Ronnie and Nancy

by Bob Colacello

  100. Moldea, Dark Victory, pp. 240–41, 255–56; New York Times, February 26, 1976, “Reagan Puts His Net Worth at $1,455,571”; New York Times, August 13, 1976, “Reagan Resists Financial Disclosure.”

  101. “Nancy: Portrait of a Politician’s Wife,” television news profile circa 1975, courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

  102. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, pp. 172–73; The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 142.

  103. New York Times, November 10, 1966, “. . . and New Republicans Win.”

  104. William F. Buckley Jr., to author, November 19, 1997.

  105. Sue Cummings, to author, March 22, 2000.

  106. Jean French Smith, to author, November 8, 1997.

  107. Robert Tuttle, to author, November 18, 1997.

  108. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, pp. 158–59.

  109. Stanley Plog oral history, p. 6.

  110. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, pp. 138–39.

  111. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 265.

  112. White, The Making of the President 1968, p. 35.

  113. Deaver, Nancy, p. 44.

  114. William Clark, to author, March 14, 2000.

  115. Judis, William F. Buckley, Jr. , p. 327.

  116. Ibid., pp. 207, 283, 291; Domhoff, The Bohemian Grove and Other Retreats, pp. 14, 116–245.

  117. Rus Walton, “Turning Political Ideas into Government Program,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, p. 31. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  118. Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 69.

  119. Boyarsky, The Rise of Ronald Reagan, pp. 249, 254–55.

  120. “CBS Reports: What About Ronald Reagan?” CBS News, December 12, 1967, Harry Rearsoner and Bill Stout, reporters, Gene DePoris, producer, Sam Zel-man, executive producer.

  121. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 262.

  122. Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 165.

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  123. Randall Davis, But What’s He Really Like? , pp. 79–80.

  124. Nofziger, Nofziger, p. 72; Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 142.

  125. Nofziger, Nofziger, pp. 70–71.

  126. Cannon, Ronnie and Jesse, p. 269.

  127. New York Times, June 2, 1968, “Petitioners Seek Reagan’s Ouster.”

  128. Robert Walker, “Political Advising and Advocacy for Ronald Reagan, 1965–1980,” an oral history conducted 1982, 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, p. 41. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  129. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 265.

  130. White, The Making of the President 1968, p. 236.

  131. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 265.

  132. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 141.

  133. Cannon, Reagan, p. 162.

  134. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, March 15, 1984.

  135. Jack Wrather, “On Friendship, Politics, and Government,” an oral history conducted 1982, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1984, p. 8. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  136. White, The Making of the President 1968, p. 239.

  137. New York Times, August 5, 1968, “The Republican Way: A Gala for the Adults and a Bash for the Young Set.”

  138. Happy Rockefeller, to author, December 19, 2000.

  139. New York Times, August 5, 1968, “The Republican Way: A Gala for the Adults and a Bash for the Young Set”; Women’s Wear Daily, August 8, 1968, “Elephant’s Eye.”

  140. Washington Post, August 6, 1968, “A Spotlight on Nancy.”

  141. Washington Evening Star, August 6, 1968, “Leading Lady Big Role.”

  142. William Clark, to author, March 14, 2000.

  143. William French Smith, “Evolution of the Kitchen Cabinet, 1965–1973,” an oral history conducted 1988, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1989, p. 40. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  144. New York Times, August 6, 1968, “Reagan Officially in Race; Acts to Bar Nixon Sweep.”

  145. Rus Walton, “Turning Political Ideas into Government Program,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, p. 32. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  146. Women’s Wear Daily, August 8, 1968, “Elephant’s Eye”; Women’s Wear Daily, August 7, 1968, “Those Republican Stars.”

  147. New York Times, August 8, 1968, “That Time When Minutes Last Hours.”

  148. New York Times, August 8, 1968, “News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day; Republican Convention.”

  149. Robert Walker, “Political Advising and Advocacy for Ronald Reagan, 1965–1980,” an oral history conducted 1982, 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, pp. 10, 42. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  150. Chicago Daily News, July 11, 1968, “Society in Chicago: Davises Sure of Seat.”

