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Elizabeth M. O'Neill Files, 1974-1977 Extent 3.6 linear feet (ca. 8,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Elizabeth O'Neill files consist of press releases, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, carbons of outgoing public correspondence, and occasional memoranda compiled by O'Neill and her predecessors, Marba Perrott, Thomas McCoy, and Mrs. Ford's personal assistant, Nancy Howe. The East Wing correspondence unit handled the First Lady's mail, answering most routine letters themselves and drafting letters …
Dean Overman Files, 1975-1977 Extent 2.6 linear feet (ca. 5,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The files of Dean L. Overman cover the period September 1975 - January 1977. They reflect Overman's activities as an assistant to the Vice President during his tenure as a White House Fellow, and his subsequent service on the Domestic Council staff as an associate director for policy and planning. From September 1975 to late August 1976, Overman was a White House Fellow assigned as an assistant to Vice President …
John C. Vickerman Files, 1974-1977 Extent 15.2 linear feet (ca. 30,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John C. Vickerman joined the White House staff in 1973. Early in the Ford administration he served as Executive Assistant to Counsellor Anne Armstrong and as Executive Secretary of the Federal Property Council. He was appointed to the Office of Public Liaison as Director for Business and Trade Associations on December 18, 1974. In this position he reported directly to William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant to …
Dennis Barnes Files, 1976 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Dr. Dennis Barnes is a graduate of the College of Wooster, University of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia. He joined the Domestic Council staff in May 1976 and served the remainder of the year. He served as Assistant Director for Energy and Science under Associate Director Glenn Schleede and inherited a number of duties associated with general sciences that had previously been the responsibility of Kathleen …
Dean Burch Files, 1974 Extent 2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Dean Burch Files reflect the work of Burch and his staff from August to December 1974 on White House liaison with the Republican National Committee and other party organizations, political advice to the President on such topics as legislation and appointments to positions, and the President's involvement in the 1974 election campaign. Burch joined the White House staff as Counsellor to the President in February 1974 …
Paul Leach Files, 1974-1976 Extent 16.0 linear feet (ca. 32,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Leach was a lawyer, with a M.B.A. from Stanford University, who came to the Domestic Council from a private investment banking firm in Chicago. Paul Leach was appointed to the Domestic Council as Associate Director for Agriculture, Economic Development, and Commerce during the reorganization of the Council in May 1975. The position that Leach assumed was created following the resignation of Norman E. Ross, who …
John T. Calkins Files, 1975-1976 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The John T. Calkins Files consist primarily of correspondence prepared by him during his one year tenure as executive assistant to presidential counsellor Robert T. Hartmann. The files document his numerous contacts with local, state, and national Republican Party officials and members of the general public. The files are arranged as subject and general correspondence series. Calkins, formerly executive …
John G. Carlson Files, 1972-1977 Extent 4.2 linear feet (ca. 8,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John Carlson served in the White House Press Office during the last two years of the Nixon administration and then was carried over by the Ford administration as assistant press secretary for domestic affairs. In this post his major responsibilities were preparing Press Secretary Ron Nessen for his daily press briefings and answering press queries on domestic matters. Additional responsibilities included …
Byron M. "Red" Cavaney Files, (1969-1973) 1974-1977 Extent 77 linear feet (ca. 142,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Advance Office was tasked with visiting foreign and domestic sites a few weeks before scheduled Presidential trips in order to plan and coordinate logistical matters. These responsibilities encompassed creating the Air Force One manifest, designating hotel room and banquet seating assignments, diagramming site locations, organizing and vetting proposed schedules through …
Sarah C. Massengale Files, 1974-1977 Extent 14.8 linear feet (ca. 29,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Sarah C. Massengale, a former management analyst for a Washington, D.C. consultant firm, joined the Domestic Council in June 1975 as assistant director for health, social security and welfare, replacing Pamela Needham. After April 1976, when assistant director for consumer and cultural affairs Kathleen A. Ryan resigned, Massengale also coordinated cultural affairs, which comprised the arts, humanities and …
