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Juliette C. "Judy" McLennan Papers, 1976 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note As a young activist in the Republican Party, Juliette C. “Judy” McLennan served in several campaign volunteer positions before becoming the director of the National Volunteer Desk of People for Ford (PFF) during the 1976 general election campaign. PFF was the volunteer unit of the President Ford Committee (PFC), President Ford’s 1976 election campaign committee. Developed in the wake of the party’s …
Michael H. Moskow Papers, 1969-92 Extent 7.2 linear feet (ca. 14,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The Moskow Papers contain materials from his positions in Federal departments and agencies during the Nixon, Ford and George H.W. Bush administrations. Among the agencies in which he worked were the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Department of Labor, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Council on Wage and Price Stability. The papers focus on such matters as labor, collective bargaining, …
President Ford Committee Records, Series J: Delegate Office Files, 1976 Extent . Scope and Content Note The Delegate Office coordinated efforts to solicit support for President Ford among uncommitted delegates selected to attend the Republican National Convention. Since the race for the Republican nomination between Ford and Ronald Reagan remained close at the end of the primary season, this effort proved crucial in providing the President with enough votes to receive the nomination. President Ford's …
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 …
Robert P. Visser Papers, 1972-1978 Extent 8.9 linear feet (ca. 8,900 pages) Scope and Content Note In August 1975, the President Ford Committee (PFC) hired attorney Robert Visser as General Counsel. In October, Visser hired Tim Ryan, a Baltimore attorney who had been a volunteer advanceman for the White House and the Assistant Director of the 1972 Inaugural Parade, to work as his assistant. Unlike most PFC offices, there was no staff turnover during the campaign, so Visser and Ryan handled the PFC's legal …
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 …
Butterfield, Keeney and Amberg Papers, 1943-1964 Extent 250 pages Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Leesa Tobin, August 1987; revised by William H. McNitt, April 2012 Copyright Roger Law 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 …
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 …
Robert Goldwin Papers, 1973-1978 Extent 12 linear feet (ca. 24,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Robert Goldwin, a former professor of political science and director of public affairs conferences at the University of Chicago and Kenyon College, served in the White House as Special Consultant to the President. Before assuming that position, Goldwin was an assistant to Donald Rumsfeld, Ambassador to NATO. When Rumsfeld took over from Alexander Haig as Ford's chief of staff, Goldwin assisted him at the White …
Grand Rapids Oral History Collection Extent 0.1 linear feet (ca. 200 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William McNitt, May 1996 Copyright The interviewees have donated to the United States of America their copyrights in the interviews. Last Modified Date Thu, 12/11/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description Seven people who knew Gerald Ford as a young man discuss their acquaintanceships, Grand Rapids politics in the 1930's and 1940's, and Ford's 1948 congressional …
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 …
Patricia Lindh Papers, (1970) 1974-1976 Extent 0.3 linear feet (ca. 600 pages) Scope and Content Note Patricia S. Lindh served as Special Assistant to the President for Women during the administration of Gerald Ford. Lindh’s work in the federal government began in 1974 under the direction of Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to Richard Nixon, and continued after her appointment by President Ford in December 1974. In both administrations Lindh was responsible for liaison with women’s organizations and overseeing …
James M. Cannon Research Interviews and Notes, 1989-1994 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) and 120 audiocassettes Scope and Content Note James M. Cannon, who worked for many years as a journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller, joined the Ford White House staff as Executive Director of the Domestic Council in February 1975 and served until the end of the Ford administration. Many years later he approached President Ford with a plan to write a book about the President’s life and career. That …
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 …
Melvin Medema: Correspondence with Gerald Ford, 1949-1977 Extent 0.05 linear feet (21 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William H. McNitt, December 2008 Copyright David Medema donated to the United States of America copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections and President Ford did likewise in his deed of gift. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government …
University of Michigan Law School: Gerald R. Ford Student File, 1937-1974 Extent Less than 1 linear foot (ca. 15 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Open. President Ford released access restrictions on his University of Michigan student records. Processed by Nancy Mirshah, June, 1998 Copyright Gerald R. 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 …
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 …