COLLECTION FINDING AID



ANNE KAMSTRA FILES, 1974-77

Staff Assistant
Office of the President’s Office




SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

This collection contains index cards prepared by Anne Kamstra documenting autograph requests for President Ford. Cards typically include the recipient’s name and address, requester’s name, suggested inscription, date of request, and date answered. Most requests are for signed photographs; some requests are for items provided by the requester, including programs, newspapers, and quilts. Occasionally, cards are accompanied by correspondence between Kamstra and other staff members discussing whether or not to fulfill the request, and if so, how.

ARRANGEMENT
The first two sections (“Special File” and “Unidentified Subset”) contain cards from the entire time period and are arranged alphabetically by recipient’s name. All other series are arranged by chronological periods, thereunder alphabetically by recipient’s name. Additional notes that were attached to the cards are located behind the card to which it pertains. Larger documents are housed in an oversized box located at the end of the series.

RELATED MATERIALS (October 2013)
Closely related materials are found in White House Central Files Subject File: PR 5 (Autographs – Photographs – Holographs).

QUANTITY
6.9 cubic feet (approximately 47,000 cards)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 1977-NLF-088)

ACCESS
Open.

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Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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 Eryn C. Killian, October 2013
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION


Anne Kamstra


1927 - Born in the Netherlands

1953 - B.A., Calvin College

1958 - M.A., University of Michigan

1958-62 - School Teacher

1962-63 - Secretary

1964-73 - Clerk, Office of Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Washington, D.C.

1973-74 - Secretary, Office of the Vice President of the United States

1974-77 - Staff Assistant to the President of the United States


CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Autograph Request Cards

  • Special File

Box 2 - Autograph Request Cards

  • Unidentified Subset
  • August-December 1974 (A-B)

Box 3 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August-December 1974 (C-HAP)

Box 4 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August-December 1974 (HAR-ML)

Box 5 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August-December 1974 (MO-STE)

Box 6 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August-December 1974 (STI-Z)
  • January-October 1975 (A-AR)

Box 7 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (AS-BO)

Box 8 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (BR-CI)

Box 9 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (CL-DE)

Box 10 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (DH-FOO)

Box 11 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (FOR-GR)

Box 12 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (GS-HS)

Box 13 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (HU-KI)

Box 14 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (KL-L)

Box 15 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (Mc-ML)

Box 16 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (MO-PARK)

Box 17 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (PARI-RIN)

Box 18 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (RIO-SHE)

Box 19 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (SHI-TAL)

Box 20 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (TAM-WEIN)

Box 21 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January-October 1975 (WEIR-Z)
  • November-December 1975 (A-B)

Box 22 - Autograph Request Cards

  • November-December 1975 (C-MOO)

Box 23 - Autograph Request Cards

  • November-December 1975 (MOR-Z)
  • January 1976 (A-BA)

Box 24 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January 1976 (BE-Q)

Box 25 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January 1976 (R-Z)
  • February 1976 (A-HA)

Box 26 - Autograph Request Cards

  • February 1976 (HE-Z)
  • March 1976 (A-BE)

Box 27 - Autograph Request Cards

  • March 1976 (BL-ME)

Box 28 - Autograph Request Cards

  • March 1976 (MO-Z)
  • March 1976 (Series of requests for newspaper people)
  • April 1976 (A-CA)

Box 29 - Autograph Request Cards

  • April 1976 (CE-N)

Box 30 - Autograph Request Cards

  • April 1976 (O-Z)
  • May 1976 (A-C)

Box 31 - Autograph Request Cards

  • May 1976 (D-W)

Box 32 - Autograph Request Cards

  • May1976 (X-Z)
  • June 1976 (Dedication of Foreign Trade Zone 18)
  • June 1976 (A-FE)

Box 33 - Autograph Request Cards

  • June 1976 (FI-O)

Box 34 - Autograph Request Cards

  • June 1976 (P-Z)
  • July 1976 (A-BO)

Box 35 - Autograph Request Cards

  • July 1976 (BR-MA)

Box 36 - Autograph Request Cards

  • July 1976 (MD-Z)
  • August 1976 (A)

Box 37 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August 1976 (B-HI)

Box 38 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August 1976 (HO-SA)

Box 39 - Autograph Request Cards

  • August 1976 (SC-Z)
  • September 1976 (A-DA)

Box 40 - Autograph Request Cards

  • September 1976 (DE-M)

Box 41 - Autograph Request Cards

  • September 1976 (N-Z)
  • October 1976 (A-BI)

Box 42 - Autograph Request Cards

  • October 1976 (BL-LA)

Box 43 - Autograph Request Cards

  • October 1976 (LE-WE)

Box 44 - Autograph Request Cards

  • October 1976 (WH-Z)
  • November 1976 (A-HA)

Box 45 - Autograph Request Cards

  • November 1976 (HE-R)

Box 46 - Autograph Request Cards

  • November 1976 (S-Z)
  • December 1976, Set 1 (A-DA)

Box 47 - Autograph Request Cards

  • December 1976, Set 1 (DE-Z)
  • December 1976, Set 2 (A-J)

Box 48 - Autograph Request Cards

  • December 1976, Set 2 (K-WL)

Box 49 - Autograph Request Cards

  • December 1976, Set 2 (WO-Z)
  • January 1977 (A-Mc)

Box 50 - Autograph Request Cards

  • January 1977 (M-Z)

Box 51 - Autograph Request Cards

  • Oversized