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  • Title: George Pratt Shultz papers
    Date (inclusive): 1909-2021
    Collection Number: 78002
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1976 manuscript boxes, 352 oversize boxes, 20 cubic foot boxes, 57 card file boxes, memorabilia (1491 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, studies, printed matter, photographs, phonotapes, videotapes, and memorabilia, relating to American domestic policy and foreign relations, especially during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Included are materials from his years in academia at the University of Chicago and at Stanford University, his work as an executive and a director at Bechtel Corporation, and the numerous projects and initiatives Shultz launched as Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
    Creator: Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-2021
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The majority of the collection is open for research except for boxes 543-933, 1001-1002, 1063-1067, 1101-1103, 1105, 1108, 1171-1173, 1175-1178, 1204-1205, 1208-1209, 1218, 1258-1269, 1281-1282, 1330-1339, 1342-1343, 1345-1350, 1390-1398, 1402, 1424-1441, 1450-1455, 1517-1537, 1571-1578, 1581-1582, 1599-1601, 1615-1616, 1624, 1630-1643, 1673-1681, 1703-1717, 1760-1781, 1812, 1822-1824, 1829, 1860-1864, 1872-1876, 1901-1903, 1931-1932, 1935-1951, 2155-2163, and 2184, which are closed. Box 754 may not be used without the permission of the Archivist.
    Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were initially acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978 with subsequent additions.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], George Pratt Shultz papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Biographical / Historical

    United States secretary of labor, 1969-1970; director, Office of Management and Budget, 1970-1972; secretary of the treasury, 1972-1974; vice president and president of Bechtel, 1974-1982; secretary of state, 1982-1989; distinguished fellow, Hoover Institution, 1989-2011; Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford distinguished fellow, Hoover Institution, 2011-2021.

    Scope and Contents note

    Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, reflections, studies, printed matter, photographs, phonotapes, videotapes, digital media, and memorabilia, relating to American domestic policy and foreign relations, especially during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
    Shultz's papers also contain materials from his family life, his service in the Marines, and his years in academia at the University of Chicago and at Stanford University. Materials from his work at Bechtel Corporation, and the numerous projects and initiatives Shultz launched as Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution are also included in this collection.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Video tapes
    United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989
    United States -- Economic policy
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
    Statesmen -- United States
    Labor policy -- United States
    Finance, Public -- United States
    United States. Department of State
    Reagan, Ronald
    United States. Department of Labor
    United States. Department of the Treasury
    United States. Office of Management and Budget
    Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994