Ronnie and Nancy (93 page)

2. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 33; Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 23; E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 14, 688.

3. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 3.

4. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 38.

5. Ibid., p. 43.

6. Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 22.

7. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 57.

8. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “Letters/Nelle Reagan, Reagan family letters (early),”

“My Sonnet,” by Nelle Reagan; Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 23.

9. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 9.

10. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 62.

11. John Wilson obituary,
Whiteside Sentinel
, circa March 10, 1883, Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “Letters/Nelle Reagan, Reagan family letters (early)”; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 23–25, pp. 29–30.

12. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 10; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 26–28.

13. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 28.

14. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 688. Anne Edwards states that Nelle Wilson was born on July 24, 1883 (Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 31).

15. John Wilson obituary,
Whiteside Sentinel
, circa March 10, 1883, Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “Letters/Nelle Reagan, Reagan family letters (early).”

16. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 31–32.

17. Ibid., p. 32; E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 16–17; Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 16; Neil Reagan oral history, p. 10.

18. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 13.

19. Ibid.

20. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 12.

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5 1 2

Notes

21. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, pp. 16–17; p. 23. See also Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp.

34–36.

22. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, pp. 19–24; Barbara A. Chernow and George A. Vallasi, eds.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia: Fifth Edition
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1993), p. 770.

23. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 24;
Encyclopaedia Britannica
, 1960 edition, “Disciples of Christ,” “Carry Nation.”

24. E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 18, 22.

25. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 37; E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 25–26. Some sources say that Jack Reagan worked at Marshall Field’s rather than at the Fair Store (Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 24).

26. E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 27–29; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 37–38, 40.

27. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 39.

28. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 30.

29. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 13.

30. Ibid.; E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 30; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 42, 44; Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
, p. 58.

31. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 40.

32. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 29.

33. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, pp. 14–15.

34. Ibid., p. 17.

35. E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 31, 53; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 47–48.

36. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 49.

37. Ibid., pp. 45, 51.

38. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 14.

39. R. Morris,
Encyclopedia of American History
, p. 509; E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 692.

40. Neil Reagan oral history, pp. 8–9.

41. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

p. 36.

42. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 2.

43. Healy in
Saturday Evening Post
, April 1974, p. 76.

44. Neil Reagan oral history, p. 2.

45. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

p. 59.

46. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 27.

47. Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 26.

48. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 27.

49. E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 42, 694.

50.
Los Angeles Times
, November 28, 1980, “Neil May Give Advice but Promises Not to Sell Beer.”

51. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

p. 50.

52. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 15.

53. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

p. 196.

54. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 25.

55. Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 26.

Notes

5 1 3

56. Letter from Ronald Reagan to Pat York, May 2, 1989. Obtained courtesy of Pat York.

57. Vaughn,
Ronald Reagan in Hollywood
, p. 57, citing a 1943
Modern Screen
interview.

58. Ibid., p. 11.

59. Cannon,
Ronnie and Jesse
, p. 6.

60. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

pp. 71–72.

61. E. Morris,
Dutch
, pp. 59, 696.

62. Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
, p. 41.

63. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 68–69.

64. Ibid., p. 73.

65. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 58.

66. Walgreen,
Never a Dull Day
, p. 298.

67.
San Diego Tribune
, November 20, 1984, “Reagan Pitched His Way on First Job.”

68. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 30.

69. Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 25.

70. Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
, p. 45.

71. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 23.

72. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, pp. 44–49.

73. Ronald Reagan with Hubler,
Where’s the Rest of Me?
, p. 28.

74. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 48.

75. Cannon,
Ronnie and Jesse
, p. 8.

76. Marlow, “First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the Reagan Family,”

p. 261.

77. E. Morris,
Dutch
, p. 699.

78. Ibid., p. 702.

79. Ibid., p. 87.

80. Ibid., pp. 91, 703.

81. Ronald Reagan,
An American Life
, p. 75.

Chapter Two: Early Nancy, 1921–1932

1. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 38.

2. Cannon,
Reagan
, p. 142.

3. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 25.

4. Ibid., pp. 20–21.

5. Root,
Root Genealogical Records, 1600–1870,
pp. 314–15.

6. Ibid., p. 357.

7. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, pp. 382–83; Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 28.

8. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 379.

9. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 21. Kitty Kelley in her unauthorized biography asserts that there were only seven Luckett children, and that they were born in Washington, D.C., because the Lucketts did not have the means to travel 130 miles for each pregnancy (Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, pp. 23–24).

5 1 4

Notes

10. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 379; Lambert,
Nazimova
, p. 188; Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 23.

11. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 21.

12. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20A, clipping dated September 22, 1900, from Edith Luckett’s scrapbook.

13. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20A, undated clipping from a Dallas newspaper, circa 1926, from Edith Luckett’s scrapbook.

