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GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 SPECIAL FILES SUB-GROUP, 1948-73 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description Ford Congressional Papers main page Alphabetical order title FORD, GERALD R., CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 SPECIAL FILES SUB-GROUP, 1948-73 Digitized Status Partially …
GERALD R. FORD PERSONAL FINANCIAL PAPERS, 1942-2004 Extent 134.6 linear feet (ca. 269,200 pages) Record Type Textual Access Closed. This collection is temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256). Researchers may contact the Library for information about how to appeal the access restriction decision of individual documents. Processed by John J. O'Connell, …
GERALD R. FORD: MATERIALS FROM THE WRITING OF "A TIME TO HEAL" , 1977-79 Extent 15 linear feet (ca. 30,000 pages) Scope and Content Note While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics ranging from "How I make decisions" to "Advice to a teen-age daughter." Most deal with personal principles: the value of competition, of loyalty, of ambition. Others concern politics and governance: making …
RICHARD A. FORD: FORD PAINT AND VARNISH COMPANY SCRAPBOOK, 1929-1962 (1970) Extent 1 volume (488 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Donna Lehman, July 2002 Copyright Richard A. Ford gives and assigns to the United States of America all copyrights which he has in such of the Materials as are unpublished. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Last Modified Date Tue, 03/18/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary …
MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF PAPERS, (1971) 1974-1977 Extent 4.4 linear feet (ca. 3,500 pages) Scope and Content Note When Gerald R. Ford became President in August 1974, Max L. Friedersdorf was serving as Deputy Assistant to President Nixon for Legislative Affairs. His special responsibility was coordination of White House liaison with the House of Representatives. He worked directly under William E. Timmons, the head of the Congressional Liaison Office. In January 1975 Friedersdorf became the Assistant to the …
DAVID W. BELIN PAPERS, (1961) 1963-98 Extent 27.8 linear feet (ca. 55,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Soon after President Lyndon Johnson appointed the members of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (the Warren Commission), they began hiring a staff to assist them. The Commissioners and Executive Director J. Lee Rankin recruited a mixture of both experienced attorneys and promising younger attorneys. One of the young attorneys was David W. Belin of Des Moines, Iowa. …
President Ford Committee Records, Series D: General Counsel's Office Files, 1975-77 Extent . Scope and Content Note The General Counsel's Office Files are an important resource for examining the legal issues involved in the operation of a presidential campaign committee. In addition the collection extensively documents the development of the Federal Election Commission, its role in regulating campaign finances, and PFC receipts and expenditures. Smaller, but important, segments concern aspects of PFC …
President Ford Committee Records, Series F: People for Ford Office Files, 1971-76 Extent . Scope and Content Note People for Ford (PFF) was the volunteer arm of the President Ford Committee formed during the general election to develop outreach efforts to special voter groups. Directed by long-time Republican National Committee activist Elly Peterson, the PFF staff targeted women, African-Americans, professional groups, ethnics, farmers, Jews, senior citizens, and young people for particular attention. …
President Ford Committee Records, Series G: Press Office Files, 1975-76 Extent . Scope and Content Note Press Secretary Peter Kaye formed the PFC's small in-house Press Office in October, 1975. Kaye directed the organization's radio, television, and news activities through the primary campaign, reporting to the PFC Chairman. He resigned in July, 1976, when the Press Office was subsumed under a larger Communications Division, headed by newly-appointed Deputy Chairman for Communications William I. Greener, …
President Ford Committee Records, Series K: Vice Presidential Campaign Files, 1976 Scope and Content Note The Vice Presidential Campaign Office collection is primarily a reference file. It consists almost entirely of several small, routine, and likely incomplete, files, the bulk of which is contained in a large background book. Material of interest to researchers are selected Dole speech and interview transcripts, the Senator's voting record, and position papers on various campaign topics.The collection is …
ARTHUR BURNS PAPERS, (1957) 1969-87 (1988-90) Extent 264 linear feet (ca. 480,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Origin and Arrangement of the Burns Papers The papers were created and accumulated by Dr. Burns while he was Counsellor to President Nixon, 1969 70, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1970 78, Distinguished Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-81 and 1985-87, and U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, 1981-85. Dr. Burns donated the papers to the Ford Library in 1981. The Library has …
Robert Orben Paper, 1947-2005 Extent 39 linear feet (ca. 69,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Robert Orben began his comedy career as a magician and played a prominent role in the magic community through the 1950s. In 1946, he produced his first magic book, The Encyclopedia of Patter . Later he wrote for Magic is Fun and Genii magazine and for the magic TV show Fun with Felix . Following this early success, Orben transitioned away from magic and applied his humor to other fields. As his popularity …
William G. Hyland Papers, 1960-1968, 1970-1992 Extent 38.8 linear feet (ca. 77,600 pages) Scope and Content Note William G. Hyland, a noted expert on U.S.-Soviet relations, had a distinguished career in government service, which began during the 1950s as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency and culminated with his tenure as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs during the Ford administration. In between, Hyland served on the National Security Council staff and as …
ROBERT E. BARRETT Extent 3.35 linear feet (approximately 6,700 pages) Scope and Content Note Major Robert Barrett served in the United States Army before being appointed as Military Aide to President Gerald R. Ford in August 1974. When Ford left office following his loss in the 1976 presidential campaign, Barrett resigned his military commission to serve as a member of Ford's post-presidential transition team and then his Executive Assistant in his California office from 1977-1981. In 1982 Barrett left …
GERALD R. FORD POST-PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE FILES, 1977-2007 Extent 750.2 linear feet (ca. 1,500,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Material concerning the work and activities of former President Gerald Ford after he left the White House in 1977. The collection includes Ford’s speeches, schedules, correspondence, trips and events, and materials related to the transition from the White House and the operation of the Office of Gerald Ford in Rancho Mirage, California. It also documents Ford’s involvement in the …
Larry and Pauline Asmus Papers, 1975-1977 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3200 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1975, as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution neared, people began planning a bevy of events to mark the occasion. One such event was the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage. The plan was to have covered wagons embark from each state, travel along the well-known trails (Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Appalachian Trail, etc.) of their ancestors, and converge together at the Valley Forge National …
PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Scope and Content Note PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Record Type Audio Last Modified Date Fri, 10/18/2024 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradiogeneral.pdf Has Digitized Content Off Alphabetical order title PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots …
PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Scope and Content Note PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Record Type Audio Last Modified Date Fri, 10/18/2024 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradioprimary.pdf Has Digitized Content Off Alphabetical order title PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots …
PAUL A. THEIS PAPERS, (1949) 1960-1975 (1990) Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca.16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Paul A. Theis Papers are mainly a collection of materials accumulated during Theis’ 1960-74 tenure with the Republican National Congressional Committee where he served first as director of the radio-television division and subsequently as Director of the Division of Public Relations. Paul Theis served as Executive Editor in the White House Editorial Office from August, 1974 until January, 1976. …
MELVIN R. LAIRD PAPERS, (1941) 1953-2004 Extent 132 linear feet (ca. 264,000 pages), 224 microfilm cartridges, 7 microfilm reels, and 4 oversize volumes. Scope and Content Note Melvin R. Laird, Jr. was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in the town of Marshfield in central Wisconsin where his family moved when he was a year old. His family had deep roots in Wisconsin politics and business, with both of his parents and his maternal grandfather all holding elective office. After his father's death in …