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"Guideline Questionnaire for Initial Visits to The Eisenhower Center and the Johnson Library." 14 pages. [Report], 9/25/1969
List of The Richard Nixon Foundation Board of Trustees, their business and home information. 5 pages. [Other Document], n.d.
To John D. Ehrlichman from Edward L. Morgan re: Meeting of Board of Trustees, Richard Nixon Foundation. Suggested agenda attached. 2 pages. [Memo], 8/22/1969
From Leonard K. Firestone, President - The Richard Nixon Foundation, to Mr. Donald M. Kendall, President - PepsiCo., Inc. re: plans to visit Abilene. 1 page. [Letter], 9/23/1969
Letter from Leonard K. Firestone, President - The Richard Nixon Foundation, to Dr. Chester A. Newland, Director - Lydon Baines Johnson Library re: October Austin visit. Specifics of future visit included as attachments. 4 pages including attachments. [Let
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To John D. Ehrlichman from Edward L. Morgan re: Meeting of Board of Trustees, Richard Nixon Foundation. Suggested agenda attached. 2 pages. [Memo], 8/22/1969
From Leonard K. Firestone, President - The Richard Nixon Foundation, to Mr. Donald M. Kendall, President - PepsiCo., Inc. re: plans to visit Abilene. 1 page. [Letter], 9/23/1969
Letter from Leonard K. Firestone, President - The Richard Nixon Foundation, to Dr. Chester A. Newland, Director - Lydon Baines Johnson Library re: October Austin visit. Specifics of future visit included as attachments. 4 pages including attachments. [Let
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
Folder List
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
13
10
09/25/1969
Report
"Guideline Questionnaire for Initial Visits to
The Eisenhower Center and the Johnson
Library." 14 pages.
13
10
n.d.
Other Document
List of The Richard Nixon Foundation Board
of Trustees, their business and home
information. 5 pages.
13
10
08/22/1969
Memo
To John D. Ehrlichman from Edward L.
Morgan re: Meeting of Board of Trustees,
Richard Nixon Foundation. Suggested
agenda attached. 2 pages.
13
10
09/23/1969
Letter
From Leonard K. Firestone, President - The
Richard Nixon Foundation, to Mr. Donald
M. Kendall, President - PepsiCo., Inc. re:
plans to visit Abilene. 1 page.
13
10
09/26/1969
Letter
Letter from Leonard K. Firestone, President -
The Richard Nixon Foundation, to Dr.
Chester A. Newland, Director - Lydon
Baines Johnson Library re: October Austin
visit. Specifics of future visit included as
attachments. 4 pages including attachments.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Page 1 of 1
Famidation
GUIDELINE QUESTIONNAIRE
FOR INITIAL VISITS TO
THE EISENHOWER CENTER
AND
THE JOHNSON. LIBRARY
15
INTRODUCTION
The attached questionnaire was developed as an aid to the committee charged
with establishing a detailed overview and understanding of the formation and
operations of the existing six Presidential Libraries and Foundations. As such,
it can be used as a guide for the groups which will be visiting the existing libraries
and historical facilities and interviewing their directors and staffs. In addition,
it could prove useful in contacting other key groups such as the staff of The
National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration.
The questionnaire is based on the ideas and suggestions of a number of the
members of the committee and is divided into six major sections.
1. The role of the President or ex-President, his family and close
associates in the formulation and operation of the facilities
2. The role of government bodies and agencies in the development
and operation of the facilities
3. The purpose and objectives of the libraries and related historical
facilities
4. The initial formation and development of the plans and programs
with respect to the physical plants
5. The current administration and operation of the libraries,
including ongoing educational and research programs
6. General areas of interest including the role and responsibilities of
trustees or directors; the collection of documents and other material;
affiliations with other organizations and institutions; and broad legal
considerations.
The scheduled visits to the Eisenhower and Johnson Libraries should be
extremely valuable in refining the questions and focusing in on additional areas of
greatest relevance and interest to the Richard Nixon Foundation.
PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
I. Role of the President or Ex-President, family and/or close associates
A. Historical considerations
1. What roles have Presidents or Ex-Presidents played in the past?
2. What positions, if any, have the President, members of his family
and/or close associates held in the past?
3. What influence has the President had in the decision-making process?
4. How has the President exerted influence on the directors of the
foundation?
5. How has liaison been maintained between the President and directors
and/or administrators of the foundation?
B. Other areas of possible involvement
1. What, if any, are the legal/legislative constraints to the role that
the President plays?
