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
The County Files subseries includes material related generally to county organization across the state, as well as files devoted to specific counties. The general and statewide material includes notes, memos, and correspondence regarding various aspects of county-level organization and strategy, as well as contact information for and correspondence to county chairmen. Individual County Files consist of documents relating to organization for specific counties; folders generally contain memos and correspondence as well as financial documents and lists of contributors, notes on local contacts, and Baker's own notes on counties.
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The Fundraising subseries consists of documents relating to the campaign's fundraising activities. Included are general fundraising files, information related to dinners and special fundraising events, and material created by the campaign's direct mail and phone bank operations. The General Files includes lists of contributors and correspondence with contributors, including a letter from Donald Rumsfeld, as well as financial statements and legal documents concerning campaign finance. Also included is material relating to post-campaign debt and its eventual cancellation. The Dinners and Special Events files contain documents relating to fundraising events held by the campaign including auctions, dinners, and a tennis match with Gerald Ford and John Newcombe. The Direct Mail files contain mailings and responses, including contribution cards, as well as miscellaneous financial documents. Numerous memos to and from Karl Rove, who ran the direct mail operations for the campaign, can be found within the files. The Phone Bank Operations grouping contains miscellaneous memos, correspondence, and other documents, including an overall campaign plan, relating to phone banks, primarily at the local level.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Issues and Strategy Files subseries contains notes, memos, correspondence, position papers, and press releases, relating to various issues that Baker incorporated into his platform, such as consumer protection, crime-fighting efforts, and natural gas policy. In addition to position papers and press releases the campaign compiled an "issues binder" that includes position statements and background material on a wide variety of topics. The binder is arranged alphabetically and includes information on a large number of issues such as abortion, environmental regulations, and teachers' pay. The subseries also includes documents pertaining to campaign strategy, including political management proposals, internal memos and correspondence, and background research concerning Baker's opponents.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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alphabetically arranged binder with information on issues Abortion-Teachers Pay)
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The Issues and Strategy Files subseries contains notes, memos, correspondence, position papers, and press releases, relating to various issues that Baker incorporated into his platform, such as consumer protection, crime-fighting efforts, and natural gas policy. In addition to position papers and press releases the campaign compiled an "issues binder" that includes position statements and background material on a wide variety of topics. The binder is arranged alphabetically and includes information on a large number of issues such as abortion, environmental regulations, and teachers' pay. The subseries also includes documents pertaining to campaign strategy, including political management proposals, internal memos and correspondence, and background research concerning Baker's opponents.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Press and Publicity subseries consists of materials relating to campaign publicity efforts, and includes advertising plans and agency information, campaign newsletters (the Baker Banner and Baker News Digest), press releases, letters to the editor, speeches, and schedules for television advertising, as well as correspondence with media outlets.
This subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Scrapbooks and Clippings subseries consists of clippings relating to Baker and the campaign, as well as select copies of Texas political publications. The subseries includes two scrapbooks of clippings, newsletters, and press releases concerning the campaign, arranged in chronological order and covering June through November 1978. Material has been removed from binders and rehoused for preservation purposes.
This subseries is divided into two groupings, each arranged chronologically.
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The Chief of Staff series documents Baker's four-year tenure as Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1981 to 1985. Baker's influence in the White House, particularly with legislative issues, is documented through correspondence, memoranda and reports, meeting agendas and talking points, and scheduling material. The Office Files and Notes subseries, in particular, includes a large number of memoranda, meeting agendas, and Baker's own handwritten notes related to a wide variety of political, legislative, and other topics. The Legislative Strategy subseries, which includes material generated by the Legislative Strategy Group formed and led by Baker, includes a substantial of amount of significant material related to the major legislative efforts of the first Reagan administration.
The series is divided into 10 subseries.
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The Correspondence subseries consists of Baker's correspondence files from his time as Chief of Staff. The subseries includes correspondence from prominent figures in American politics and government, including George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, and Donald Rumsfeld, and senators and Congressional leaders, including Richard Lugar, Paul Laxalt, and Newt Gingrich. Of note are letters from George P. Shultz, Lyn Nofziger, and William J. Casey. Much, though not all, of this correspondence is fairly brief. Nixon's correspondence, as with his correspondence in other series, tends to be detailed and involved, and often contains advice and comments on the political climate.
A substantial proportion of the correspondence comes from non-government contacts, family, and friends, and often consists of notes of congratulations on Baker's appointment, birthday greetings, notes of thanks, and short messages. There are also many requests for consideration for government positions. Preston Moore Jr., Baker's first cousin and a successful Texas businessman, corresponded heavily with Baker and is the largest correspondent in the series.
The correspondence subseries also includes Baker's personal chronological outgoing correspondence files, which is located at the end of the subseries.