14.
Los Angeles Times
, October 27, 1987.

15.
New York Times
, December 18, 1910.

16. Lambert,
Nazimova
, pp. 4, 22, 81–86, 72–73, 108–14.

17. McClellan,
The Girls
, pp. 3–5.

18. Ibid., pp. 14, 21–22.

19. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20A, unidentified newspaper clipping dated December 22, 1924, from Edith Luckett’s scrapbook.

20. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 28.

21.
Los Angeles Times
, January 20, 1981, “Nancy Reagan’s Early Years: A Matter of Relativity.”

22. Ibid.

23. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 29; Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 383.

24. McClellan,
The Girls
, p. 21.

25. Wills,
Reagan’s America
, p. 182.

26. Lambert,
Nazimova
, pp. 162–63.

27. Ibid., pp. 189–90.

28. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 383; Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 29.

29. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 31.

30. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 69.

31. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 20A, unidentified 1924 clipping from Edith Luckett’s scrapbook.

32. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 384 (Edwards’s source notes state that this quotation is from an Edith Luckett interview with Jean Kinney on “Around About”).

33. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 71.

34. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 24.

35. Charlotte Galbraith Ramage, to author, April 19, 2001.

36. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 9, 2004.

37. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 33.

38. Charlotte Galbraith Ramage, to author, April 19, 2001.

39. Ibid.

40. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 77.

41. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 32.

42.
People
, July 16, 1983, “A Find at a Flea Market Sheds Light on Nancy Reagan’s Life with Her Real Father,” p. 24;
Los Angeles Times
, January 20, 1981, “Nancy Reagan’s Early Years: A Matter of Relativity.”

43. Edwards,
Early Reagan
, p. 385.

44. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 225.

Notes

5 1 5

45. Richard Davis, to author, September 29, 2000.

46. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 84.

47. Richard Davis, to author, September 29, 2000, April 10, 2001.

48. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 22.

49. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

50. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 10.

51.
Chicago Tribune
, November 14, 1965.

52. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 34.

53. Ibid., p. 64.

54. Ibid., p. 55.

55. Ibid., p. 103.

56. Ibid., p. 155.

57. Nicholas Wetzel, to author, April 11, 2001.

58. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, pp. 186–87.

59. Nicholas Wetzel, to author, April 11, 2001;
Who’s Who in America, 1980–1981

(Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, 1981), p. 816.

60. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 221.

61. Nicholas Wetzel, to author, April 11, 2001.

62. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, pp. 226–27.

63. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

64. Nancy Reagan with Libby,
Nancy
, p. 26.

65.
Los Angeles Times
, January 20, 1981, “Nancy Reagan’s Early Years: A Matter of Relativity”;
People
, July 18, 1983, “A Find at a Flea Market Sheds Light on Nancy Reagan’s Life with Her Real Father,” p. 25.

66. Mantle, ed.,
The Best Plays of 1927–28
, p. 402; clipping of theater review from an unidentified Chicago newspaper, April 1928.

67. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 34.

68. Mantle, ed.,
The Best Plays of 1928–29
, pp. 377–78;
New York Evening Post
, September 22, 1928; Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

69. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 228.

70. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

71. Nancy Reagan, to author, June 4, 2000.

72. Charlotte Galbraith Ramage, to author, April 19, 2001.

73. Mantle, ed.,
The Best Plays of 1928–1929
, pp. 377–78; Lardner,
The Lardners
, p. 179.

74. Grobel,
The Hustons
, p. 122.

75. Author’s diary, April 3, 2001.

76. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

77. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 73.

78. Kelley,
Nancy Reagan
, p. 36.

79. L. Davis,
A Surgeon’s Odyssey
, p. 228.

80. Nancy Reagan, to author, March 26, 1998.

81. Richard Davis, to author, April 10, 2001.

82. Spatz Leighton,
The Search for the Real Nancy Reagan
, p. 16.

83. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, pp. 76–77.

84. Ibid., p. 76.

85. Lambert,
Nazimova
, p. 320.

86. Nancy Reagan with Novak,
My Turn
, p. 74.

5 1 6

Notes

87. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “Dr. Loyal Davis, In Memoriam.”

88. Ronald and Nancy Reagan’s personal papers, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, box 84, “Letters/Dr. Loyal Davis.”

89.
People,
July 18, 1983, “A Find at a Flea Market Sheds Light on Nancy Reagan’s Life with Her Real Father,” pp. 23–24;
Los Angeles Times
, January 20, 1981,

“Nancy Reagan’s Early Years: A Matter of Relativity.” Both stories were illustrated with photographs from a Robbins family album that was put together by Patsie Robbins and later surfaced in a New Jersey flea market.