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Note (author/recipeint unk.) titled "Social." Dollar amounts listed at the bottom of the page. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: Invitations to the White House Social Events. 3pgs. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Handwritten notes (author/recipient unk.) RE: Move to White House. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Letter from Louise Bushnell to P.R. Hitt RE: recommending Barry M. Stewart as social secretary-hostess to Mrs. Nixon. 3pgs. [Letter], 11/21/1968
Note from "L" to Rose RE: possible PN staff. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note from "H" to John RE: Barry Stewart appointment. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) RE: Barry Stewart appointment. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) listing Mime Weaver's and Jessup, Inc.'s addresses and phone numbers. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author unk.) to RMW: "Louise Bushnell - n.a.m.". 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) titled "Social Secy" with names Alys F. Bennett and Lucy Winchester listed. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) headlined with "Mrs. Nixon" and lists numbered topics. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Notes on memo paper from Ehrlichman's office (author/recipient unk.) listing things to do. 2pgs. [Memo], n.d.
Handwritten sign (author/recipient unk.) titled "Wash. DC Thursday". 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Item removal sheets. Not scanned. 5pgs. [Other Document], n.d.
Letter from Micheal Gill to Ehrlichman expressing dissappointment over not being chosen to have a role in RN's administration. 2pgs. [Letter], 1/3/1969
Letter from Charles Rhyne to Micheal Gill expressing appreciation to campaign contributions and efforts. 1pg. [Letter], 11/4/1968
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Note (author/recipeint unk.) titled "Social." Dollar amounts listed at the bottom of the page. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: Invitations to the White House Social Events. 3pgs. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Handwritten notes (author/recipient unk.) RE: Move to White House. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Letter from Louise Bushnell to P.R. Hitt RE: recommending Barry M. Stewart as social secretary-hostess to Mrs. Nixon. 3pgs. [Letter], 11/21/1968
Note from "L" to Rose RE: possible PN staff. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note from "H" to John RE: Barry Stewart appointment. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) RE: Barry Stewart appointment. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) listing Mime Weaver's and Jessup, Inc.'s addresses and phone numbers. 1pg. [Memo], n.d.
Note (author unk.) to RMW: "Louise Bushnell - n.a.m.". 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) titled "Social Secy" with names Alys F. Bennett and Lucy Winchester listed. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Note (author/recipient unk.) headlined with "Mrs. Nixon" and lists numbered topics. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Notes on memo paper from Ehrlichman's office (author/recipient unk.) listing things to do. 2pgs. [Memo], n.d.
Handwritten sign (author/recipient unk.) titled "Wash. DC Thursday". 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Item removal sheets. Not scanned. 5pgs. [Other Document], n.d.
Letter from Micheal Gill to Ehrlichman expressing dissappointment over not being chosen to have a role in RN's administration. 2pgs. [Letter], 1/3/1969
Letter from Charles Rhyne to Micheal Gill expressing appreciation to campaign contributions and efforts. 1pg. [Letter], 11/4/1968
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
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Document Type
Document Description
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Note (author/recipeint unk.) titled "Social."
Dollar amounts listed at the bottom of the
page. 1pg.
21
5
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE:
Invitations to the White House Social
Events. 3pgs.
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Handwritten notes (author/recipient unk.)
RE: Move to White House. 1pg.
21
5
11/21/1968
Letter
Letter from Louise Bushnell to P.R. Hitt RE:
recommending Barry M. Stewart as social
secretary-hostess to Mrs. Nixon. 3pgs.
21
5
n.d.
Memo
Note from "L" to Rose RE: possible PN
staff. 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Memo
Note from "H" to John RE: Barry Stewart
appointment. 1pg.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Page 1 of 3
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
21
5
n.d.
Memo
Note (author/recipient unk.) RE: Barry
Stewart appointment. 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Memo
Note (author/recipient unk.) listing Mime
Weaver's and Jessup, Inc.'s addresses and
phone numbers. 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Note (author unk.) to RMW: "Louise
Bushnell - n.a.m.". 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Note (author/recipient unk.) titled "Social
Secy" with names Alys F. Bennett and Lucy
Winchester listed. 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Note (author/recipient unk.) headlined with
"Mrs. Nixon" and lists numbered topics. 1pg.
21
5
n.d.
Memo
Notes on memo paper from Ehrlichman's
office (author/recipient unk.) listing things to
do. 2pgs.
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Handwritten sign (author/recipient unk.)
titled "Wash. DC Thursday". 1pg.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Page 2 of 3
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
21
5
n.d.
Other Document
Item removal sheets. Not scanned. 5pgs.
21
5
01/03/1969
Letter
Letter from Micheal Gill to Ehrlichman
expressing dissappointment over not being
chosen to have a role in RN's administration.
