George Romney Papers, 1920s-1973

Start Over Collection George Romney Papers, 1920s-1973 Date range 1968

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601 linear feet — 194.6 GB (online)

Republican Governor of Michigan, 1962-1969; Presidential candidate, 1968; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969-1972. Papers consist of extensive correspondence and subject files from his tenure as governor, campaign material, and files relating to service at HUD and his other political activities, includes photographs, films and videotapes and sound recordings.

The papers of George Romney document the many faceted career of an automobile executive, governor of Michigan, candidate for President, cabinet officer, and activist on behalf of volunteerism. In this electronic version of the finding aid to the Romney papers, there are six subgroups of materials. These are Gubernatorial Papers covering the period of 1962 to 1969, Pre-gubernatorial Papers covering the period before taking office in 1963, Post-gubernatorial Papers covering the period after 1968, records of Romney Associates (a group established during his bid for the presidency), Visual Materials covering mainly the period up to 1969, and Sound Recordings also covering up to 1969. There is some overlapping of dates, particularly around the time when Romney was first elected governor in 1962 and the period when he joined the Nixon administration in 1969. The researcher should also note that the papers of Lenore Romney are not part of this finding aid.

Background files, 1967-1968

Box 345

1968

Topical file of Margaret Little, 1962-1968

This is a file of personal papers maintained by Romney's secretary Margaret Little. The files have been arranged alphabetically by subject, and consist largely of correspondence, with some staff memoranda and assorted reports and published material. The provenance (or source) of this subseries has been partially clouded with its transfer to the library. It seems to be a file that Romney maintained before becoming governor and which he continued after he left office. It does not appear to be confidential in nature, although some of the correspondents did write on personal, as opposed to state, matters. Some staff materials have been improperly folded into this subseries, but it has not been possible to identify what belongs with the subseries and what has been added to it. For this reason, the Margaret Little files should be used in conjunction with related materials found within the Chronological Series, General Subject files and the Governor's Office Series, Staff Files.