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The Richard B. Cheney files consist partly of materials created by or addressed to Cheney and partly of materials addressed to President Gerald R. Ford by other White House staff members, campaign committee officials, friends of the President, government officials, and Republican leaders. The President apparently transmitted most of these documents to Cheney for his information or handling.
The two topics most heavily documented in the Cheney files are the 1976 presidential campaign and the 1975 investigations of the intelligence community.
The bulk of the campaign materials concern President Ford's efforts to obtain the Republican nomination, May 1975 - August 1976. Included are such items as a virtually complete set of progress reports from President Ford Committee chairmen Howard "Bo" Callaway and Rogers Morton, July 1975 - July 1976; letters from Republican leaders giving campaign advice; handwritten messages from the President to Cheney; and the President's handwritten notes concerning telephone calls to Republican convention delegates, June - August 1976.
Materials on the intelligence investigations concern such topics as William Colby's report to the President in December 1974 on alleged abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency, the establishment and operation of the Rockefeller Commission, congressional investigations, and proposed presidential actions to reform the intelligence community.
The amount of material on most topics other than the campaign or the intelligence investigations is fairly small. The collection concerns a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues, personnel appointments (including the nomination of John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court), and the 1974 and 1977 transitions. What the files lack in quantity, they often make up for in quality. Many folders contain the originals of significant documents addressed to the President and/or notes exchanged between Cheney and the President.
One area that is not well documented in this collection is the large number of meetings that Cheney attended. Although the senior staff met on a daily basis, only a few scattered notes by Cheney on the discussions appear in the files. Similarly, there are few notes from Cheney's meetings with the President and other individuals.
Richard B. Cheney Files … The Richard B. Cheney files consist partly of materials created by or addressed to Cheney and partly of materials addressed to President Gerald R. Ford by other White House staff members, campaign committee officials, friends of the President, government officials, and Republican leaders. The President apparently transmitted most of these documents to Cheney for his information or handling. The two topics most heavily documented in the Cheney files are the 1976 presidential …
The Richard B. Cheney files consist partly of materials created by or addressed to Cheney and partly of materials addressed to President Gerald R. Ford by other White House staff members, campaign committee officials, friends of the President, government officials, and Republican leaders. The President apparently transmitted most of these documents to Cheney for his information or handling.
The two topics most heavily documented in the Cheney files are the 1976 presidential campaign and the 1975 investigations of the intelligence community.
The bulk of the campaign materials concern President Ford's efforts to obtain the Republican nomination, May 1975 - August 1976. Included are such items as a virtually complete set of progress reports from President Ford Committee chairmen Howard "Bo" Callaway and Rogers Morton, July 1975 - July 1976; letters from Republican leaders giving campaign advice; handwritten messages from the President to Cheney; and the President's handwritten notes concerning telephone calls to Republican convention delegates, June - August 1976.
Materials on the intelligence investigations concern such topics as William Colby's report to the President in December 1974 on alleged abuses by the Central Intelligence Agency, the establishment and operation of the Rockefeller Commission, congressional investigations, and proposed presidential actions to reform the intelligence community.
The amount of material on most topics other than the campaign or the intelligence investigations is fairly small. The collection concerns a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues, personnel appointments (including the nomination of John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court), and the 1974 and 1977 transitions. What the files lack in quantity, they often make up for in quality. Many folders contain the originals of significant documents addressed to the President and/or notes exchanged between Cheney and the President.
One area that is not well documented in this collection is the large number of meetings that Cheney attended. Although the senior staff met on a daily basis, only a few scattered notes by Cheney on the discussions appear in the files. Similarly, there are few notes from Cheney's meetings with the President and other individuals.
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This collection contains a wide array of condolence messages and expressions of sympathy sent to Betty Ford and family following the death of former President Gerald R. Ford. A large portion of the collection consists of condolence books collected by American embassies overseas; foreign embassies in Washington, DC; the United Nations headquarters in New York City; US Supreme Court; US House of Representatives; Blair House; US Department of Interior’s White House Visitors Office; Presidential Libraries; and funeral homes across the US. There are also numerous official tributes to Gerald R. Ford from foreign dignitaries, such as King Albert II of Belgium, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Emperor Akihito of Japan, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. In addition, the collection contains proclamations and resolutions issued by state and municipal governments, public and private universities, police departments, state troopers, state national guard, and other local organizations.