Folders are arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, and chronologically within each folder. Personal chronological files are arranged chronologically.
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The Financial Records subseries includes public information about Baker's finances during his years at the White House. The records include public disclosure forms relating to Baker's income, assets, and tax materials, as well as receipts and other documentation of contributions made by Baker to a variety of causes including political campaigns, schools, and his church.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The gift reports subseries contains records documenting the frequent gifts given to Baker by ambassadors and other government and political figures, as well as various corporate and business representatives. The majority of gifts were of little monetary value.
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Legislative Strategy Group subseries consists of documents created and used by the White House Legislative Strategy Group, which was formed and led by Baker and is often credited with playing a major role in the Reagan administration's key legislative victories. The subseries contains memos, agendas, reports, and talking points created by the group, as well as memos and correspondence from Senators and Congressmen, and projections on future House and Senate votes. Many of the documents include Baker's handwritten notes and markings.
Much of the material, especially from the earlier part of Reagan's term, deals with economic concerns, including the Reagan tax package and budgets. Substantial documentation of attempts toward deficit reduction toward the end of Reagan's first term exists in the Group's 1984 files. Other issues include school prayer, Social Security, and U.S. foreign policy in Central America and Lebanon. There is little documentation of one of Reagan's key legislative victories, Congressional approval of the sale of AWAC planes to Saudi Arabia. Most of the files include documents related to both domestic and foreign policy, although, as noted above, the majority of material is related to domestic matters. One folder exclusively contains documents related to foreign policy in 1983, including the deployment of American forces in Lebanon, and administration policy regarding Israel, MX missiles, and the START treaty.
The subseries is arranged chronologically, with the exception of foreign policy material which is located at the end of the subseries.
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The Office Files and Notes subseries consists of memos, notes, agendas, talking points, and other documents kept and filed at Baker's office. The Office and Desk Files include documents that relate to a wide variety of contemporary issues such as Social Security, the African food emergency, Jim Brady's shooting and recuperation, White House staff and cabinet organization, election and debate strategy and various foreign policy issues. Baker's handwritten notes and talking points on index cards and legal pad sheets are also included. Handwritten notes are also often present on documents. The subseries also includes documents which appear to be Ronald Reagan's handwritten notes for speeches and public statements regarding issues such as Social Security and the air-traffic controller strike in 1981.
The White House Memos and Notes grouping includes similar material to the office and desk files, including cabinet meeting agendas, talking points, and other notes and memos related to various Administration policies and initiatives. Because Baker's notes are often undated and difficult to identify they have been maintained in their original folders and arrangement in an effort to preserve the context in which the documents were created and used.
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Personnel and Staffing subseries documents Baker's oversight of the hiring process for White House staff and also includes information regarding presidential appointments subject to Senate confirmation (PAS appointments). The subseries includes materials relating to the hiring and security clearance of White House personnel, including all members of executive branch departments. Also included are notes on minority hiring and appointments within the executive branch, and lists of possible, announced, and confirmed appointments broken down by agency.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Political Action Plans and Reports subseries documents Baker's involvement with the administration's political operations. The subseries contains several reports and planning documents, including the White House Office of Political Affairs' Political Plan from 1982 which details White House political priorities and strategies for the 1982 elections. Generally the various reports include background information on historical trends, reports on department and agency coordination, and materials related to a variety of House, Senate, and governor's races.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Reagan-Carter Transition Material subseries documents the transition between the Carter and Reagan administrations in 1980 and 1981. The planning strategies and techniques of the transition, which included a comprehensive study of past transitions, as well as detailed plans and strategies for the initial days of the new administration, is sometimes cited as a model for incoming presidential administrations. The subseries includes Baker's own files, as well as the files of Frank Hodsoll, one of Baker's deputies, and various reports. Baker's files consist of memos, notes, and material related to White House staffing. Hodsoll's files include additional information about White House staffing and organization, as well as memos and notes related to the First 90 Days Project, a plan for timing, presentation, and substance of legislative proposals, executive orders, and major public statements during the initial phase of the Reagan administration. Also included is material related to policy development, including documentation of procedures for initiating policy, a report on problems in policy development, and White House orientation material, including notes on staffing and organization. The transition reports describe past transitions between presidential administrations. The highlight is a historical study produced by David Gergen and his team titled "The First Hundred Days." The Gergen study surveyed past transitions in six major categories: constitutional, foreign affairs, domestic affairs, domestic appearances, press and media appearances, and miscellaneous.
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The Scheduling subseries documents Baker's daily activities, as well as the daily activities of President Reagan, and consists of both diaries and schedules. The diaries consist of handwritten scheduling notes related to Baker's meetings, interviews, and dinners, with occasional notes on correspondence due and calls to return, and are not particularly detailed. The schedules provide a much greater level of detail and include similar notes on meetings, interviews, and other engagements, both personal and professional, as well as information on locations, time and duration, and whether President Reagan was in attendance. The schedules contain handwritten notes from staff reflecting last-minute updates and cancellations. Most of schedules files include daily schedules for both Baker and Reagan. Scheduling material for Vice President Bush is also sometimes included.
