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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 …
John G. Carlson Files, 1972-1977 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 …
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 …
Composite General Accessions, 1902-2013 Extent 5.8 linear feet (ca. 10,000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. At any point in time, some recently received items not described in this finding aid may be temporarily unavailable pending archival processing. Processed by Sandra Raub, August 1982; revised by Helmi Raaska, July 1996; revised by William McNitt, July 2002; revised by Hannah Brookhart, December 2014 Copyright Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are …
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 …
David Mathews Papers on Microfilm, 1975-1977 Extent 8.3 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note This finding aid was drafted by the Special Collections Library staff at The University of Alabama. It has been modified by the Ford Library staff to match the format of the Library's other finding aids. The papers of the Honorable David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (August 8, 1975-January 20, 1977), have been arranged chronologically within correspondence or record …
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 …
John E. Reinhardt Papers Extent 8.6 linear feet (ca. 17,200 pages) Scope and Content Note John E. Reinhardt was a career diplomat who joined the United States Information Agency (USIA) in 1957 as a Foreign Service Officer, one of the first African-Americans to join the diplomatic service during that era. USIA had been created by President Eisenhower in 1953 with the mission of understanding, informing, and influencing foreign publics in the promotion of the national interest, and broadening the dialogue …
Stanley Scott Papers, (1969) 1971-1977 Extent 19.6 linear feet (ca. 39,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Stanley S. Scott was an experienced journalist and public relations specialist when he joined the Nixon White House staff in June 1971. As an assistant to Director of Communications Herbert Klein, Scott worked on White House liaison with the minority newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations. He helped to publicize administration initiatives of special interest to African-Americans and was involved in …
Nicholas Steneck Research Materials, 1964-1985 Extent 4.0 linear feet (ca. 8000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Jennifer A. Sternaman, April 1993 Copyright Nicholas Steneck 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 …
Geoffrey C. Shepard Files 1974-1975 Extent 3.2 linear feet (ca. 6,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Geoffrey Shepard served during the Nixon administration and a portion of the Ford administration as Domestic Council associate director primarily handling general government issues requiring liaison with the Justice Department, especially campaign finance reform, civil rights, drug abuse law enforcement, and Vietnam War amnesty. The materials described consist largely of files produced and accumulated by …
James B. Shuman Files, 1974-1976 Extent 48 linear feet (ca. 96,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The James B. Shuman files cover his work as editor of both the President's news summary and Presidential briefing books for meetings with the news media from April 1975 to July 1976. Also included are earlier news summaries and briefing books which he inherited from predecessors. The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles, distributed daily to the President …
U.S. Department of Defense News Summaries, 1974-1977 Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Leesa E. Tobin, March 1982 Copyright Gerald 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 …
U.S. Department of the Army Military District of Washington Directorate of Ceremonies and Special Events: Photocopies of Selected Records Regarding President Kennedy, 1963-1977 Extent 1.4 linear feet (ca. 2,800 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1983 the Gerald R. Ford Library accessioned the records of the Department of the Army, Military District of Washington, Directorate of Ceremonies and Special Events (part of Record Group 338). The collection contained case files on inaugurations, head of state …
Paul A. Miltich Files, 1974-1975 Extent 1 linear foot (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Miltich, Gerald Ford's press secretary since 1966, was named assistant press secretary to the President in August 1974. Under Jerald terHorst, Miltich was responsible for supervising the correspondence section of the Press Office; producing position papers which were then distributed to newspapers, television and radio stations throughout the country; channeling opinion- editorial (Op-Ed) pieces written by …
Jerald F. Terhorst Files, 1974 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Jerald terHorst was named Press Secretary to the President on August 9, 1974, the day Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He was Ford's first presidential appointment. TerHorst was a Michigan newspaperman who had covered Ford's political career since the 1948 Congressional race. As Press Secretary to President Ford, terHorst was responsible for conveying information on the President's …
Paul Theis And Robert Orben Files, 1974-1977 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 …
James L. Trimpe 30-30 Club Scrapbook, (1931) 1965-2005 Extent 1 linear inch (117 pages) Scope and Content Note Related Materials (August 2012) The Grand Rapids Oral Histories Collection contains an interview with 30-30 Club member Arthur G. Brown, in which he describes his friendship with Gerald Ford, the South High School football teams of the late 1920's and early 1930's and subsequent meetings of the 30-30 Club. Materials documenting the 30-30 Club reunion at the White House can be found in several …