Material on advice given to the President, White House staff, and First Family on legal matters, domestic and foreign issues, presidential powers, and personnel matters. Prominent topics include legislation, White House liaison with agencies and departments of the federal government, presidential appointments, including the Supreme Court nomination of Justice John Paul Stevens, executive-legislative relations, and White House administration. The collection contains much material created or received by Dudley Chapman, Barry Roth, Bobbie Greene Kilberg, Roderick Hills, William Casselman, and Jay French.
QUANTITY
23.6 linear feet (ca. 47,200 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 77-9, 77-10, and 81-29)
ACCESS
Open. Some items may be 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Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.
Prepared by: Geir Gundersen, May 1994
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