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PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Scope and Content Note PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Record Type Audio Last Modified Date Fri, 10/18/2024 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradiogeneral.pdf Has Digitized Content Off Alphabetical order title PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: General Election Radio Spots …
PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Scope and Content Note PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Record Type Audio Last Modified Date Fri, 10/18/2024 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradioprimary.pdf Has Digitized Content Off Alphabetical order title PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE RECORDS: Primary Election Radio Spots …
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 …
AMERICA SINCE HOOVER: SELECTED DOCUMENTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES, 1929-80 Extent 3 linear feet (ca. 4,500 pages) and 14 cassette recordings. Record Type Textual Access Open. Copyright For copyright information on any given document, contact the presidential library which holds the original. Prepared: January 1992 Last Modified Date Wed, 03/05/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description Photostatic copies of memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, diary entries, oral …
ROBERT ANDERSON PAPERS, (1946) 1965-95 Extent 16.4 linear feet (approximately 32,800 pages) Scope and Content Note During his long career in the Foreign Service, Robert Anderson served in a succession of posts both overseas and in Washington, culminating in his work as Special Assistant for Press Relations to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and as U.S. Ambassador to three different countries. His papers cover mostly the public face of diplomacy - speeches, remarks, testimony, trips, and events. The …
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), …
PAUL A. THEIS PAPERS, (1949) 1960-1975 (1990) Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca.16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Paul A. Theis Papers are mainly a collection of materials accumulated during Theis’ 1960-74 tenure with the Republican National Congressional Committee where he served first as director of the radio-television division and subsequently as Director of the Division of Public Relations. Paul Theis served as Executive Editor in the White House Editorial Office from August, 1974 until January, 1976. …
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 …
MELVIN R. LAIRD PAPERS, (1941) 1953-2004 Extent 132 linear feet (ca. 264,000 pages), 224 microfilm cartridges, 7 microfilm reels, and 4 oversize volumes. Scope and Content Note Melvin R. Laird, Jr. was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in the town of Marshfield in central Wisconsin where his family moved when he was a year old. His family had deep roots in Wisconsin politics and business, with both of his parents and his maternal grandfather all holding elective office. After his father's death in …
JAMES M. CANNON PAPERS, 1974-79 Extent 16 linear feet (ca. 32,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The papers of James M. Cannon, 1974-79, relate to his brief service as an assistant to Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and to his dual role of Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Executive Director of the Domestic Council, 1975-77. Well documented topics include Vice President Rockefeller's role in the Ford Administration, a small number of key issues (especially those Cannon Worked on toward …
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 …
LEO CHERNE PAPERS, (1969) 1973-77 (1986) Extent 3.6 linear feet (ca. 7,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Leo Cherne's career spanned more than fifty years. Cherne, an economist, first gained prominence in the private sector, as Executive Director of the Research Institute of America, founded to translate complex government legislation for the businessman; Chairman of the Executive Committee of Freedom House, established to advance the struggle for freedom at home and abroad; and Chairman of the …
U.S. Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. SPECIAL AGENT APPLICATION CASE FILE OF GERALD R. FORD, JR. 1941-1942 (1974-1976) Extent 0.1 linear feet (83 pages) Scope and Content Note Gerald R. Ford, a recent Yale Law School graduate and partner in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, law firm Ford and Buchen, completed the FBI special agent application on June 14, 1941. In order to determine the suitability of Gerald Ford for a special agent position, the FBI conducted a thorough background …
U.S. ENERGY RESOURCES COUNCIL RECORDS, 1974-76 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note LIST OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Members mandated by law Secretary of Interior* Secretary of State* Director, Office of Management and Budget* Administrator, Federal Energy Administration* Administrator, Energy Research and Development Administration* Members by presidential appointment Attorney General Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce* Secretary of Defense Secretary of Health, Education, …
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY NON-RECORD COPIES OF HELICOPTER RADIO MESSAGES DURING EVACUATION OF U.S. EMBASSY IN SAIGON, 4/29-30/1975 Extent Less than 1 linear foot (ca. 250 pages) Scope and Content Note In his letter donating this collection to the Gerald R. Ford Library, Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, Director, National Security Agency, described the materials as follows: “The enclosed file represents messages pertaining to the evacuation of Saigon, 29 and 30 April 1975. As a classified file, it was in …
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 …
FRANK G. ZARB PAPERS, (1970) 1974-77 (1979) Extent 4.8 linear feet (ca. 9,600 pages) of textual material, 148 photographs, 2 audiotapes, and 6 framed cartoons Scope and Content Note Frank G. Zarb was appointed as administrator of the Federal Energy Administration by President Ford in December 1974. He replaced John Sawhill, who resigned in October 1974 after conflicts over his support of an increased gasoline tax and mandatory energy conservation measures. Zarb, then serving as executive director of the …