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DAVID MATHEWS PAPERS ON MICROFILM, 1975-77 Extent 8.3 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note This finding aid was drafted by the Special Collections Library staff at The University of Alabama. It has been modified by the Ford Library staff to match the format of the Library's other finding aids. The papers of the Honorable David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (August 8, 1975-January 20, 1977), have been arranged chronologically within correspondence or record …
Robert T. Hartmann Papers, (1884) 1930-1981 Extent 86 linear feet (ca. 172,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Ford Library has two Robert Hartmann collections - the Hartmann Files and the Hartmann Papers. The Hartmann Papers consist of historical materials from throughout his career that the Ford Library received in 1992. Described below under separate headings are Hartmann's career, the scope and contents of the collection, and related materials in the Ford Library. Hartmann's Career Although born …
JAMES F. C. HYDE, JR., AND STEPHEN J. WAYNE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1975-1977 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 1,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Stephen Wayne and James F. C. Hyde interviewed members of President Ford's White House and OMB staff as part of a 5-year joint research study of legislative clearance, enrolled bill and legislative programming processes over different Administrations (see Appendix A). Several scholarly articles resulted from the study, and the interviews are also widely cited in …
ROBERT P. VISSER PAPERS, 1972-78 Extent 8.9 linear feet (ca. 8,900 pages) Scope and Content Note In August 1975, the President Ford Committee (PFC) hired attorney Robert Visser as General Counsel. In October, Visser hired Tim Ryan, a Baltimore attorney who had been a volunteer advanceman for the White House and the Assistant Director of the 1972 Inaugural Parade, to work as his assistant. Unlike most PFC offices, there was no staff turnover during the campaign, so Visser and Ryan handled the PFC's legal …
RODERICK M. HILLS PAPERS, 1975-2005 Extent 34 linear feet (ca. 68,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Roderick M. Hills Papers, 1975-1990, contain materials from Hills’ positions as Counsel to President Gerald R. Ford and as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and his post-governmental career with various companies and law firms. After working privately in the corporate and law worlds, Roderick Hills assumed the position of Counsel to the President in March 1975. Filling the vacancy …
EDWARD C. SCHMULTS PAPERS, 1973-77 (1978-81) Extent 14.5 linear feet (ca. 26,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Enter text here...Edward C. Schmults began his career in public service as the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury in June 1973. During his tenure he provided legal advice and counsel on the Federal Government’s General Revenue Sharing Program, was involved in the integration of processes to institute the Privacy Act of 1974 within the Department, directed a reorganization of …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 Extent 672 linear feet (ca. 1,344,000 pages) and 230 linear feet of printed materials Scope and Content Note The Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers were produced or accumulated by Ford and his staff during Ford's twenty-five years as a United States Representative from Michigan's Fifth Congressional District. The papers primarily document the information and constituent services provided by Ford, and his handling of legislative issues in the House. The largest …
HOWARD H. "BO" CALLAWAY PAPERS, (1979) 1972-77 Extent 1.9 linear feet (ca. 3,800 pages) Scope and Content Note President Richard Nixon appointed Howard H. "Bo" Callaway as Secretary of the Army in 1973, Callaway continued in that position into the Ford administration. Callaway, a Georgia businessman and Republican politician, had served as a civilian aide to previous Army Secretaries. During his tenure with the Army, his major accomplishment was to "sell" the concept of an all-volunteer army and then …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 GENERAL AND CASE FILE SUB-GROUP, 1963-73 Extent . Scope and Content Note FILE HEADINGS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Letters acknowledged in Mr. Ford’s absence; also letters which were acknowledged by Ford without commenting on the specific question raised. (1966-1973) AGRICULTURE BULLETINS Requests for bulletins from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1963-1973) AGRICULTURE YEARBOOKS Requests for copies of the yearbooks published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 LEGISLATIVE FILE SUB-GROUP, 1963-73 Extent . Scope and Content Note FILE HEADINGS AGED (1972-1973) See also Citizens,Senior AGRICULTURE (1963-1973) See also Wheat ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (1963-1973) ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH (1972-1973) See also Humane Treatment of Animals ANTITRUST (1972-1973) See also Trusts, Mergers, etc. APPALACHIA (1965) See also Poverty APPORTIONMENT (1965-1967, 1969, and 1971-1973) APPROPRIATIONS (1963-1973) AREA REDEVELOPMENT (1963-1966) ARTS …
