COLLECTION FINDING AID



PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS.

PEOPLE FOR FORD OFFICE FILES, 1971-76




INTRODUCTION

People for Ford (PFF) was the volunteer arm of the President Ford Committee formed during the general election to develop outreach efforts to special voter groups. Directed by long-time Republican National Committee activist Elly Peterson, the PFF staff targeted women, African-Americans, professional groups, ethnics, farmers, Jews, senior citizens, and young people for particular attention.

Chairman Rogers Morton named Peterson deputy chairman of the nascent volunteer organization in June 1976. Until then, Edward DeBolt, a counsellor in the PFC chairman's office, and Robert Marik, deputy chairman for administration, directed efforts to develop support among particular voter groups, especially African-Americans and Hispanics. Peterson took the lead in coordinating the Committee's appeals to these groups, in addition to the others mentioned above, during the post-convention campaign.

Constricted by spending limits imposed by the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, the People for Ford organization struggled throughout its brief existence to stretch minimal funds. In stark contrast to the high spending levels of various volunteer operations during President Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign, the Ford volunteer operation consisted largely of small phone banks, motor caravans and rallies, advocate appearances, literature drops, and small-scale targeted advertising. Activities of broad-based grassroots organizations are not reflected in these files; rather, the collection documents top-down efforts of outreach and information dispersal.

The People for Ford organization was fluid and somewhat informal. Desk directors, appointed by Peterson, were fairly autonomous in drafting their respective appeal strategies. However, no desk could function independently and the individual desk directors submitted proposals and information to one of Peterson's three deputies: administration director Thomas Ruffin, special consultant Robert Keyes, or advocacy/press consultant Jim DeFrancis. Ruffin, Keyes, and DeFrancis all reported directly to Peterson. The regional effort consisted of state volunteer organizations, coordinated by five regional directors who reported to regional coordinator Pamela Curtis. Curtis reported regularly to Peterson concerning state and regional activities. (See Attachment 1.)

Files for the individual desks appear to be more complete than those of the PFF administrative staff. For example, the activities of Elly Peterson are partially documented in the Ruffin and Curtis files. Peterson donated the bulk of her Ford campaign material to the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan. Her files housed there include the bulk of extant information on the Women's Desk, although Curtis' records document a mailing program targeting women voters and folders on selected women's issues. Also missing from the PFF records at the Ford Library are files for the Labor Desk, the Special Events Desk, and PFF administrators Jim DeFrancis and Betsey Bellows.

The People for Ford files are unique in that they document a viewpoint not often seen in organizational records: that of minorities and special interest groups. Researchers can determine the PFC's priorities from the emphasis given to each desk in terms of both autonomy and funds; as well as gauge which voter groups the PFC perceived as significant and worth targeting. The major strength of this collection is the wealth of information on the concerns of special voter groups; letters both of support and of complaint provide insight into the social climate of the 1970s.

Related Materials (as of January 1992):