The scheduling subseries also includes President Reagan's block schedules, monthly calendars listing meetings, appearances, and other events for each day, during Baker's entire tenure as Chief of Staff. The trip books grouping contains official printed booklets concerning trips made by Baker and Reagan. Each booklet includes daily schedules, scenarios containing detailed instructions for participants, diagrams of locations, and other material, such as lists of involved staff, and press information.
The subseries is arranged chronologically, within each group of material.
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The Senior Staff Meetings subseries contains action items and agendas related to White House senior staff meetings. The meetings were held almost daily and touch on most of the major issues and events of the first Reagan administration. Although most of the agendas and action items do not include detailed policy information or internal debate, they do provide an excellent timeline of the Administration and its priorities.
Action items include information regarding a wide range of contemporary issues, the legislative calendar, and events of the day's schedule, such as photo ops. The items generally consist of brief notes of one to two sentences per issue and list staff members responsible for each item. The agendas contain substantial amounts of Baker's handwritten notes made during meetings.
The meetings concern a range of issues, with a wide assortment of topics discussed at each meeting. Topics include Title IX, Jesse Jackson's involvement with American prisoners held by Fidel Castro in Cuba, the future of MX missiles, Social Security, federal disaster assistance, school prayer, the Clean Air Act, and pay raises for Congress, as well as more routine matters such as the daily schedule and White House parking
The subseries is arranged alphabetically. Each group of material (Action Items and Agendas) is arranged chronologically.
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The Subject Files subseries documents a variety of topics related to Baker's term as Chief of Staff. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, clippings, reports, and other documents. The largest grouping of material in the subseries concerns the 1984 Albosta investigation into the Reagan-Bush election team's acquisition of President Carter's campaign debate briefing information, and includes correspondence, memoranda, and clippings. Of note are copies of the evidence and exhibits compiled by the investigation, which include the Carter briefing documents. Also included is a letter of support to Baker from Dick Cheney.
Other files include information regarding William Clark, Assistant to the President on National Security Affairs, who pressed for polygraph tests to track press leaks regarding air strikes on Lebanon; the National Security Council, which includes further documentation regarding leaks and some information concerning arms control. The Major League Baseball file consists of notes and documents related to Baker's interest in becoming Baseball Commissioner at the end of Reagan's first term.
Researchers should note that in many cases substantial documentation of the subjects listed in subject files can be found elsewhere in the series, particularly in the Office and Desk Files and Legislative Strategy Group subseries. Most of the folders in the subject files series contain a small number of documents that appear to have been kept separately from Baker's other files because of their historical importance and interest or other reasons. The Social Security file, for example, includes Ronald Reagan's handwritten notes, while the Ed Meese file includes the original handwritten agreement dividing Baker and Meese's areas of authority in the Reagan White House, as well the 1981 memorandum giving George Bush oversight of crisis management operations which led to conflict with Secretary of State Alexander Haig.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Secretary of the Treasury series documents Baker's term as Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan from 1985 through 1988. The Correspondence subseries is the largest grouping of material in the series. Also included are several subseries which include information about Baker's confirmation and congressional appearances, as well as administrative material such as scheduling information and gift reports. Memos, notes and other materials related to Baker's efforts toward developing and persuading Congress to pass tax reform legislation, as well as other subjects, can be found in the Subject Files subseries.
The Series is divided into seven subseries.
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The Confirmation subseries documents the confirmation process related to Baker's nomination as Secretary of the Treasury. Included are transcripts of confirmation hearings, Baker's hearing preparation and study material, and financial disclosure documents.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Congressional Appearances subseries documents Baker's appearances and testimony before the House and Senate. An index which lists each appearance by date is included at the front of the first folder of the subseries. Documents related to each appearance are preceded by a tab listing the committee name, subject of the testimony, and whether Baker appeared before the House or Senate. The text of Baker's statement is usually included (sometimes in the form of a Treasury news release).
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Correspondence subseries consists of Baker's correspondence files from his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury. Of note are several letters regarding economic policy from economist Jude Wanniski, as well as correspondence from George H. W. Bush, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Donald T. Regan, Richard Nixon, Pete Wilson, and Senators Phil Gramm and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Some of the correspondence is brief, as in the case of Strom Thurmond, whose file primarily consists of letters of thanks for gifts of South Carolina fruit and cheese.
As with the correspondence files in other series, the Treasury correspondence includes correspondence with government officials and staff, as well as family and friends. The largest volume of correspondence, like the correspondence files in the Chief of Staff and Secretary of State files, is from Baker's cousin, Preston Moore, Jr.
