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This collection consists primarily of correspondence, memoranda, briefing material, quotes, newspaper articles, fact sheets, polling research, and newsletters related to the 1976 Presidential Campaign. Much of the material consists of letters from the public requesting information on President Ford's positions on issues, and the responses of the President Ford Committee Answer Desk to those letters. Also included is a series of Presidential Clemency Board reports documenting performance measurement and analyzing the process of deciding cases of individuals who applied for clemency.
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This collection consists of a complete set of construction drawings for Gerald and Betty Ford's post-Presidential home in Rancho Mirage, CA. The drawings include site plans, elevations, and construction details, and covers structural, mechanical, electrical, landscape, and swimming pool elements. The home was designed for the Fords by the Los Angeles firm Welton Becket Associates. Edward Randall was the swimming pool sub-contractor for the project.
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The collection documents a significant portion of his activities as Domestic Council associate director working on energy, environmental and transportation matters; his work on selected political activities in 1976, especially the preparation of the 1976 Republican Party platform; and his work as executive director of the Intelligence Coordinating Group. A separate collection of Raoul-Duval personal papers relating to many of the same topics is also available in the Library.
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This case file consist of the FBI's public release / sanitized version of records compiled in connection with its background investigation of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller for the position of Vice President, including summary material from applicant-type investigations of Rockefeller conducted in 1950, 1952, and 1969. Included are interview reports and summaries, memoranda, correspondence, legal documents, financial statements and news clippings.
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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. New Hampshire, 1976.
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Research interviews conducted by Rozell while writing The Press and the Ford Presidency (The University of Michigan Press, 1992). The interviews focus on President Ford's media image, public relations strategies, and press relations. The interviewees include President Ford, Counsellor Robert Hartmann, and Press Secretaries Jerald terHorst and Ron Nessen. Also interviewed were White House Deputy Press Secretaries John G. Carlson, William Greener, and Gerald Warren; Assistant Press Secretaries John W. "Bill" Roberts, Larry Speakes, and Louis M. Thompson, Jr.; and Margita White (Assistant Press…
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The collection consists of a single chronological sequence of weekly briefing papers produced by the Domestic Council staff. The focus is on issues in the policy areas in which Schleede worked (natural resources, environmental protection and energy), but some concern such topics as housing and community development, human resources, crime and justice, and intergovernmental relations.
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Shiskin was a leader in the development of modern statistical methods for national economic measurement and forecasting. His books, articles, speeches, and testimony form the core of this collection.
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The bulk of this collection relates to fundraising for and construction of a new White House swimming pool. Stiles and Mueller served as the White House coordinators for this project. The collection also includes materials on Stiles' responsibilities and interests in the areas of housing and the Bicentennial celebration.
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Transcripts of interviews conducted by scholar William Syers in the course of his research on the effect of Gerald Ford's Congressional career on his approach to the Presidency. Interviewees include: William Baroody Jr., Philip Buchen, Pat Butler, Richard Cheney (closed), Barber Conable, Glenn Davis, Max Friedersdorf, Charles Goodell, Bryce Harlow, Robert Hartmann, Joseph Jenckes, William Kendall, Tom Korologos, Melvin Laird, Charles Leppert, Thomas Loeffler, Patrick O'Donnell, Roger Porter, Patrick Rowland, Hugh Scott, and L. William Seidman.