COLLECTION FINDING AID

CONTAINER LIST



GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73

PRINTED MATERIALS SUB-GROUP, 1947-73





CONTAINER LIST

Congressional Publications - General

  • Directories
    • Biographical Directory of the American Congress - 1950, 1961 and 1971 editions
    • Congressional Directory - 1947-73
    • Congressional Pictorial Directory - 1953-71
    • Congressional Staff Directory - 1959, 1966 and 1969-72
  • Manuals, Rules, Procedures and Precedents
    • Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives - 89th-93rd Congresses
    • Rules and Manual of the Senate - 1967-69
    • Cannon's Procedures in the House of Representatives
    • Hinds' and Cannon's Precedents of the House of Representatives
  • Proceedings and Debates
    • Congressional Record, 1949-73
    • Congressional Record Remarks of Gerald R. Ford (Only those pages from the publication containing remarks by Ford), 1956-73
    • House Journal - 1949-50, 1953-56, 1960-70, 1972
  • Committee Hearings
    • School Prayer, 1964
    • Foreign Trade and Tariff Proposals, 1968
  • Committee Reports
    • State Taxation of Interstate Commerce, 1964
    • Social Security Amendments of 1971
    • State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (volume 2 only)
  • Miscellaneous
    • Calendars of the House, 1963/4-1971/2
    • Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States, 1927
    • The Constitution of the United States: Analysis and Interpretation, 1963
    • Extension of the Capitol Project: Report and Recommendations, 1966 (volume IV only)

Public Works

  • Hearings and Reports, 1949-50
  • Report of the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army, 1948-51 (1949 missing)

Appropriations and Budget

  • Hearings and Reports
    • 1948-49 Military only
    • 1951-64 All government agencies - ca. 400 volumes
  • Appropriations, Budget Estimates. Etc., 1949-1972/3
  • Mutual Security Act
    • Laws and Reports, 1953-64
    • Appropriations, 1954-62
  • Defense Appropriations
    • Bills, FY 1952-65
    • Defense Department Semiannual and Annual Reports, 1950-62 (missing 1958 volume 2, 1959, and 1960)
  • The Federal Budget in Brief, FY 1952-74
  • Special Analyses - Budget of the United States Government, FY 1967-73 (1968 and 1970 missing)
  • The Budget of the United States Government, FY 1950-74 (Appendices missing for 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1974)

Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration

  • Hearings and Reports, 1958-59 (4 volumes)

Federal Laws and Regulations

  • United States Code, 1964 and 1970 editions and supplements
  • District of Columbia Code, 1961 and 1973 editions and supplements
  • United States Statutes at Large, 1947-1970/1

Other Federal Government Publications

  • Economic Report of the President, 1965-73 (1967 missing)
  • United States Government Organization Manual, 1967/8 and 1972/3 only
  • Commission Reports
    • President's Commission on Veterans' Pensions, 1956
    • President's Commission on the Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 1965
    • President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia, 1966 (Appendix only)
    • President's Commission on School Finance, 1972 Commission on Government Procurement, 1972
    • Commission on Bankruptcy Laws of the United States, 1973
  • Miscellaneous
    • Agricultural Statistics, 1965, 1967 and 1968
    • Congressional District Atlas, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1973
    • Congressional District Data Book, 1961 and 1973
    • Federal Outlays in Michigan, 1970-72
    • Catalog of Federal Education Assistance Programs, 1972
    • Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States, 1965
    • Minerals Yearbook, 1965 (volume IV only)
    • Economic Indicators (Monthly CEA Publication), Nov. 1971-July 1972, missing June 1972
    • Code of Federal Regulations, 1973 (volume 6 only - Economic Stabilization)
    • U.S. Industrial Outlook, 1968
    • A Common Thread of Service: An Historical Guide to HEW, 1972
    • Smithsonian Year, 1972
    • Notebook containing publications on Medicare implementation, 1966
    • Washington Present and Future: A General Summary of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital and its Environs, 1950
    • Housing and Redevelopment: A Portion of the Comprehensive Plan for the National Capital and its Envrions, 1950
    • The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions, 1963

Michigan Government Publications

  • Michigan Manual (State Government Manual and Directory), 1947-1972 (missing 1955/6)
  • Public and Local Acts, 1954-72 (missing 1962 and 1964)
  • Michigan Compiled Laws, 1970
  • House and Senate Journals, 1971 only
  • Miscellaneous
    • Report of the Attorney General, 1965/6
    • Report of the Department of Conservation, 1965/6
    • Michigan Library Directory and Statistics, 1973
    • A Site Location Proposal to the United States Atomic Energy Commission for the Proposed 200 BEV Accelerator, 1965
    • Notebook - Briefing Book: Michigan, 1968