The chronological correspondence grouping consists of Baker's personal correspondence files. It primarily contains outgoing correspondence, both of a personal and professional nature. There is slight, but not significant, overlap between the chronological and alphabetical correspondence files.
The Correspondence subseries is arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, and chronologically within each folder. Personal chronological files are arranged chronologically.
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Gift reports include information about the frequent gifts Baker received from representatives of foreign governments and various organizations and corporations, as well as other individuals. The majority of the gifts are of little monetary value.
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Memoranda and Notes subseries includes only a few folders of notes (sometimes handwritten) and miscellaneous memoranda related to tax reform and other topics.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The scheduling materials document the extensive planning and careful arrangement of Baker's days and include daily schedules as well as diaries, long-range schedule planning, and scenarios, or intricately plotted procedures for public appearances, trips, and meetings.
The daily schedules document Baker's daily activities, including meetings and engagements, meals, travel, and personal time. Daily schedules from 1985 through 1987 have been recreated from Treasury schedules after the originals were inadvertently destroyed (see memo at the front of each binder for details), and are not reflective of changes that may have occurred during the course of the day. Also included in this grouping are original schedules from 1988 which contain detailed daily schedules and handwritten updates, in addition to a small amount of correspondence and other documents.
The scenarios consist of comprehensive schedules for specific events and trips, and in addition to schedules include detailed instructions for Baker on such subjects as appropriate dress, weather forecasts, flight manifests, seating information, and relevant contact information.
The travel logs include additional schedules and scenarios, but also include information on travel related to appearances on behalf of various political candidates, in addition to trips taken in conjunction with Treasury Department business.
The long-range invitations consist of scheduling requests made to Baker one to three months in advance of events.
The diaries contain daily scheduling information, some of which repeats information found in the daily schedules grouping, but which is largely dedicated to personal or non-official obligations.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically. Each type of scheduling information is arranged chronologically.
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The Subject Files subseries includes information on a variety of topics related to Baker's time as Secretary of the Treasury. Included is material documenting G-5, G-7 and other economic meetings and summits, budget and trade negotiations, debt strategy, and various legislative and reform efforts. The tax reform grouping, the largest of the subseries, consists of correspondence, memos and reports, and materials related to Baker's tax reform effort in 1985 and 1986, including communications and reports from Congress as well as interview preparation, background material, and notes.
Also included is a folder of material related to Baker's resignation as Secretary of the Treasury, which includes an exchange of letters with Ronald Reagan (including various drafts).
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Secretary of State series consists of correspondence, notes, meeting agendas, and extensive scheduling materials documenting Baker's term as Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992. Of special note is the Monthly Files subseries, which includes State Department documents, as well as Baker's notes and talking points from meetings and phone calls with President Bush and foreign leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, King Fahd and others. The series also includes Baker's notes from meetings with President Bush, as well as brief notes and memos sent between Baker and Bush and Baker and National Security Advisor Brent Scrowcroft.
The series is divided into 5 subseries
Physical Description19 boxes
The Confirmation subseries consists of material documenting Baker's confirmation as Secretary of State.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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Baker's Secretary of State correspondence is divided into several groupings of material. The alphabetical correspondence is the largest grouping and generally contains the most significant material. Individuals with multiple pieces of correspondence, as well as more prominent individuals, are listed separately. The alphabetical run of correspondence includes several letters regarding policy from former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. In addition, there is a good deal of brief correspondence from various foreign dignitaries including Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Brian Mulroney, Helmut Kohl, and Noboru Takeshita, as well as American political and cultural figures including Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, and Tom Brokaw.
The majority of the alphabetical run of correspondence consists of letters to and from government officials and employees and representatives of foreign governments. A small number of letters from extended family and friends is also included. As with Baker's Chief of Staff and Treasury files, a significant volume of correspondence comes from Preston Moore Jr., Baker's cousin and eventual Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Commerce.
The chronological correspondence consists of Baker's personal chronological correspondence file. It consists primarily of brief outgoing correspondence. There is a small amount of overlap between the alphabetical and chronological runs of correspondence.
The miscellaneous correspondence includes a grouping of letters of congratulations from both domestic colleagues ad friends and foreign officials upon his nomination and confirmation as Secretary of State, a small group of letters offering condolences on the death of Baker's mother, and a group of thank you letters written by Baker after various trips abroad.
Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, and chronologically within each folder. Personal chronological files are arranged chronologically.
