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C. William Kontos Papers, 1976-1982 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note C. William Kontos was named first Director of the United States Sinai Support Mission on January 15, 1976. This independent body was formed by joint resolution of Congress to organize, coordinate and provide overall management of an American early-warning system in the Sinai, and to maintain the UN buffer zone between Egyptian and Israeli forces. Kontos, as the Director of the Mission, was designated a Special …
Marvin Kosters Files, 1974-1975 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Dr. Marvin H. Kosters, an economist who had been involved in the planning and analysis of wage and price controls with the Cost of Living Council during the Nixon administration, joined the Ford administration as consultant to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in December 1974. He remained with the administration until May 1975 when he returned to a position as resident scholar at the American …
Myron B. Kuropas Papers, (1963) 1975-1977 Extent 9.8 linear feet (ca. 19,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Myron B. Kuropas joined the White House staff in January 1976 as Special Assistant for Ethnic Affairs. The purpose of this newly created position was to maximize communication between government officials and ethnic communities, a key demographic group for the upcoming election. As part of the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) this position reported directly to William J. Baroody, Jr. Kuropas had …
Wayne H. Valis Files, 1973-1977 Extent 6.6 linear feet (ca. 13,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Wayne Valis joined the White House staff during President Nixon's second term and performed duties in areas of public liaison, recruitment, legislative tracking and speechwriting under the direction of Melvin Laird and William J. Baroody. He continued to perform many of the same duties during the Ford administration and was given the title of Director of Planning and Research for the Office of Public Liaison …
Robert Goldwin Files, 1974-1976 Extent 2 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Long-time confidant of Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Goldwin served in the White House as Special Consultant to the President. Congressmen Rumsfeld and Gerald Ford attended conferences run by Goldwin when he was director of the Public Affairs Conference Center. In 1973 he went to Brussels to aid Rumsfeld, then Ambassador to NATO. When Rumsfeld took over from Alexander Haig as Ford's chief of staff, Goldwin accompanied …
Shana Gordon Papers, 1975-1977 Extent 0.2 linear feet (ca. 400 pages) Scope and Content Note Shana Gordon held various positions at the National Institute of Education before coming to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). At HEW she was Assistant Commissioner for Public Affairs, U.S. Office of Education (OE), from December 1975 to August 1976, when President Ford appointed her Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. Gordon's role at the Office of Education was to formulate, direct, and …
William S. Ballenger Papers, 1971-1977 Extent 6.7 linear feet (approximately 13,400 pages) Scope and Content Note RELATED MATERIALS Related materials can be found in the White House Central Files Subject Files categories FG 23 and 23/A (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), Presidential Personnel Office Files, and the David Mathew Papers. Record Type Textual Access Open. File units are available as review-on-request. Researchers wishing to view files should consult with an archivist prior to their …
James M. Cannon Files, 1975-1977 Extent 35.6 linear feet (ca. 71,200 pages) Scope and Content Note James M. Cannon, a former journalist and aide to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, joined the Ford administration in January 1975 as an assistant to Vice President Rockefeller. Soon thereafter, President Ford assigned the Vice President a major role in the formulation of domestic policy. On February 13, 1975, President Ford announced that Rockefeller would serve as vice chairman of the Domestic Council …
William E. Casselman Files, 1974-1975 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3200 pages) Scope and Content Note William E. Casselman developed a good working relationship with Congressman Gerald Ford and his staff during his tenure as Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations in the Nixon White House. On the strength of this relationship, Casselman was invited to work on the Ford Vice Presidential staff. When Ford became President, Casselman moved with him to the White House, as a Counsel to the …
Byron M. "Red" Cavaney Papers, (1972) 1974-1976 Extent 19.9 linear feet (ca. 43,700 pages) Scope and Content Note The Byron M. “Red” Cavaney Papers document the work of the White House Advance Office. As head of the White House Advance Office, Mr. Cavaney oversaw the planning for President Ford’s domestic and international trips. In this role he also selected volunteers to assist with the trips. The files typically predate the official Presidential visits by two or three weeks as staff assistants met with …
Richard B. Cheney Deputy Assistant to the President; Assistant to the President for White House Operations: Files , 1974-1977 Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca. 16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note During the Ford administration, Richard Cheney held the positions of Deputy Assistant and Assistant to the President for White House Operations, titles commonly referred to by the news media and others as "Deputy Chief of Staff" and "Chief of Staff." He initially served as deputy to Donald Rumsfeld and succeeded him …
Thomas G. Cody Papers, (1969) 1972-1976 (1979) Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Thomas G. Cody was a former management consultant who served as Executive Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from May 1972 to April 1974. Following his resignation from the EEOC, Cody became Assistant Secretary for Administration in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), in which position he served until November 1976. The Cody Papers consist of …
Kenneth R. Cole, Jr. FILES, 1974-1975 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Kenneth R. Cole assumed the position of Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs in January 1974 while also serving as Executive Director of the Domestic Council, a post he had held since December 1972. Prior to those appointments he served as Deputy Director of the Domestic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs. Before entering government service, Cole was an executive …
Mildred V. Leonard Papers, 1965-1991 (1993) Extent Less than 1 linear foot (ca. 435 pages) Scope and Content Note Mildred Leonard joined the Ford congressional staff circa 1950 and remained on Ford's staff through December 1976. She began her career with Ford as his personal secretary, a position she held until 1972 when she became administrative assistant. During the vice presidential and presidential years her title was personal assistant. While Ford was president, Miss Leonard headed a staff of five in …
Vernon C. Loen and Charles Leppert Files, 1974-1977 Extent 17.6 linear feet (ca. 35,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The Loen and Leppert files document White House liaison with the House of Representatives, 1974-1977. Max Friedersdorf was in charge of House liaison through December 1974, and he was succeeded by Vernon Loen (Jan. 1975 - March 1976) and then Charles Leppert (April 1976 - Jan. 1977). This collection includes material produced by all three and their assistants. The Congressional Relations …
Patricia Lindh and Jeanne Holm Files, 1974-1977 Extent 20.8 linear feet (ca. 41,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Special Assistant to the President for Women advised the President on women's issues, handled White House liaison with women's organizations and oversaw the work of the Office of Women's Programs (OWP) headed by Karen Keesling. Presidential Counsellor Anne Armstrong created the small office in the Nixon White House in February 1973 and brought it into the Ford administration. The office …
U.S. National Security Council Institutional Files, (1969) 1974-1977 (1980) Extent 47 linear feet (approximately 94,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 in recognition of the need for coordination of political, military, and economic considerations in the development of national security policy in the post-World War II period. By the Reorganization Plan of 1949, the NSC was placed in the Executive Office of the President. The …
U.S. National Study Commission on Records and Documents of Federal Offices Selected Duplicate Records, 1974-1977 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 …
Robert E. Hampton Papers, 1960-1977 Extent 16.4 linear feet (ca. 32,800 pages) Scope and Content Note President John F. Kennedy appointed Robert Hampton to the U.S. Civil Service Commission (CSC) in 1961. In 1969, Hampton accepted President Richard M. Nixon's appointment as CSC Chairman, a post he held until he left the Commission in 1977. The CSC was the federal agency with a primary responsibility for the human resources of government. The Commission handled federal personnel management issues such as …
Eliska Hasek Files, 1974-1977 Extent 2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Messages Office (PMO) provided the President with written messages of commendation to the public, expressing his greetings and good will (see Appendix A). Director Eliska Hasek authored statements and messages in the styles of Presidents Johnson and Nixon in her prior White House experience. She joined the Ford administration in August, 1974. The Hasek collection includes the files of Associate …