Republican Party Publications

  • Republican Congressional Committee Newsletter, 1966-73 (virtually complete)
  • Miscellaneous - Box 1
    • Americans for Constitutional Action Voting Record Analyses, 1965-72 (1)-(3)
    • House Republican Conference - 92nd and 93rd Congress Directories
    • House Republican Research Committee Vote Analysis, 1973 (1)-(3)
    • Inaugural Book, 1973
    • Inaugural Program, 1957
    • Joint Committee on Republican Principles Report, 1962
    • Party Strategy (The Second Income Plan by Louis Kelso)
  • Miscellaneous - Box 2
    • Platform, 1964
    • Platform, 1968
    • Platform, 1972
    • Polls/Surveys
    • Republican Congressional Committee - History, 1966
    • Republican Congressional Committee - 1970 Congressional Vote Statistics (1)-(2)
    • Republican Congressional Committee - Voting Record, 1971-73 (1)-(2)
  • Miscellaneous - Box 3
    • Republican Coordinating Committee Reports, 1965-68 (1)-(2)
    • Republican National Committee - The Art of Winning Elections, 1968
    • Republican National Committee - Latest Opinion Trends, 1966
    • Republican National Convention Proceedings, 1956
  • Miscellaneous - Box 4
    • Republican National Convention Proceedings, 1960
    • Republican National Convention Program, 1960
    • Republican National Convention Program, 1964
    • Republican National Convention Program, 1968
    • Republican National Convention Program, 1972
    • Republican National Finance Committee - The Republican, Oct. 1970
    • Republican Party - History, 1965
    • Republican "White Paper" on Vietnam, 1965
    • Senate Republican Policy Committee - Where the Votes Are, 1966
    • State of the Union: A Republican Appraisal, 1966-68

Directories File

  • City Directories
    • Grand Rapids, 1971
    • Grand Rapids Suburban, 1973
    • Ionia, 1970
  • Fifth District Telephone Directories - Box 1
    • Belding - Grand Ledge
  • Fifth District Telephone Directories - Box 2
    • Grand Rapids
  • Fifth District Telephone Directories - Box 3
    • Hastings - St. Johns
  • Other Directories - Box 1
    • Barry County Capitol Hill (1)-(3)
    • Clinton County
    • Executive Departments - Agriculture
    • Executive Departments - Defense
    • Executive Departments - General (1)-(2)
    • Executive Departments - State
    • Executive Departments- Transportation
  • Other Directories - Box 2
    • Federal Telecommunications System
    • Ionia County
    • Kent County (1)-(9)
  • Other Directories - Box 3
    • Library of Congress Michigan (1)-(9)
    • Non-governmental (1)-(2)
  • Other Directories - Box 4
    • Non-governmental (3)-(8)
    • Ottawa County (1)-(3)
    • Post Office - General (1)-(2)
  • Other Directories - Box 5
    • Post Office - General (3)-(4)
    • Post Office - Zip Code (1)-(4)

Materials File

The Ford office apparently used this file to store both reference items on issues and multiple copies of pamphlets for distribution. Both types of material; were used in answering mail from constituents.

    Box 1

  • Materials File Directories
  • Abortion
  • Aging (1)-(2)
  • Agriculture (1)-(4)
  • Alcohol (1)-(5)
  • American Creed
  • Box 2

  • Army (1)-(4)
  • Arts/Humanities
  • Banking and Currency (1)-(3)
  • Bicentennial
  • Budget (1)-(2)
  • Capital Punishment
  • Box 3

  • Capitol Page School
  • Capitol - West Front Extension
  • Cemeteries
  • Census (1)-(2)
  • Child Abuse (1)-(2)
  • Civil Rights (1)-(2)
  • Commerce (1)-(3)
  • Communism (1)-(2)
  • Box 4

  • Communism (3)
  • Congress (1)-(2)
  • Conservation (1)-(4)
  • Constitution
  • Consumer Affairs (1)-(3)
  • Box 5

  • Courts
  • Crime (1)-(7)
  • Day Care
  • Box 6

  • Debate Topic - College (1)-(3)
  • Debate Topic - High School (1)-(4)
  • Defense (1)-(3)
  • Box 7

  • Defense (4)
  • Demonstrators (1)-(2)
  • Drugs (1)-(4)
  • Box 8

  • Drugs (5)-(10)
  • Economic (1)-(3)
  • Box 9

  • Education (1)-(7)
  • Education Abroad
  • Education Assistance (1)-(2)
  • Eisenhower, Dwight - Selected Speeches (1)-(2)
  • Box 10

  • Electoral College
  • Energy
  • Environment (1)-(4)
  • Executive Branch
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Firearms
  • Flags
  • Food (1)
  • Box 11

  • Food (2)-(5)
  • Ford, Gerald R. - Impressions of New China
  • Ford, Gerald R. - Republican Congressional Cookbook
  • Ford, Gerald R. - Welcome to Your Nation's Capital
  • Ford, Gerald R. - You Can Go to College
  • Foreign Affairs (1)-(3)
  • Genealogy
  • Government, Federal
  • Health (1)-(2)
  • Box 12

  • Health (3)-(12)
  • Highways (1)-(3)
  • Box 13

  • Highways (4)
  • Housing (1)-(3)
  • Immigration and Naturalization
  • Impeachment
  • Indians (1)-(7)
  • Box 14