2. What financial interest, if any, does or did the President have in the
foundation?
3. What function does or did the President fill with respect to:
a. The physical location of the foundation
b. The development of the purpose and objectives of the foundation
C. The selection and collection of documents and other materials
d. The selection of trustees/directors
e. The appointment of operating personnel and/or establishment
of policies
2
II. Role of the government
A. Historical role of the National Archives and Records Service of the
GSA
1. What specific Federal laws, in addition to Public Law 373, affect
the development and operation of Presidential Foundations?
2. What specific functions has the GSA performed with respect to the
development and operation of Presidential Foundations?
3. Who are the key personnel in the GSA with whom Presidential
Foundations must deal?
4. How has GSA involvement facilitated or restricted the development
and operation of Presidential Foundations?
5. How has liaison been maintained between the GSA and the Presidential
Foundations?
6. At what stage in the development of the Presidential Foundation does
the GSA get involved?
B. Historical role of other government agencies
1. What other agencies and/or governmental bodies (federal, state, or
local) play a role in the development and operation of Presidential
Foundations?
2. What specific functions, if any, do they perform?
3. Who are the key personnel in these agencies with whom the
Presidential Foundations must deal?
4. How has the involvement, if any, of these agencies facilitated or
restricted the development and operation of Presidential Foundations?
III. The purpose and objectives of the foundation
A. Definition of purpose and objectives
1. What is the purpose of the foundation?
3
2. What are the stated objectives of the foundation?
3. What changes, if any, have been made in the purpose and objectives
since their inception?
4. How well has the purpose been fulfilled?
5. To what extent have the objectives been achieved?
6. What specific programs have been instituted to ensure the
accomplishment of the stated objectives?
7. What specific programs (e. g., grants, publications) perpetuate a
continuation of the present importance of the foundation?
B. Development of the purpose and objectives of the foundation
1. Who is responsible for establishing the purpose and objectives of
the foundation?
2. How are they developed - by what process or procedure?
3. What are the constraints, legal or otherwise that have a major
impact on the foundation's objectives?
4. In what degree of detail are the purpose and objectives developed?
5. What are the procedures for translating the objectives of the
foundation into specific programs?
6. Who is responsible for developing and reviewing programs for
consistency with objectives?
7. Who is responsible for interpreting the stated objectives of the
foundation?
4
C. Providing ongoing programs
1. To what extent do the objectives of the foundation provide for
the ongoing evolvement of the foundation?
2. What endowments or other financial programs are used to
further the activities of the foundation?
3. What new media or communication approaches are being utilized
to expand public knowledge and awareness of the foundation?
4. What, if any, ongoing educational program has the foundation
developed?
5. What considerations have been given to using outside publishers
or other media to publish the material controlled by the foundation?
6. What activities does the foundation participate in with respect
to current affairs or periods of history other than that of the
President's term in office?
7. What policies exist regarding the display of materials at places
other than the permanent facilities?
8. What restrictions or constraints does the foundation face with
respect to expanding its scope of activities and/or the means used
to communicate with the public?
5
IV. Development of the foundation
A. Financing the Presidential Foundation
1. What is the capitalization (or financial structure) of the Foundation?
2. Who established the financial structure or determined what it
should be?
3. What are the financial objectives of the foundation?
4. What were the sources of funds for the development of the foundation?
5. How many contributors were there?
6. What was the total amount of capital raised?
7. What percentage did each source contribute?
8. Who was responsible for raising the development funds for the
foundation?
9. What outside assistance, if any, was utilized in raising the
necessary funds?
10. How long did it take to raise the capital required?
11. What fund raising activities are pursued on a continuous basis for
further development/capital expenditures?
12. What, if any, borrowed capital was employed in the development
phase of the foundation?
13. What restrictions, if any, are there with respect to who can
contribute?
14. Who was responsible for the control of funds raised?
15. How were these funds employed prior to allocation for foundation
purposes?
16. Who is responsible for allocating the foundation's funds?
17. What, if any, means of contribution recognition is used?
B. Geographic location of the foundation
6
1. Who was responsible for evaluating and selecting the physical site?
2. What outside assistance was used?
3. What role, if any, did the government play?
4. What were the criteria for site selection e. g., location, size,
topography, cost?
5. How well were the criteria met?
6. To what extent were future needs considered?
7. How well does the geographic location serve the facilities' users and
visitors?
8. Why should the museum and library be located geographically in the
same place?
9. What advantages would there be to establishing facilities in separate
geographic locations more convenient to users or visitors - e.g.,
library and research facilities in university location?
