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DAVID MATHEWS PAPERS ON MICROFILM, 1975-77 Extent 8.3 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note This finding aid was drafted by the Special Collections Library staff at The University of Alabama. It has been modified by the Ford Library staff to match the format of the Library's other finding aids. The papers of the Honorable David Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (August 8, 1975-January 20, 1977), have been arranged chronologically within correspondence or record …
Robert T. Hartmann Papers, (1884) 1930-1981 Extent 86 linear feet (ca. 172,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Ford Library has two Robert Hartmann collections - the Hartmann Files and the Hartmann Papers. The Hartmann Papers consist of historical materials from throughout his career that the Ford Library received in 1992. Described below under separate headings are Hartmann's career, the scope and contents of the collection, and related materials in the Ford Library.  Hartmann's Career Although born …
JAMES F. C. HYDE, JR., AND STEPHEN J. WAYNE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1975-1977 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 1,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Stephen Wayne and James F. C. Hyde interviewed members of President Ford's White House and OMB staff as part of a 5-year joint research study of legislative clearance, enrolled bill and legislative programming processes over different Administrations (see Appendix A). Several scholarly articles resulted from the study, and the interviews are also widely cited in …
ROBERT P. VISSER PAPERS, 1972-78 Extent 8.9 linear feet (ca. 8,900 pages) Scope and Content Note In August 1975, the President Ford Committee (PFC) hired attorney Robert Visser as General Counsel. In October, Visser hired Tim Ryan, a Baltimore attorney who had been a volunteer advanceman for the White House and the Assistant Director of the 1972 Inaugural Parade, to work as his assistant. Unlike most PFC offices, there was no staff turnover during the campaign, so Visser and Ryan handled the PFC's legal …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. SAIGON EMBASSY FILES KEPT BY AMBASSADOR GRAHAM MARTIN: COPIES MADE FOR THE NSC STAFF, 1963-75 (1976) Extent 4.0 linear feet (ca. 8,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Saigon Embassy Files Kept by Ambassador Graham Martin is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. In January 1978, the North Carolina State Police found a cache of classified documents in the trunk of a car that had been stolen from former U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam …
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 …
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 …
U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FILES, [1947-74] 1975 Extent 41 cubic feet (ca. 82,000 pp.) Scope and Content Note President Gerald R. Ford created the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States on January 4, 1975. He directed the Commission to determine whether or not any domestic CIA activities exceeded the Agency's statutory authority and to make appropriate recommendations. He appointed Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller chairman of the Commission. …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. STAFF ASSISTANT JOHN K. MATHENY FILES, 1975-77 Extent 4.4 linear feet (ca. 8,800 pages) Scope and Content Note United States Air Force Captain John K. Matheny was detailed to the National Security Council staff in July 1975 and served until the end of the Ford administration. Although his official job title was Staff Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the position was sometimes called “junior military assistant.” He worked closely with …
WILLIAM E. TIMMONS FILES, 1969-74 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The William E. Timmons Files consist of memoranda, correspondence, briefing papers, notes and reports on legislation compiled by Timmons and his assistant Powell Moore from August to December 1974, and Timmons' routine personal correspondence from 1969 to 1974. During the first five months of the Ford administration, Timmons continued to head the White House Congressional Relations Office, as he had done …
Pamela A. Powell Files, 1973-1976 Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca. 16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Pamela Powell came to the Nixon White House in February 1973 as an assistant to Counsellor Anne Armstrong. She remained on the staff through the Ford administration. In both administrations, and under both job titles, her responsibilities were very similar. President Nixon had charged Counsellor Armstrong with responsibility for youth affairs, and as her assistant, Powell participated in the activities she …