The files of Edward DeBolt, counsellor to the chairman, and Robert Marik, deputy chairman for administration, document PFC appeals to selected special voter groups during the primary campaign period. The Elly M. Peterson Papers at the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan include one large series of People for Ford administrative records, including regional reports, correspondence, and internal PFC and PFF memoranda.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files, 1975-76.  (Boxes F1‑F7, 2.8 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, mailing lists, expense reports, press releases, resumes, speeches, talking points, news clippings, status reports, photographs, public opinion polls, and post-election analyses. The materials concern the identification of leaders within particular voter groups, selection of personnel, scheduling and expenses for PFF desks, and PFF and PFC administrative activities. Particularly valuable is a post-election evaluation of the PFF operation. This series contains the only information in the PFF files on the Democrats for Ford campaign, including a lengthy state mailing list. Thomas Ruffin was Director of Administration and reported directly to Elly Peterson.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Pamela Curtis Files, 1975-76. (Boxes F8‑F11, 1.6 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, mailing lists, expense reports, press releases, press conference transcripts, speeches and speakers' kits, status reports, polling data, news clippings, meeting agendas, and notes. Most of the file concerns women's issues and the effort to attract women voters. Also present are materials documenting the regional PFF operation and state PFF activities. Pamela Curtis worked closely with Elly Peterson on developing appeals to women voters and coordinating the PFF's regional organization activities.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Robert Keyes Files, 1975-76. (Boxes F12‑F13, 0.8 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, newsletters, speeches, resumes, notes, mailings lists, press releases, fact sheets, surveys, statistical data, budget proposals, reports, travel itineraries, and news clippings. Most of the series documents Keyes' responsibility for the Black Desk. Materials concern African-American issues and the Black Desk's daily operation. Of particular interest is a list of all high-level African-American appointments in the Ford administration. Other materials include correspondence with key figures and records of Keyes' PFF and PFC administrative activities. Robert Keyes served as special consultant and deputy to Elly Peterson, as well as sharing the responsibility for Black Desk administration with Martin Dinkins.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Black Desk Files, 1975-76.  (Boxes F14‑F17, 1.6 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, reports, scheduling, speeches, newsletters, mailing lists and rosters, budget proposals, factbooks and speaker's kits, press releases, resumes, and printed material compiled by desk director Martin Dinkins and special consultant Robert Keyes. The materials concern Black Desk activities including advocate scheduling and speeches, and contacts with key African-Americans. A state sub-series documents local activities. Also present are state lists of volunteers. Researchers may find fact sheets and identification of African-American issues by the Ford organization, in comparison with the Jimmy Carter "factbooks" and clippings, especially useful.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Business and Professionals Desk Files, 1971-76. (Boxes F18‑F23, 2.4 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, contact sheets, newsletters, reports, fact sheets, printed endorsements, mailing lists, schedules, and printed material. These materials document the PFF's attempt to attract various business leaders and professional groups, including athletes, celebrities, doctors and dentists, economists, editors and publishers, educators, elected officials, fashion designers, lawyers, police and firemen, realtors, and stockbrokers. Also filed here is an administrative chronological file created by the Business Desk's director Robert Mosbacher, in his position as PFC finance chairman during a portion of the primary campaign.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Ethnic Desk Files, 1975-76. (Boxes F24‑F26, 1.2 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, speeches and presidential remarks, campaign materials, mailing lists, speakers' kits, telegrams, press releases, newsletters, schedules, and printed material compiled by desk director George Ramonas and his assistants Arnita Mongiovi and Manuel Gonzalez. Most of the series represents attempts to attract particular interest groups: Arab, Asian, Cuban, Filipino, Greek, Hispanic, Latvian, Polish, Portugese, Scandinavian, Turkish, and Native Americans. Documented activities include travel, speeches and the distribution of campaign materials.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Farm Desk Files, 1972-76.  (Boxes F27‑F33, 2.8 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, speeches and statements, press releases, reports, mailing lists and directories, statistics, brochures and fliers, clippings, and printed material compiled by desk director Dick Lyng and his assistant Jim Lake. The materials focus on particular agricultural issues dominant in the 1970s. Included are files on relevant portions of the major party's platforms, and records on vice presidential nominee Robert Dole's positions and statements on key agricultural issues. A lengthy sub-series documents aspects of Nixon's 1972 agricultural campaign effort, and includes state reports dating from both the 1972 and 1976 campaigns. Also present are USDA publications and materials documenting Farm Desk administrative activities.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files, 1975-76. (Boxes F34‑F39, 2.4 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, resource lists and directories, advertisements, endorsements, speeches, reports, presidential messages and remarks, budget worksheets and expense reports, press kits, speaker's kits, press releases, brochures, and news clippings compiled by desk director Rena Button and her assistant David Gorin. Materials document both administrative activities of the Jewish Desk and specific campaign strategies, such as small-scale advertising and targeting key cities and states with large Jewish populations. A state sub-series consists primarily of local endorsements. Also present are directories from major Jewish organizations and materials concerning Jewish issues, particularly regarding Israel and the Middle East.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files, 1976. (Boxes F40‑F52, 5.2 linear feet)
Correspondence, memoranda, phone directories and mailing lists compiled by Judy McLennan, desk director. A state sub-series of volunteer letters and general letters of support constitutes most of this file. Other materials concern various state phone banks and the National Volunteer Desk operation within the PFF organization.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Older Americans Desk Files, 1976.  (Boxes F53‑F54, 0.8 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, biographies, mailing lists and directories, brochures, reports, presidential statements, and expense reports compiled by director Margaret Arnold. Materials consist largely of lists and biographies of the Older Americans Desk's national and state leadership. Other materials reflect planning for special senior events and the overall strategy to attract votes from this group.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files, 1972-76. (Boxes F55‑F62, 3.2 linear feet)
Memoranda, correspondence, directories and mailing lists, expense reports, biographies, speeches, polling data, reports, press releases, brochures, news clippings, and printed matter compiled by the desk director Bill Ayres and several of his assistants. Rosters of local and national veterans' organizations constitute much of the series. Other materials document Veterans Desk activities such as budgeting, speeches, polling, and mailings. Of particular interest are files on President Ford's and vice presidential candidate Robert Dole's public records regarding veterans' issues.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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People for Ford: Youth Desk Files, 1975-76. (Boxes F63‑F73, 4.4 linear feet)
Correspondence, memoranda, mailing lists, surveys, reports, brochures and fliers, and news clippings, compiled by desk director Carolyn Booth. The series consists almost entirely of a comprehensive sub-series documenting the youth plans in each state. Included here are high school and college recruitment manuals, information regarding the 1976 Young Republicans Leadership Conference, and drafts of the youth program at the 1976 Republican National Convention.