Barry N. Roth Files, 1973-1977 Extent 42.8 linear feet (ca. 85,600 pages) Scope and Content Note When Barry Roth joined Gerald Ford’s vice presidential staff in January 1974, he was only twenty-four years old and had yet to complete his law degree. In spite of his youth, he had already worked as a legal assistant to the General Counsel of the General Services Administration (GSA.) William Casselman. When Casselman became General Counsel to Vice President Ford, he brought Roth along as his …
Geoffrey C. Shepard Files 1974-1975 Extent 3.2 linear feet (ca. 6,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Geoffrey Shepard served during the Nixon administration and a portion of the Ford administration as Domestic Council associate director primarily handling general government issues requiring liaison with the Justice Department, especially campaign finance reform, civil rights, drug abuse law enforcement, and Vietnam War amnesty. The materials described consist largely of files produced and accumulated by …
James B. Shuman Files, 1974-1976 Extent 48 linear feet (ca. 96,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The James B. Shuman files cover his work as editor of both the President's news summary and Presidential briefing books for meetings with the news media from April 1975 to July 1976. Also included are earlier news summaries and briefing books which he inherited from predecessors. The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles, distributed daily to the President …
Paul A. Miltich Files, 1974-1975 Extent 1 linear foot (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Miltich, Gerald Ford's press secretary since 1966, was named assistant press secretary to the President in August 1974. Under Jerald terHorst, Miltich was responsible for supervising the correspondence section of the Press Office; producing position papers which were then distributed to newspapers, television and radio stations throughout the country; channeling opinion- editorial (Op-Ed) pieces written by …
Jerald F. Terhorst Files, 1974 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Jerald terHorst was named Press Secretary to the President on August 9, 1974, the day Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He was Ford's first presidential appointment. TerHorst was a Michigan newspaperman who had covered Ford's political career since the 1948 Congressional race. As Press Secretary to President Ford, terHorst was responsible for conveying information on the President's …
Paul Theis And Robert Orben Files, 1974-1977 Extent 41 linear feet (ca. 82,000 pages) Scope and Content Note These are the combined files of Paul Theis and his successor Robert Orben, who were the immediate heads of the White House speechwriting unit. Until Theis departed in January 1976, he had additional responsibilities as executive editor for the entire Office of Editorial Staff. Discussed below under separate headings are: organization and function of the Office of Editorial Staff; the speechwriting …
Gwen A. Anderson Files, 1974-1977 Extent 11.6 linear feet (ca. 23,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Gwen A. Anderson, Washington State Republican Party official and former Republican National Committeewoman, joined Vice President Ford's staff in January 1974. In this capacity her major duties were to coordinate Ford's appearances at political events and fundraisers; to act as liaison with Republican groups; and to handle requests for messages, photographs and auction items. Upon Ford's succession to the …
Charles H. McCall Files, 1974-1977 Extent 89 linear feet (ca. 178,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The McCall files document the work of editorial staff researchers throughout the Ford administration. The bulk of the file is material drawn together or created during Agnes Waldron's tenure as director of research from August 1974 to June 1976, subsequently inherited and augmented by Charles McCall. McCall joined the White House staff as a consultant to assist Waldron with the research office operation in …
Spencer Johnson Files, 1976-1977 Extent 5.2 linear feet (ca. 10,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Johnson was appointed to the Domestic Council in February 1976 as Associate Director for Health, Social Security, and Welfare, remaining until the end of the Ford Administration. He replaced Arthur F. Quern who became Deputy Director for Policy and Planning. Johnson's primary responsibilities were in health issues. He assisted in the formulation of policy and as White House liaison with government agencies and …
Domestic Council Computer Office Files, 1975-1976 Extent 13.6 linear feet (ca. 27,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The Computer Office provided the Domestic Council staff with correspondence control, priority tracking, enrolled bill status and coordination, along with the White House staff, of Presidential - Congressional mail. In the fall of 1975, the Council began to organize its paperwork by computer. After January 1976, the computer functioned to control correspondence and track the status of enrolled …