On a more personal level are the cards, letters, emails, and tokens of sympathy sent to Betty Ford and the family following Gerald Ford’s passing. In general terms, these messages share remembrances of the Ford presidency, including the impact of the Watergate scandal, Nixon pardon, Bicentennial celebration, and Betty Ford’s breast cancer surgery, and the Ford children. Of particular note are letters from past acquaintances sharing anecdotal information from President Ford’s early years about his football accomplishments, park ranger experience, Yale Law School years, and WWII service, as well as Mrs. Ford’s modeling career and employment at Herpolsheimer's department store. The tokens of sympathy run the gamut from children’s drawings to photos, prayer cards, mass enrollment cards, poems, and musical compositions.
In addition, the collection contains a small of amount of material relating to the funeral ceremonies, but these materials are rather selective and fragmentary.
Gerald R. Ford Funeral Materials … This collection contains a wide array of condolence messages and expressions of sympathy sent to Betty Ford and family following the death of former President Gerald R. Ford. A large portion of the collection consists of condolence books collected by American embassies overseas; foreign embassies in Washington, DC; the United Nations headquarters in New York City; US Supreme Court; US House of Representatives; Blair House; US Department of Interior’s White House Visitors …
This collection contains a wide array of condolence messages and expressions of sympathy sent to Betty Ford and family following the death of former President Gerald R. Ford. A large portion of the collection consists of condolence books collected by American embassies overseas; foreign embassies in Washington, DC; the United Nations headquarters in New York City; US Supreme Court; US House of Representatives; Blair House; US Department of Interior’s White House Visitors Office; Presidential Libraries; and funeral homes across the US. There are also numerous official tributes to Gerald R. Ford from foreign dignitaries, such as King Albert II of Belgium, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Emperor Akihito of Japan, and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. In addition, the collection contains proclamations and resolutions issued by state and municipal governments, public and private universities, police departments, state troopers, state national guard, and other local organizations.
On a more personal level are the cards, letters, emails, and tokens of sympathy sent to Betty Ford and the family following Gerald Ford’s passing. In general terms, these messages share remembrances of the Ford presidency, including the impact of the Watergate scandal, Nixon pardon, Bicentennial celebration, and Betty Ford’s breast cancer surgery, and the Ford children. Of particular note are letters from past acquaintances sharing anecdotal information from President Ford’s early years about his football accomplishments, park ranger experience, Yale Law School years, and WWII service, as well as Mrs. Ford’s modeling career and employment at Herpolsheimer's department store. The tokens of sympathy run the gamut from children’s drawings to photos, prayer cards, mass enrollment cards, poems, and musical compositions.
In addition, the collection contains a small of amount of material relating to the funeral ceremonies, but these materials are rather selective and fragmentary.
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This collection contains materials concerning Frederick T. Steeper’s work as a Michigan-based political analyst and career in survey research and analysis for Republican Presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial candidates and campaign organizations. The collection contains materials related to Steeper’s work for the Republican National Committee, George H.W. Bush’s 1992 and 1996 Presidential campaigns, George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 Presidential campaigns, and various state campaigns.
Frederick T. Steeper Papers … This collection contains materials concerning Frederick T. Steeper’s work as a Michigan-based political analyst and career in survey research and analysis for Republican Presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial candidates and campaign organizations. The collection contains materials related to Steeper’s work for the Republican National Committee, George H.W. Bush’s 1992 and 1996 Presidential campaigns, George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 Presidential campaigns, and various state …
This collection contains materials concerning Frederick T. Steeper’s work as a Michigan-based political analyst and career in survey research and analysis for Republican Presidential, senatorial, and gubernatorial candidates and campaign organizations. The collection contains materials related to Steeper’s work for the Republican National Committee, George H.W. Bush’s 1992 and 1996 Presidential campaigns, George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 Presidential campaigns, and various state campaigns.
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This collection consists of printed material and memorabilia from assorted presidential campaigns from 1896 to 2008. It contains much material on well-known politicians such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Eugene McCarthy, and Robert Kennedy. Of particular interest are the large number of candidate biographies from the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, and 1992 presidential contests, as well as materials on the civil rights movement, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, labor unions, the Christian right, Watergate, Cold War, Gulf War, and sexual misconduct.