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CONTAINER LIST

Box F1 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Black Desk - Expenses (1)-(2)
  • Black Desk - Leadership
  • Campaign Material
  • Campaign Material - Brochures
  • Carter, Jimmy
  • Celebrities - Expenses
  • Democrats for Ford - Budget
  • Democrats for Ford - Leadership
  • Democrats for Ford - Mailing List - By State: Alabama - Missouri (1)-(5)

Box F2 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Democrats for Ford - Mailing List - By State: Nebraska - Washington (1)-(3)
  • Democrats for Ford - Mailing List - Never Contacted
  • Democrats for Ford - Press Releases (1)-(2)
  • Democrats for Ford - Staff
  • Deputy Chairman/Voter Bloc - Expenses (1)-(3)
  • Ethnic Desk - Correspondence
  • Ethnic Desk - Cuban-American Opinion Poll (In Spanish), 8/15/76
  • Ethnic Desk - Events
  • Ethnic Desk - Expenses (1)-(3)
  • Ethnic Desk - "Ford Presidency from an Ethnic Perspective"
  • Ethnic Desk - General

Box F3 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Ethnic Desk - Leadership
  • Farm Desk - Expenses
  • Farm Desk - Leadership
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • Jewish Desk - Expenses
  • Jewish Desk - General
  • Jewish Desk - Leadership
  • Labor Desk
  • Older Americans Desk - General
  • Older Americans Desk - Leadership
  • People for Ford - Administrative - Americans Abroad - Correspondence
  • People for Ford - Administrative - State Correspondence: Alabama – Pennsylvania (1)-(5)
  • People for Ford - Leadership
  • People for Ford - Memoranda
  • People for Ford - Post-Election Analysis (1)-(2)

Box F4 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • People for Ford - Post-Election Analysis (3)-(4)
  • People for Ford - Staff Photographs
  • People for Ford - Travel
  • President Ford Committee - General (1)-(2)
  • President Ford Committee - Talking Points (1)-(2)
  • Resumes (1)-(2)
  • Speeches
  • Veterans Desk - Expenses
  • Veterans Desk - General
  • Veterans Desk - Leadership
  • Veterans Desk - Status Reports
  • Volunteer Desk
  • Volunteer Records - A-B(2)

Box F5 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Volunteer Records - B(3)-L

Box F6 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Volunteer Records - M-T

Box F7 - People for Ford: Thomas Ruffin Files

  • Volunteer Records - U-Z
  • Volunteer Records - Interns
  • Volunteer Records - No Longer Interested (1)-(4)
  • Women's Desk - Expenses
  • Youth Desk - Caravan Schedules
  • Youth Desk - General
  • Youth Desk - Leadership

Box F8 - People for Ford: Pamela Curtis Files

  • Abortion
  • Advocates - Dole, Robin
  • Advocates - Ford, Betty
  • Advocates - Ford, Jack
  • Advocates - Ford, Mike
  • Advocates - Miscellaneous
  • Bailey, Pat
  • Budget
  • Butz, Earl
  • Campaign Materials - Distribution
  • Campaign Materials - Needs
  • Campaign Materials - Caravan Brochures
  • Carter, Hugh
  • Carter, Jeff
  • Equal Rights Amendment
  • Ford, Gerald R. - News Clippings
  • Leonard, Louise
  • Orr, Lorraine
  • People For Ford - General
  • People For Ford - Memoranda (1)-(2)

Box F9 - People for Ford: Pamela Curtis Files

  • People For Ford - Rallies/Scheduling (1)-(2)
  • People For Ford - Regional Status Reports
  • Petty, Judy
  • Polls
  • "President Ford Team Day"
  • Regional Coordinators' Reports
  • Regional Meetings - Agendas
  • Regional Meetings - Notes
  • Regional Meetings - Reports
  • Reitz, Angie
  • Republican Convention - Women in Attendance
  • State Activities - Alabama
  • State Activities - Alaska
  • State Activities - Arizona
  • State Activities - Arkansas
  • State Activities - California
  • State Activities - Colorado
  • State Activities - Connecticut
  • State Activities - Delaware
  • State Activities - District of Columbia
  • State Activities - Florida
  • State Activities - Guam
  • State Activities - Hawaii
  • State Activities - Idaho
  • State Activities - Illinois
  • State Activities - Indiana

