Speeches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, press releases, legal documents, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings, relating to California politics and administration of the California state government during the governorship of Ronald Reagan; and to American domestic policy, Republican Party politics, and federal administration of justice during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Meese was Clemency and extradition secretary to the governor of California, 1967-1969; executive assistant and chief of staff to the governor of California, 1969-1974; counselor to the president of the United States, 1981-1985; attorney general of the United States, 1985-1988.