Description
Barbara Walter’s Interview Note Cards from the November 17, 1989 interview of former President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan.
Includes nine individually numbered cards, with a total of 39 questions for the couple. Each card measures 5″ x 8″ on heavy cardstock. Housed in custom blue cloth folio, title in gilt on black morocco label. Handwritten notes in blue pen by Barbara Walters.
This ABC-TV 20/20 interview with former President Ronald Reagan followed a controversial trip to Japan, where he raised $2 Million dollars from the Fujisankei Communications Group. Barbara Walters addressed the controversy, to which Reagan responded: “There would have been more money than that if I’d decided to go back to my original career and go back to pictures…I would have made a lot more money, but I have felt that going back to something like the motion picture industry – even though I had been an actor for so many years – would be cashing in on the presidency.”
Other topics covered in the wide-ranging interview included Ronald Reagan’s recent horse riding accident, Nancy Reagan’s new book titled “My Turn,” abortion rights, and the legacy of the Reagan Administration.
Provenance: Barbara Walters Estate Sale, Millea Brothers, May 2024, Lot 1303.
