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Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
1000 Beal Avenue,
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COMPOSITE ORAL HISTORY ACCESSIONS
1971-Present
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Transcripts and/or recordings of research interviews with former President Ford and many others. The interviews were conducted for diverse reasons by various individuals and donated at various times. Interviews are arranged in order of receipt, and new interviews are added as they are received.
The Ford Library also holds many additional, separate collections of oral histories. Moreover, some collections of papers include occasional oral history material.
QUANTITY
Less than one linear foot (includes pages, audio cassettes, video cassettes, DVD, CD)
DONOR
Various donors and accession numbers. Unless otherwise noted, the donor is the interviewer.
ACCESS
See notation for each interview.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright status varies. Consult with Library staff for further information about particular interviews.
Last revised September 2011
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Container List
Accession Number 86-NLF-027
FORD, GERALD
R.: Interviewed by Jerrold Schechter,
1986
photocopy
from Composite General Accessions
Transcript of an interview with
former President Ford concerning American policy toward
(1
audio cassette and 21 pages) OPEN
Accession
Number 91-NLF-016
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Phil
Jones of CBS, 1984
Video cassette interview of former President Gerald R.
Ford concerning his years in public service.
Interview was done by CBS News as part of the pre-demise planning and
kept closed until President Ford’s death.
(4
video cassettes, 138 pages) OPEN
Accession
Number 91-NLF-049
HADDIX, CHASE:
Interviews about presidential speechwriting, 1991.
Interviews conducted by
HARTMANN,
ROBERT: Interview, 1991. Mr.
Hartmann was a senior adviser to President Ford, oversaw the work of the White
House Editorial Staff, and served as White House liaison with Republican Party
organizations.
(12 pages) OPEN
RUSTAND,
WARREN: Interview, 1991. Mr. Rustand worked in President Ford’s scheduling
and advance office. He served as
Director of Scheduling and also Cabinet Secretary.
(15 pages) OPEN
Accession
Number 93-NLF-035
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS
PROJECT: Interviews, 1974 and 1988
Transcripts of selected
"exit" interviews conducted with departing Nixon White House staff in
1974 and oral history interviews conducted in 1988 by the Nixon Presidential
Materials staff. The interviews are a
portion of a much larger collection belonging to the Nixon Project. They were reproduced for the Ford Library in
the expectation that they overlapped the Ford administration in topics covered.
ASH, ROY
L.: oral history interview,
(81 pages) OPEN
ASH, ROY
L.: oral history interview,
(62 pages) OPEN
KING,
GWENDOLYN B.: oral history interview,
May 24, 1988. Mrs. King was on the
White House staff for twenty years, serving
in five administrations. She started in
the scheduling and advance office and then was director of correspondence on
the First Lady's staff. The transcript
at the Ford Library is the continuation of an earlier interview with Mrs. King,
and contains reminiscences of events from the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and
Nixon presidencies. She also shares her
memories of the First Ladies. There is
only a passing reference to the Fords, as Mrs. King retired in October 1974.
(45 pages) OPEN
PATTERSON,
BRADLEY H.: exit interview, September
10, 1974. Bradley Patterson held various positions in
the Nixon and Ford administrations: executive assistant to Leonard Garment, who
was a special consultant to President Nixon; assistant for staff coordination
for the First Lady's staff; assistant director for operations of the Presidential
Personnel Office; and special assistant to the President for Native American
programs. The interview deals primarily
with Patterson's role as an assistant to Leonard Garment during the Nixon
administration, especially in the areas of civil rights, planning for the
bicentennial, and concerns of Native Americans.
(52 pages) OPEN
SHEPARD, GEOFFREY C.:
exit interview, September 11, 1974. Geoffrey Shepard was on the Domestic Council staff from 1970- 75.
The interview concerns Shepard's Domestic Council assignments dealing
with the Department of Justice, especially regarding the Law Enforcement
Assistance Administration, drug abuse policy, and criminal justice legislation.
(29 pages) OPEN
WARREN,
GERALD L.: exit interview, October 24,
1974.
(22 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 94-NLF-009
FORD, GERALD
R.: Interviewed by Andrew Moran, 1993
Audio
recording and abridged transcript of telephone interview with former President
Ford about economic policy. Interview
was conducted as part of Mr. Moran’s research for his dissertation (
(1 audio cassette and 7 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 94-NLF-054
FORD, GERALD
R.: Interviewed by Jeffrey King, 1994
Audio
recording and transcript of telephone interview conducted with former President
Ford by
(1 audio cassette and 7 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 95-NLF-024
FORD, GERALD
R.: Interviewed by Jack Lessenberry,
1995
Interview
conducted by journalist Jack Lessenberry with former President Ford for the
purpose of writing an article for the July-August 1995 issue of Michigan Alumnus. Interview is a brief retrospective of the
Ford administration with references to American involvement in
(1 audio cassette and 12 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 95-NLF-032
LEVI,
EDWARD: Interviewed by Victor Kramer,
1989
Notes
of two telephone conversations between Kramer and Levi concerning the
appointments of Levi to be Attorney General and John Paul Stevens to be a
justice of the Supreme Court.
Conversations were part of research for and reaction to a draft of an
article written by Kramer, "The Case of Justice Stevens: How to Select, Nominate and Confirm a Justice
of the United States Supreme Court," (Constitutional
Commentary, Summer 1990).
