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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, 12/19/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradiogeneral.pdf Alphabetical order title President Ford Committee Records: General Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Digitized Status Non …
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, 12/19/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCradioprimary.pdf Alphabetical order title President Ford Committee Records: Primary Election Radio Spots Audiotapes Digitized Status Non …
President's Daily News Summaries, 1974-1977 Extent 17.2 linear feet (ca. 34,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles and editorial opinion, distributed daily to the President and about 130 White House staff. During the Ford administration the news summaries were edited successively by Lyndon Allin, Philip Warden, James Shuman and Agnes Waldron. Details on the summary and its production can be found in the finding …
Margita E. White Papers, 1975-1976 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Margita White Papers concern her work as White House Assistant Press Secretary between January 1975 and July 1976. During the early months of her service, she worked as deputy to Gerald Warren, Director of the Office of Communications. When he left the White House in the summer of 1975, she succeeded him as Director. The Office of Communications handled relations with media beyond the White House Press …
White House Press Release Unit: Key Phrase and Word Index to Presidential Statements, 1974-1977 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 …
White House Special Files Unit Presidential Files, 1974-1977 Extent 4.8 linear feet (ca. 9,600 pages) Scope and Content Note These files of the Special Files Unit consist of miscellaneous items accumulated by Gertrude B. Fry on President Ford's preparations for his debates with Jimmy Carter, his review of federal agency budget requests, and selected issues considered sensitive by Fry. Also included is a small file on the administration of the Special Files Unit. The Presidential Handwriting File and other …
White House Social Office Name Files, 1974-1976 Extent 170.8 linear feet (ca. 341,600 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (December 2012) Individual staff office files document the activities of the First Lady’s staff. These include the files of: Russell Armentrout, Maria Downs, Elizabeth O’Neill, Susan Porter, Frances Pullen, and Sheila Weidenfeld. The Library also holds the personal papers of Betty Ford, Maria Downs, Peter Sorum, and Sheila Weidenfeld (unprocessed). The White House Social …
Bruce S. Wagner Papers, 1975-1976 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Bruce Wagner came to Campaign ’76 Media Communications at the behest of Chairman Peter H. Dailey in November of 1975. On extended leave from Grey Advertising, Inc., the eighth largest advertising agency in the United States, the 32 year-old Wagner was charged with overseeing the staff and daily operations of the agency, a corporation specifically established to handle President Ford’s advertising for the 1976 …
Gerald L. Warren and Margita E. White Files, 1974-1977 Extent 14.0 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note This collection contains the working files of two directors of the White House Office of Communications, Gerald Warren and Margita White, concerning news media liaison and coordination of Federal Government public relations efforts. Discussed below under separate headings are the organization and functions of the White House Office of Communications, the scope and content of the Warren …
Arthur A. Fletcher Files, 1976 Extent 3.2 linear feet (ca. 6,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Arthur Fletcher assumed the position of Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs in February, 1976. Prior to this appointment, Fletcher had gained national recognition through service in private and public sectors. His activity in the Republican Party earned him the position of State Vice-Chairman of the Kansas Republican State Committee, 1954-1956. From 1965 to 1966, he served as Director of the …
Ford Library Project File of Documents Declassified Through the Remote Archives Capture (RAC) Program: Photocopies, 1969-1977 Extent 22.4 linear feet (approx. 44,800 pages) as of June 2012, but this is an ongoing project with materials added periodically. Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William H. McNitt, June 2012 Copyright Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Please see an archivist regarding other materials. Last Modified …
Ford Library Project File on Pinochet/Chile: Photocopies of Collected Documents, 1970-1976 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Open. Portions of some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256). Processed by Karen B. Holzhausen, April 2002 Copyright See the copyright statements for the …
Betty Ford: Post-White House Papers, 1977-2010 Extent 169.9 linear feet (ca. 339,800 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Open in part. Researchers wishing to view this collection should consult with an archivist prior to their visit in order to request that specific folders be added to the Library's review-for-access queue. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records …
Gerald R. Ford Papers Relating to His U.S. Navy Service, 1941-1975 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Gerald Ford initially applied for a commission in the active Naval Reserve less than a week after the Japanese bombing of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941. His first choice was to serve in the intelligence branch, so the Navy began a background check to see if he qualified. This process took several months and Ford had no promises that a position would be offered, so …
Max Friedersdorf Files, 1974-1977 Extent 6.4 linear feet (ca. 12,800 pages) Scope and Content Note When Gerald R. Ford became president in August 1974, Max L. Friedersdorf was serving as deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs. His special responsibility was coordination of White House liaison with the House of Representatives. He worked directly under William E. Timmons, the head of the Congressional Relations Office. In January 1975 Friedersdorf became the assistant to the president for …
Gerald R. Ford Redacted Version of the FBI Investigatory Report on Gerald Ford, Nominee for Vice President (1942, 1948, 1970) 1973 Extent 0.8 linear feet (approximately 1,700 pages) Scope and Content Note On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office. Under investigation for multiple charges of alleged conspiracy, extortion and bribery, Agnew agreed to resign, pleading no contest to a single charge of federal income tax evasion. Two days later, President Richard M. Nixon nominated …
Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, 1949-1973 Grand Rapids Office File Sub-Group, 1960-1974 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00 Series List Grand Rapids Office File, 1960-74. (Boxes L1‑L9, 3.6 linear feet) The Grand Rapids staff assumed much of the constituent caseload as well as providing assistance to the Washington Office. Additionally, the Grand Rapids district office handled scheduling for GRF's home visits, represented the Congressman at local functions, prepared routine …
Pamela Needham Files, 1974-1975 Extent 4 linear feet (ca. 8,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Pamela Needham came to the White House as a summer intern while attending Mount Holyoke College. Later, she returned as a member of the speech writers' research staff. Needham was promoted to Director of Research before joining the Domestic Council. In 1973, Pamela Needham was appointed Staff Assistant for Health, Social Security and Welfare in the Human Resources area of the Domestic Council. Under the …
Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, 1949-1973 Warren Commission File Sub-Group, 1963-1964 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00 Series List Warren Commission File, 1963-76. (Boxes E1‑E42, 16.8 linear feet) On November 29, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson signed Executive Order 11130 appointing a commission of seven, including Congressman Ford, to investigate the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. From December 1963 to September 1964, the President's …
White House Photographic Office Photographs, 1974-1977 Extent Approximately 323,600 images on ca. 14,000 contact sheets and ca. 293,600 negatives. Scope and Content Note The office provided still-photographic coverage of Gerald Ford's day-to-day activities as Vice President and President. David Kennerly, a photojournalist whom Ford met while Vice President, and four other photographers, shot approximately 290,000 photos of Mr. Ford and his staff and family. They took the photos in White House meeting …