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National Security Adviser WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM EVENING REPORTS FROM THE NSC STAFF June 1976-January 1977 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Situation Room: Evening Reports from the NSC Staff is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford National Security Adviser Files and an explanation of the designations “Presidential” and “Institutional” are provided in Appendix A . Beginning on June 11, …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES, 1969-77 Extent 18.4 linear feet (ca. 36,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. These files were maintained in the National Security Adviser's West Wing Office or in offices by the Situation Room in the White House basement. They were kept available for ready access because they contained sensitive, high level …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FILE, 1974-77 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The NSC Meetings File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A . The National Security Council was created in 1947 in response to the increased complexity of national security issues in the post-World War II period and the …
National Security Adviser. Presidential Briefing Material for VIP Visits, 1974-1976 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Presidential Briefing Material for VIP Visits is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford National Security Adviser Files and an explanation of the designations “Presidential” and “Institutional” are provided in Appendix A . This collection contains materials relating to over 50 official visits …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM NOON AND EVENING NOTES, MAY 1975-JANUARY 1977 Extent 4.2 linear feet (ca. 8,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Situation Room: Noon and Evening Notes is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The National Security Council created the White House Situation Room in May 1961 to monitor the world situation and provide alerts and reports. Although referred to as a “Situation Room,” it was actually a …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. INFORMATION LIAISON WITH COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES FILES, 1975-76 Extent 16.4 linear feet (ca. 32,800 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Only a portion of this collection has been processed and opened to research. The rest of the collection is still unprocessed and closed. In the processed portions, some items are 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 …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. NSC VIETNAM INFORMATION GROUP: INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER REPORTS, 1967-75 Extent 4.8 linear feet (ca. 12,900 pages) Scope and Content Note The NSC Vietnam Information Group: Intelligence and Other Reports is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The Vietnam Information Group consisted of NSC staff members responsible for monitoring cable traffic from other agencies reporting on events in South and North Vietnam. It appears that the staff began …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL COUNTRY FILES FOR EUROPE AND CANADA, 1974-77 Extent 8.8 linear feet (ca. 17,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The Presidential Country Files described here concern U.S. relations with European countries and Canada, and address regional issues as well as issues specific to individual countries. Materials in the first several folders …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL FILES OF NSC LOGGED DOCUMENTS: SELECT DOCUMENTS ARRANGED BY LOG NUMBER, 1974-77 Extent 25.8 linear feet (ca. 51,600 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Only a portion of this collection has been processed and opened to research. The rest of the collection is still unprocessed and closed. In the processed portions, some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION FILE, 1974 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Transition File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. On August 7, 1974, after having been informed by Alexander Haig that Richard Nixon's decision to resign the office of the presidency was near, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began preparing for the transition from the Nixon to Ford administrations. While maintaining a …
H. JAMES FIELD, JR. FILES, 1976 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note H. James Field, Jr., joined the White House staff in February 1976 as Associate Director of the Presidential Personnel Office, filling human resources, housing and transportation positions. In July 1976 he was appointed Staff Assistant to Richard B. Cheney, whom he had previously assisted at the Cost of Living Council. In this position, Field, a former Republican State Chairman of Rhode Island, drafted replies …
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL OFFICE FILES, (1953-73) 1974-77 Extent 273 linear feet (ca. 500,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Overview of the Office The mission of the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) was to provide the President with outstanding candidates for appointment for all Presidentially-appointed positions in the Federal Government. Also, from time to time, the Office provided the President with recommended policy guidance for his use in instructing Federal department and agency heads on conduct of …
WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE UNIT: KEY PHRASE AND WORD INDEX TO PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS, 1974-77 Extent 31.2 linear feet (ca. 200,000 cards) Scope and Content Note The White House Press Release Unit is one of the permanent White House support operations which serve each President. Supervised during the Ford administration by Mary E. Hooper, Editorial Clerk, the unit worked with the Office of the Press Secretary, receiving draft press releases, reproducing, and distributing them. They compiled a keyword index …
RUSSELL H. ARMENTROUT FILES, (1973) 1974-77 Extent 30 linear feet (ca. 60,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The collection encompasses the Ford White House files of Social Entertainments Office directors Sanford L. Fox and his March 1975 successor, Russell H. Armentrout. Supervised by Maria Downs, Mrs. Ford’s Social Secretary, Fox and Armentrout oversaw two assistant chiefs (William T. Gemmell for calligraphy, and Janice M. Ingersoll for arrangements), one calligrapher/graphic designer (John J. Scarfone), …
WILLIAM E. TIMMONS FILES, 1969-74 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The William E. Timmons Files consist of memoranda, correspondence, briefing papers, notes and reports on legislation compiled by Timmons and his assistant Powell Moore from August to December 1974, and Timmons' routine personal correspondence from 1969 to 1974. During the first five months of the Ford administration, Timmons continued to head the White House Congressional Relations Office, as he had done …
MYRON B. KUROPAS FILES, 1976-77 Extent 5.2 linear feet (ca. 10,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Myron B. Kuropas joined the White House staff in January 1976 as Special Assistant for Ethnic Affairs. This newly created position was assigned to the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and reported directly to William J. Baroody, Jr. Kuropas was responsible for White House liaison with leaders of major ethnic organizations, including fraternal, civic, religious and academic associations. He met with …
WILLIAM GOROG FILES, 1975-76 Extent 3.8 linear feet (ca. 7,600 pages) Scope and Content Note William F. Gorog, a businessman and developer of the computerized legal research system, LEXIS, joined the Ford administration as deputy to L. William Seidman, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs in May 1975. In March 1976 his title was changed from Deputy Director for Domestic Economic Policy to Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. From November 1976 until the end of the …
JAMES H. CAVANAUGH FILES, 1974-76 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Dr. James H. Cavanaugh joined the Domestic Council staff in 1971 to assist in the development of health policy and programs. Appointed in 1973 as Associate Director for Human Resources, he helped to develop and coordinate the President's domestic policy in the areas of health, education, welfare, labor and veterans affairs. His duties were again augmented the following year when he was appointed Deputy …
ANDRE M. BUCKLES FILES, 1974-75 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Andre Buckles, a former assistant general counsel of the United States Information Agency, began working for the Domestic Council as Staff Assistant for Housing and Community Affairs in May 1974. He was promoted to Assistant Director in October 1975 and left the administration in July 1976. During his tenure as Staff Assistant, Buckles reported directly to Tod Hullin, Associate Director. The Buckles papers do …
JEFFREY P. EVES and JOHN SHLAES FILES, 1974-77 Extent 12 linear feet (ca. 24,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Jeffrey P. Eves and his successor John B. Shlaes oversaw White House conferences and briefings organized by the Office of Public Liaison during the last portion of the Nixon administration and the entire Ford presidency. Eves also served as liaison with business special interest groups in 1974. The materials described here consist partly of correspondence and topical files from Eves' work with …