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Post-Gubernatorial papers
This subgroup of papers covers the period when Romney served in the Nixon administration as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969-1972. Included also are files documenting Secretary Romney's involvement with the voluntary action movement, first as chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Voluntary Action, later as executive board member of the National Center for Voluntary Action. A smaller portion of this series relates to the Concerned Citizens Movement, an organization established to educate people in public affairs and to serve as a citizens watchdog over various government activities.
The subgroup has been arranged into six series: HUD Subject Files; Voluntary Action; Concerned Citizens Movement; Later Career; Personal Papers; and Speeches.
HUD Subject Files
The HUD Subject File (13.5 linear feet; 1969-1973) consists of memoranda, reports, correspondence, clippings, and some published materials relating to Romney's service as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. This series documents Romney's achievements in the area of housing: increased housing production during his administration, the development of new financial devices through the Governmental National Mortgage Association to make available and to secure mortgage monies, the "New Communities" program designed to provide thousands of new homes to thirteen new community developments, and "Operation Breakthrough," a program that sought to stimulate improvements in the housing industry. This series also provides information about Romney's role as administrator of an important cabinet position and of his relationship with President Nixon and members of the president's immediate staff. The researcher should realize that this series, although rich in substantive memoranda and correspondence, does not provide a complete picture of the operation of HUD during the 1969-1972 period; for that, the researcher is of course directed to the National Archives and to the archives maintained by HUD itself.