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The Monthly Files subseries contains one folder of documents for each month of Baker's tenure as Secretary of State. Documents include State Department memos and reports, "memocons" or transcripts of conversations and meetings, drafts and copies of letters and speeches by Bush and Baker, and Baker's handwritten notes and talking points from meetings and phone calls with President Bush as well as foreign leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, and King Fahd. The files document such pivotal events as German reunification, the December 1989 U. S. invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the Middle East peace process. The subseries includes some of the most significant material in the collection. The January 1991 folder, for example, includes Baker's notes from a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir following the Iraqi missile attack on Tel Aviv, notes prepared for Baker's notification calls to allies regarding the commencement of Operation Desert Storm, extensive notes from Baker's January 9, 1991, meeting with Iraqi Foreign minister Tariq Aziz (as well as Baker opening remarks, a copy of the letter from Bush to Saddam Hussein that Baker delivered to Aziz, and a transcript of the meeting between Baker and Aziz), and numerous other items documenting the beginning of the Gulf War.
The subseries contains a mixture of photocopies and original documents. Although it is sometimes difficult to decipher or identify Baker's handwritten notes, most documents are dated and labeled with identifying information.
The subseries is arranged chronologically.
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The Scheduling subseries consists of scheduling materials from Baker's term as Secretary of State, and includes three groupings of material: daily schedules, scheduling summaries, and trip books.
The daily schedules consist of rigorously detailed daily schedules, which document nearly every aspect of Baker's activities in Washington and elsewhere. The schedules include such information as pickup and drop-off times for Baker, meetings, travel, personal time, and meals (both official and private), as well as activity location and duration; time is scheduled in increments as small as ten minutes. Last-minute changes have been written in by staff; occasionally, there are also handwritten notes concerning the substance of meetings as well as lists of attendees.
The scheduling summaries grouping consists of the year's major activities briefly summarized and divided into categories. Categories include bilateral talks with foreign government officials, Baker's service on boards, commissions, and committees, meetings with and testimony before Congress, speeches, and travel information.
The trip books grouping contains official printed booklets concerning trips made by Baker and President Bush, both domestically and abroad. Each booklet includes daily schedules, scenarios containing detailed instructions for participants, diagrams of locations, and other material, such as lists of involved staff, press information, and contact lists specific to the destination. Trips documented include Baker's visit to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in September 1989 for the U.S./U.S.S.R. Ministerial.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically. Each type of schedule is arranged chronologically.
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The White House meetings and notes subseries includes several folders of agendas for Baker's twice-weekly meetings with President Bush, meetings which Baker described as "free-wheeling discussions" that were some of his most useful sessions with the President. The agendas often include fairly substantial talking points as well as Baker's handwritten notes in the margins. Highlights include a lengthy list of typed notes and talking points regarding Baker's first meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze in March of 1989.
The subseries also includes a folder of notes and memos sent between Baker and George Bush and a small folder of notes to and from Bush's National Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically
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The Post-Secretary of State series documents Baker's activities following the end of the Bush administration and is divided into two subseries: The Baker Institute for Public Policy and Subject Files.
The series is divided into two subseries.
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The Baker Institute subseries includes transcripts from the inaugural conference held at the Institute, as well as a few select clippings. The subseries also includes a group of files kept by Baker in his office at the Institute which contain notes, letters, and memorabilia from his time in Washington and working on campaigns. Most of the material in these folders is not dated, and some of it is not easily identified (some material has been labeled with notes by staff at the Baker Institute). Most of the documents appear to date from Baker's tenure as Chief of Staff or from his work on presidential campaigns in the 1970s and 1980s.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The subject files subseries consists of material related to a variety of subjects in Baker's life after government. The subseries includes brief correspondence from George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, John Major, and Nancy Reagan, as well as a folder devoted to Rice University which contains information about Baker's grandfather's role in the development of the University.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The publications subseries includes reports from Baker's role as part of a number of commissions and review panels. Documents include the Iraq Study Group Report; National War Powers Commission Report; External Review of the LBJ School of Public Affairs; Report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform; and the Report of the BP U.S. Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel
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The Presidential Campaigns series documents Baker's involvement in presidential politics from the early 1970s through the 2000 presidential election. The series includes material created during each United States general election between 1972 and 2000, including the Nixon, Ford, Reagan (1980 and 1984), George H.W. Bush (1988 and 1992), Dole, and George W. Bush campaigns. Substantial documentation of Baker's role as the head of George H.W. Bush's campaign during the 1980 Republican Primary, as well as his work as chief delegate hunter for 1976 Ford primary campaign, is also present. The series as a whole provides insight into Republican campaign strategy in the last third of the twentieth century and evidence of the size and complexity of presidential campaign operations of that time period.