  151. Washington Post, August 6, 1968, “A Spotlight on Nancy.”

  152. William F. Buckley Jr., to author, November 19, 1997.

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  Notes

  153. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, pp. 140–41.

  154. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, March 15, 2004.

  155. Ronald Reagan, An American Life, p. 178.

  156. Deaver, Nancy, p. 44.

  157. Lyn Nofziger, to author, April 19, 2000.

  Chapter Fifteen: Sacramento II, 1969–1974

  1. Deaver with Herskowitz, Behind the Scenes, p. 44.

  2. Cannon, Ronnie and Jesse, p. 276.

  3. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 138; Cooney, The Annenbergs, pp.

  314–17; Ogden, Legacy, pp. 398–99.

  4. Ogden, Legacy, p. 401.

  5. Lee Annenberg, to author, November 18, 1997; Colacello in Vanity Fair, June 1999.

  6. Von Damm, At Reagan’s Side, p. 63.

  7. Ogden, Legacy, pp. 402–3.

  8. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 138.

  9. Cooney, The Annenbergs, p. 17; Nancy Reagan, to author, January 4, 2004.

  10. Los Angeles Times, December 13, 1968, “Times Woman of the Year: Nancy Reagan: A Model First Lady.”

  11. Halberstam, The Powers That Be, p. 560.

  12. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.

  13. Halberstam, The Powers That Be, p. 275.

  14. Rabbi Edward Feinstein sermon, September 2000, “City of Angels,” from Rabbi Edward Feinstein archives, www.vbs.org/rabbi/rabfeins/city_bot.htm.

  15. James Wharton, to author, October 27, 1999.

  16. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 4, 2004.

  17. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999.

  18. Ed Helin, to author, August 11, 2003.

  19. New York Times, April 2, 1967, “Reagan Unhappy at Press Notices.”

  20. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 177.

  21. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, January 2, 2004.

  22. Nancy Reagan, to author, January 4, 2004, October 4, 1999.

  23. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author, November 4, 1997; Nancy Reagan, to author, October 27, 1997, May 27, 2001.

  24. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999; author’s diary, May 12, 2002.

  25. Colacello in Vanity Fair, September 1995, p. 102.

  26. New York Times, November 21, 1979, “New Yorkers, etc.”

  27. Buckley in House and Garden, October 1987.

  28. Jacques Mapes, to author, September 29, 1999.

  29. Mickey Ziffren, to author, March 29, 2001.

  30. Colacello in Vanity Fair, September 1995, p. 102.

  31. Ibid., pp. 102–11.

  32. Ibid., p. 102.

  33. Marion Jorgensen, to author, November 4, 1997, October 6, 1999.

  34. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003.

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  35. Nancy Reynolds, to author, June
21, 1995.

  36. New York Times, January 11, 1968, “It Was Warm Inside Lord & Taylor.”

  37. Fine Collins in Vanity Fair, April 2004, p. 328.

  38. Chicago Tribune, January 7, 1972, “Salima’s Best Dressed.”

  39. Chicago Tribune, January 11, 1972, “Suzy Says: Worldly Dressers.”

  40. “The International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame,” Vanity Fair, April 2004.

  41. Goldwater with Casserly, Goldwater, p. 256.

  42. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 291; New York Times, February 6, 1969, “Reagan Declares an Emergency in Berkeley Campus Disorders.”

  43. Schweizer, Reagan’s War, p. 50.

  44. Cannon, Reagan, p. 148; Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 291.

  45. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 285.

  46. French Smith, Law and Justice, pp. 239–40.

  47. New York Times, February 23, 1969, “After Two Years in Office, Reagan Con-founds Critics with Growing Strength.”

  48. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 915, “Ronald Reagan’s Letters as Governor, 1966–1974.”

