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GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 ROBERT T. HARTMANN FILES SUB-GROUP, 1965-73 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Thu, 06/05/2025 - 12:00 Series List Robert T. Hartmann Files, 1965-73.  (Boxes R1‑R34, 13.6 linear feet) Robert Hartmann assisted House Republicans, 1966‑69, as editor of the House Republican Conference and Minority Sergeant‑at‑Arms. He then served Ford as Legislative Assistant to the Minority Leader, chief of staff to the Vice President, and Counsellor to the President. To …
A. JAMES REICHLEY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS, (1967) 1977-81 Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The James Reichley interview transcripts result from his interviews with over 160 government officials in conjunction with the writing of his book Conservatives in an Age of Change: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (Brookings Institution, 1981). They focus primarily on the personalities, philosophies, and issues of the Nixon and Ford administrations, although one series concerns the …
President Ford Committee Records, Series A: Chairman's Office Files, 1975-1976 Extent . Scope and Content Note The Chairman's Office Files provide documentation of administrative, fiscal and strategic issues handled by Howard (Bo) Callaway and his immediate staff from the formation of the election committee in June 1975 until Callaway resigned in March 1976. These extant files do not reflect the activities of Roger C.B. Morton, chairman from April to August 1976, and James Baker, chairman during the …
JAMES M. CANNON RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND NOTES, 1989-94 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 project …
U.S. NATIONAL STUDY COMMISSION ON RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS SELECTED DUPLICATE RECORDS, 1974-77 Extent 8.0 linear feet (ca. 16,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Officials, also known as the Public Documents Commission, was established by Title II of the Presidential Records and Materials Preservation Act (Public Law 93‑526), signed December 19, 1974. Events during the last years of the Nixon Presidency aroused controversy …
BOBBIE GREENE KILBERG FILES, 1974-77 Extent 10 linear feet (ca. 20,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Bobbie Kilberg came to the Ford White House with a background as an attorney, college administrator, Republican activist, and board member of interest groups supporting the rights of Native Americans and women. She also had served in the Nixon administration as a White House Fellow and Domestic Council staff assistant. Kilberg served as Associate Counsel to the President from July 1975 to January 1977. Her …
National Security Adviser. Legislative Interdepartmental Group Files, 1971-1972 (1976) Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The Legislative Interdepartmental Group Files is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford National Security Adviser Files and an explanation of the designations “Presidential” and “Institutional” are provided in Appendix A . The role of the Legislative Interdepartmental Group (LIG) was to …
EDWARD SCHMULTS FILES, 1974-77 Extent 15.6 linear feet (ca. 31,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The Edward C. Schmults files, 1974-77, include materials created or received by Schmults and his two predecessors, Philip E. Areeda and Roderick M. Hills.Schmults had the title Deputy Counsel to the President while Areeda and Hills were Counsel to the President. The three had virtually the same duties and responsibilities and served successively as the primary assistant to Philip Buchen, head of the Counsel's …
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 …
EDWARD HUTCHINSON PAPERS, 1959-76 Extent 173 linear feet (ca. 425,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Most of the material listed below is still housed in the original boxes and folders that Congressman Hutchinson’s office used to ship them to the Bentley Historical Library. The Ford Library staff has not done any arrangement or description work. These boxes are available for research only on a review-on-request basis – researchers interested in using them should contact the Library well in advance of a …
F. LYNN MAY FILES, 1974-77 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 …
REYNALDO P. MADURO FILES, 1976 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Reynaldo Maduro served as Deputy Special Assistant for Hispanic Affairs in the final months of the Ford Administration, providing a liaison with the Cuban and Puerto Rican communities during the campaign. The Maduro files, which date almost exclusively from September and October 1976, document Maduro's liaison work with the Hispanic Community, particularly his efforts to set up meetings between President Ford and …
JAY FRENCH FILES, 1974-75 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, …
SUSAN PORTER FILES, 1974-77 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 …
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, …
CHARLES GOODELL PAPERS, 1973-77 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Charles Goodell first reached prominence as a Republican U.S. Representative, Senator, and Vietnam War critic from the state of New York between 1959 and 1971. None of his papers from that phase of his career are included in his Ford Library collection, however. Goodell donated his congressional papers to the New York Public Library in 1974. Of the Goodell papers at the Ford Library, approximately two-thirds …
GEOFFREY C. SHEPARD FILES, 1974-75 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 …
BENTON L. BECKER PAPERS, (1967) 1973-76 (1980) Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1600 pages) Scope and Content Note Although not a member of Ford's congressional or White House staff, Benton L. Becker played an integral role in some of the most important events of Gerald Ford's career, including the investigation of Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Ford's confirmation as Vice President, the Nixon pardon, and the disposition of Nixon's papers. The Benton Becker Papers provide unique and …
RICHARD PARSONS FILES, 1974-77 Extent 9.7 linear feet (ca. 19,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Richard D. Parsons was a native of New York City and a 1971 graduate of Union University's Albany Law School. Following law school he served as an assistant counsel to Governor Nelson Rockefeller and, commencing in 1973, as First Assistant Counsel. In 1975, soon after Rockefeller's confirmation as Vice President, Parsons became Deputy Counsel to the Vice President. After the end of the Ford administration, …
PATRICK E. O'DONNELL and JOSEPH S. JENCKES FILES, (1969) 1974-76 Extent 6.8 linear feet (ca. 13,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Patrick E. O'Donnell joined the Congressional Relations Office in August 1973, during the Nixon administration. He held the position of special assistant for legislative affairs (Senate) until resigning in February 1976, and Joseph S. Jenckes succeeded him. Both men served directly under the deputy assistant for legislative affairs (Senate), Tom C. Korologos through 1974 and …