2pgs.
21
5
11/04/1968
Letter
Letter from Charles Rhyne to Micheal Gill
expressing appreciation to campaign
contributions and efforts. 1pg.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Page 3 of 3
SOCIAL
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January 4, 1969
MEMORANDUM
TO:
EHRLICHMAN
FROM:
RN
SUBJECT: INVITATIONS TO WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL EVENTS
I want you to set up a procedure for the guest
lists for White House dinners in which we are going to est-
ablish several new practices.
In the past, except for the
governmental
types that have to be included, the guest lists have too
often been loaded with the International Set from New York
and Washington, D.C. I do not want any of this group in-
cluded in our dinners unless they were our supporters. You
should immediately develop a list which covers the country
and includes our major supporters from the finance, political,
educational and other areas. Dinners should always have
representation from labor and, while Negroes should be in-
cluded, don't overlook Mexicans and other ethnic groups, par-
ticularly Italians. I have already mentioned in a memorandum
that the whole Cabinet is not to be invited to each State Dinner.
Usually, the Secretaries of State and Defense have to be
included on each one. As far as the balance of the Cabinet
are concerned, divide it up so that each Cabinet officer gets
his fair share. If a Cabinet officer indicates he is particularly
interested in coming to such dinners, make it clear that they
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are not command performances.
Now and then, sub-Cabinet people ought to be
invited to these dinners in place of the Cabinet officer
himself. A sprinkling of celebrities -- again those who
supported us -- should be included. Publishers who were on
our side can be included but only on a very discriminating
basis. How many of the White House Press Corps to be
included should be determined after consultation with
Ziegler, Klein and the other press types. See that over
a period of four years that the top members of the White House
staff have an opportunity to attend a dinner or a luncheon.
Harlow will indicate what should be done about picking on
the Congressional side where, of course, bi-partisan rep-
resentation is required. Here again, I urge him not just
to invite the leaders each time. Other members of Congress
should be included where we can get away with it.
The general objective as far as these dinners are
concerned is to have the group elite enough that the State
visitor is convinced that he is meeting important people but,
beyond that, let us pay some of our political debts this
way and invite a broad cross-section of people from across
the country. I do not mean to suggest that we should always
exclude those who opposed us in the campaign -- naturally,
on the Congressional side we will pick up the major Democratic
leaders. And, in addition, where we think we can win
somebody by including him, do SO. But I don't want to go
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down the tired old lists of the Washington and New York social
set and invite them simply because they have been invited
before. Also, I want you to have in mind that for eight years
I was not invited to a White House luncheon or dinner by
either Johnson or Kennedy. We do not want to be that small
ourselves but at least we do not want to go overboard in the
other direction. They used these dinners to serve their purposes
and we are going to do likewise.
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Letter to Pat itt form LB
November 21, 1968
Page 2
Mrs. P.R. Hitt
And now to the suggestion. Mrs. Nixon is going to need a top-flight
social secretary-hostess (or call her what you like) during the next
four and hopefully, eight years. My suggestion for this person is
based solely upon her attributes, experience, personality, looks,
background and also above all, her loyalty and her marvelous capacity
for keeping her mouth shut.
This gal is Mrs. Barry M. Stewart, Chicken Valley Road, Locust Valley,
N.Y. 11560, telephone: (516) OR 6-1765.
She is a native American, born 9/14/26. She went to the Brearley
School, New York City, Miss Madeira's, Greenway, Virginia and gradu-
Oated from Munson's Business College in San Francisco. She is extremely
well-traveled, knowing the United States and having visited the
Carribean Islands, West Indies, Mexico and the Bahamas. She has also
stayed in France, England, Switzerland and Germany. She speaks, reads
and writes excellent French and has a lovely accent.
She's a licensed real-estate sales women since '58 and she works with
Charles J. Schuster, in Locust Valley, Long Island, New York. From
'65 back, she was secretary to Fine Arts Council and Coordinator at
Fine Arts Center, C.W. Post College; in "64 she was Aide to Chief of
Protocol, New York World's Fair.
Prior to marriage, she worked for Standard Oil of California, in San
Francisco.
Barry is absolutely tops in the field of entertaining, social contacts
and is without peer in handling people. She arranges parties, and she
is a crackerjack at all the skills involved in such doings. Her line
of charitable works reads like the Almanac de Gotha. From the Spence-
Chapin adoption nursery in New York to the AWVS in San Francisco, Child
Placing and Adoption & State Charities Aid to the prestigious Chairman-
ship of the Boys Club of New York Fall Ball, 1955-56-57-58; she has
never ceased to keep her fingers busy in the charity pie.
Divorced for many years, her children are married, in college, in
Boarding school and only one, age 13, lives at home. Her 16-year-old
daughter is a sophomore at the Holton-Arms School in Washington, D.C.