Box F10 - People for Ford: Pamela Curtis Files

  • State Activities - Iowa
  • State Activities - Kansas
  • State Activities - Kentucky
  • State Activities - Louisiana
  • State Activities - Maine
  • State Activities - Maryland
  • State Activities - Massachusetts (1)-(2)
  • State Activities - Michigan
  • State Activities - Minnesota
  • State Activities - Mississippi
  • State Activities - Missouri
  • State Activities - Nebraska
  • State Activities - Nevada
  • State Activities - New Hampshire
  • State Activities - New Jersey (1)-(2)
  • State Activities - New Mexico
  • State Activities - New York
  • State Activities - North Carolina
  • State Activities - North Dakota
  • State Activities - Ohio
  • State Activities - Oregon
  • State Activities - Pennsylvania

Box F11 - People for Ford: Pamela Curtis Files

  • State Activities - Rhode Island
  • State Activities - South Carolina
  • State Activities - South Dakota
  • State Activities - Tennessee
  • State Activities - Texas
  • State Activities - Vermont
  • State Activities - Virginia
  • State Activities - Washington
  • State Activities - West Virginia
  • State Activities - Wisconsin
  • "Taking Ford to the People"
  • VIP Telephone Program
  • Women For President Ford - Mailing Samples
  • "Women's Agenda"
  • Women's Issues - Carter Record
  • Women's Issues - Carter Record - Appointments
  • Women's Issues - Carter Record - Speaker's Kit
  • Women's Issues - Carter vs. Ford
  • Women's Issues - Ford Record
  • Women's Issues - Ford Record - Appointments
  • Women's Issues - Ford View - "Women's Agenda"
  • Women's Issues - Speech
  • Youth Desk Reports (1)-(2)

Box F12 - People for Ford: Robert Keyes File

  • African Policy Fact Sheet
  • Baker, Jim
  • Bivens, Edward
  • Black Desk - Advocates
  • Black Desk- Budget
  • Black Desk - General
  • Black Desk - Special Events
  • Black Desk - State Coordinators for Black Mobilization
  • Black Desk - Status Report
  • Black Media
  • Black Opinion Survey
  • Black Roster
  • Blacks in Ford Administration
  • Butz, Earl
  • Calhoun, John
  • California
  • California Black Republican Council
  • Capitol Hill Hospital
  • Carter, Jimmy - General
  • Celebrities and Athletes
  • Coleman, William
  • Colorado
  • Cummings, James
  • Ford, Gerald - Record on Key Bills
  • Garrett, Thaddeus, Jr.
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • Illinois Black Desk
  • James, Ron
  • Keyes, Robert - Resume
  • Keyes, Robert - Speeches (1)-(2)
  • Keyes' Endorsement of Ford
  • Keyes' Memoranda
  • Keyes' Notes (1)-(2)

Box F13 - People for Ford: Robert Keyes File

  • Keyes' Notes (3)
  • Michigan
  • Ministers
  • Minority Enterprise Progress Report (Publication)
  • National Black Republican Council
  • News Clippings
  • Ohio Black Desk
  • People For Ford - General Roster
  • People For Ford - National Advisory Committee
  • People For Ford - Weekly Newsletter
  • Personnel
  • Peterson, Elly
  • Photographs
  • President Ford Committee Newsletters (1)-(4)
  • President Ford Committee - News Releases
  • President Ford Committee - State Organizations
  • Republican National Committee
  • Ruffin, Tom
  • Scheduling
  • Scott, Stanley
  • Speaker Requests
  • Volunteer Offers
  • White House Correspondence and Referrals

Box F14 - People for Ford: Black Desk Files

  • Advocates File
  • Advocate Scheduling Staff
  • Bailey, Pearl
  • Black Brochures
  • Black Council for Republican Politics, Inc.
  • Black Desk - Budget
  • Black Desk - Correspondence (1)-(2)
  • Black Desk - Daily Schedule
  • Black Desk - Fiscal Commitment/Expense Authorization Requests
  • Black Desk - General
  • Black Desk - Memoranda
  • Black Desk - Progress Reports (1)-(3)
  • Black Desk - Speaker's Kit (1)-(3)
  • Black Newspapers (1)

Box F15 - People for Ford: Black Desk Files

  • Black Newspapers (2)
  • Black Volunteers - General
  • Blacks Serving in the Ford Administration (1)-(2)
  • Butz, Earl
  • Carter, Jimmy - "Factbook" - Issues
  • Carter, Jimmy - "Factbook" - News Clippings
  • Carter, Jimmy - Record
  • Civil Rights Directory
  • "Concerns in 1976"
  • Congress of Racial Equality
  • Cummings, James
  • Davis, Lindsay
  • Fact Sheets
  • "First Monday"
  • Fletcher, Arthur A.
  • Florida Black Republican Council
  • Hampton, Lionel - Conference
  • Holloway, Elbridge
  • Issue File
  • Keyes, Robert
  • King, Clennon