The collection also contains strong materials on minor political parties and obscure presidential candidates. Of interest will be the campaign literature on a variety of ideologies ranging from white nationalism to populism, libertarianism, socialism, communism, and Christian fundamentalism, as well as candidate literature for Homer Tomlinson, Gus Hall, Angela Davis, George Lincoln Rockwell, Lyndon LaRouche, and J Quinn Brisben. Topics include white supremacy, integration, welfare, taxes, black power, labor unions, women’s rights, and Protestant Evangelicalism.
In sum, this collection provides insight into U.S. presidential campaigns and campaign issues over the years, including how candidates utilized language, symbols, and images to make their message known.
Michael Kelly Political Campaign Ephemera Collection … This collection consists of printed material and memorabilia from assorted presidential campaigns from 1896 to 2008. It contains much material on well-known politicians such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Eugene McCarthy, and Robert Kennedy. Of particular interest are the large number of candidate biographies from the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, and 1992 presidential …
This collection consists of printed material and memorabilia from assorted presidential campaigns from 1896 to 2008. It contains much material on well-known politicians such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Eugene McCarthy, and Robert Kennedy. Of particular interest are the large number of candidate biographies from the 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, and 1992 presidential contests, as well as materials on the civil rights movement, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, labor unions, the Christian right, Watergate, Cold War, Gulf War, and sexual misconduct.
The collection also contains strong materials on minor political parties and obscure presidential candidates. Of interest will be the campaign literature on a variety of ideologies ranging from white nationalism to populism, libertarianism, socialism, communism, and Christian fundamentalism, as well as candidate literature for Homer Tomlinson, Gus Hall, Angela Davis, George Lincoln Rockwell, Lyndon LaRouche, and J Quinn Brisben. Topics include white supremacy, integration, welfare, taxes, black power, labor unions, women’s rights, and Protestant Evangelicalism.
In sum, this collection provides insight into U.S. presidential campaigns and campaign issues over the years, including how candidates utilized language, symbols, and images to make their message known.
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This collection contains materials relating to Robert Orben’s comedy writing career encompassing his work as a humor consultant and speechwriter for television personalities, corporate clients, and politicians. Materials compiled during his tenure as speechwriter for President Gerald Ford are also included.
Robert Orben Papers … This collection contains materials relating to Robert Orben’s comedy writing career encompassing his work as a humor consultant and speechwriter for television personalities, corporate clients, and politicians. Materials compiled during his tenure as speechwriter for President Gerald Ford are also …
This collection contains materials relating to Robert Orben’s comedy writing career encompassing his work as a humor consultant and speechwriter for television personalities, corporate clients, and politicians. Materials compiled during his tenure as speechwriter for President Gerald Ford are also included.
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The collection contains materials relating primarily to J. Stanley Pottinger's work on civil rights matters in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1970-1973), and the Department of Justice (1973-1977) during the Nixon and Ford administrations. The collection documents the investigation and enforcement of various civil rights issues, including: desegregation, busing, women's rights, affirmative action, education, employment, government surveillance, Kent State, and Wounded Knee.
J. Stanley Pottinger Papers … The collection contains materials relating primarily to J. Stanley Pottinger's work on civil rights matters in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1970-1973), and the Department of Justice (1973-1977) during the Nixon and Ford administrations. The collection documents the investigation and enforcement of various civil rights issues, including: desegregation, busing, women's rights, affirmative action, education, employment, government surveillance, Kent State, and …
The collection contains materials relating primarily to J. Stanley Pottinger's work on civil rights matters in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (1970-1973), and the Department of Justice (1973-1977) during the Nixon and Ford administrations. The collection documents the investigation and enforcement of various civil rights issues, including: desegregation, busing, women's rights, affirmative action, education, employment, government surveillance, Kent State, and Wounded Knee.
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This collection documents James Connor's responsibilities as Staff Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, especially White House administrative matters; the flow of presidential paperwork; and the planning, preparation and follow-up of Cabinet meetings. His special expertise in energy policy and his work on intelligence community reforms is also well documented.
The Connor files are especially full in documenting his work with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld during 1975, both as Cabinet Secretary and as Staff Secretary. A number of series span the entire Ford administration and include files accumulated by Connor's predecessor as Staff Secretary, Jerry Jones. The Presidential Personnel Appointments File in particular appears to cover a wide range of personnel decisions throughout the administration. However, the Staff Comments File and possibly the Courier Materials File are incomplete for much of 1976. Connor's files on intelligence community reforms are strongest for July to September 1975, although some later materials appear.
