Title: Glenn R. Schleede Papers, White House Central Files, 1971-1974

Dates: 1971-1974

Collection Number: 6219807

Creator/Collector: Schleede, Glenn R.

Extent: 24 linear feet, 6 linear inches; 56 boxes

Repository: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

Abstract: Glenn R. Schleede served as a Staff Assistant, Domestic Council to Michael Raoul-Duval. At the Domestic Council, Schleede provided policy formulation and coordination in his areas of responsibility, which included energy, clean air, nuclear energy, science and space, and organization for energy and natural resources activities.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research. Some materials may be unavailable based upon categories of materials exempt from public release established in the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974.

Most government records are in the public domain; however, this series includes commercial materials, such as newspaper clippings, that may be subject to copyright restrictions. Researchers should contact the copyright holder for information.

Glenn R. Schleede Papers, White House Central Files, 1971-1974. Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

These materials are in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-526, 88 Stat. 1695) and implementing regulations.

The Glenn R. Schleede file group documents the activities of the Nixon Administration's Domestic Council in the areas of energy and environmental policy from 1971 through 1974. It is composed of the office files of two men - Glenn R. Schleede and Richard M. Fairbanks, III. Before joining the staff of the Domestic Council, Glenn R. Schleede served in various positions with the government, first with the Office of Management and Budget, where he worked with John C. Whitaker and Richard M. Fairbanks. He later worked with the Atomic Energy Commission in energy and environmental quality programs. In March 1973 he joined the Domestic Council as an assistant to Michael Raoul-Duval, and in May 1974 he was appointed assistant director. Schleede continued to work at the White House after Richard M. Nixon resigned. At the Domestic Council, Schleede provided policy formulation and co-ordination in his areas of responsibility - energy, clean air, nuclear energy, science and space, and organization for energy and natural resource activities. According to Schleede, "...I know more details about the energy business than the energy policy, I know more about the details and about energy programs and the agencies than either Dick Fairbanks or Mike Duval does...." He worked closely with officials in the Department of Interior, Office of Management and Budget, Council of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, and NASA, as well as with other White House staff members and particularly William E. Timmons' office, and with staff members of various Congressional committees and with the Senate Interior COmmittee in gathering data. He played an active role in the drafting of Presidential statements and messages, and in the formulation of new legislation. In July 1971 Richard M. Fairbanks was recruited for the Domestic Council by John C. Whitaker. At this time Mr. Fairbanks held the position of Special Assistant Administrator for the EPA. He was appointed Associate Director in May 1973. Fairbanks described his position as "shepherding the pieces of legislation, developing the coming environmental package of the year...and doing kind of case work on the particular problems in the area [of environmental quality] that came up...." He left government service in May 1974 in order to return to private law practice. Related material can be found in the Staff Member and Office Files of the White House Central Files, particularly in the files of John C. Whitaker, John A. Love, Charles J. DiBona, Edward M. Miller, John F. Schaefer, and John Rafuse, and in the White House Central Files, Subject Files, particularly Council of Environmental Quality (FG 6-17), National Energy Office (FG 6-23), Energy Policy Office (FG 6-25), Federal Energy Office (FG 6-26). Additional information may be found in Schleede's and Fairbanks's exit interviews and in Schleede's papers deposited at the Ford Presidential Library.