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Republican National Committee (RNC) National Survey Research Files

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This series contains surveys, questionnaire results, press clippings, correspondence, and reports. Topics include the 1984 Presidential election, 1990 mid-term elections, 1992 Presidential elections, and national attitudes on the Persian Gulf War, politics, gun control, environmental protection, the economy, and Washington, DC.

Collection: Frederick T. Steeper Papers

Republican National Committee (RNC) National Survey Research Files … This series contains surveys, questionnaire results, press clippings, correspondence, and reports. Topics include the 1984 Presidential election, 1990 mid-term elections, 1992 Presidential elections, and national attitudes on the Persian Gulf War, politics, gun control, environmental protection, the economy, and Washington, …

This series contains surveys, questionnaire results, press clippings, correspondence, and reports. Topics include the 1984 Presidential election, 1990 mid-term elections, 1992 Presidential elections, and national attitudes on the Persian Gulf War, politics, gun control, environmental protection, the economy, and Washington, DC.

Subject Files

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This series consists of correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, and publications concerning such topics as alcoholism, arthritis, family, the Equal Rights Amendment, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Martha Graham Dance Company, and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). It also includes materials concerning the writing and publishing of former First Lady Betty Ford's books, "The Times of My Life" and "A Glad Awakening" and the production of the television movie, "A Betty Ford Story."

Collection: Betty Ford Post-White House Papers

Subject Files … This series consists of correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, and publications concerning such topics as alcoholism, arthritis, family, the Equal Rights Amendment, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Martha Graham Dance Company, and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). It also includes materials concerning the writing and publishing of former First Lady Betty Ford's books, "The Times of My Life" and "A Glad Awakening" and the production of the …

This series consists of correspondence, financial reports, meeting minutes, and publications concerning such topics as alcoholism, arthritis, family, the Equal Rights Amendment, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Martha Graham Dance Company, and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA). It also includes materials concerning the writing and publishing of former First Lady Betty Ford's books, "The Times of My Life" and "A Glad Awakening" and the production of the television movie, "A Betty Ford Story."

Investigatory Files on Gerald R. Ford's Application for a Commission

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This series contains reports on interviews with various employers, friends, and associates of Gerald R. Ford conducted by the Office of Naval Intelligence after Ford applied for a commission in the intelligence branch of the Naval Reserve in December 1941. The interviews focus on Ford's early life (including his parents' divorce), high school, college, and his subsequent work at Yale University and in Grand Rapids. The bulk of the file dates from 1941 and 1942, but it also contains some subsequent references to the original investigation.

Collection: General Records of the Department of the Navy

Investigatory Files on Gerald R. Ford's Application for a Commission … This series contains reports on interviews with various employers, friends, and associates of Gerald R. Ford conducted by the Office of Naval Intelligence after Ford applied for a commission in the intelligence branch of the Naval Reserve in December 1941. The interviews focus on Ford's early life (including his parents' divorce), high school, college, and his subsequent work at Yale University and in Grand Rapids. The bulk of the file …

This series contains reports on interviews with various employers, friends, and associates of Gerald R. Ford conducted by the Office of Naval Intelligence after Ford applied for a commission in the intelligence branch of the Naval Reserve in December 1941. The interviews focus on Ford's early life (including his parents' divorce), high school, college, and his subsequent work at Yale University and in Grand Rapids. The bulk of the file dates from 1941 and 1942, but it also contains some subsequent references to the original investigation.

Interview Transcripts

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This series contains transcripts of interviews with seven people who knew Gerald Ford as a young man. They discuss their acquaintanceships with Ford, Grand Rapids politics in the 1930's and 1940's, and Ford's 1948 congressional campaign. Included are interviews with Arthur G. Brown, Philip W. Buchen, Kay Clark, Paul G. and Maraget E. Goebel, Dorothy L. Judd, Willard B. Ver Meulen, and Niel A. Weathers.

Collection: Grand Rapids Oral Histories Collection

Interview Transcripts … This series contains transcripts of interviews with seven people who knew Gerald Ford as a young man. They discuss their acquaintanceships with Ford, Grand Rapids politics in the 1930's and 1940's, and Ford's 1948 congressional campaign. Included are interviews with Arthur G. Brown, Philip W. Buchen, Kay Clark, Paul G. and Maraget E. Goebel, Dorothy L. Judd, Willard B. Ver Meulen, and Niel A. …

This series contains transcripts of interviews with seven people who knew Gerald Ford as a young man. They discuss their acquaintanceships with Ford, Grand Rapids politics in the 1930's and 1940's, and Ford's 1948 congressional campaign. Included are interviews with Arthur G. Brown, Philip W. Buchen, Kay Clark, Paul G. and Maraget E. Goebel, Dorothy L. Judd, Willard B. Ver Meulen, and Niel A. Weathers.

White House Subject Files

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, schedules, briefing books, press releases, and clippings relating to a wide range of issues and daily activities during the Gerald Ford administration. The materials concern such topics as the organization and operation of the editorial and speech writing office, selection of a vice president in 1974, the 1976 presidential campaign, liaison with national and state Republican Party leadership, and public opinion polling. Included are notes that President Ford sent to Hartmann with clippings and articles indicating they contained information that could be useful in the drafting of speeches. Another unique segment is Hartmann's handwritten notes from various meetings, including some meetings of the 1974 presidential transition group and the Cabinet and discussions of the 1976 presidential campaign. The series also contain Hartmann's schedules, personal correspondence, and telephone call logs.

Collection: Robert T. Hartmann Papers

White House Subject Files … This series contains correspondence, memoranda, schedules, briefing books, press releases, and clippings relating to a wide range of issues and daily activities during the Gerald Ford administration. The materials concern such topics as the organization and operation of the editorial and speech writing office, selection of a vice president in 1974, the 1976 presidential campaign, liaison with national and state Republican Party leadership, and public opinion polling. Included …

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, schedules, briefing books, press releases, and clippings relating to a wide range of issues and daily activities during the Gerald Ford administration. The materials concern such topics as the organization and operation of the editorial and speech writing office, selection of a vice president in 1974, the 1976 presidential campaign, liaison with national and state Republican Party leadership, and public opinion polling. Included are notes that President Ford sent to Hartmann with clippings and articles indicating they contained information that could be useful in the drafting of speeches. Another unique segment is Hartmann's handwritten notes from various meetings, including some meetings of the 1974 presidential transition group and the Cabinet and discussions of the 1976 presidential campaign. The series also contain Hartmann's schedules, personal correspondence, and telephone call logs.