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Eliska Hasek Files, 1974-1977 Extent 2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Messages Office (PMO) provided the President with written messages of commendation to the public, expressing his greetings and good will (see Appendix A). Director Eliska Hasek authored statements and messages in the styles of Presidents Johnson and Nixon in her prior White House experience. She joined the Ford administration in August, 1974. The Hasek collection includes the files of Associate …
John R. Stiles and Merrill Mueller Files, 1974-1975 Extent 7.0 linear feet (ca. 14,000 pages) Scope and Content Note John Stiles, a longtime friend of President Ford from Grand Rapids, served as Mr. Ford's campaign manager during the 1948 campaign for Congress and helped him during the Warren Commission's investigation of the Kennedy assassination. Soon after Gerald Ford became President, Stiles began working part-time in the White House. Working under the supervision of White House Counsellor John Marsh, …
Judith R. Hope Files, 1974-1977 Extent 18.4 linear feet (ca. 36,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Judith Richards Hope, a graduate of Wellesley College and Harvard Law School, was associated with law firms in Washington, DC and California. She also spent one year as deputy director of the California Rural Development Corporation before joining the Domestic Council. Hope was appointed to the Domestic Council Staff on a part-time basis as a consultant in October 1975. In her first few months she handled …
Tod R. Hullin Files, 1974-1976 Extent 1 linear foot (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1969, Tod Hullin began working at the White House as a staff assistant to the President. When the Domestic Council was organized, he joined it as Executive Assistant to the Director. He was appointed Associate Director for Housing and Community Affairs in May 1974 and remained in this position until his departure in January 1976. Within his area of responsibility, Hullin received communications from executive …
Michael Raoul-Duval Files, 1974-1977 Extent 21.3 linear feet (ca. 42,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Michael Raoul-Duval files document a significant portion of his activities as Domestic Council associate director, Executive Director of the Intelligence Coordinating Group, and advisor to the President for the 1976 presidential election campaign. Additional materials on these topics are also available in a separate collection of personal papers that Raoul-Duval donated to the Library. Raoul-Duval's …
Eric Rosenberger and Douglass Blaser Files, 1974-1977 Extent 20.0 linear feet (ca. 37,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Eric Rosenberger and his successor, Douglass Blaser, directed White House press advance. Press advance was assistance to the White House press corps, the local press, and press office staff during all presidential trips outside the White House. Such assistance might include: visas, credentialling, air and ground transportation, lodging, camera lighting, press positions, equipment and …
Bradley H. Patterson, Jr. Files, (1973) 1974-1976 Extent 2.2 linear feet (ca. 4,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Bradley Patterson served throughout the Nixon and Ford administrations in a variety of positions, most notably as the White House official closely monitoring the concerns of Native Americans from 1969 to 1974 and again in 1976. The files described here consist of correspondence and memoranda generated or accumulated by Patterson in 1976 as Special Assistant to the President for Native American …
Wanda M. Phelan Files, 1974-1976 Extent 23.6 linear feet (ca. 47,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Wanda Phelan served in the White House press office at two different times during the Nixon and Ford administrations. From February 1970 to October 1974 she handled routine correspondence for press secretaries Herb Klein, Ron Ziegler and Jerald ter Horst. She returned to the White House press secretary's office on detail in August 1976 and worked as a staff assistant under Agnes Waldron. In this role, she …
Susan Porter Files, 1974-1977 Extent 9.6 linear feet (ca. 19,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The Susan Porter files include correspondence, memoranda, schedules, calendars, fact sheets and scenarios compiled by Porter during her tenure as appointments secretary to Mrs. Ford and the Ford children from August 1974 until January 1977. Porter began working in the White House in 1971. As appointments secretary Porter and her assistant, Sally Runion, organized schedules for Mrs. Ford and the Ford children. All …