Box F16 - People for Ford: Black Desk Files

  • Legal File
  • Mass Mailings
  • Medicaid - Statement by Elliott Richardson
  • Mondale Speeches
  • People For Ford - Newsletters
  • People For Ford - Staff Roster
  • President Ford Committee - Master Speakers' Schedule, 9/25-10/1/76
  • President Ford Committee - Newsletters (1)-(2)
  • President Ford Committee - News Releases
  • President Ford Committee - State Organizations
  • President Ford Committee - Steering Committee
  • President Ford '76 Factbook, 3/5/76
  • Press Clippings (1)-(2)
  • State Coordinators for Black Mobilization
  • State Activities
  • State Activities - Alabama
  • State Activities - Arizona
  • State Activities - Arkansas
  • State Activities - California
  • State Activities - Connecticut
  • State Activities - Illinois
  • State Activities - Illinois - Chicago
  • State Activities - Indiana
  • State Activities - Kansas
  • State Activities - Kentucky
  • State Activities - Louisiana

Box F17 - People for Ford: Black Desk Files

  • State Activities - Maryland
  • State Activities - Michigan
  • State Activities - Missouri
  • State Activities - New Jersey
  • State Activities - New York
  • State Activities - North Carolina
  • State Activities - Oregon
  • State Activities - Pennsylvania
  • State Activities - Texas
  • State Activities - "What States Are Doing"
  • Thomas, Stanley B., Jr.
  • Volunteer Desk
  • Volunteers - State List, 9/11/76
  • Volunteers - State List, 9/15/76
  • Volunteers - State List, 9/21-22/76
  • Volunteers - State List, 9/30/76
  • Volunteers - State List, 10/1/76
  • Volunteers - State List - Undated
  • "Why Blacks Should Vote For President Ford"
  • White House Press Releases
  • Williams, Willie

Box F18 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • Administrative Chronological File (1)-(7)
  • Advocates
  • American Business Volunteers - Correspondence
  • American Business Volunteers - General
  • American Business Volunteers - Contact Sheets (1)-(3)
  • American Business Volunteers - Newsletter
  • American Business Volunteers - Telephone Program (1)-(2)

Box F19 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • American Business Volunteers - Telephone Contacts: Alabama - North Dakota

Box F20 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • American Business Volunteers - Telephone Contacts: Ohio - Wyoming
  • Asian-American Committee
  • Athletes - Final Report
  • Athletes - General
  • Blank Forms
  • Business and Professional Groups - Final Report
  • Business and Professional Groups - General
  • Business and Trade Associations
  • Business Women
  • Celebrities
  • Contractors
  • Contribution Information Kit
  • Dentists
  • Designers and Fashion Leaders Group
  • Drafts of Mailings

Box F21 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • Economic Fact Sheet
  • Economists Group
  • Editors and Publishers Group
  • Editors and Publishers - Endorsements (1)-(3)
  • Educators
  • Elected Officials (1)-(5)
  • Elected Officials - Contact Sheets
  • Executive Committee - Master Mailing Lists (1)-(2)
  • Federal Election Commission Campaign Guide

Box F22 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • Fry, Robert
  • Lawyers (1)-(2)
  • Mosbacher, Robert (1)-(2)
  • O'Dell, Robert
  • O'Dell Letter (Contributions)
  • Optometrists
  • Pasek, Leonard
  • Pepsico Letter - "Ford vs. Carter - A Management Opinion"
  • Physicians (1)-(3)
  • Physicians/Dentists - State Activities
  • Physicians' Leadership Kit
  • Physicians - Media
  • Physicians - State Organizations
  • Podiatrists

Box F23 - People for Ford: Business and Professional Desk Files

  • Police and Firemen
  • Political Action Committee Letters
  • Realtors
  • Stockbrokers
  • Stockbrokers - Gus Levy Letter (1)-(2)
  • Stockbrokers - Solicitation Letters (1)-(2)
  • Telephone Messages (1)-(3)
  • VIP Mailing List (1)-(5)
  • White House Meeting, 7/27/71

Box F24 - People for Ford: Ethnic Desk Files

  • Advising Committee for Ethnic Affairs
  • Arab Americans
  • Asian Americans
  • Baroody Speech
  • Campaign Materials
  • Captive Nations
  • Carter, Jimmy
  • Cuban-Americans
  • Domenici, Peter
  • Ethnic Desk - Brochures
  • Ethnic Desk - Button Distribution List
  • Ethnic Desk - Correspondence (1)-(2)
  • Ethnic Desk - General (1)-(2)
  • Ethnic Desk - Memos
  • Ethnic Desk - Presidential Telegrams
  • Ethnic Desk - Press Releases
  • Ethnic Desk - Scheduling