Series is organized roughly chronologically in 10 subseries.. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Nixon Campaign subseries consists of material related to Baker's position as Gulf Coast Regional Chairman for the 1972 Nixon Campaign and his role in the Texas Committee for the Reelection of the President. The subseries includes various notes, memos and other documentation of various Texas campaign activities and programs, Pro-Nixon and anti-McGovern flyers and mailings, and a small amount of correspondence with Congressmen Bill Archer and Senator John Tower concerning a variety of topics, including campaign strategy for Tower's own reelection campaign. One letter from Nixon, along with an invitation to the 1973 presidential inauguration, is also included.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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includes 1 letter and inaugural invitations), 1972
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The Ford Campaign Primary subseries documents Baker's first major position in a national campaign: his role as Deputy Chairman for Delegate Affairs during the 1976 Republican Primary. The subseries includes correspondence and memos related to the President Ford Committee, as well as an incomplete run of Baker's own correspondence files.
The most substantial grouping of material relates to Baker's efforts to secure delegates for President Ford prior to the Republican National Convention. Baker's role as Chief Delegate Hunter for the Ford Campaign is documented in memos, reports, contact information lists, and various other documents. Included in the grouping is background material on delegates, legal information related to the campaign, notes on campaign strategy, press material, and update reports from delegates.
The convention grouping documents the 1976 Republican National Convention, the last contested convention of a major United States political party, and includes notes on floor organization and memos on strategy.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Ford General Election subseries documents Baker's role as National Campaign Chairman for the 1976 Ford Campaign. The subseries consists of administrative material, notes and memos, and reports and other material related to campaign strategy. Also included is material related to Baker's speaking engagements and legal material concerning campaign finances. The campaign notebooks and binders files are of special note. These files consist of several books created and compiled by campaign staff detailing general campaign strategy, debate preparation, and information and analysis of the Carter Campaign.
The subseries also includes a small amount of material that is related to the campaign, but was created after the election. This material includes a draft of Baker's statement on the loss of the election, as well as congratulatory letters written to Baker by colleagues and others after the campaign.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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notes from Baker's first speech to Ford supporters during campaign) %ne, 1976
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The Bush Republican Primary subseries documents Baker's work as head of the upstart Bush campaign and consists of notebooks, reports, correspondence, legal and financial documents, scheduling materials, and several folders of Baker's notes and memos. The correspondence grouping contains correspondence between Bush and Baker, as well as a small amount of Bush's outgoing correspondence. Also included in the subseries are legal and other documents relating to the Townhouse investigation, a Watergate-related investigation into Nixon slush funds which were given to candidates for various offices, including George Bush during his Senate Campaign in 1970.
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The 1980 Reagan-Bush General Election subseries documents Baker's involvement with the Reagan-Bush Committee during the 1980 general election. The subseries contains correspondence, including a small amount of personal correspondence from George Bush, as well as administrative materials such as organizational charts and budgets. Also included are a campaign marketing plan, legal and financial documents, and scheduling materials for Baker, Bush, Reagan, and Gerald Ford. During the campaign Baker was given oversight of debate scheduling and logistics and the most substantial group of material within the subseries, the Debates and Debates Scheduling grouping, documents this role. Included is briefing material, correspondence between Baker, other members of the Reagan campaign team, and the Carter campaign, as well as notes on format and logistics, press releases, and memos relating to the debates and debate scheduling and logistics.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The 1984 General Election subseries is composed of materials related to the 1984 Presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan, a campaign that was essentially run from the White House Chief of Staff office. The subseries includes meeting agendas, debate briefing materials, debate planning information, and a variety of documents regarding general campaign strategy, as well as a bound Action Plan for the campaign.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The 1988 General Election subseries documents Baker's post-primary leadership of the 1988 Bush-Quayle campaign. It includes a variety of correspondence, including letters from such political figures as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon, whose correspondence includes detailed analysis and strategy suggestions. The subseries also includes material related to presidential debates, including preparatory material and scheduling information, as well as Baker's notes from strategy sessions, and materials regarding a range of legal concerns such as Republican National Committee activities and campaign finance.
Also included are files documenting communication between the Office of the Vice President in Washington and Bush's campaign operations. The files contain items, including memos and correspondence, sent between the two offices during the spring, summer and fall of 1988. (A small amount of material predates Baker's official involvement with the campaign, which began in August.) A substantial amount of the material in the files consists of carbon copied documents, often from Bush's outgoing and incoming correspondence, that Bush, Baker, or their staffs forwarded or copied to each other. The files also contain some notes and letters sent between Bush and Baker. Although most of the material is focused on the campaign, a few light-hearted notes are also present.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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Includes talking points for George Bush, memos and correspondence, and Baker's notes
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The 1992 General Election subseries contains debate preparation material for George Bush.
The subseries is contains one folder of material.
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The 1996 General Election subseries consists of debate preparation material for Bob Dole, as well as one small folder which includes loose documents related to debates and campaign strategy.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The 2000 election subseries documents Baker's role as chief spokesperson and head of George W. Bush's legal team during the 2000 Florida recount. The subseries consists of two binders of material as well as a scrapbook created by the Republican Party of Florida.
