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Stephen G. McConahey Files, 1975-1977 Extent 16.8 linear feet (ca. 33,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Stephen McConahey joined the White House staff on September 7, 1975 as the Domestic Council's Associate Director for Transportation. He later was named Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs on January 28, 1976, inheriting the responsibilities of Associate Director James H. Falk, who had resigned at the end of 1975. The McConahey files consist of materials accumulated by him …
David Meeker Papers, 1971-1984 Extent 9.6 linear feet (ca. 19,200 pages) Scope and Content Note David O. Meeker had a long career in public service for both the city of Indianapolis, Indiana and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In Indianapolis, Meeker served several positions: Acting Director and Director of the Department of Metropolitan Development, Director of the Indianapolis Model Cities Program; member of the Mayor’s Task Forces on Housing and Relocation, Model Cities, Black …
President's Paperwork Logs, 1974-1977 Extent 1.3 linear feet (ca. 2,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The presidential paperwork logs (daily item by item listings of material crossing the President's desk) were compiled in the office of the Staff Secretary. That office coordinated the routine flow of paperwork to and from the President. Log entries were primarily made by staff assistant Dianna Gwin through early June 1975 and thereafter by Trudy Fry, head of the Special Files Unit. The logs appear to be …
President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies, 1974-1977 Extent 16.8 linear feet (ca. 33,600 pages) Scope and Content Note This file consists almost entirely of the reading copies of President Ford's 1,051 public messages. They are arranged chronologically. Related and supporting materials appear occasionally and include preliminary drafts and, less frequently, background material. In addition to speeches there are veto messages, legislative messages to Congress, statements accompanying bill signing, …
Paul A. Miltich Papers, (1972) 1973-1977 Extent 3.6 linear feet (ca. 7200 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Miltich became press secretary to House Minority Leader Gerald Ford in 1966 and continued in that role through the remainder of the congressional years and the Ford vice presidency. When Mr. Ford became President in August 1974, he appointed Jerald terHorst as his press secretary and named Miltich as an assistant press secretary (his title also appears as Special Assistant to the President for …
Gerald L. Warren Files, 1974-1975 (1984) Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Gerald Warren Papers concern his work as Deputy Press Secretary and Director of the White House Communications Office between August 1974 and August 1975. He joined the White House Communications Office in 1969 as Deputy Press Secretary to Ron Ziegler in the Nixon administration, often delivering the daily press briefings as the Watergate scandal intensified in 1974. Following the resignation of …
Birge S. Watkins Files, 1974-1977 Extent 4.0 linear feet (ca. 8,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Birge S. Watkins, a 1971 graduate of Alma College, began working for L. William Seidman in 1972 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1974, he volunteered to aid Seidman with the Economic Summit and was then appointed to Seidman's office as staff assistant for scheduling. As staff assistant, Watkins drafted replies to requests for appointments, appearances and White House tours. He also drafted responses to …
Roy Wetzel Papers , 1952-2011 Extent 47.3 linear feet (approximately 94,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Roy Wetzel grew up in southeastern Michigan and developed an interest in American politics at an early age. He began making audio recordings related to presidential elections in 1952 as a hobby, starting with national party conventions and election night coverage. Between elections he continued recording news conferences, speeches, and significant political news stories, as well as collecting …
I. David Wheat, Jr., Files, 1974-1975 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note David Wheat joined the White House Staff in March 1973, as assistant to Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to the President. Although Armstrong departed the White House in December 1974, Wheat remained through May 1975 and provided assistance to the Economic Policy Board staff. The majority of his files concern his work for Anne Armstrong. As staff assistant, Wheat aided Armstrong on routine office correspondence; …
White House Central Files Name File, 1974-1977 Extent 1420 linear feet (ca. 2,840,000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open in part. Some items are 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 William McNitt, January 1993; revised by J.P. Schmidt, December 2012 Copyright President Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights …
White House Usher's Office Files, 1974-1977 Extent 3.3 linear feet (approximately 1,925 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS (October 2015) Additional material related to the Executive Residence are found primarily in the White House Central Files Subject File, category WH (White House), as well as FG-100 (Committee for the Preservation of the White House) and FG-180 (National Park Foundation) categories. Materials pertaining to the swimming pool specifically can be found in the John Stiles and …
White House Telegraph and Travel Section: Sample of Telegrams, 1974-1977 Extent 1.5 linear feet (ca. 3,000 pages) Scope and Content Note As a permanent operating unit of the Office of the Chief Executive Clerk [ 1 ], the White House Telegraph and Travel Section arranged travel for White House staff, assisted with travel arrangements for the White House press corps, and received and dispatched all telegrams for the White House Office. The collection has no information on these duties, but does contain a …
James H. Falk Files, 1974-1975 (1976) Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note James H. Falk joined the Domestic Council staff in March 1971 as a staff assistant to Edward Morgan, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. Falk was promoted to Associate Director in 1973 and assumed responsibility for activities associated with intergovernmental affairs, reporting directly to the director of the Domestic Council. He remained in this position until leaving the White House …
Michael J. Farrell Files, (1969-1973) 1974-1977 Extent 24.8 linear feet (52,500 pages) Scope and Content Note Michael Farrell joined the White House staff on March 24, 1969, and became Director of the White House Visitors Office in 1974 during the Nixon administration, a post he held through the entire Ford administration. Most of the collection dates from the Ford administration, but includes some Nixon administration materials, most notably the group tour calendar books, going back as far as 1969. The …
William L. Fisher Papers, 1976-1977 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note William Fisher joined the Department of the Interior as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and Minerals in April 1975. Upon the departure of Assistant Secretary Jack Carlson in February 1976, Fisher moved up to that position. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Energy and Minerals had oversight over the following offices: Alaska Power Administration Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Mines …
Max L. Friedersdorf Papers, (1971) 1974-1977 Extent 4.4 linear feet (ca. 3,500 pages) Scope and Content Note When Gerald R. Ford became President in August 1974, Max L. Friedersdorf was serving as Deputy Assistant to President Nixon 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 Liaison Office. In January 1975 Friedersdorf became the Assistant to the …
Richard A. Ford: Ford Paint and Varnish Company Scrapbook, 1929-1962 (1970) Extent 1 volume (488 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Donna Lehman, July 2002 Copyright Richard A. Ford gives and assigns to the United States of America all copyrights which he has in such of the Materials as are unpublished. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Last Modified Date Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary …
Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the Writing of "A Time to Heal" , 1977-1979 Extent 15 linear feet (ca. 30,000 pages) Scope and Content Note While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics ranging from "How I make decisions" to "Advice to a teen-age daughter." Most deal with personal principles: the value of competition, of loyalty, of ambition. Others concern politics and governance: making …
Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, 1949-1973 Campaign File Sub-Group, 1948-1974 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00 Series List Campaign Files, 1948-74. (Boxes G1‑G37, 14.8 linear feet) Materials relating to Gerald R. Ford's thirteen biennial congressional campaigns from 1948 through 1972 were maintained as a separate file. Because of the need to consult these materials in succeeding campaigns, campaign files were saved when other files were discarded. Although there is …
Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, 1949-1973 Committee File Sub-Group, 1948-1965 Record Type Textual Last Modified Date Tue, 12/23/2025 - 12:00 Series List Committee File, 1948-65. (Boxes H1‑H8, 3.2 linear feet) GRF served on the Committee on Public Works, which reviewed legislation on federal construction projects from 1949 to 1950. Beginning in 1951 and continuing until his election as Minority Leader in 1965 ended his committee service, GRF served on the Committee on Appropriations. Because of the …