The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Digital Library

White House State Dinners, 1974-76

Menus, Programs, Photos, and Selected Other Documents


The Library has extensive holdings on visits to the United States by foreign heads of state during the presidency of Gerald R. Ford. These visits usually involved both discussions with the President and a state dinner. Mrs. Ford's Social Secretary Maria Downs has written for the Library a description of the process of planning and putting on a state dinner.

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Document selection and much of the scanning for this project was completed by Library intern Melissa Hernandez, a student at the University of Michigan School of Information.