Documents have been removed from binders for preservation purposes. The series includes copies of the Supreme Court of Florida and Supreme Court of the United States decisions related to the recount, including copies signed by all members of the Bush legal team, drafts of statements by Baker and Bush, and faxes and personal notes received by Baker when he was in Florida. Many of the faxes, statement drafts, and other material include Baker's handwritten notes and talking points.
The Republican Party of Florida scrapbook consists of printouts of digital photographs of staff at the party headquarters during the recount effort. The book includes several photographs of Baker.
The subseries arrangement reflects the original order of two binders, and one scrapbook of material.
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The Speeches and Interviews series consists of speeches, lectures, interviews, remarks, and testimony given by Baker from 1975 to 1993 during his terms as Under Secretary of Commerce, Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State. Speeches are arranged chronologically and divided into subseries corresponding to Baker's positions, with miscellaneous and undated material located at the end of each subseries. Folders generally contain the text of the speech as well as some background material.
The series is arranged roughly chronologically in six subseries, with miscellaenoues and undated material located at the end of the series.
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The Undersecretary of Commerce subseries consists of speeches Baker made while serving as Undersecretary of Commerce in the Ford Administration from 1975 to 1976. Speeches are grouped by state in which the speech was given and chronologically within each grouping.
Speeches are grouped by state in which the speech was given and chronologically within each grouping.
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The Political and Miscellaneous subseries consists of speeches made by Baker from 1976 to 1979 during a period in which he was active in both national and Texas state politics. The majority of the speeches were given in Texas in conjunction with Baker's run for attorney general. A smaller number of speeches address the 1976 presidential election and George Bush's planned presidential campaign in 1980.
Speech files are arranged chronologically, with undated and miscellaneous speech material located at the end of the subseries.
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The Chief of Staff subseries contains speeches made by Baker during his term as Chief of Staff from 1981 through 1984 and includes commencement addresses, speeches delivered to the Texas Bar Association and Texas Law Review as well as several business associations, and remarks made to a variety of Republican organizations.
Speech files are arranged chronologically, with general Chief of Staff speech material located at the end of the subseries.
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The Secretary of the Treasury subseries consists of speeches, testimony, press briefing material, and remarks made by Baker while serving as Secretary of the Treasury. Most of the speeches in this subseries concern national or international economics and monetary policy. Topics include tax reform and the IMF/World Bank, among others.
Speech files are arranged chronologically, with general Treasury Department speech material located at the end of the subseries..
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The Secretary of State subseries contains speeches, testimony, remarks, press briefing material, and interviews made during Baker's term as Secretary of State. Speeches in this subseries include remarks made in conjunction with foreign officials, testimony before Congress, various swearing-in ceremonies, and press conferences. Unlike the Chief of Staff and Treasury speeches, the Secretary of State speeches also include interviews transcripts from Baker's appearances on various news programs
Speech files are arranged chronologically, with general State Department speech material located at the end of the subseries.
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The Miscellaneous Speech Material includes several folders of undated speech material, as well as two folders of jokes and other humorous anecdotes for use in various speeches. Additionally, 6 boxes of speeches and 2 boxes of interviews, arranged chronologically, were added to the series in 2025.
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The Politics of Diplomacy series includes drafts, notes, interview transcripts and other files related to the writing of Baker's first book, The Politics of Diplomacy. The book details Baker's involvement in world events during his tenure as Secretary of State, 1989-1992; specific events include the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and the crisis in Bosnia. There are original materials within this series that are not found elsewhere, and they often correlate with the chapters in Baker's memoirs.
The series is divided into two subseries: Background and Research Material and Chapter Files.
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The Background and Research Material subseries comprises background material used in the writing of The Politics of Diplomacy. Materials in the subseries consist of calendars and chronologies, interview transcripts, and various other notes, memos, and documents.
Of special note are the interview transcripts of interviews of Baker and his high level staff, such as Dennis Ross and Bob Zoellick, on the subject of major foreign policy events. Most interviews were conducted by Baker's coauthor Tom DeFrank; they touch on most major events and issues dealt with in the book. Also of interest are the Meetings, Moments, and Controversies files, which include Baker's notes from many notable occasions.
A small amount of the material in this subseries, such as copies of State Department materials, may duplicate that found in other portions of the collection.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically.
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The Chapter Files subseries contains multiple drafts of each chapter, including the Preface and Acknowledgements, of The Politics of Diplomacy, as well as some memos, notes, or background material. Later drafts and proofs of the full book can be found at the end of the subseries.
Several drafts of a single chapter may include editing by Baker, Andrew Carpendale, Tom DeFrank, and occasionally others such as Bob Zoellick or Margaret Tutwiler. Significant changes in content and tone may be observed through various iterations of a chapter.
