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PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS: READING COPIES, 1974-77 Extent 16.8 linear feet (ca. 33,600 pages) Scope and Content Note This file consists almost entirely of the reading copies of President Ford's 1,051 public messages. They are arranged chronologically. Related and supporting materials appear occasionally and include preliminary drafts and, less frequently, background material. In addition to speeches there are veto messages, legislative messages to Congress, statements accompanying bill signing, …
GERALD L. WARREN FILES, 1974-75 (1984) Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Gerald Warren Papers concern his work as Deputy Press Secretary and Director of the White House Communications Office between August 1974 and August 1975. He joined the White House Communications Office in 1969 as Deputy Press Secretary to Ron Ziegler in the Nixon administration, often delivering the daily press briefings as the Watergate scandal intensified in 1974. Following the resignation of …
BIRGE S. WATKINS FILES, 1974-77 Extent 4.0 linear feet (ca. 8,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Birge S. Watkins, a 1971 graduate of Alma College, began working for L. William Seidman in 1972 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1974, he volunteered to aid Seidman with the Economic Summit and was then appointed to Seidman's office as staff assistant for scheduling. As staff assistant, Watkins drafted replies to requests for appointments, appearances and White House tours. He also drafted responses to …
I. DAVID WHEAT, JR., FILES, 1974-75 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note David Wheat joined the White House Staff in March 1973, as assistant to Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to the President. Although Armstrong departed the White House in December 1974, Wheat remained through May 1975 and provided assistance to the Economic Policy Board staff. The majority of his files concern his work for Anne Armstrong. As staff assistant, Wheat aided Armstrong on routine office correspondence; …
WHITE HOUSE USHER'S OFFICE FILES, 1974-77 Extent 3.3 linear feet (approximately 1,925 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (October 2015) Additional material related to the Executive Residence are found primarily in the White House Central Files Subject File, category WH (White House), as well as FG-100 (Committee for the Preservation of the White House) and FG-180 (National Park Foundation) categories. Materials pertaining to the swimming pool specifically can be found in the John Stiles and …
WHITE HOUSE TELEGRAPH & TRAVEL SECTION: SAMPLE OF TELEGRAMS, 1974-77 Extent 1.5 linear feet (ca. 3,000 pages) Scope and Content Note As a permanent operating unit of the Office of the Chief Executive Clerk [ 1 ], the White House Telegraph and Travel Section arranged travel for White House staff, assisted with travel arrangements for the White House press corps, and received and dispatched all telegrams for the White House Office. The collection has no information on these duties, but does contain a sample …
JAMES H. FALK FILES, 1974-75 (1976) Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note James H. Falk joined the Domestic Council staff in March 1971 as a staff assistant to Edward Morgan, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. Falk was promoted to Associate Director in 1973 and assumed responsibility for activities associated with intergovernmental affairs, reporting directly to the director of the Domestic Council. He remained in this position until leaving the White House …
MICHAEL J. FARRELL FILES, (1969-73) 1974-77 Extent 24.8 linear feet (52,500 pages) Scope and Content Note Michael Farrell joined the White House staff on March 24, 1969, and became Director of the White House Visitors Office in 1974 during the Nixon administration, a post he held through the entire Ford administration. Most of the collection dates from the Ford administration, but includes some Nixon administration materials, most notably the group tour calendar books, going back as far as 1969. The …
PRESIDENTIAL HANDWRITING FILE Documents Annotated by the President, 1974-77 Extent 41.4 linear feet (ca. 82,800 pages) Scope and Content Note History of the Presidential Handwriting File President Lyndon Johnson's staff started the practice of maintaining a separate handwriting file. Gertrude Fry copied the practices of the Johnson White House when she joined the Nixon staff and continued to be responsible for the file under President Ford. Ms. Fry and her staff filed the documents chronologically by the …
THEODORE C. MARRS FILES, 1974-76 Extent 45.6 linear feet (ca. 91,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Theodore Marrs' Files document his 1974-76 work on White House liaison with approximately 160 special interest groups and associations and include material on the government programs and issues that most interested them. Marrs' Role in the Ford White House Many of Marrs' colleagues in the Public Liaison Office specialized in liaison with groups representing only particular segments of society. For instance, …
JOHN MARSH FILES, 1974-77 Extent 50.2 linear feet (ca. 100,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John O. "Jack" Marsh served in Congress with Gerald Ford from 1963 to 1971. Although a Democrat, his conservative political philosophy led President Richard Nixon to appoint him Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in 1972. He later joined Vice President Ford's staff as an advisor on defense and foreign affairs matters. When Gerald Ford became President in August 1974, he appointed Marsh as a …
PAUL THEIS AND ROBERT ORBEN FILES, 1974-77 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 …
ELIZABETH M. O'NEILL FILES, 1974-77 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, 1975-77 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 …
PAUL LEACH FILES, 1974-76 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 …
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 …
PHILIP W. BUCHEN FILES, 1974-77 Extent 47.6 linear feet (ca. 95,200 pages) Scope and Content Note When Gerald Ford succeeded to the Presidency on August 9, 1974, one of his first acts was to appoint his long-time friend and former law partner Philip Buchen as chief White House legal advisor and give the position Cabinet status. During his administration, Ford relied upon Buchen for advice on a wide range of issues, legislation, and actions. Like Counsellors to the President John Marsh and Robert Hartmann, …
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 …
JOHN T. CALKINS FILES, 1975-76 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 director …
JOHN G. CARLSON FILES, 1972-77 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 …