EDWARD C. SCHMULTS PAPERS, 1973-77 (1978-81) Extent 14.5 linear feet (ca. 26,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Enter text here...Edward C. Schmults began his career in public service as the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of the Treasury in June 1973. During his tenure he provided legal advice and counsel on the Federal Government’s General Revenue Sharing Program, was involved in the integration of processes to institute the Privacy Act of 1974 within the Department, directed a reorganization of …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 Extent 672 linear feet (ca. 1,344,000 pages) and 230 linear feet of printed materials Scope and Content Note The Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers were produced or accumulated by Ford and his staff during Ford's twenty-five years as a United States Representative from Michigan's Fifth Congressional District. The papers primarily document the information and constituent services provided by Ford, and his handling of legislative issues in the House. The largest …
THOMAS ARANDA, JR., FILES, 1976-77 Extent 5.5 linear feet (ca. 11,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Thomas Aranda was appointed Special Assistant to the President for Hispanic Affairs on July 29, 1976, three months after Fernando De Baca resigned the position. Working in the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) under the direction of William J. Baroody, Jr., Aranda provided liaison to Hispanics during the 1976 campaign and the last six months of the Ford administration. In the remaining weeks after the election, …
HOWARD H. "BO" CALLAWAY PAPERS, (1979) 1972-77 Extent 1.9 linear feet (ca. 3,800 pages) Scope and Content Note President Richard Nixon appointed Howard H. "Bo" Callaway as Secretary of the Army in 1973, Callaway continued in that position into the Ford administration. Callaway, a Georgia businessman and Republican politician, had served as a civilian aide to previous Army Secretaries. During his tenure with the Army, his major accomplishment was to "sell" the concept of an all-volunteer army and then …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 GENERAL AND CASE FILE SUB-GROUP, 1963-73 Extent . Scope and Content Note FILE HEADINGS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Letters acknowledged in Mr. Ford’s absence; also letters which were acknowledged by Ford without commenting on the specific question raised. (1966-1973) AGRICULTURE BULLETINS Requests for bulletins from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1963-1973) AGRICULTURE YEARBOOKS Requests for copies of the yearbooks published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. …
GERALD R. FORD CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1949-73 LEGISLATIVE FILE SUB-GROUP, 1963-73 Extent . Scope and Content Note FILE HEADINGS AGED (1972-1973) See also Citizens,Senior AGRICULTURE (1963-1973) See also Wheat ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (1963-1973) ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH (1972-1973) See also Humane Treatment of Animals ANTITRUST (1972-1973) See also Trusts, Mergers, etc. APPALACHIA (1965) See also Poverty APPORTIONMENT (1965-1967, 1969, and 1971-1973) APPROPRIATIONS (1963-1973) AREA REDEVELOPMENT (1963-1966) ARTS …
GLENN R. SCHLEEDE PAPERS, 1973-75 Extent 0.2 linear feet (ca. 400 pages) Scope and Content Note Glenn R. Schleede served on the Domestic Council staff during both the Nixon and Ford administrations. As a staff assistant and then assistant director in the Domestic Council's natural resources policy area, Schleede aided Associate Directors Richard Fairbanks and then Michael Raoul-Duval in handling a wide variety of energy, science and environmental protection issues. During a staff reorganization in 1975, …
FERNANDO DE BACA FILES, 1974-76 Extent 6.6 linear feet (ca. 13,200 pages) Scope and Content Note In July 1974, President Nixon appointed Fernando E. C. De Baca as Counsellor Anne Armstrong's Deputy for Hispanic Affairs, but De Baca did not arrive at the White House until the following September. He received the new title of Special Assistant to the President for Hispanic Affairs from President Ford and served under Armstrong in the newly-created Office of Hispanic Affairs (OHA) until her resignation in …
PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL OFFICE FILES, (1953-73) 1974-77 Extent 273 linear feet (ca. 500,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Overview of the Office The mission of the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) was to provide the President with outstanding candidates for appointment for all Presidentially-appointed positions in the Federal Government. Also, from time to time, the Office provided the President with recommended policy guidance for his use in instructing Federal department and agency heads on conduct of …