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UNITED STATES-CHINA BUSINESS COUNCIL Records, (1973) 1979‑82 (1984) Accretion Extent 83.5 linear feet (ca. 167,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The initial accession of Council records documents the formation of the Council and its role in establishing trade relations with China, 1973‑78. An overview of the Council's formation, programs, and services is given in the finding aid to those records. This accretion documents the ongoing activities of the Council during the eventful years from 1979‑82. On …
MARTIN R. HOFFMANN PAPERS, (1962) 1971-1977 (1991) Extent 25.6 linear feet and 9 volumes (ca. 52,000 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1971, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chairman James Schlesinger asked Martin Hoffmann, who had previous Washington experience as a congressional staff member, to leave a private sector position to serve as AEC General Counsel. Hoffmann served in this role until 1973 when Schlesinger became Secretary of Defense. Hoffmann joined him at the Department of Defense and served …
JONATHAN D. HOORNSTRA FILES, 1975 Extent 7.9 linear feet (ca. 15,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Jonathan D. Hoornstra joined the news summary staff in February 1972. The President’s daily news summary was an objective compilation of television and national wire services’ news reports covering foreign and domestic events. In the Nixon White House, the news summary was under the direction of the communications office. Mr. Hoornstra’s primary responsibility was to review 35-40 daily newspapers from across …
GEORGE HUMPHREYS FILES, 1975-77 Extent 11.6 linear feet (ca. 23,200 pages) Scope and Content Note George Humphreys joined the Domestic Council as associate director for environment in August 1975 and served in that post until the end of the Ford administration. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Humphreys held posts as Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and President and Director of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation …
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 …
JOHN W. "BILL" ROBERTS PAPERS, 1973-77 Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pp.) Scope and Content Note John W. "Bill" Roberts's background was in radio and television news reporting. He was a newscaster for radio and television stations in Iowa and then Washington bureau chief for stations owned by Time, Inc. and McGraw-Hill. When McGraw-Hill closed its Washington bureau, Roberts joined Vice President Ford's staff. As Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President, Roberts assisted in planning media …
KENNETH RUSH FILES, 1974 Extent 0.25 linear feet (ca. 500 pages) Scope and Content Note As Counsellor for Economic Policy to President Nixon, a position of Cabinet rank, Rush became the President's "primary adviser for and the coordinator of foreign and domestic economic policy". He was often called upon to mediate disputes between other presidential economic advisers, particularly Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon and Office of Management and Budget Director Roy L. Ash. His responsibilities …
ROBERT L. PEABODY RESEARCH INTERVIEW NOTES, 1964-67 Extent 0.6 linear feet (ca. 1200 pages) Scope and Content Note Soon after suffering severe losses in the 1964 elections, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives began discussing organizational and leadership changes. As a political scientist specializing in the study of Congress, Professor Robert Peabody of Johns Hopkins University became interested in studying these potential changes. Beginning in late December 1964, Peabody conducted …
FRANCES KAYE PULLEN FILES, 1974-77 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Frances Kaye Pullen (usually know as Kaye) joined the White House staff as a speechwriter for President Ford in the Editorial Staff Office in November 1974. One year later she informally began assisting with Mrs. Ford's speech preparation and transferred to the First Lady's staff in February 1976. Pullen remained on the First Lady's staff as her speechwriter, reporting directly to Sheila Weidenfeld, Mrs. …
JOHN W. BARNUM PAPERS, 1971-78 (1979-1999) Extent 91.4 linear feet (ca. 166,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John W. Barnum began his career in public service as the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation in July of 1971. During his tenure he provided legal advice and counsel to the Secretary of Transportation on a multitude of initiatives within the Department. Barnum’s time as the General Counsel culminated in his nomination as Undersecretary of Transportation, a position he assumed …
DAWN BENNETT-ALEXANDER FILES, 1974-77 Extent 4.0 linear feet (ca. 8000 pages) Scope and Content Note Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander began working on the Domestic Council as Staff Assistant to Associate Director and Counsel Richard Parsons in March 1976 and continued in that post until the end of the Ford Administration. Appointed as an assistant in the general areas of justice, civil rights, and drugs, Bennett-Alexander's duties were greatly augmented with Kathleen Ryan's resignation in April 1976 and her …
PHILIP W. BUCHEN PAPERS, (1962) 1973-1992 Extent 2 linear feet (ca. 4000 pages) Scope and Content Note One of President Ford’s initial acts after taking his oath of office, on August 9, 1974, was to name longtime friend and former law partner, Philip W. Buchen, chief White House Counsel. Ford elevated this position to Cabinet status one month later. As Counsel to the President, Buchen provided legal advice to the President and the White House staff, supervised a staff of attorneys in handling legal matters …
ARTHUR F. BURNS HANDWRITTEN JOURNALS, 1969-1974 Extent 0.1 linear feet (ca. 235 pages) Scope and Content Note After serving as an economic adviser to presidential candidate to Richard Nixon, Arthur Burns served as Counsellor to President Nixon from 196970. In 1970, Dr. Burns was appointed Chairman Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board and served in that role for Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter until 1978. The Board determines general monetary, credit, and operating policies for the Federal …
ALEXANDER P. BUTTERFIELD PAPERS, 1973 Extent ca. 150 pages Scope and Content Note The Alexander Butterfield Papers exclusively concern Butterfield's July 13, 1973 interview with staff of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Ervin Committee), which was investigating the Watergate burglary and related illegal activities. During the interview in response to direct questions, Butterfield made his historic disclosure that presidential conversations in the Oval Office and elsewhere …
ARTHUR QUERN FILES, 1975-77 Extent 9.3 linear feet (ca. 18,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Arthur F. Quern held several positions with the Domestic Council and the White House between March 1975 and January 1977, but his files provide only sketchy documentation on many of his activities during this period. He transferred files to other members of the Domestic Council staff when his duties changed and materials from his work as James Cannon's deputy often appear in Cannon's files rather than his own. …
AGNES M. WALDRON FILES, 1976-77 Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca. 16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Waldron files cover her work form June 1976 to the end of the administration. The bulk of the collection documents the production of "News & Comment", the White House news summary, but some materials on her research work are also included. The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles, distributed daily to ca. 150 White House staff. The first three series …
SHEILA R. WEIDENFELD FILES, (1924) 1974-77 Extent 26.4 linear feet (ca. 52,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Sheila Weidenfeld files consist of memoranda, correspondence, briefing papers, agenda, notes, newsclippings, press releases and sundry background material compiled by Weidenfeld and her assistant, Patti Matson, during her tenure as press secretary to the First Lady from November 1974 to January 1977. First Lady Pat Nixon's press secretary, Helen M. Smith, briefly served in that capacity for Mrs. …
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL OFFICE EAST WING STAFF FILES, 1974-76 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 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 …
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL FILES: BULK MAIL FILES, 1974-76 Extent 124.6 linear feet (ca. 249,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Social Files contain materials that relate to the activities of First Lady Betty Ford and her staff. They were maintained in a designated filing scheme under the supervision of the Chief of Files and the White House Central Files staff. Included was over 500 cubic feet of mail addressed to Mrs. Ford, or both President and Mrs. Ford, from the general public that became the …
WHITE HOUSE SENIOR STAFF MEETING NOTES FILES, 1974-77 Extent 2.5 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Although the frequency varied, the senior White House staff met about three times weekly, usually for 30 minutes, during the Ford Administration. The meetings were informal, with no agendas apparently prepared and no formal minutes recorded, and could include office principals or their "alternates." To make documentation of these meetings more accessible, archivists searched the individual …