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  • Title: Robert E. McCarthy papers
    Date (inclusive): 1980-1981
    Collection Number: 97010
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Briefing book and meeting notes relating to foreign and domestic policy planning between the election and inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president of the United States.
    Creator: McCarthy, Robert E.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; 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 acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1997.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Robert E. McCarthy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Biographical Note

    Robert Elliot McCarthy was born on February 16, 1920, in San Francisco, CA. He was a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, as well as Boalt Hall Law School. As an undergraduate, McCarthy was a part of the Navy ROTC, and he later served as a commissioned officer aboard the destroyer USS Boyd in the Pacific Theater of World War II. McCarthy married his wife, Pat, when his ship returned from combat in the Pacific at the end of the war.
    A practicing lawyer for more than 40 years, McCarthy was selected in 1980 to be a consultant on president-elect Ronald Reagan's presidential transition team in the Office of Policy Coordination, and he was later appointed by Reagan as Chairman of the Legal Services Corporation in 1983.
    McCarthy passed away on August 28, 2005.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Briefing book and meeting notes relating to foreign and domestic policy planning between the election and inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president of the United States.

    Related Collection

    Ronald Reagan subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989
    Reagan, Ronald