10. How was the site acquired?
11. Whose approval was required?
12. How long did it take to find and acquire the site?
13. What were the main problems in site acquisition?
14. What were the major constraints in acquiring the site?
C. Design and construction of the physical plant
1. Who had overall responsibility for design and construction?
2. What other groups or individuals were involved in planning and
constructing the physical plant?
3. What outside groups or individuals were involved?
4. How were they selected?
5. What were the functions of these groups or individuals?
7
6. How was their work coordinated?
7. What role did the government play?
8. What were the principal problems in the design and construction of
the physical plant?
9. What were the principal constraints placed on the design and
construction of the buildings?
10. What special features or equipment were required?
V. Current operations of the foundation
A. Administration and operation of the foundation
1. Who is responsible for the administration and operation of the foundation?
2. How is the foundation operationally and administratively organized?
3. How many people are employed on the operating staff?
4. What are the determining factors in establishing the size of the
operating staff?
5. How did the organization evolve as the foundation developed?
6. Who was responsible for developing the organization?
7. What were the most signifcant organizational problems encountered?
8. What is the relationship between the directors/trustees, the
administrative staff and the GSA?
9. Who is responsibile for the hiring and firing of administrative
and operational personnel?
10. Who is responsible for planning and budgeting and overall fiscal
control?
11. What, if any, outside auditing of operations are conducted?
12. Who establishes overall operating policy?
8
13. Who established and controls policy with regard to the use of
documents and other materials?
14. What are the specific policies with respect to access to documents
and other materials?
15. How are access policies of the various Presidential Foundations
related?
16. What, if any, outside experts are employed in the administration of
the foundation?
17. What are the principal constraints or restrictions in the
administration of the foundation?
18. What are the annual operating expenses of the facilities?
19. How are budgets established for operations?
20. What are the revenues and sources from the operation of the facilities?
21. What laws govern revenue sources (parking, admission, etc.)
22. What, if any, are the restrictions regarding outside concessionaires?
23. What are the security requirements for the facilities?
24. What are the insurance requirements for the facilities and who is
financially responsible for coverage?
9
B. Visitors and users of the facilities
1. How many visitors come to the separate facilities annually?
2. How many people, use the library/research facility annually?
3. What, if any, is the seasonal nature of the number of visitors and
users?
4. What, if any, is the relationship between the residences of the
visitors and users and the location of the facilities?
5. What are the major problems with respect to visitor and user
control (e. g., parking, traffic, hours of operation)?
6. What is the principal mode of travel used to reach the facilities?
7. What special programs, if any, are conducted on a regular basis
for the benefit of the facilities' visitors and users?
8. How often are these programs changed?
9. What special equipment and/or facilities are required for these
programs?
10. What additional equipment and/or facilities, if any, would be
conducive to the development of more effective programs?
VI. General areas of interest
A. Trustees/directors of the foundation
1. On what basis are the trustees selected?
2. How long is their term of office?
3. What role or function is performed by the various members of the
board?
4. Who directs their efforts?
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5. How often do they convene?
6. What relationship do the officers have with the operating personnel
of the foundation?
7. What committees or other groups exist within the board?
8. What is the procedure for replacing trustees/directors?
9. What are the specific authorities and responsibilities of the
directors/trustees?
10. What remuneration, if any, do they receive for their services?
B. Evaluation and acquisition of documents and other material
1. What criteria are used in collecting the materials for the foundation -
both donated and purchased?
2. Who establishes these criteria?
3. How is the foundation organized to search out, evaluate, and
acquire material?
4. What role do outside groups, including the government, have in this
task?
5. What procedures are used in the collecting of material both during
the President's term of office and after he leaves office?
6. What records are kept of documents and artifacts?
7. Who is responsible for carrying out this program?
8. What are the principal constraints in acquiring material for the
foundation?
9. How is material protected prior to permanent buildings being
completed?
10. What special conservation activities are taken with materials stored
in permanent facilities?
11. What are the problems encountered in the physical handling of material?
11
11. What control do donors have over the selection and use of their
material?
12. What are the policies with respect to the publication of works based
on the documents or other materials held by the foundation?
C. Affiliations and relations with other organizations and institutions
1. What relationships have been developed with other organizations
and/or institutions?
2. What forms have they taken, e.g., formal, informal?
3. How were they established?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of associating with other
organizations or institutions?
5. Have these affiliations, if any, been active or passive, obligatory
or participative?
6. What, if any, are the restrictions placed on the foundation with
respect to forming formal or informal associations with other
groups?