The subseries is arranged by chapter number.
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The Scrapbooks and Memorabilia series consists of large binders and other scrapbooks created by Baker's staff during his time as White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, as well as during various political campaigns. Whenever possible the material has been removed from binders and scrapbooks and rehoused for preservation purposes.
The series is divided into two subseries, Weekly and Monthly Scrapbooks and Yearly Scrapbooks. Scrapbooks in both subseries include newspaper and magazine clippings. The Weekly and Monthly Scrapbooks consist primarily of clippings with other material, such as press conference transcripts, schedules, or White House phone records also present. The Yearly Scrapbooks are more likely to include memorabilia, such as identification badges for major events, or mementos from trips abroad. The Chief of Staff Scrapbook 1 (Box 246) includes Baker's handwritten notes from March 30, 1981, the day of the attempted assignation attempt on President Reagan.
Researchers should note that a small number of clippings can be found within the other individual series.
The series also contains two boxes of memorabilia, including campaign buttons from Baker's attorney general campaign, foreign versions of The Politics of Diplomacy, and miscellaneous binders and portfolios from Baker's work on presidential campaigns or his various government positions.
The series is divided into three major groupings. Each subseries is arranged roughly chronologically.
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The Audiovisual series consists of videotapes and sound recordings documenting Baker's career in government and politics. The majority of tapes in the series are VHS videotapes of Baker's appearances on television news programs or recordings of television news stories that include mention of Baker. Some recordings of speeches and public appearances are also available. The videocassettes created between 1988 and 1992, during Baker's years at the State Department, often contain multiple programs or events on a single tape. In addition to the contents list, a more detailed index to the State Department "Master Tapes" is available in Box 262.
The series also includes a small number of audiocassette tapes, which include audio of Baker appearances on the CBS news program Face the Nation and other unidentified cassettes.
The series is arranged chronologically.
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The Photographs series consists of only a few photographs of Baker. Included is a headshot, a small number of snapshots related to campaigns and political conventions, and two slides of Baker taken during his run for the Texas Attorney General position in 1978.
The series is arranged alphabetically.
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Examples of photographs found in repositories in Houston, including a 1989 photo at Kennebunkport, a photo with George Bush, and a photo of Baker under a President Ford '76 poster. These copies of photographs were found in the University archives in 2019 and added to the papers.
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These records, transferred to Princeton University in February 2011, contain correspondence, Baker's personal tax returns from the 1950's through the beginning of the Reagan Administration, records of events Baker attended in the 1990s, and records documenting the writing of Baker's memoir.
Most subseries within this series are arranged chronologically; subseries 16C (Memoir research) maintains Darrell Hancock's original order, which organizes materials by chapter.
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These records, from 1993-1999, include both incoming correspondence and (in many cases) copies of outgoing correspondence. This series is arranged alphabetically by year.
The materials in this collection have been maintained in the original order in which they were accessioned.
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The files of events include the texts of speeches, email correspondence, programs, and other related documentation for events Baker attended.
The materials in this collection have been maintained in the original order in which they were accessioned. Folder titles have also been maintained.
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The materials in this collection have been maintained in the original order in which they were accessioned, as have the folder titles as assigned by Darrell Hancock. Empty folders were discarded. One box of galley proofs for the finished book was removed from this series.
This series includes records from Darrell Hancock, a key member of the team that researched and edited James Baker's 2009 memoir, Work Hard, Study... and Stay out of Politics!.
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These records consist of notes and clippings regarding public relations issues from Margaret Tutwiler to James Baker.
The materials in this collection have been maintained in the original order in which they were accessioned.
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This information has been pulled from the larger context of Baker's personal financial records and arranged chronologically.
These records of Baker's personal income taxes provide a snapshot of his life as a member of the Houston, Texas legal community from the 1950s through the beginning of his national political career.
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These materials were kept in Secretary Baker's desk at the Baker Institute for Public Policy before being sent to the Mudd Manuscript Library. They include letters and notes from former presidents, secretaries of state, senators and first ladies; endorsements from Baker's 1978 Texas Attorney General race; and documents relating to Baker's appointment as Under Secretary of Commerce in 1975.
Materials are arranged in chronological order and by correspondent.
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This series consists of Baker's corresondence with President George H.W. Bush.
The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
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This series includes records from Baker's life after leaving public office, and is closely related to the materials in series 16.
Materials in this accession have been arranged into two groups: speeches and events. Within those groups, boxes are in no particular order.
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This series includes records from Baker's time working with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara .
Materials in this accession have been arranged into three subseries: Correspondence and Reports, Write in Campaigns, and Meeting Notes. The order in which these materials were sent to Princeton has been maintained.
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This series includes microfilms of materials in the collections.
Microfilms are arranged by reel number.
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