Box F25 - People for Ford: Ethnic Desk Files

  • Ethnic Desk - Speakers' Kits
  • Ethnic Desk - Travel
  • Ethnic Desk - Volunteers (1)-(2)
  • Ethnic Leaders
  • Ethnic Media
  • Ethnic Youth
  • Filipino Americans
  • Ford/Carter Debates - Eastern European Remark
  • Greek Americans
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Illinois
  • Indian (Native) Americans
  • Latvian Americans
  • Matteo Spanish Translation
  • Mexico - Voters In
  • National Bicentennial Ethnic Council Conference
  • National Republican Heritage Groups (Nationalities) Council
  • Office Information
  • People For Ford Newsletter
  • Polish Americans
  • Portuguese Americans

Box F26 - People for Ford: Ethnic Desk Files

  • President Ford Committee Newsletters
  • Ramonas, George - Personal
  • Republican National Hispanic Assembly
  • Scandinavian Americans
  • Turkish Americans
  • White House Meeting, 10/2/76

Box F27 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • Agriculture - General Statements
  • Agriculture - Issue Papers
  • Agriculture - News Clippings
  • Agriculture - Publications (1)-(2)
  • Agriculture - RNC Research Division
  • Agriculture - Speeches
  • Agricultural Platforms
  • Agricultural Policy - Foreign - Chronology
  • Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
  • Butz, Earl
  • Campaign Statistics

Box F28 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • Carter, Jimmy - Agricultural Campaign
  • Carter, Jimmy - News Clippings (1)-(2)
  • Crop Insurance
  • Dole Record
  • Dole Statements - Agricultural Legislation
  • Dole Statements - Drought
  • Dole Statements - EEC/Palm Oil
  • Dole Statements - Energy and Agriculture
  • Dole Statements - Export Sales
  • Dole Statements - Farm Income
  • Dole Statements - Food Stamps
  • Dole Statements - General
  • Dole Statements - Grain Inspection
  • Dole Statements - Grain Reserves
  • Dole Statements - Poultry and Milk
  • Dole Statements - Politicians and Agriculture
  • Dole Statements - Russian Wheat Sales
  • Dole Statements - World Hunger
  • Estate Tax
  • Farm Income Statistics
  • Farm Labor
  • Farm Prices - Correspondence
  • Farm Product Export Controls
  • Farm Programs
  • Farmers For Ford - Brochures
  • Farmers For Ford - Campaign Trips
  • Farmers For Ford - Information Packet
  • Farmers For Ford - Mailing Lists (1)-(2)

Box F29 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • Farmers For Ford - Mailing Lists (3)
  • Farmers For Ford - Media - Galleys
  • Farmers For Ford - Media Program - Farm Radio Package
  • Farmers For Ford - Media Program - Newspapers
  • Farmers For Ford - Media Program - Radio Actualities
  • Farmers For Ford - Speaker's Kit
  • Farmers For Ford - State Chairmen
  • Ford Activities - 1974 (1)-(2)
  • Grain Inspection
  • Grain Reserves
  • Grain Surplus
  • Meat Imports
  • Milk
  • Mondale, Walter - Record
  • 1972 Campaign - Agriculture Campaign - General (1)-(2)
  • 1972 Campaign - Agriculture Campaign - Mailing List
  • 1972 Campaign - Agriculture Campaign - Materials
  • 1972 Campaign - Agriculture Campaign - Staff
  • 1972 Campaign - "AG Re-Elector"
  • 1972 Campaign - Butz Appearances (1)

Box F30 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • 1972 Campaign - Butz Appearances (2)
  • 1972 Campaign - Letters to the Editor Project
  • 1972 Campaign - Press Clippings
  • 1972 Campaign - Press Releases
  • 1972 Campaign - State Agricultural Campaign Organizations
  • 1972 Campaign - State Agricultural Events
  • 1972 Campaign - State Farm Chairmen
  • 1972 Campaign - State Farm Chairmen - Responsibilities
  • 1972 Campaign - State Reports
  • 1972 Campaign - State Reports: Alabama - Indiana
  • 1972 Campaign - State Reports: Iowa
  • 1972 Campaign - State Reports: Kansas - Louisiana

Box F31 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • 1972 Campaign - State Reports: Maine - Wyoming

Box F32 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • 1972 Campaign - Weekly Reports - Agriculture (1)-(4)
  • Peanuts
  • Platform 1976 - Democratic and Republican
  • President Ford Committee
  • Proposition 14
  • Questions and Answers
  • Rural Development
  • Sugar
  • USDA Advisory Committee Members - By State (1)-(3)

Box F33 - People for Ford: Farm Desk Files

  • USDA Advisory Committee Members - By State (4)-(7)
  • USDA Speeches
  • USDA Telephone Directory
  • Washington Farm Letter
  • Water Rights

Box F34 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Advertising - "Ad #3"
  • Advertising - Budget and Strategy
  • Advertising - Copy
  • Advertising - Print Media Buys (1)-(3)
  • Advertising - Radio
  • Advertising - Samples
  • Aid to Israel
  • American Jewish Organizations Directory
  • American Jewish Press Association
  • Biennial Convention of B'nai B'rith

