Description
Contains correspondence, speeches, interviews, legal files, subject files, photographs, audio and video recordings, clippings,
and notes relating to Allen's work in American politics and government. As a specialist in security and foreign policy, Allen
worked on the Nixon and Reagan campaigns and held posts on the National Security Council under each of them. Topics of note
include: Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Richard Nixon, foreign policy, national security, political campaigns, Iran hostage
crisis, Republican National Committee, libel and media abuses, Korea, and Taiwan.
Availability
The collection is open for research, though the following boxes are closed: boxes 3, 13-18 from the Correspondence series,
boxes 36-42 from the Campaign and transition files, boxes 51-53 from the White House files, boxes 60-61 from the Committee
files, box 77 from the Legal files, and boxes 85-88 from the Publicity series. The audiocassette of the Albosta/Debategate
interview of Richard Allen in box 105 is also closed.