  49. New York Times, March 30, 1969, “The Jules Stein Party: A 3-Day Extravaganza for 600 Fashionable Guests.”

  50. Edgar Gillenwaters, “Washington Office Troubleshooter and Advocate for Commerce in California, 1967–1973,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, pp.

  35–36. Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  51. Griffith in New York Times Magazine, June 29, 1969.

  52. New York Times, May 16, 1969, “Shotguns and Tear Gas Disperse Rioters Near the Berkeley Campus.”

  53. Ibid.; New York Times, June 14, 1969, “Reagan Links ‘People’s Park’ Battle to Politics.”

  54. New York Times, May 25, 1969, “Education: The War Between Reagan and Berkeley”; New York Times, June 8, 1969, “Berkeley Police Raid Park Annex”; New York Times, June 3, 1969, “Reagan Removing Berkeley Troops.”

  55. Noonan, When Character Was King, p. 73; Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 138.

  56. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 223.

  57. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 92.

  58. Author’s diary, July 10, 2000.

  59. Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter, p. 207.

  60. Michael Reagan with Hyams, On the Outside Looking In, pp. 115–19.

  61. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 94.

  62. Skinner, Anderson, and Anderson, eds., Reagan: A Life in Letters, p. 53.

  63. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 106.

  64. Marion Jorgensen, to author, October 6, 1999; author’s diary, November 3, 1999.

  65. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 94.

  66. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 170.

  67. Leamer, Make-Believe, p. 220.

  68. Ron Reagan Jr. in Esquire, June 2003, pp. 108, 111.

  69. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presi-5 5 8

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  dential Library, box 914, “Ronald Reagan’s Letters as Governor, 1966–1974,”

  letter from Jack Williams to Ronald Reagan, May 15, 1967, letter from Ronald Reagan to Jack Williams, May 22, 1967.

  70. Carolyn Deaver, to author, April 17, 2000.

  71. Crowley, Nixon in Winter, p. 369; Anson, Exile, p. 144.

  72. Carolyn Deaver, to author, April 17, 2000.

  73. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 103.

  74. Nancy Reynolds, to author, April 2, 2003.

  75. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 915, “Ronald Reagan’s Letters as Governor, 1966–1974,”

  letter from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan, October 8, 1969.

  76. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 139.

  77. Cooney, The Annenbergs, p. 321.

  78. Ogden, Legacy, p. 405.

  79. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 138.

  80. Marguerite Littman, to author, June 2001.

  81. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, pp. 138–39.

  82. Christy in Los Angeles Times West, June 27, 1971.

  83. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 139.

  84. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 183.

  85. Ibid., p. 181.

  86. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 139.

  87. Ibid.

  88. Sacramento Union, January 30, 1972, “She’s a Wife First.”

  89. Ibid.

  90. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 195.

  91. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 294–95.

  92. Christy in Los Angeles Times West, June 27, 1971.

  93. Affron, Lillian Gish, p. 322.

  94. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 137; Cannon, Reagan, p. 172.

  95. Cannon, Reagan, p. 172.

  96. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 129.

  97. Edgar Gillenwaters, “Washington Office Troubleshooter and Advocate for Commerce in California, 1967–1973,” an oral history conducted 1983, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, p. 25a.

  Courtesy, The Bancroft Library.

  98. Jacobs with Stadiem, Mr. S, p. 163.

  99. Tina Sinatra, to author, March 28, 2001.

  100. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 448; Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 185.

  101. Marion Jorgensen, to author, November 4, 1997.

  102. Schweizer, Reagan’s War, pp. 65–66.

  103. Collins in Vanity Fair, July 1991, p. 130.

  104. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 107–10.

  105. Ibid., p. 110.

  106. New York Times, February 3, 1971, “Nancy Reagan May Be Shy—But She Still Takes a Stand.”

  107. P. Davis, The Way I See It, pp. 112–16; Kelley, Nancy Reagan, pp. 188, 204; Edwards, The Reagans, p. 118; Nancy Reagan, to author, March 26, 1998.

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  108. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 130.

  109. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 369.

  110. Ibid., p. 373; Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 350.

  111. Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 351; E. Morris, Dutch, pp. 372–73.