F. Lynn May Files, 1974-1977 Extent 18 linear feet (ca. 36,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Lynn May received a B.A. degree in history from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1964, and completed course requirements for a PhD in history at UCLA in 1972. From May 1972 to April 1974 he was special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. In April 1974 he became staff assistant to Geoffrey C. Shepard, Associate Director, General Government, of the Domestic …
W. Allen Moore Files, 1975-1977 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note W. Allen Moore served on the Ford administration Domestic Council as Associate Director for Policy and Planning; and later, as Associate Director for Operations. The greatest portion of the files concerns social security and welfare reform topics from 1976. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically therein. Following several years of work as an economist and management consultant, …
U.S. Secret Service Executive Protective Service Files, 1974-1977 Extent 124 linear feet (ca. 225,000 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 J.P. …
White House Congressional Mail Files, 1974-1977 Extent 37.6 linear feet (ca. 75,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The Congressional Relations Office received and responded to dozens of letters addressed to the President from members of Congress each day. To control this mail and allow for easy reference, the Congressional Relations staff created a single centralized file of logs of incoming mail and copies of their outgoing letters. Copies of congressional letters drafted by other White House offices were …
White House Gift Unit Files, 1974-1977 Extent 13 linear feet (ca. 20,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Gift Unit is one of several permanent operating offices that provide support services to each administration. Marjorie Wicklein headed the office in the Ford administration, supervising a staff of eight. Wicklein reported to Robert Lindner, the Permanent Operations Offices' chief executive clerk, who in turn reported to the staff secretary, through David Hoopes, special assistant to the …
White House Military Aide's Office Files, 1973-1977 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Nancy Mirshah, November 1992 Copyright Mr. Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the …
White House Records Office: Legislation Case Files, 1974-1976 Extent 28 linear feet (ca. 56,000 pages) Scope and Content Note SUMMARY OF FORD ACTION ON CLEARED LEGISLATION Public Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed 1974 - 278 1975 - 201 1976 - 379 Total - 858 Private Bills Signed 1974 - 35 1975 - 27 1976 - 115 Total - 177 Public Bills Vetoed 1974 - 24 (4 Overridden by Congress) 1975 - 17 (4 Overridden by Congress) 1976 - 20 (4 Overridden by Congress) Total - 62 (12 Overridden by Congress) Private Bills …
White House Social Office Subject Files, 1974-1976 Extent 94 linear feet (ca. 188,800 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (December 2012) Individual staff office files document the activities of the First Lady’s staff. These include the files of: Russell Armentrout, Maria Downs, Elizabeth O’Neill, Susan Porter, Frances Pullen, and Sheila Weidenfeld. The Library also holds the personal papers of Betty Ford, Maria Downs, Peter Sorum, and Sheila Weidenfeld (unprocessed). The White House Social …
White House Social Office Chronological Files, 1974-1976 Extent 5.6 linear feet (ca. 11,200 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (December 2012) Individual staff office files document the activities of the First Lady’s staff. These include the files of: Russell Armentrout, Maria Downs, Elizabeth O’Neill, Susan Porter, Frances Pullen, and Sheila Weidenfeld. The Library also holds the personal papers of Betty Ford, Maria Downs, Peter Sorum, and Sheila Weidenfeld (unprocessed). The White House …
White House Social Office Ford Children Files, 1974-1976 Extent 24 linear feet (ca. 48,000 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (December 2012) Individual staff office files document the activities of the First Lady’s staff. These include the files of: Russell Armentrout, Maria Downs, Elizabeth O’Neill, Susan Porter, Frances Pullen, and Sheila Weidenfeld. The Library also holds the personal papers of Betty Ford, Maria Downs, Peter Sorum, and Sheila Weidenfeld (unprocessed). The White House …
Jay French Files, 1974-1975 Extent 2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Jay T. French Files concern his work in the Counsel's Office, primarily his role as White House liaison with the Presidential Clemency Board. Described below under separate headings are French's role in the White House, the scope and content of his files, and related materials in other Ford Library collections. French's Role in the White House French served as Staff Assistant from September 6, 1974 to June 21, …