7. What are the specific organizations and institutions with whom an
affiliation exists?
D. Legal considerations
1. What is the legal form of the foundation?
2. What are the advantages or disadvantages of this form?
3. What other legal forms can be used?
4. What impact, if any, would current tax reform proposals have on
the tax free status of the foundation?
5. How are values established for tax purposes on documents or other
material donated to the foundation?
6. Who has the legal ownership and rights with respect to the publication
and reproduction of documents, catalogs and other artifacts?
12
7. What, if any, are the personal liabilities of the trustees/directors?
8. What outside legal assistance is employed?
9. On what basis is this relationship maintained?
September 25, 1969
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
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Officers
President
Leonard K. Firestone
Vice President
Elmer H. Bobst
Secretary
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Treasurer
Jack Drown
carts
Board of Executive Trustees
H. R. Haldeman
Chairman
Patricia Reilly Hitt
Vice Chairman
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Secretary
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert H. Finch
Leonard Garment
John D. Mitchell
Planning and Development Committee
Leonard K. Firestone
Chairman
John D. Ehrlichman
Donald M. Kendall
H. Ross Perot
Taft Schreiber
Board of Trustees
business address
residence address
and telephone number
and telephone number
ADAMS, Earl C.
Adams, Duque and Hazeltine
1386 Orlando Road
(Mrs. - Ilse)
523 West Sixth Street
San Marino, California 91108
Los Angeles, California 90014
(213) MU 1-8905
(213) 620-1240
BOBST, Elmer H.
Chairman of the Board
7 East 60th Street
Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical
New York, New York 10022
Morris Plains, New Jersey
(201) 285-0234
page 2
business address
residence address
and telephone number
and telephone number
CALL, Asa V.
Chairman of the Board
609 Mountain Drive
(Mrs. - Margaret)
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Beverly Hills, California 90210
523 West Sixth Street
Los Angeles, California 90014
(213) CR 1-2221
(213) 625-1211
DART, Justin
Dart Industries, Inc.
444 North Faring Road
(Mrs. - Jane)
8480 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
Los Angeles, California 90048
(213) 272-6638
(213) 658-2000
DROWN, Jack
Drown News Agency
1 Crest Road West
(Mrs. - Helene)
15172 Golden West Circle
Rolling Hills, California 90274
Westminster, California 92683
(213) FR 7-1232
(714) 892-7766
EHRLICHMAN, John D.
Assistant to The President
330 Chesapeake Drive
(Mrs. - Jeanne)
for Domestic Affairs
Great Falls, Virginia 22066
The White House
Washington, D.C.
(202) 456-1414
EISENHOWER, David
36 Bedford Terrace
(Mas. - Julie)
Northampton, Massachusetts
FINCH, Robert H.
Secretary of Health, Education
6323 Beachway Drive
(Mrs. - Carol)
and Welfare
Falls Church, Virginia 22044
Washington, D.C.
(202) 962-2351
FIRESTONE, Leonard K.
President
10375 Wilshire Boulevard
(Mrs. - Nicky )
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.
Los Angeles, California 90024
2525 Firestone Boulevard
South Gate, California 90280
(213) 274-6901
(213) 581-0478
page 3
business address
residence address
and telephone number
and telephone number
GARMENT, Leonard
Special Consultant
to The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
(202) 456-1414
GRAHAM, Dr. Billy
Montreat
North Carolina 28757
HALDEMAN, H. R. (Bob)
Assistant to The President
(Mrs. - Jo)
The White House
Washington, D.C.
19-3
(202) 456-1414
HARRIS, Clinton O.
Harris Oldsmobile
5836 South Haviland Avenue
13617 East Whittier Boulevard
Whittier, California
Whittier, California 90602
(213) 696-3103
(213) 698-6281
HITT, Patricia Reilly (Mrs. Robert J.)
(Mr. - Bob)
Assistant Secretary
3113 Woodley Road, N.W.
of Health, Education & Welfare
Washington, D.C. 20008
Washington, D.C.
KALMBACH, Herbert W.
Kalmbach, DeMarco, Knapp
1056 Santiago Drive
(Mrs. - Barbara)
and Chillingworth
Newport Beach, California 92660
550 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
(714) 646-0422
(714) 644-4111
KENDALL, Donald M.
President, Pepsico, Inc.
500 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 688-4500
LEWIS, Hobart
Editor-in-Chief
Reader's Digest
Pleasantville, New York 10570
(914) 765-7000
page 4
business address
residence address
and telephone number
and telephone number
MITCHELL, John N.
