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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 …
JUDITH A. JOHNSTON FILES, 1973-77 Extent 1.4 linear feet (ca. 2,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Judith Ann Johnston, a former legal secretary, joined the Domestic Council staff as a secretary in February 1973. She first worked in the office of the Executive Director, Kenneth Cole, but from October 1974 on she was staff secretary for the Domestic Council under the Deputy Director for Operations. As staff secretary, Johnston was responsible for maintaining the Domestic Council administrative files. She …
JERRY JONES FILES, 1974-77 Extent 23.6 linear feet (ca. 47,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Jerry Jones began his White House career during the Nixon administration and remained on staff for the entire Ford presidency. He held several positions in the White House Personnel Office from 1971-74, and in April 1974 was appointed Staff Secretary. He continued as Staff Secretary in the Ford administration until June 1975 when he was appointed Director of the Scheduling and Advance Office. The Jones Files are …
LARRY and PAULINE ASMUS PAPERS, 1975-77 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3200 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1975, as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution neared, people began planning a bevy of events to mark the occasion. One such event was the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage. The plan was to have covered wagons embark from each state, travel along the well-known trails (Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Appalachian Trail, etc.) of their ancestors, and converge together at the Valley Forge National …
SAMUEL HALPER FILES, 1974-76 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Samuel Halper, a journalist with lengthy ties to Puerto Rico, served as a consultant to the Domestic Council from May 1975 to April 1976, responsible for reviewing the proposed Compact of Permanent Union between Puerto Rico and the United States and making recommendations to the President. The Halper files consist of a small number of documents he accumulated as well as a working file inherited from Domestic …
RAYBURN D. HANZLIK FILES, 1975-76 Extent 11 linear feet (ca. 22,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Ray Hanzlik joined the Domestic Council staff in August 1975 to help coordinate the six White House forums on domestic policy. He remained on the staff throughout 1976 as an assistant to Special Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs Stephen McConahey. The materials described consist of working files accumulated by Hanzlik and the forums staff in 1975 and by Hanzlik in 1976, arranged by function and topic. …
ROBERT HARTMANN FILES, 1974-77 Extent 38.4 linear feet (ca. 76,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Discussed below under separate headings are: Robert Hartmann's role in the Ford White House, the scope and content of the Hartmann files, and related collections at the Ford Library. Hartmann's Role in the Ford White House Gerald R. Ford appointed his long-time aide Robert Hartmann as Counsellor to the President (with Cabinet status) as one of the first official acts of his Presidency. In this position …
WARREN K. HENDRIKS, JR. Director, Office of Presidential Spokesmen: Files , (1974) 1975-76 Extent 3.2 linear feet (ca. 6,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Beginning in January 1976, Hendriks served as Director of the Presidential Spokesmen’s Office. This office handled event invitations that the President had to decline, but which were considered important enough that the administration should be represented at the event. The office coordinated the schedules of administration spokesmen such as Cabinet …
RODERICK M. HILLS PAPERS, 1975-2005 Extent 34 linear feet (ca. 68,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Roderick M. Hills Papers, 1975-1990, contain materials from Hills’ positions as Counsel to President Gerald R. Ford and as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and his post-governmental career with various companies and law firms. After working privately in the corporate and law worlds, Roderick Hills assumed the position of Counsel to the President in March 1975. Filling the vacancy …
DAVID C. HOOPES FILES, (1972) 1974-77 Extent 26 linear feet (ca. 52,000 pages) Scope and Content Note David Hoopes joined the Nixon White House in April 1971. He worked as a staff assistant to the President until 1974, with responsibility for handling briefing papers and follow-up memos for President Nixon's meetings. During this time he was also given special projects to do for the Staff Secretary; in June 1974 he apparently joined the Staff Secretary's Office. Although his official title was Special …
ROBERT HORN PAPERS, 1974-75 Extent 8.8 linear feet (ca. 17,600 pages) Scope and Content Note On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced the formation of the Presidential Clemency Board, charged with creating a program of conditional clemency for those accused of draft or military absence offenses during the Vietnam War. The Board, chaired by former New York Senator Charles Goodell immediately began to develop the program and hire a staff. They borrowed Robert Horn from the Department of Housing …
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 …
MICHAEL RAOUL-DUVAL PAPERS, 1974-77 Extent 13.0 linear feet (ca. 26,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Michael Raoul-Duval papers document his political activities on behalf of President Ford's election campaign in 1976, and portions of his Domestic Council staff work in 1974 and 1975 and intelligence policy coordination in 1975 and 1976. Throughout the Ford administration, Raoul-Duval often worked in several major policy areas simultaneously, with no clean break from one duty to the next. Additional …
RECORDS OF THE U.S. AD HOC ADVISORY GROUP ON PUERTO RICO, 1973-75 Extent 3.2 linear feet (ca. 6400 pages) Scope and Content Note The Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto Rico was established by charter on September 20, 1973, and membership was announced jointly by President Richard Nixon and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Governor Hernandez Colon on September 27, 1973. The Ad Hoc Group was responsible for determining extent of the applicability of federal laws and regulations to Puerto Rico, in light of its …
A. JAMES REICHLEY FILES, 1976 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The files of James Reichley cover the period May-October 1976 when he served as a political consultant for White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney. A journalist with practical experience in the political arena, Reichley assisted Cheney with President Ford's primary and general election campaigns. His broad responsibility was to consider long range goals and policies, and to generate new ideas. In particular, …
JOHN ROBSON PAPERS, 1970-93 Extent 8.0 linear feet (ca. 16,000 pages) Scope and Content Note John E. Robson has had a varied professional career in law practice, management, academia, and government service. He began his career in government in 1966 with the Office of Management and Budget. He has worked, as both unofficial and official advisor, for each administration since Lyndon Johnson's, mostly in economic and transportation matters. A highlight of Robson's government service came when he was …
KATHLEEN RYAN CHRONOLOGICAL FILE, 1975-76 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 400 pages) Scope and Content Note Kathleen Ryan joined the Domestic Council staff in April 1975 as Assistant Director for General Government under Associate Director Glenn Schleede. General Government included energy and science, culture and consumer affairs. Ryan emphasized the latter two and, in early 1976, her title was changed to Assistant Director for Consumer and Cultural Affairs to more accurately reflect her duties. She resigned …
TERRENCE O'DONNELL FILES, 1974-77 Extent 14.4 linear feet (ca. 25,900 pages) Scope and Content Note Related Material Significant related materials are located in White House Central Files (WHCF) subject file categories FG (Federal Government) and TR (Trips), and the White House Scheduling and Advance Office staff files. Record Type Textual Access Open. Researchers wishing to view papers should consult with an archivist prior to their visit in order to request that specific folders be added to the Library's …
PAUL O'NEILL PAPERS, 1975-77 Extent 2.6 linear feet (ca. 5100 pages) Scope and Content Note The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) was established in July 1970. The Office's primary responsibility was to assist the President in preparing the budget and to keep the President informed on the progress of government agencies with respect to legislation proposed, and projects initiated or completed. OMB also provided coordination so that overlapping legislation was reviewed by all Federal organizations …
OFFICE OF WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES FILES, (1971) 1974-77 Extent 3.3 linear feet (ca. 2,700 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Nancy Mirshah, November 1992, revised by J.P. Schmidt, September 2012 Copyright Mr. Ford 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 …