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Hobart Rowen's reference file of miscellaneous materials related to economist and Federal Reserve chairman Arthur Burns. Included are press release texts of speeches, television appearances, and congressional testimony by Burns; printed materials; handwritten notes from discussions and interviews; and various other materials. Alice Rowen, a personal friend of Mrs. Helen Burns, separated and offered this file from her late husband's larger collection, which she had given to Mr. Rowen's alma mater.
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This collection contains correspondence, calendars, schedules, schedule proposals, briefing papers, Cabinet meeting minutes, foreign travel requests, and publications compiled or created by Presidential Scheduling office staff that document Scheduling Office operations and the activities of the President, First Family, Vice President, Cabinet, and political appointees.
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Fairly routine files concerning various foreign policy issues, President Ford's trips abroad, visits of heads of foreign governments, and operation of the White House press office. Also includes more substantive briefing materials for Ford's meetings with heads of foreign governments, but these are currently security classified and closed.
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Material concerning the development of federal government legislation and policy affecting the development, production, and environmental impact of nuclear, fossil, and alternative energy sources. Topics include the Alaska pipeline, off-shore oil, clean air, coal mining, deregulation of energy pricing, Naval Petroleum Reserves, proliferation of nuclear power technology, and uranium enrichment. Significant files also concern structures for providing the President with advice on science and technology policy, the space program, and earthquake prediction.
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Audio tapes and photocopies of interview transcripts and notes relating to the Mayaguez incident.The bulk of the material concerns interviews with Mayaguez crew conducted by Donald O'Hare of Sea-Land Service, Inc., in the days following their release.The collection also contains notebooks prepared by Roy Rowan while conducting research for his book Four Days of the Mayaguez (apparently including his own interviews with Mayaguez crew), as well as possible chapter drafts.
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This is a key collection for domestic and economic affairs. Topics range from policy-making on trade, inflation, taxation, employment, and energy, to specific matters such as product liability, fair trade laws, aid to New York City, and various international meetings. The collection includes extensive records of the Economic Policy Board, a powerful interagency body chaired by Treasury Secretary William Simon.
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A small collection of materials concerning his Domestic Council work on labor, education and veterans affairs and some items on his work with the Presidential Advisory Committee on Refugees assisting with the resettlement of Indochina refugees.
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Materials relating to advance work for members of the First Family including briefing books, correspondence, memoranda, notes, schedules, Secret Service deployment diagrams, fact sheets, airport and venue schema, seating arrangements, event brochures and tourist information, newspaper clippings, thank you notes, press releases, and State Department telegrams.It also includes material relating to a "homestate reception" at the Capitol Hill Club for Vice President Ford on the evening of his swearing-in on December 6, 1973.
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A scrapbook of letters and other memorabilia collected by Clifford Ericson in celebration of the Bicentennial. Ericson began his scrapbook at the age of 83, in his hometown of Aurora, Illinois. He mailed letters to the White House and to all of the nation’s governors, asking them to comment on the Bicentennial and what it meant to them. Every governor, including those from U.S. territories, responded, most with a letter addressed personally to Ericson. Each response was preserved in the scrapbook, along with other Bicentennial souvenirs like postage stamps, fact sheets for…
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Materials compiled by Jeffrey Eves and his assistant and successor, John Shlaes, on their work organizing White House conferences, briefings, and field conferences. Arrangements and proceedings for the meetings are much better documented than policy impact. Also includes material on liaison with business and trade associations.