Attorney General
The Watergate
(Mrs. - Martha)
of The United States
2510 Virginia Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
(202) RE 7-2001
MOORE, Richard A.
6290 Sunset Boulevard
757 Hillcrest Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90028
Pasadena, California
(213) 467-4151
(213) 790-1453
NIXON, Edward C.
1609 - 175th Street, S.W.
(Mrs. - Gay)
Lynwood, Washington 98036
NIXON, F. Donald
Vice President
1915 Glenwood Lane
19-4
(Mrs. - Clara Jane)
Ogden Foods, Inc.
Newport Beach, California
6055 East Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90022
(714) 646-2289
(213) 723-8847
PEROT, H. Ross
President
Electronic Data Systems Corp.
1300 EDS Center, Exchange Park
Dallas, Texas 75235
(214) 358-3171
PERRY, Hubert C.
Vice President and Manager
14221 East MarVista
Bank of America (Whittier Main
Whittier, California
Office)
13002 East Philadelphia
(213) 693-8909
Whittier, California 90601
(213) 696-4336
SCHREIBER, Taft
Vice President
Music Corporation of America
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, California 91608
(213) 769-2638
page 5
business address
residence address
and telephone number
and telephone number
STONE, W. Clement
Chairman of the Board
Combined Insurance Companies
5050 North Broadway
Chicago, Illinois 60640
(312) 275-8000
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 22, 1969
TO:
JOHN D. EHRLICHMAN
FROM:
EDWARD L. MORGAN
SUBJECT:
Meeting of Board of Trustees, Richard Nixon Foundation
9:30 a.m. Conference Room, Western White House
1. All Trustees have been notified of change of date from September 5
to September 3
2. Tentative reservations for out-of-towners have been made at the
Newporter Inn for 9/2 by Steve Bull -- to helicopter to
San Clemente morning of 9/3
3. Since I am somewhat shooting in the dark, I have attached a suggested
agenda which may not even be close to what you want. Change
it around and send it back, and I will mail it to the Trustees,
since I have had inquiries about it.
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FIRST DRAFT 8/22/69
Meeting of the Board of Trustees of
Richard Nixon Foundation
September 3, 1969 -- 9:30 a. m.
Conference Room -- Summer White House
AGENDA
1. Structure of the Foundation -- Herb Kalmbach
2. Selection of Officers.
3. Briefing on general development of Presidential Libraries
(their financing, operation, and uses to which they may
be placed, etc.)
Dr. James B. Rhoads, Archivist of the United States, and/or
Dr. Daniel J. Reed, Assistant Archivist,Office of Presidential Libraries
(Icould fly one or both of them out Tuesday night
and bring them down for the meeting -- I think it
would be impressive to the Trustees to have them)
4. Housing and Staffing the Foundation activities
(e.g., Kalmbach's law offices)
5. Consideration of Assisting in the acquisition of the Yorba Linda birth-
place as a National Historic Site.
6. Consideration of suggested development recommendations as proposed
by Len Firestone (send copies of proposal to Trustees)
7. Consideration of request by Professor Harry Jeffrey to conduct an
RN Oral History Project at California State College at Fullerton
(including request for financial assistance by Foundation)
8. Appointment of standing committees, e.g. site acquisition, long range
planning, fund raising, staffing and management, etc.
(Reports at next meeting - Washington, March 15 ??)
*
Suggest President join the group at 10:45 for 15 - 30 minutes
** What about a tour of the complex or luncheon afterwards?
6 - 2
I information ( y for MR. EHRLICHMAN
THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
553
CROCKER-CITIZENS PLAZA
611 WEST SIXTH STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017
September 23, 1969
Mr. Donald M. Kendall
President, PepsiCo., Inc.
500 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Don:
Our plans for the survey visit to Abilene are shaping-up as
follows.
We have lined up a private jet which can fly our party from
here to Kansas on the afternoon of Monday, October 20th, and
remain over until October 22nd for the return trip.
John Wickman, Director of the Eisenhower Library in Abilene
and his staff are prepared to meet with us throughout Tuesday,
October 21st, and during any additional time that week that
we would require for our survey.
As of now, coming from here, in addition to myself, will be
Taft Schreiber, Tom Nickell, Glen Adamson and Jack Vance.
I am most hopeful that you can arrange your schedule to join
us in Abilene, and I am also writing to Ross Perot to see if
he can take part in our survey there.
