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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue,
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Press
Secretary's Office
ERIC
ROSENBERGER and DOUGLASS BLASER
Directors
of Press Advance:
Files,
1974-77
SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
The
Press Advance Office handled logistical planning and support for media covering
the President's foreign and domestic trips.
A small subject file includes useful folders on the 1976 campaign and
advance procedures. Case files for
foreign trips are occasionally substantive.
Domestic trip files are very routine with rare
exceptions, e.g.
QUANTITY
20 linear feet
(ca. 37,000 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford
(accession number 77-89)
ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms
of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under
National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR
1256).
COPYRIGHT
Gerald Ford has
donated to the
Prepared by David Horrocks, July 1984
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eric and blaser, douglass - files.doc]
BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
Eric
Rosenberger
1944 Born
1967 B.A.,
1967‑72 Various
private industry positions
1968
Oct. 1972 Became volunteer
advanceman for the Committee for Re‑election of the President
Dec. 1972 Joined Nixon
Inaugural Committee as a subcommittee assistant director
Feb.
1973 Became
consultant for Office of Economic Opportunity. Began volunteer advance
work for First Family.
Nov. 1973 Joined White House
staff as advanceman for First Family
Dec. 1973 Became advanceman for
Vice President Ford, "on loan" from White House staff
March 1974 Appointed director of
White House press advance
June 1976 Resigned, returned
to
BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
Douglass
Blaser
1942 Born in
1965 B.S.,
1965‑68 Allstate Insurance
1968 Became
marketing manager, Mattell Inc.
1972 Joined Vice
President Agnew's staff as an advanceman
1973 Became
Executive Assistant to the Director, National Park Service
April 1976 Joined White House
press advance staff
June 1976 Appointed director
of press advance
Jan. 1977 Resigned
INTRODUCTION
Eric Rosenberger and his successor, Douglass Blaser, directed White House press advance. Press advance was assistance to the White
House press corps, the local press, and press office staff during all
presidential trips outside the White House.
Such assistance might include: visas, credentialling,
air and ground transportation, lodging, camera lighting, press positions,
equipment and space for filing stories, and organization of press pools.
Most of the
Rosenberger‑Blaser Files, especially domestic
trip case files, abundantly reflect these routine logistical activities. Some case files, however, do contain
materials of greater research value, e.g. State Department cables regarding
foreign trips, occasional memoranda on local political conditions, and
clippings of local press coverage. A
general subject file includes useful information on the 1976 campaign, press
relations problems and goals, office organization, and advance work
"philosophy" among other matters.
The press
advance staff was small and used field volunteers during domestic trips. It was part of the Press Secretary's Office,
and its head reported to the Deputy Press Secretary. Predictably, it had coordination problems
with the much more important but separate Office of Scheduling and Advance,
which did the advance work for the presidential party.
Related
Materials (July 1984):
At this writing, archivists have identified no
other files narrowly focussed on press advance. However, the files and paper of colleagues in
the Press Secretary's Office will contain related material in varying degrees,
as will WHCF category PR‑Public Relations. A few items on Rosenberger and Blaser may be found in WHCF Name File and WHCF subcategory
FG 6‑11‑1/(name).
Material on the
many facets of presidential trips, including advance work, may be found at WHCF
category TR‑Trips. The files of
"Red" Cavaney, who directed advance work
for the presidential party, extensively treat all aspects of advance work but
they are currently unprocessed and unavailable.
Series
Descriptions
1‑5 Subject File, 1974-77. (2.5 linear feet)
Advance office
manual, memoranda, newsletters to volunteers, schedules, checklists, forms,
press releases, resumes, expense logs, and other material. Subjects include press advance procedures,
expenses and personnel; 1976 campaign press relations, analysis of still photo
coverage, and relations with the President Ford Committee and the Republican
National Committee; diverse reference information such as a mileage tabulation
of presidential trips.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
6‑16 Foreign Trips, 1974-76. (4.5 linear feet)
State Department
cables, memoranda, airport diagrams, floor‑plans, schedules, press kits
of country fact sheets and biographical statements on foreign officials,
tourist literature, and local press clippings (especially
Arranged
by trip and thereunder by itinerary.
17‑44 Domestic Trips, 1974-76. (11.5 linear feet)
Memoranda,
transportation schedules, checklists, floorplans,
airport diagrams, local newspaper clippings, maps, tourist literature, press releases,
and correspondence. Most
of the material is highly routine, but there are
exceptions, e.g.
Arranged
by state and thereunder by date of each trip.
44‑47
Hotel
floorplans and publications, press releases,
schedules, memoranda, and checklists regarding presidential events in the D.C.
metropolitan area.
Arranged
chronologically by trip.
Container List
Advance Manual
(1)‑(5)
Advance Manual
Revision ‑ "International Press Advance"
Advance Manual
Revision ‑ "The Press" (Chapter VIII) (1)‑(2)
Advance Office
Newsletter
Biographies
Checklists and
Forms ‑ Domestic Trips
Checklists and
Forms ‑ Foreign Trips
Checklists and
Forms ‑ In Town
Directory of
Staff Assistants to Governors
Expenses ‑
Bills (1)‑(2)
Expenses ‑
Expenses ‑
Rosenberger
Ford Travel,
Speeches, Interviews
Local Press
Relations
Military Aide's
Office
Planning
Calendars
Pre‑Advance
Trip to
Presidential
Campaign ‑ Miscellaneous
Presidential
Campaign ‑ Republican Convention
Press Advance
Log Book
Press Advance
Meeting, June 1976
Press Advance ‑
Miscellaneous Internal Memos
Press Advance
Procedures
Press Advance
Relations with the Republican National Committee
Press Advance
Schedules, Aug. ‑ Dec. 1975
Press Pools (1)‑(2)
Press Pools (3)‑(5)
Press Relations
Meeting, June 1975
Press Relations
Meeting, Aug. 1976
Resumes ‑
Female
Resumes ‑
Male
Rosenberger ‑
Letters (1)‑(3)
Rosenberger ‑
Memoranda (1)‑(2)
Schedules ‑
Mrs. Ford
United States
Information Agency
Volunteer Forms
Volunteer
Seminar, September 1976
Volunteers ‑
Current List
Volunteers ‑
Previously Used (1)‑(2)
White House
Organization/Standards of Conduct, Standards of Conduct
: General (1)‑(2)
: Bills
: Schedules
: Thank You
Letters
: General
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: Japan General
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: Japan
Schedules (1)‑(4)
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: U.S.S.R.
Advance Book
: U.S.S.R. Cables
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: Advance Book
: Cables
: Fact Book
: General (1)‑(5)
: Press Releases
: Schedules (1)‑(3)
: Tourist
Literature (1)‑(2)
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: Gifts from
President Ford
: Press Book
Originals (1)‑(2)
: Press Pools
: Schedules (1)‑(3)
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France/Rambouillet, Nov. 1975
: Biographies of
Participants
: Diagrams
: General (1)‑(2)
: Press Book
: Press Pools
and Lists
: Schedules
: Tourist
Literature (1)‑(3)
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