Box F35 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Carter, Jimmy
  • Celebrities
  • Dole, Robert - Record on Israel
  • Endorsements by State
  • Endorsements by State - California - Texas
  • Flatbush - Holocaust Center - GRF Remarks
  • Ford, Gerald - General
  • Ford, Gerald - Presidential Messages
  • Israel and the Middle East
  • Jewish Desk - Brochure
  • Jewish Desk - Brochure, Copy

Box F36 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Jewish Desk - Budget
  • Jewish Desk - Budget - Correspondence
  • Jewish Desk - Campaign Strategy
  • Jewish Desk - Expense Authorization Requests (1)-(3)
  • Jewish Desk - Final Report
  • Jewish Desk - Press Kit
  • Jewish Desk - Speakers
  • Jewish Desk - Speaker's Kit
  • Jewish Desk - Speaker's Kit - Drafts
  • Jewish Desk - State Chairmen
  • Jewish Desk - Volunteers

Box F37 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Jewish Issues
  • Jewish Leaders - White House Meeting, 9/20/76 (1)-(5)
  • Jewish Population in the United States
  • Jewish Press (1)-(2)
  • Jewish Press Representative Meeting, 10/4/76
  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • Lissy, David
  • "Man on the Street" Proposal
  • Mass Mailings
  • Near East Research, Inc.
  • New York Mobile Unit Proposal
  • People for Ford - Fact Kit (1)-(2)
  • Peterson, Elly
  • Photographs - Contact Negatives

Box F38 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Polls
  • President Ford Committee - Speaker's Kit (1)-(2)
  • President Ford Committee Memos
  • Press Clippings (1)-(2)
  • Press Conferences (1)-(2)
  • Press Releases (1)-(2)
  • Response Lists (1)-(3)
  • Response Lists - Rabbis

Box F39 - People for Ford: Jewish Desk Files

  • Resource Lists - Telephone Numbers (1)-(2)
  • Revenue Sharing Fact Sheet
  • Singer, Israel
  • Speech - "A Voice for President Ford"
  • Speech - Notecards
  • Target Cities (1)-(2)
  • Target States
  • Target States - California
  • Target States - Florida
  • Target States - Illinois
  • Target States - New Jersey
  • Target States - New York
  • Target States - Pennsylvania
  • VIP Endorsements - Quotes
  • Yeshiva of Flatbush High School - GRF Remarks

Box F40 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • National Volunteer Desk - General
  • Phone Banks - By State (1)-(3)
  • State Support - By Date
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Alabama (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Alaska
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Arizona
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Arkansas

Box F41 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - California (1)-(7)

Box F42 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - California (8)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Colorado
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Connecticut
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Delaware
  • Volunteer Letters by State - District of Columbia
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Florida (1)-(3)

Box F43 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Florida (4)-(6)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Georgia (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Hawaii
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Idaho

Box F44 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Illinois (1)-(4)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Indiana (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Iowa
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Kansas (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Kentucky (1)-(2)

Box F45 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Louisiana
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Maine
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Massachusetts
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Maryland (1)-(3)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Michigan (1)-(2)

Box F46 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Michigan (3)-(4)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Minnesota (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Mississippi
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Missouri (1)-(3)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Montana
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Nebraska
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Nevada
  • Volunteer Letters by State - New Hampshire

Box F47 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters By State - New Jersey (1)-(4)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - New Mexico
  • Volunteer Letters by State - New York (1)-(3)

Box F48 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - New York (4)-(8)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - North Carolina (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - North Dakota
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Ohio (1)

Box F49 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Ohio (2)-(4)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Oklahoma
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Oregon
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Pennsylvania (1)-(2)

Box F50 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Pennsylvania (3)-(7)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Puerto Rico
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Rhode Island
  • Volunteer Letters by State - South Carolina
  • Volunteer Letters by State - South Dakota
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Tennessee (1)-(2)

Box F51 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Texas (1)-(5)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - U.S. Citizens Living Abroad
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Utah
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Vermont
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Virginia (1)

Box F52 - People for Ford: National Volunteer Desk Files

  • Volunteer Letters by State - Virginia (2)-(3)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Washington (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - West Virginia
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Wisconsin (1)-(2)
  • Volunteer Letters by State - Wyoming

Box F53 - People for Ford: Older Americans Desk Files

  • Advisory Council
  • Advisory Council Biographies (1)-(2)
  • Advisory Council List
  • Area Agencies on Aging Directory
  • Arnold, Margaret
  • Brochures
  • Correspondence (1)-(3)
  • District and County Chairmen
  • Indiana Senior Republican Club
  • Older Americans Desk - Campaign Strategy