  • Insurance (1)-(4)
  • Interior
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Labor (1)-(4)
  • Law Enforcement (1)-(2)
  • Liberty Lobby
  • Box 15

  • Libraries
  • Maps - United States
  • Medical
  • Mercy Killings
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Navy (1)-(2)
  • Negro
  • Nixon, Richard M.
  • Obscenity
  • Oceanography
  • Pages
  • Patents (1)-(2)
  • Peace Corps
  • Pearl Harbor; 1941
  • Box 16

  • Pensions
  • Pentagon
  • Photographs
  • Population
  • Positions - Announcement Description (1)-(3)
  • Positions - Announcements (Current)
  • Positions - Foreign Service (1)-(2)
  • Positions - Forms
  • Positions - Information (1)-(2)
  • Box 17

  • Positions - Information (3)-(5)
  • Positions - Michigan
  • Positions - Miscellaneous
  • Positions - Overseas
  • Positions - Summer
  • Postal Service (1)-(3)
  • Presidential (1)-(4)
  • Box 18

  • Printing and Engraving
  • Procurement
  • Public Works
  • Recreation
  • Republican
  • School Prayer
  • Selective Service (1)-(2)
  • Senior Citizens
  • Sleeping Bear
  • Small Business
  • Smithsonian
  • Social Security
  • Box 19

  • Space (1)-(2)
  • State Department
  • Supreme Court (1)-(3)
  • Surplus Sales
  • Tax Forms - Michigan
  • Tax Forms - Other States
  • Tax Forms - U.S.
  • Tax Gudies (1)-(2)
  • Taxes (1)-( 2 )
  • Box 20

  • Taxes ( 3)-( 5 )
  • Trade and Tariff (1)-(4)
  • Transportation
  • Travel
  • Treasury - Money - History and Facts
  • Treaties (1)
  • Box 21

  • Treaties (2)-(3)
  • Unidentified Flying Objects United Nations
  • Urban Affairs
  • Veterans Affairs (1)-(2)
  • Vietnam
  • VISTA
  • Voting (1)-(4)
  • Water (1)
  • Box 22

  • Water (2)-(3)
  • Weather
  • Welfare (1)-(5)
  • White House and White House Fellows
  • Women's Lib
  • Materials File - Geographical (U.S.)

    Box 23

  • United States - Facts
  • United States - General (1)-(3)
  • United States - National Parks
  • Alabama - California
  • Box 24

  • California - Hawaii
  • Box 25

  • Idaho - Maryland
  • Box 26

  • Massachusetts - North Carolina (no Michigan file)
  • Box 27

  • North Carolina - Pennsylvania
  • Box 28

  • Puerto Rico - Wyoming (no files for Rhode Island, South Carolina and South Dakota)
  • Materials File - Geographical (Foreign)

    Box 29

  • Afghanistan - Central America
  • Box 30

  • Ceylon - Germany
  • Box 31

  • Germany - Luxembourg
  • Box 32

  • Malaysia - Tibet
  • Box 33

  • Tunisia - Yugoslavia

Miscellaneous Publications

  • Who's Who in American Politics, 1967/8
  • Hotel and Motel Red Book, 1968
  • Financing the 1964 Election
  • The Job of the Congressman (inscribed to GRF by Mo Udall)
  • Metcalf of Montana, 1965
  • Presidential Transitions, 1960
  • The News of Detroit, 1973 (re the Detroit News)
  • United Nations P.O.W.'s in Korea, 1953
  • Europe in the World of Tomorrow, 1968
  • The City of New York Official Directory, 1968
  • Second Declaration of Atlantic Unity, 1964
  • The Fearful Master: A Second Look at the United Nations, 1964
  • Campaign Speeches in Search of a Candidate, 1961
  • New Directions for American Foreign Policy, 1968
  • Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1971
  • Peace or Peaceful Coexistence, 1966
  • Analysis and Record of the 1953 Congressional Hearings on Proposed Amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act
  • Proceedings of the National Security Industrial Association R&D Symposium, 1963
  • An America to Love, 1972
  • George Washington Crossed Here, 1966
  • Basic American Ideals, 1967
  • Abstract of Proceedings of the Supreme Council (33rd Degree Masons), 1967
  • Holy Bible
  • The Living Bible
  • The Compact Bible
  • The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
  • Good News for Modern Man
  • The Living New Testament Paraphrased
  • The Heritage, 1971 (Yearbook of Covenant Christian High School)
  • Saga, 1971 (Yearbook of Grand Rapids Creston High School)
  • The Totem Pole, 1972 (Yearbook of Indian Trails Camp)
  • The Monument, 1969 (Yearbook of Hiram Scott College)
  • Toward a Meaningful Bicentennial, 1969 (Philadelphia 1976 Bicentennial Corporation)
  • Beyond the Difference, 1970 (New Detroit, Inc.)
  • Community Renewal: A Program for Progress, 1965 (Grand Rapids)
  • Two Reports on the Ljublana-Grand Rapids Comparative Research Project