My mother declared my bedroom a disaster area
President Reagan responds to a unique request for funding
The following exchange can be found in the second volume of Letters of Note. Reprinted by kind permission of the Reagan Library. The picture of Ronald Reagan peering into a child’s messy bedroom—which I’m now realising, as I type, is mildly sinister?—is in fact, believe it or not, two photos mashed together1. Both are from Getty who I’m sure won’t mind.
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