We will be making reservations at the Trails Inn Motel in
Abilene for the nights of October 20 and 21, Your secretary
could coordinate your travel plans with our through Miss
Gaunt in the Foundation offices here.
Next Wednesday, October 1, I will be in New York City, and
Jack Vance has suggested he, Warren Cannon and I have lunch
that day. Would it be possible for you to be there, and do
colundor
you think Andy Pearson might attend also?
I am leaving Los Angeles Saturday morning, and can be reached
at the Waldorf Towers beginning Monday afternoon, September 29.
I will look forward to hearing from you.
Best personal regards,
Sincerely,
femard
Leonard K. Firestone
President
Heart
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INFORMA N COPY FOR MR. EHRLICHMAN
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THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
CROCKER-CITIZENS PLAZA
611 WEST SIXTH STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017
September 26, 1969
Dr. Chester A. Newland, Director
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Federal Office Building
300 East 8th Street
Austin, Texas 87801
Dear Dr. Newland:
My Foundation associates and I are looking forward to being
with you in Austin on October 28th, and we appreciate very
much your kind cooperation and assistance in setting up the
agenda and other arrangements for our survey visit.
As you know, we plan to arrive in Austin on the evening of
October 27th, and we will be prepared to come to your office
as early as you suggest on the morning of October 28th.
The names and affiliations of our Johnson Library survey party,
as of now, are listed on an enclosed sheet. We would let you
know if there should be any additions or changes.
Some of the specifics which we would like to cover in discus-
sions with you and members of your staff are listed on an
enclosed sheet. For your planning purposes in setting up the
smaller group meetings, Messrs. Nickell and Adamson will be
looking into primarily the educational and scholarly aspects,
while Messrs. Vance and Cannon will be more concerned with the
public facility aspects, of Library and Museum installations.
Messrs. Kendall, Perot, Schreiber and I will want to concentrate
more on the historical and perpetuation considerations.
The Committee members would greatly appreciate an opportunity to
meet briefly with former President Johnson, and I am enclosing a
copy of the letter I have sent to him expressing that desire on.
our part.
We also hope that it will be possible for our group to visit the
site where the Johnson Library is now under constructions.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
femard K. Firestone
Leonard K. Firestone
President
enclosures (4)
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(as of September 26, 1969)
Survey Party
Johnson Library
Austin, Texas
October 28, 1969
Leonard K. Firestone, President
President, The Richard Nixon Foundation
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Chairman, Planning & Development Committee
South Gate, California
Donald M. Kendall, President
Trustee, The Richard NixonFoundation
PepsiCo, Inc.
Member, Planning & Development Committee
New York, New York
E. Ross Perot, President
Trustees, The Richard Nixon Foundation
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Member, Plannind & Development Committee
Dallas, Texas
Taft Schreiber, Vice President
Trustee, The Richard Nixon Foundation
Music Corporation of America
Member, Planning & Development Committee
Universal City, California
Thomas P. Nickell, Jr.
Consultant to The Foundation
Vice President University Planning
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Glen Adamson
Staff Assistant to Mr. Nickell
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Jack O. Vance
Consultant to The Foundation
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Warren Cannon
Consultant to The Foundation
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
New York, New York
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BRIEF OUTLINE OF AREAS FOR STUDY
Creation of Library and Museum
Historical Considerations
Role and Relationship of President or Former President
Role of Government Agencies
Role of Private-Citizens/Foundation
Determination of Goals and Objectives
Development/Construction Process
Organization
Financing
Operation of Library and Museum
Public Facilities
Educational/Scholarly Activity
Organization
Administration
Staffing
Technology
Staffing
Maintenance
Financing
Future Planning and Perpetuation of Library and Museum
Continuing Role of Former President/Private-Citizens/Foundation
Continuing Role of Government Agencies
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THE RICHARD NIXON FOUNDATION
Suite 1950 Crocker-Citizens Plaza
611 West Sixth Street
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 680-0600
Officers
President
Leonard K. Firestone
Vice President
Elmer H. Bobst
Secretary
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Treasurer
Jack Drown
Planning and Development Committee
Chairman
Leonard K. Firestone, President
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
South Gate, California
Members
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to The President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Donald M. Kendall, President
PepsiCo, Inc.
New York, New York
E. Ross Perot, President
Electronic Data Systems Corporation
Dallas, Texas
Taft Schreiber, Vice President
Music Corporation of America
Universal City, California
Consultants
Thomas P. Nickell, Jr.
Vice-President University Planning
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
McKinsey and Company, Inc
New York and Los Angeles Offices
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