  112. Cannon, Reagan, pp. 182–83.

  113. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 376; Cannon, Governor Reagan, p. 357.

  114. Michael Deaver, to author, November 21, 1997.

  115. Cannon, Governor Reagan, pp. 352–53.

  116. E. Morris, Dutch, p. 373.

  117. Haldeman, The Haldeman Diaries, pp. 238, 291.

  118. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 915, “Ronald Reagan’s Letters as Governor, 1966–1974,”

  letter from Deane Davis to Nancy Reynolds, July 8, 1971, with Ronald Reagan’s handwritten response.

  119. Nancy Reagan, to author, October 22, 1997.

  120. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 915, “Ronald Reagan’s Letters as Governor, 1966–1974,”

  handwritten letter dated June 28, [1970].

  121. William F. Buckley Jr., to author, November 19, 1997.

  122. Judis, William F. Buckley, Jr. , p. 328.

  123. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, memo to Don Oliver from Pete Hannaford dated February 20, 1980, forwarded to Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 206.

  124. Sacramento Union, November 1, 1971, “On the Reagan Tour.”

  125. William F. Buckley Jr., to author, November 19, 1997.

  126. Haldeman, The Haldeman Diaries, p. 368.

  127. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, memo to Don Oliver from Pete Hannaford dated February 20, 1980, forwarded to Ronald Reagan; Nancy Reagan with Libby, Nancy, p. 210.

  128. Cheshire with Greenya, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 122.

  129. Betsy Bloomingdale, to author
, March 15, 2004.

  130. Federal Bureau of Investigation file on Henry Salvatori, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, December 6, 2001; Sale, Power Shift, pp. 231, 77; New York Times, October 12, 1974, “Northrop Admits to a Secret Fund.”

  131. Los Angeles Times, March 8, 1973, “Gubernatorial Race: Top GOP Money Raisers to Meet.”

  132. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, pp. 145–46.

  133. Los Angeles Times, January 22, 1973, “Inaugural Whirl Produces Party Crush”; Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1973, “On Fashion: ‘Me-Too’ Coat for Nancy.”

  134. Cheshire with Greenya, Maxine Cheshire, Reporter, p. 124.

  135. Ibid., p. 121.

  136. Los Angeles Times, April 2, 1972, “The State.”

  137. Meese, With Reagan, p. 33; E. Morris, Dutch, p. 372.

  138. Cannon, Governor Reagan, Chapter 21; Whalen in New York Times Magazine, February 22, 1976.

  139. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 158.

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  Notes

  140. Robert Higdon, to author, March 10, 2004.

  141. Nancy Reagan with Novak, My Turn, p. 141.

  142. Nancy Reagan, to author, April 19, 1998.

  143. Ibid.

  144. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 194.

  145. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 920, guest list and seating chart for Beverly Wilshire reception, undated.

  146. Kelley, Nancy Reagan, p. 194.

  147. New York Times Magazine, December 10, 1972, display ad entitled “So You’re Growing Up?,” accompanying article by Mopsy Strange Kennedy, “Juvenile, Puerile, Sophomoric, Jejune, Nutty—and Funny.”

  148. Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1974, “Beach Club Gets Favor Following Letter to Reagan”; Los Angeles Times, October 10, 1974, “Sen. Roberti Demands Removal of Beach Club.”

  149. New York Times, May 11, 1973, “While Governors Were Doing Business, Wives Did the Town.”

  150. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Holmes Tuttle, OH 1675, p. 146.

  151. P. Davis, The Way I See It, p. 138.

  152. Colacello in Vanity Fair, July 1998, p. 139.

  153. Ibid.

  154. Ibid.

  155. New York Times, March 19, 1974, “Prince Charles’s Palm Springs Visit: Film Stars, Caviar and Golf.”

  156. The “Kitchen Cabinet” oral history, Ed Mills, OH 1677, p. 93.

  157. Sacramento Union, December 15, 1974, “Nancy Reagan Looks Back on 8 Years.”