Box F54 - People for Ford: Older Americans Desk Files

  • Older Americans Desk - Expenses
  • Older Americans Desk - Final Report
  • Older Americans Desk - Memos
  • Older Americans Issues - GRF Statements - General
  • Older Americans Issues - GRF Statements - Health
  • Older Americans Issues - GRF Statements - Overview
  • Older Americans Issues - GRF Statements - Social Security
  • Older Americans Message
  • Philadelphia Senior Citizens Event
  • President Ford Committee - State Organizations
  • Press
  • State Chairmen
  • State Chairmen - Biographies
  • State Chairmen - Correspondence
  • State Chairmen - Lists
  • State Organizations
  • White House Swearing-In Ceremony - Luncheon, 10/12/76

Box F55 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Ayres, William - Chronological File (1)-(3)
  • Ayres, William - Statements
  • Chinese-American Voters
  • Disabled American Veterans - Membership Lists (1)-(4)
  • Dole's Letter to Veterans
  • Newsletter Items
  • Polls
  • President's Letter to Veterans Desk Committeemen
  • Tenney, Dennis
  • Veterans Affairs - Dole Record
  • Veterans Affairs - Ford Record

Box F56 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Desk - Biographies (1)-(2)
  • Veterans Desk - Brochures
  • Veterans Desk - Correspondence (1)-(3)

Box F57 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Desk - Correspondence (4)-(5)
  • Veterans Desk - General
  • Veterans Desk - Expense Authorization Requests
  • Veterans Desk - Mailings - Committeemen
  • Veterans Desk - Mailings - General
  • Veterans Desk - Mailings - "Ten Names" Drive (1)-(2)
  • Veterans Desk - National Committee
  • Veterans Desk - Press Clippings
  • Veterans Desk - Press Releases
  • Veterans Desk - Reports
  • Veterans Desk - Speeches
  • Veterans Desk - Volunteers
  • Veterans for Nixon

Box F58 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Organizations - Department Commanders
  • Veterans Organizations - National Lists (1)-(4)
  • Veterans Organizations - State Lists: Alabama - California

Box F59 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Organizations - State Lists: Connecticut - Iowa

Box F60 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Organizations - State Lists: Kansas - New York (2)

Box F61 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Organizations - State Lists: New York (3) - Pennsylvania (3)

Box F62 - People for Ford: Veterans Desk Files

  • Veterans Organizations - State Lists: Pennsylvania (4) - Wisconsin
  • Vietnam Veterans

Box F63 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Campaign Materials - Presidentials
  • College Recruitment
  • High School Recruitment
  • Media - Clippings
  • Reagan Youth - Mailing Lists (1)-(3)
  • Young Republican Leadership Conference, 1/76
  • Young Republican Leadership Conference - Press Clippings
  • Youth Plan - States - Alabama (1)-(6)
  • Youth Plan - States - Alaska (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Arizona (1)-(4)

Box F64 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Arkansas (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - California (1)-(5)
  • Youth Plan - States - Colorado (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Connecticut (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Delaware (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - District of Columbia (1)-(3)

Box F65 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Florida (1)-(8)
  • Youth Plan - States - Georgia (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Hawaii (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Idaho (1)-(2)
  • Youth Plan - States - Illinois (1)-(6)

Box F66 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Indiana (1)-(6)
  • Youth Plan - States - Iowa (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - Kansas (1)-(8)

Box F67 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Kentucky (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - Louisiana (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Maine (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Maryland (1)-(5)
  • Youth Plan - States - Massachusetts (1)-(3)

Box F68 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Michigan (1)-(6)
  • Youth Plan - States - Minnesota (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - Mississippi (1)-(2)
  • Youth Plan - States - Missouri (1)-(6)
  • Youth Plan - States - Montana (1)-(3)

Box F69 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Nebraska (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Nevada (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - New Hampshire (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - New Jersey (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - New Mexico (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - New York (1)-(6)

Box F70 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - North Carolina (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - North Dakota (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Ohio (1)-(7)
  • Youth Plan - States - Oklahoma (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Oregon (1)-(3)

Box F71 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Pennsylvania (1)-(8)
  • Youth Plan - States - Rhode Island (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - South Carolina (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - South Dakota (1)-(3)

Box F72 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Tennessee (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Texas (1)-(5)
  • Youth Plan - States - Utah (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Vermont (1)-(2)
  • Youth Plan - States - Virginia (1)-(4)

Box F73 - People for Ford: Youth Desk Files

  • Youth Plan - States - Washington (1)-(4)
  • Youth Plan - States - West Virginia (1)-(3)
  • Youth Plan - States - Wisconsin (1)-(9)
  • Youth Plan - States - Wyoming (1)-(3)
  • Youth Program at National Convention - Preliminary Draft
  • Youth Program at National Convention - Secondary Draft