COLLECTION FINDING AID



CHARLES H. McCALL FILES, 1974-77

Director of the Research Office
Office of Editorial Staff



CONTENTS

Summary Description | Biographical Information | Introduction | Series Descriptions | Container List


SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Extensive background files of newsclippings, reports, articles, speeches, and radio transcripts on a broad range of subjects. They were used as a reference aid to editorial office staff in verifying the factual accuracy of White House statements. Also included are copies of speeches and remarks sent to this office for fact and style checking.

QUANTITY
89 linear feet (ca. 178,000 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 77-44, 78-15, 83-20, 87-6)

ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Leesa Tobin, October 1983 (Revised Sept. 1987)
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION


Charles H. McCall


July 7, 1935 - Born, Frankfort, Indiana

1957 - B.A. degree, Indiana University

1958 - M.A. degree, Indiana University

1959 - M.A. degree, Yale University in political science

1965 - Ph.D., Yale University in political science

1962-66 and 1969-70 - Professor of political science at Indiana University

1967-68 - Assistant to the Director, Arts & Science Division, Republican National Committee

1970-2003 - Professor, Political Science Department, California State College, Bakersfield (took a leave of absence while working at the White House)

May-June 1976 - Consultant to Agnes Waldron, Director of Editorial Staff Research Office, White House

July-Dec. 1976 - Director, Editorial Staff Research Office, White House

April 10, 2013 - Died, Bakersfield, California


INTRODUCTION

The McCall files document the work of editorial staff researchers throughout the Ford administration. The bulk of the file is material drawn together or created during Agnes Waldron's tenure as director of research from August 1974 to June 1976, subsequently inherited and augmented by Charles McCall.

McCall joined the White House staff as a consultant to assist Waldron with the research office operation in May 1976 and succeeded her as director in July. Waldron and later McCall reported to Gwen Anderson, Editor of Presidential Messages and Research, who in turn was responsible to Robert Hartmann, Counsellor to the President. Day-to-day activities were the responsibility of Waldron and McCall, and their research staff numbered five or six at various points during the administration.

The research office staff was responsible for supplying the speechwriting staff with background information on places where the President was to speak, issues of local concern there, and people with whom the President was likely to meet. Another function of the office was to check the accuracy of dates and other facts in speeches, statements and messages.

The main research file is arranged by subject according to a numerical classification system apparently devised by the editorial staff. Approximately half the file consists of newspaper clippings and press releases. Other print and near-print material included are reports, magazines, speech and interview transcripts, and wire service stories. Occasionally manuscript items such as background memoranda and draft speeches or statements sent to research for checking were included. Scattered items predate the Ford administration and appear to have been retained for their continuing informational value.

The McCall files arrived at the Ford Library in several installments, the final accretion arriving after the collection had been made available for research. Asterisks have been used in the container list to indicate where these items were originally filed.

Related Materials (October 1983)
Related material includes the files of Robert Orben/Paul Theis (director of speechwriting/editorial staff executive editor) and Gwen Anderson (editor of presidential message and research) on the editorial staff and the files of Wanda Phelan who maintained a research file similar to McCall's for the press operation. Three other series in the McCall files are currently unprocessed and unavailable for research.


SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Research File, 1974-77.  (Boxes 1-94, 41.1 linear feet)
Newspaper and magazine clippings, government publications, transcripts of speeches and television talk shows, wire service stories, travel brochures and maps, White House press releases, and occasional manuscript items collected and maintained for use by editorial office researchers. Some items pre-date the Ford administration.

Arranged by subject according to the editorial office numerical classification system.

View container list for this series

Research File - States, 1974-77.  (Boxes 95-108, 6.2 linear feet)
Newspaper and magazine clippings, government publications, transcripts of speeches and television talk shows, wire service stories, travel brochures and maps, White House press releases, and occasional manuscript items collected and maintained for use by editorial office researchers. Some items pre-date the Ford administration.

Arranged alphabetically by state.

View container list for this series

Research File Accretion, 1974-77. (Boxes 109-122, 6.2 linear feet)
An accretion to the Research File received from the Ford Office in 1987. It contains similar materials to the main body of the Research File, but covers file codes that were missing when the collection was originally processed.

Arranged by subject according to the editorial office numerical classification system.

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Draft Speeches and Statements Fact and Style Checking File. (Boxes 123-202, 34.9 linear feet)
This series consists of speech drafts with notations that specific facts have been verified, related correspondence and memoranda, and briefing materials and pre-advance reports for specific trips by President Gerald Ford. In addition, the series contains background materials such as reports, publications, and newspaper clippings used in drafting and fact checking the speeches and statements.

Arranged chronologically.

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Administrative File. (Boxes 202-203, 0.6 linear feet)
This series consists of memoranda and correspondence relating to the operation of the research office of the Editorial Staff.

Arranged chronologically.

View container list for this series


CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Research File (See also accretion in boxes 109-122)

Box 2 - Research File (See also accretion in boxes 109-122)

Box 3 - Research File (See also accretion in boxes 109-122)

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Box 123 - Draft Speeches and Statements Fact and Style Checking File

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