(4 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 96-NLF-011
JONES,
SIDNEY L.: Interviewed by Terry Good of
the Office of Presidential Papers and Archives Staff, 1971
photocopy from Sidney Jones Papers
Transcript
of a debriefing interview conducted on Jones's last day on the Council of
Economic Advisers (CEA) staff. Jones was
a special assistant to Chairman Paul McCracken and a senior staff economist
from August 1969 to August 1971. In the
interview Jones discusses the role and operation of the CEA, and his
responsibilities as a staff member. He
also talks about the preparation of the Economic
Report of the President.
(22 pages) OPEN
Accession
Number 96-NLF-025
FORD, GERALD R.
and BUCHEN, PHILIP: Interviewed by Jay
Foonberg and Walter Russell, 1995
Foonberg and Russell conducted the interview
for American Bar Association’s Special Committee on Solo and Small Firm
Practitioners. Interview with Ford and
Buchen concerns their experiences in starting a law practice right out of law
school. Included are initial
transcription, the final edited transcript, and an article, “Grassroots
Lessons,” (ABA Journal, Feb. 1997) by
James Podger based on the interview.
Also included is a letter from an attorney who was practicing in
(100 pages) OPEN
Accession Number
98-NLF-023
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Paul W. Goldstein,
1998
Recording of a
telephone interview with Gerald R. Ford by
(1 audio
cassette and 3 pages) OPEN
Accession Number
2004-NLF-025
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Robert Hardesty of
the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, 2003
One video
cassette of raw footage titled, “Video History Project; President Gerald Ford;
Tape 1 of 1.” Interview was part of a
non-profit oral history project and was created to provide a public domain
video and audio archive relating to stories told by the people who knew and
worked with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
(1 video
cassette) CLOSED
Accession Number
2004-NLF-026
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Vicki Daitch of the
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, 2003
Transcript of an
interview of Gerald R. Ford concerning Ford’s years in the House with Representative
John Kennedy, Ford’s relationships with both Kennedy and Nixon, and Ford’s
service on the Warren Commission.
(24 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 2004-NLF-033
POLLOCK, DAVID S.: Interviews about University of
Michigan student Gerald Ford, 1983
Interviews conducted by Ann Arbor resident David Pollock
for his article, “Jerry Ford at Michigan,” which ran in the Ann Arbor senior
citizens newsmagazine, Independent Times,
September 2004.
KEEN, CLIFF: Interview, 1983. Mr. Keen was a
(1
audio cassette and transcript 8 pages) OPEN
OOSTERBAAN, BENNIE: Interview, 1983. Mr. Oosterbaan was an assistant football coach
when Gerald R. Ford was playing for the
(1
audio cassette and transcript 16 pages) OPEN
RAAB, ELMER: Interview, 1983. Mr. Raab was a former
(1 audio cassette and transcript 7 pages) OPEN
WARD, WILLIS: Interview, 1983. Mr. Ward was
a friend and
(1
audio cassette and transcript) OPEN
Accession Number 2004-NLF-044
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Joseph Patrick Allsen,
2003
Interview conducted for a senior thesis at the
(1 audio cassette and
transcript 4 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 2008-NLF-007
FRIEDERSDORF,
MAX: Interviewed by Andrew Moran, 1994
Transcript of an interview with Max Friedersdorf, Assistant to
President Ford for Legislative affairs, concerning the Ford administration’s
relationship with Congress. Interview
was conducted as part of Andrew Moran’s research for his dissertation (
(4 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 2008-NLF-007
SIMON,
WILLIAM: Interviewed by Andrew Moran, 1994
Transcript of interview with William Simon, former Secretary of the
Treasury, concerning the Ford administration’s economic policy. Interview was conducted as part of Andrew
Moran’s research for his dissertation (
(4 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 2008-NLF-014
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Robert Drury, 2004
Audio recording and transcript of a telephone interview
of Gerald R. Ford concerning Ford’s experience in 1944 onboard the USS Monterey
during Typhoon Cobra, or Halsey’s Typhoon as it has been known to be
called. This interview was used for a
book co-authored by Drury and Tom Clavin, Halsey’s
Typhoon. Transcript was provided by
the Naval Historical Foundation.
(1 audio cassette, 1 CD
[electronic transcript], 16 pages) OPEN
Accession Number 2008-NLF-080
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Michael Zalewski, 1994
Audio recorded telephone interview with Gerald R. Ford
concerning the twentieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation. The interview was conducted for an article,
“Ford’s Job: Reunite U.S.: Ex-president recalls post-Watergate era,” The Times, Gainesville, Georgia by
Michael Zalewski, a Grand Rapids native, and reporter for the The Times.
(1 audio cassette, 1
newspaper article, transcript) OPEN
Accession Number 2009-NLF-016
FORD, GERALD R.: Interviewed by Frank Jamison and Huan
Le, 1998
Video recorded interview with Gerald R. Ford conducted
by Frank R. Jamison and Huan Le as part of a Vietnamese immigration history
project led by Grand Rapids City Historian Gordon Olson and funded by the Grand
Rapids Historical Commission. The
project resulted in a book, Flight to
Freedom, and a documentary, From
(1 DVD) OPEN