Archives Treasures and Stories for
President's Day 2011

Date

Title

Link

 

Photographs of Ford Library textual stacks and low temperature audiovisual storage room

Stacks.pdf

10/9/1976

Photograph of ...

B1760-33A.jpg

6/17/1976

Telegram from Hosni Mubarek concerning the assasination of the American Ambassador to Lebanon

Mubarek.pdf

7/26/1976

Letter to President Ford from Saline Bicentennial Commission

Saline_Capsule.pdf

7/14/1913

Birth announcement for Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

004500000-001.pdf

6/11/1926

Merit badge certificates for Boy Scout Gerald Ford

MCOLL0000-001.pdf

10/8/1933

Letter from Gerald Ford to Frederica Pantlind

pantlind.pdf

2/11/1935

Letter from Green Bay Football Corporation to Gerald Ford

003500000-004.pdf

5/1/1935

Jerry Ford yearbook quote

BOOK00000-010.pdf

5/26/1937

Gerald R. Ford's Law School application to the University of Michigan

030300001-001.pdf

3/12/1940

Look Magazine with Gerald Ford and his girlfriend Phyllis Brown as models

Look.pdf

11/28/1942

President Ford's student pilot certificate

001700000-005.pdf

10/15/1948

Wedding photograph of Gerald and Betty Ford

Wedding0013-1.jpg

3/10/1952

Letter to Congressman Ford from General Dwight D. Eisenhower

003500000-001.pdf

2/10/1964

Cover: "President's Commission on the Assasination of President Kennedy"

005400417-001.pdf

10/28/1964

Telegram from Gerald Ford to Dean Burch

005400000-002.pdf

7/1/1973

Butterfield interview transcipt page

018700003-001.pdf

8/9/1974

Daily Diary

003600099-001.pdf

8/15/1974

Photograph of President Ford and Robert Hartmann looking over paperwork concerning the selection of a new Vice President

A0149-32.jpg

 

9/7/1974

Assistant Press Secretary John W. "Bill" Roberts mentions the upcoming pardon of Richard Nixon in his oral diary

Roberts.wav

9/8/1974

President Ford's reading copy of the Nixon pardon speech

012200012-001.pdf

9/8/1974

Ceremonial copy of the Nixon pardon proclamation

005601018-005.pdf

9/8/1974

Photograph of President Ford and aides just after the pardon announcement

A0628-04.jpg

9/10/1974

Memorandum for the President from Tom Korogolos

004700549-002.pdf

9/14/1974

Letter to President Ford from Robert Lind

005601018-003.pdf

11/1/1974

Letter to Gerald Ford from Jackie Ann Lucas

005601018-002.pdf

7/16/1975

"Osmonds Letter" from Suzette Veal to President Ford

006100000-002.pdf

9/20/1974

Declaration of war between the Kootenai Nation and the government of the United States

000900120-001.pdf

9/27/1974

Photograph of Lady Bird Johnson and her daughters visiting the White House

A1079-13A.jpg

10/15/1974

Photograph of President and Mrs. Ford embracing on their 26th wedding anniversary

A1418-11A.jpg

9/12/1974

Letter from Mrs. Ernie T. Ford (Betty Ford) to Betty Ford

006200006-001.pdf

8/12/1975

Letter from Maria Von Trapp to Betty Ford

VERT00000-017.pdf

11/23/1974

Photograph of President Ford meeting with aides outside in the snow during the Valdivostok Summit meeting with Leonid Brezhnev

A2093-24.jpg

1/4/1975

Memoranda of conversation of meeting on allegations of CIA domestic activities

031400335-001.pdf

2/2/1975

Photograph of President Ford playing with his dog Liberty in the Oval Office

A3059-09A.jpg

2/4/1975

State Department Telegram concerning Afghanistan-Pakinstan relations

State_Telegram.pdf

3/10/1975

Ron Nessen memo to the President concerning an interview request by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

W&B.pdf

2/22/1974

Intelligence Information Cable concerning Cambodia

Intell_Cable.pdf

4/28/1975

Photograph of President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger discussing the Saigon evacuation

A4232-05A.jpg

4/28/1975

Cable for Comseventh Fleet from Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin

Martin.pdf

4/29/1975

Last Saigon Message from Ambassador Graham Martin

032400112-001.pdf

12/2/1975

Band in China plays Michigan State University fight song to salute President Ford

MSU.wav

1/1/1976

Letter to President Ford from Sara Jane Moore

004500000-003.pdf

March 1976

Bicentennial Wagon Train in Belen, New Mexico

WagonTrain3.jpg

April 1976

Photograph of Bicentennial gift from Afghanistan

Statue.pdf

6/19/1975

Letter to President Ford from Queen Elizabeth II

035100086-001.pdf

7/7/1976

State Dinner menu for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II

012600403-001.pdf

11/1/1976

Market Opinion Research summary report of post-election analyses

002700146-002.pdf

11/15/1976

Time Magazine Cover

BOOK00000-002.pdf

11/2/1976

James Connor memo to the President concerning the transition to a second administration (with Dick Cheney annotation)

Second_Term.pdf

1/19/1977

First Lady Betty Ford dancing on the Cabinet Room table

B2843-09A.jpg