GLENN R. SCHLEEDE PAPERS, 1973-75 Extent 0.2 linear feet (ca. 400 pages) Scope and Content Note Glenn R. Schleede served on the Domestic Council staff during both the Nixon and Ford administrations. As a staff assistant and then assistant director in the Domestic Council's natural resources policy area, Schleede aided Associate Directors Richard Fairbanks and then Michael Raoul-Duval in handling a wide variety of energy, science and environmental protection issues. During a staff reorganization in 1975, …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 ROBERT T. HARTMANN FILES SUB-GROUP, 1965-73 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00 Series List Robert T. Hartmann Files, 1965-73. (Boxes R1‑R34, 13.6 linear feet) Robert Hartmann assisted House Republicans, 1966‑69, as editor of the House Republican Conference and Minority Sergeant‑at‑Arms. He then served Ford as Legislative Assistant to the Minority Leader, chief of staff to the Vice President, and Counsellor to the President. To …
A. JAMES REICHLEY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS, (1967) 1977-81 Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The James Reichley interview transcripts result from his interviews with over 160 government officials in conjunction with the writing of his book Conservatives in an Age of Change: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (Brookings Institution, 1981). They focus primarily on the personalities, philosophies, and issues of the Nixon and Ford administrations, although one series concerns the …
President Ford Committee Records, Series A: Chairman's Office Files, 1975-1976 Extent . Scope and Content Note The Chairman's Office Files provide documentation of administrative, fiscal and strategic issues handled by Howard (Bo) Callaway and his immediate staff from the formation of the election committee in June 1975 until Callaway resigned in March 1976. These extant files do not reflect the activities of Roger C.B. Morton, chairman from April to August 1976, and James Baker, chairman during the …
JAMES M. CANNON RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND NOTES, 1989-94 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) and 120 audiocassettes Scope and Content Note James M. Cannon, who worked for many years as a journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller, joined the Ford White House staff as Executive Director of the Domestic Council in February 1975 and served until the end of the Ford administration. Many years later he approached President Ford with a plan to write a book about the President’s life and career. That project …
EDWARD HUTCHINSON PAPERS, 1959-76 Extent 173 linear feet (ca. 425,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Most of the material listed below is still housed in the original boxes and folders that Congressman Hutchinson’s office used to ship them to the Bentley Historical Library. The Ford Library staff has not done any arrangement or description work. These boxes are available for research only on a review-on-request basis – researchers interested in using them should contact the Library well in advance of a …
CHARLES GOODELL PAPERS, 1973-77 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Charles Goodell first reached prominence as a Republican U.S. Representative, Senator, and Vietnam War critic from the state of New York between 1959 and 1971. None of his papers from that phase of his career are included in his Ford Library collection, however. Goodell donated his congressional papers to the New York Public Library in 1974. Of the Goodell papers at the Ford Library, approximately two-thirds …
BENTON L. BECKER PAPERS, (1967) 1973-76 (1980) Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1600 pages) Scope and Content Note Although not a member of Ford's congressional or White House staff, Benton L. Becker played an integral role in some of the most important events of Gerald Ford's career, including the investigation of Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Ford's confirmation as Vice President, the Nixon pardon, and the disposition of Nixon's papers. The Benton Becker Papers provide unique and …
J. STANLEY POTTINGER PAPERS, 1968 -1981 Extent 56.4 linear feet (ca. 112,000 pages) Scope and Content Note J. Stanley Pottinger held two important Federal offices involved with civil rights enforcement during the Nixon and Ford administrations: Director of the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health Education and Welfare and the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. Approximately one quarter of the collection documents Pottinger’s work …
EDWARD H. LEVI SCRAPBOOKS AND SPEECHES, 1975-77 Extent 16 Volumes Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William McNitt, May 1996 Copyright Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Last Modified Date Thu, 03/06/2025 - 12:00 Biography Edward H. Levi June 26, 1911 - Born, Chicago, IL 1932 - Ph.B., University of Chicago 1935 - …