Although he also was involved in planning the presidential campaign of 1976 and the transition from the Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter administrations, these latter topics are incompletely documented in the files.
James E. Connor Files … This collection documents James Connor's responsibilities as Staff Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, especially White House administrative matters; the flow of presidential paperwork; and the planning, preparation and follow-up of Cabinet meetings. His special expertise in energy policy and his work on intelligence community reforms is also well documented. The Connor files are especially full in documenting his work with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld during 1975, both as Cabinet …
This collection documents James Connor's responsibilities as Staff Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, especially White House administrative matters; the flow of presidential paperwork; and the planning, preparation and follow-up of Cabinet meetings. His special expertise in energy policy and his work on intelligence community reforms is also well documented.
The Connor files are especially full in documenting his work with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld during 1975, both as Cabinet Secretary and as Staff Secretary. A number of series span the entire Ford administration and include files accumulated by Connor's predecessor as Staff Secretary, Jerry Jones. The Presidential Personnel Appointments File in particular appears to cover a wide range of personnel decisions throughout the administration. However, the Staff Comments File and possibly the Courier Materials File are incomplete for much of 1976. Connor's files on intelligence community reforms are strongest for July to September 1975, although some later materials appear.
Although he also was involved in planning the presidential campaign of 1976 and the transition from the Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter administrations, these latter topics are incompletely documented in the files.
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The legislation case files document the central clearance procedure on legislation sent to the President for signature or veto. Thomas M. Jones, Chief of Records, maintained these files in the Records Office, one of the permanent operating offices that provided routine administrative support for the White House. Robert D. Linder, White House Chief Executive Clerk since 1971, directed the permanent operating offices. One of Linder's responsibilities was to begin the clearance procedure that provided the President with recommendations on enrolled legislation and to assure that the record of his decisions was preserved.
Most enrolled bills and joint resolutions requiring the President's action passed through a standard clearance procedure in the White House. The Executive Clerk first requested the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain comments and recommendations from concerned federal agencies. The OMB forwarded these written comments to the White House along with a summary of the main features of the legislation, related congressional documents, and a recommended decision. This was the "bill report" upon which other comments were based. The White House Staff Secretary circulated the bill report to appropriate White House offices for their comments, especially the staff of the Domestic Council or the National Security Council. The Staff Secretary also requested the Editorial Office to draft press statements for possible release. Finally , he submitted the complete package to the President, including the official parchment copies of the legislation. After James Canon became Executive Director of the Domestic Council in February 1975, he provided the President with a cover memorandum for each measure, further summarizing its key features and the recommended decisions.
The President had three possible choices with any legislation passed during a regular session of Congress. He either signed the measure, allowed it to become law without his signature after ten days, or vetoed it by returning the legislation to Capitol Hill. Measures vetoed during the regular session could still become law if a two-thirds majority of the House and the Senate voted to override the President's decision. If he took no action on a measure passed at the end of a session of Congress, it did not become law, instead, it was "pocket vetoed",with no possibility of Congressional override.
The legislation case files in the Ford Library contain material on President Ford's decisions on every public and private enrolled bill or joint resolution passed by the Congress and sent to him for action, including those he vetoed or pocket vetoed. A typical file includes: a text of the measure; House and Senate reports; the OMB bill report and federal agency recommendations; press releases; and a covering memorandum from the Domestic Council Executive Director. President Ford's decision is often indicated by his initials on OMB or Domestic Council memoranda. Many files, especially vetoed measures, contain draft statements and press releases and additional documentation of the White House clearance procedure. Case files for a few of the most controversial pieces of legislation, such as the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974, are incomplete because they did not follow the standard clearance procedure. The files are arranged in chronological order by date of action by the President and thereunder in the following order: Senate bills, Senate joint resolutions, House bills, House joint resolutions.
White House Records Office: Legislation Case Files … The legislation case files document the central clearance procedure on legislation sent to the President for signature or veto. Thomas M. Jones, Chief of Records, maintained these files in the Records Office, one of the permanent operating offices that provided routine administrative support for the White House. Robert D. Linder, White House Chief Executive Clerk since 1971, directed the permanent operating offices. One of Linder's responsibilities was …
The legislation case files document the central clearance procedure on legislation sent to the President for signature or veto. Thomas M. Jones, Chief of Records, maintained these files in the Records Office, one of the permanent operating offices that provided routine administrative support for the White House. Robert D. Linder, White House Chief Executive Clerk since 1971, directed the permanent operating offices. One of Linder's responsibilities was to begin the clearance procedure that provided the President with recommendations on enrolled legislation and to assure that the record of his decisions was preserved.