November 21, 1968
Page 3
Mrs. P.R. Hitt
I can think of absolutely no woman today who has been better trained or
who could do a better job for Mrs. Nixon than Barry. She has endless
enthusiasm, is a perfect beauty to look st, extremely efficient with a
man's neat mind and she also has a sparkle all of her own.
As to references, her's are impeccable, starting off with Mrs. Charles
Shipman Payson, 2 East 88th Street, New York City, who, as you probably
know, did special gifts for Mr. Nixon in New York, in both campaigns.
Barry knows both Mr. & Mrs. Nixon as she was hostess at two dinners for
them, one in Long Island and one in Washington, following his first
nomination for the Presidency.
I feel sure that there will be many candidates for this position and
perhaps it has already been filled, but if not, here's someone who could
relieve Mrs. Nixon of much of the tension and the load in her heavy
schedule.
I hope you had a marvelous vacation and do let me hear from you from
time to time. You are on my small "call me collect list" and my home
number in New York is (212) 744-8865.
Best of luck.
As ever,
Louise Bushnell, (Mrs.)
Public Information Department
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WASH DC
THURSDAY
INAUGURATION OF
*
*
Inaugural Committee 1969
PRESIDEN
PRESIDENT
The Pension Building
440 G Street, N. W.
PREST
Washington, D. C. 20025
Telephone: Area Code 202
return
AND
VICE
386-6501
J. WILLARD MARRIOTT,
Chairman
ROBERT G. McCUNE,
UNITED CITIZENS COMMITTEE
Executive Director
January 3, 1969
Haldewoom Michael Doud Gill, Chairman
Mr. John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
450 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
Dear John:
Thank you very much for your letter of December 20th, and
particularly for the candor with which it was written.
While I was not surprised by its content, I confess that I
am deeply disappointed. I realize how naive I was to have
believed that if I proved my ability and personal loyalty
and dedication to Mr. Nixon and his cause, I would be given
an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution within his
administration.
I am satisfied that I have proven myself among those with
whom I have had the privledge of working and have made many
friends. As for my detractors, you will know better than I,
that they are individuals with whom I did not work closely
and whose opinion of me was predetermined.
As for my reputation, it is consoling to know that it is
largely undeserved and to remember that the promise of long-
term political involvement, with its inherent individual
competition, is the erosion of ones reputation. I was
equally naive in believing that Mr. Nixon, of all people,
would have understood this and would have judged me based on
my positive efforts in his behalf.
It is clear that those who opposed my being with Mr. Nixon
as far back as September of 1967 have finally won. Since
Charlie Rhyne is the man with whom I worked most closely, and
since he hasn't even received a phone call since the election,
he is hardly in a position to defend me, my ability, the job
I did in the campaign, and therefore my potential contribution
to my country and its government. (For your personal informa-
tion, I am taking the liberty of enclosing a copy of his letter
to me following the election.)
In any case, I am ready to hold up the white flag. I shan't
lobby this decision or create any problems within the family.
I'll finish my Inaugural assignment in the best way possible
and forget the rest. This experience will rank for me as one
of the greatest lessons of my life.
Should Corky or I be able to assist you and your family in
any way during your move to Washington, please do not hesitate
to call.
Again John, I am deeply grateful for your personal assistance
and candor.
As ever,
Think
Michael D. Gill
MDG/egf
Enc.
2-2
CHARLES S. RHYNE
National Chairman
FOR NIXON-AGNEW
JOHN W. WARNER
National Director
HEADQUARTERS
WILLARD HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
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PHONE (202) 783-1560
November 4, 1968
Mr. Michael Gill
The Assistant/Nat'l Chairman
Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mike:
As we come down to the final hours of our joint
efforts in this campaign I want to record my deep appreciation to
you for the truly major contributions you have made to the Nixon-
Agnew campaign. As I look back on your arrangement of our
Citizens Assembly in Indianapolis, your creation of the V.I.P.
(War) Room, your rescue of the Sportsmen's Dinner, your arranging
for Mamie Eisenhower Day and her Madison Square Garden telecast,
and the literally hundreds of things you have initiated and carried
through to completion I realize that one note of thanks could never
do justice to your efforts for UCNA. Words are not adequate in
number or capacity to express my feeling of deep gratitude for
your long hours of dedicated effort, your application of your truly
enormous abilities and experience which have meant so much to
the success of the Campaign.
Mike, sure that though you have accomplished
so much for a young man,you just in the beginning of a brilliant
career. You have the ability, the capacity and the energy. May
your future be ever brighter as your effort here indicates it will be.
Again with deepest appreciation, I remain
Sincerely,
Charles
Charles S. Rhyne
National Chairman
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