Caspar W. Weinberger papers, 1910-2005 (bulk 1951-2005).
- 473,500 items. 840 363 2 containers plus classified and oversize. 494 linear feet.
- Part I arranged in 20 series. Series 1: Family and Childhood Papers, 1910-1979; Series 2: Law Office, 1927-1955; Series 3: California State Government, 1951-1979; Series 4: California Politics, 1951-1966; Series 5: California Public Affairs, 1957-1968; Series 6: Federal Trade Commission, 1970-1971; Series 7: Office of Management and Budget, 1969-1973; Series 8: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972-1975; Series 9: Counselor to the President for Human Resources, 1973; Series 10: Bechtel Files, 1968-1980; Series 11: Department of Defense, 1976-1991; Series 12: Miscellany, 1948-1987; Series 13: Oversize, 1934; Series 14: Classified, 1969-1986; Series 15: Top Secret, Department of Defense, 1981-1987; Series 16: Secret Restricted Data, Department of Defense, 1981-1987; Series 17: Top Secret Restricted Data, Department of Defense, 1981-1987; Series 18: Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information, Department of Defense, 1980-1987; Series 19: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Atomal, Department of Defense, 1982; and Series 20: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cosmic Top Secret, Department of Defense, 1982. Part II arranged in 6 series. Series 1: Department of Defense, 1976-1991; Series 2: Classified, Department of Defense, 1979-1987; Series 3: Top Secret, Department of Defense, 1986-1987; Series 4: Secret Restricted Data, Department of Defense, 1987; Series 5: Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information, Department of Defense, 1987; and Series 6: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Classified, Department of Defense, 1987. Part III arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Department of Defense, 1981-2002; Series 2: Personal File, 1981-1990; Series 3: Correspondence, 1987-2004; Series 4: Speeches and Writings, 1984-2005: Series 5: Forbes Magazine, 1988-2005; Series 6: Travel File, 1988-2004; Series 7: Organizations File, 1981-2005; Series 8: Subject File, 1969-2004; Series 9: Classified, 1981-1987; and Series 10: Top Secret, 1981-1986.
Restrictions apply. Classified, in part.
Correspondence, diary notes and other jottings, speeches, writings, interview transcripts, television scripts, legal and subject files, legislative and political material, newspaper columns, book reviews, appointment books, financial records, family papers, printed matter, and other papers documenting Weinberger's career in journalism and government. Relates to his involvement in California and national Republican Party politics and to his career as a lawyer, television broadcaster, and newspaper columnist in San Francisco; executive with Bechtel Corporation; cabinet member during the Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, and Ronald Reagan administrations; and publisher of Forbes Magazine. Documents his service as head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. secretary of defense. Includes material pertaining to his work as moderator of the television program Profile: Bay Area and to his newspaper column "California Commentary." Subjects include domestic policy issues such as abortion, affirmative action in education, federal budget, health care, social security funding, and welfare reform. Subjects of diplomatic and military policy include Afghanistan, arms control, Central America, U.S.-Soviet nuclear weapons discussions, Iranian hostage crisis, the Iran-Contra affair, the invasion of Grenada, Falklands War, crises in Lebanon and the Persian Gulf, U.S. attacks on Libya, American policy toward Nicaragua, NATO, the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, the Strategic Defense Initiative, terrorism, and White House and National Security Council meetings. Persons represented include Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm Abū Ghazālah; Spiro T. Agnew; Richard Lee Armitage; Menacham Begin; Harold Brown; George Bush; Frank Charles Carlucci; Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron Carrington; William J. Casey; Richard B. Cheney; George Christopher; William Patrick Clark; William J. Crowe; Fahd ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, King of Saudi Arabia; Robert H. Finch; Indira Gandhi; Barry M. Goldwater; Alexander Meigs Haig; Charles Hernu; Michael Heseltine; Hussein, King of Jordan; Fred Charles Iklé; Goodwin Knight; William F. Knowland; Helmut Kohl; Yūkō Kurihara; Robert C. McFarlane; Muḥammad Ḥusnī Mubarak; George Murphy; Richard Norman Perle; John M. Poindexter; Colin L. Powell; Elliot L. Richardson; Nelson A. Rockefeller; Bernard William Rogers; Donald Rumsfeld; Itzhak Shamir; Ariel Sharon; George Pratt Shultz; Giovanni Spadolini; David Alan Stockman; Margaret Thatcher; John G. Tower; John William Vessey; and Manfred Wörner.
Audio and video recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to
U.S. secretary of defense; U.S. secretary of health, education, and welfare; California state legislator; lawyer; journalist; and business executive. Full name: Caspar Willard Weinberger. Born 1917; died 2006.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011107
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Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996. Armitage, Richard Lee, 1945- Begin, Menachem, 1913-1992. Brown, Harold, 1927- Bush, George, 1924- Carlucci, Frank Charles, 1930- Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron, 1919- Casey, William J. Cheney, Richard B. Christopher, George. Clark, William Patrick, 1931-2013. Crowe, William J., 1925-2007. Fahd ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz, King of Saudi Arabia, 1923-2005. Finch, Robert H., 1925- Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006. Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984. Goldwater, Barry M. 1909-1998. Haig, Alexander Meigs, 1924-2010. Hernu, Charles. Heseltine, Michael, 1933- Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999. Iklé, Fred Charles. Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970. Knowland, William F. 1908-1974. Kohl, Helmut, 1930- Kurihara, Yūkō, 1920- McFarlane, Robert C. Mubārak, Muḥammad Ḥusnī, 1928- Murphy, George, 1902-1992. Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994. Poindexter, John M. Perle, Richard Norman, 1941- Powell, Colin L. Reagan, Ronald. Richardson, Elliot L., 1920-1999. Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979. Rogers, Bernard William. Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932- Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-2012. Sharon, Ariel. Shultz, George Pratt, 1920- Spadolini, Giovanni. Stockman, David Alan, 1946- Thatcher, Margaret. Tower, John G. 1925-1991. Vessey, John William, 1922- Wörner, Manfred, 1934-
Abū Ghazālah, Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm. United States. Department of Defense. United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. United States. Federal Trade Commission. United States. Office of Management and Budget. United States. White House Office. Bechtel Corporation. National Security Council (U.S.) North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Republican Party (Calif.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Forbes magazine. Profile: Bay Area (Radio program)
Abortion. Affirmative action programs--United States. American periodicals. Arms control. Broadcast journalism--California--San Francisco. Education--United States. Expenditures, Public--United States. Falkland Islands War, 1982. Hostages--Iran. Hostages--United States. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990. Fiscal policy--United States. Journalism. Journalism--California--San Francisco. Medical care--United States. National security--United States. Practice of law--California--San Francisco. Public welfare--United States. Security, International. Strategic Defense Initiative. Social security--United States. Terrorism. Trade regulation--United States.
Afghanistan--History--Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. California--Politics and government--1951- Central America--History--1979- Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983. Iran--Foreign relations--United States. Lebanon--History--1975- Libya--History--1969- Nicaragua--Foreign relations--United States. Persian Gulf Region. United States--Defenses. United States--Foreign relations--20th century. United States--Foreign relations--Iran. United States--Foreign relations--Nicaragua. United States--Military policy. United States--Politics and government--1946-