Most enrolled bills and joint resolutions requiring the President's action passed through a standard clearance procedure in the White House. The Executive Clerk first requested the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain comments and recommendations from concerned federal agencies. The OMB forwarded these written comments to the White House along with a summary of the main features of the legislation, related congressional documents, and a recommended decision. This was the "bill report" upon which other comments were based. The White House Staff Secretary circulated the bill report to appropriate White House offices for their comments, especially the staff of the Domestic Council or the National Security Council. The Staff Secretary also requested the Editorial Office to draft press statements for possible release. Finally , he submitted the complete package to the President, including the official parchment copies of the legislation. After James Canon became Executive Director of the Domestic Council in February 1975, he provided the President with a cover memorandum for each measure, further summarizing its key features and the recommended decisions.
The President had three possible choices with any legislation passed during a regular session of Congress. He either signed the measure, allowed it to become law without his signature after ten days, or vetoed it by returning the legislation to Capitol Hill. Measures vetoed during the regular session could still become law if a two-thirds majority of the House and the Senate voted to override the President's decision. If he took no action on a measure passed at the end of a session of Congress, it did not become law, instead, it was "pocket vetoed",with no possibility of Congressional override.
The legislation case files in the Ford Library contain material on President Ford's decisions on every public and private enrolled bill or joint resolution passed by the Congress and sent to him for action, including those he vetoed or pocket vetoed. A typical file includes: a text of the measure; House and Senate reports; the OMB bill report and federal agency recommendations; press releases; and a covering memorandum from the Domestic Council Executive Director. President Ford's decision is often indicated by his initials on OMB or Domestic Council memoranda. Many files, especially vetoed measures, contain draft statements and press releases and additional documentation of the White House clearance procedure. Case files for a few of the most controversial pieces of legislation, such as the Tax Reduction Act of 1975 and the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974, are incomplete because they did not follow the standard clearance procedure. The files are arranged in chronological order by date of action by the President and thereunder in the following order: Senate bills, Senate joint resolutions, House bills, House joint resolutions.
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The White House Central Files (WHCF) documents all aspects of the administration of President Gerald R. Ford. The Subject File is the location for most substantive WHCF material and, through cross-references, is the path of access to material in related files. It includes: memoranda, letters, telegrams, reports, cables, publications, press releases, speeches, lists, drafts, clippings, briefing papers, schedules, invitations, courtesy messages, and public opinion mail.
This material is the product of the White House, Domestic Council and National Security Council staffs. In addition to material prepared by them, it includes related communications from: officials at all levels and branches of Federal, state and local government; political advisers and organizations; spokesmen for or members of various economic, political, ethnic, religious, and professional groups; foreign officials; and, not least, the general public.
Content reflects political, policy, administrative, personnel, and public relations concerns; including those domestic and foreign, significant and insignificant.
White House Central Files Subject Files (Ford Administration) … The White House Central Files (WHCF) documents all aspects of the administration of President Gerald R. Ford. The Subject File is the location for most substantive WHCF material and, through cross-references, is the path of access to material in related files. It includes: memoranda, letters, telegrams, reports, cables, publications, press releases, speeches, lists, drafts, clippings, briefing papers, schedules, invitations, courtesy messages, …
The White House Central Files (WHCF) documents all aspects of the administration of President Gerald R. Ford. The Subject File is the location for most substantive WHCF material and, through cross-references, is the path of access to material in related files. It includes: memoranda, letters, telegrams, reports, cables, publications, press releases, speeches, lists, drafts, clippings, briefing papers, schedules, invitations, courtesy messages, and public opinion mail.
This material is the product of the White House, Domestic Council and National Security Council staffs. In addition to material prepared by them, it includes related communications from: officials at all levels and branches of Federal, state and local government; political advisers and organizations; spokesmen for or members of various economic, political, ethnic, religious, and professional groups; foreign officials; and, not least, the general public.
Content reflects political, policy, administrative, personnel, and public relations concerns; including those domestic and foreign, significant and insignificant.