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Nixon Pardon A0627-8A. President Ford announcing his pardon of Richard Nixon from the Oval Office. September 8, 1974. President Ford announcing his pardon of Richard Nixon from the Oval Office, September 8, 1974. The Watergate scandal erupted after it was revealed that President Richard Nixon and his aides had engaged in illegal activities during his 1972 reelection campaign - and then attempted to cover up evidence of wrongdoing. With impeachment proceedings underway against him in Congress, Nixon bowed …
The Ford Library has extensive audiovisual holdings in many formats. Most items are among the historical materials donated to the U.S. Government by President Ford, but material has come from many other sources as well. The audiovisual reference staff can help you find and purchase copies of what you need. Much of the Library's audiovisual holdings, including all White House-produced photographs, motion picture films, and audiotapes, are in the public domain. Other material, such as donated items and White …
Programs are available to support research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. The Library holdings focus on Federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, national politics and domestic issues in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon your topic. The programs are: The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation awards several Research Travel Grants of up to $2,200 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel and …
These media photo kits contain a total of over 100 images. Four of the galleries cover Gerald Ford's life from the age of 10 months through his youth, college, military, congress, his service as the nation's 38th President, and some events of his post-presidential years. An additional gallery contains images from Betty Ford's life, covering events from her childhood through 2006. All of the photos are in the public domain and require no special permission or usage fees. When images are used, please credit …
Pets Pets VIEW GALLERY Ford Family Pets Liberty How the Fords Got Liberty (from President Ford's memoir A Time to Heal (Harper & Row, 1979), pp. 192-193) … our family didn't have a dog when we moved into the White House. Susan [the Fords' daughter] and David [David Kennerly, the White House photographer] thought that situation should be rectified before Betty [Mrs. Ford] came home from the hospital. Without telling me his intention, David did some research and discovered that a fine retriever had …
1975 State Dinners January 30, 1975 - Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain Dinner Menu Entertainment Program Photographs Dinner Invitation Entertainment Invitation (not found) Event Outline Fact Sheet Guest List (Ford Daily Diary) Seating Chart "Memcon" from private discussions February 5, 1975 - Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan Dinner Menu Entertainment Program Photographs Dinner Invitation Entertainment Invitation Event Outline Fact Sheet Guest List (Ford Daily Diary) Seating …
Pre-printed Signatures on White House Autograph Cards and Photographs During the White House years, President and Mrs. Ford occasionally signed items by hand. Much more frequently the White House staff used autopen machines to reproduce signatures on photographs and letters. Even the autopen did not allow the staff to keep up with the flood of autograph requests received, so many routine requests were answered using reprints of signed photographs or autograph cards. Examples of these appear below. …
Rockefeller Commission Report, June 1975 The following digitized resources contain the entire published report of the Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States (also known as the Rockefeller Commission). This report was digitized by the Assassination Archives and Research Center which has these files and Church Committee reports on its website . Title Page Table of Contents Preface Part I - Summary of the Investigation Chapter 1 - The Fundamental Issues Chapter 2 - The Need for intelligence …
B1874-07A. President Ford receives a swine flu inoculation from his White House physician, Dr. William Lukash. October 14, 1976. President Ford receives a swine flu inoculation from his White House physician, Dr. William Lukash, on October 14, 1976. NAID 7064718 Early in 1976 several soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, fell ill with a strain of H1N1 influenza. One of these soldiers died, leading to fears of a widespread outbreak of a strain of flu that might be closely related to the one that caused the 1918 …
Selected Documents on the 1976 Presidential Campaign The Ford Library has extensive holdings concerning the 1976 presidential campaign from both Gerald R. Ford's White House papers and the records of the President Ford Committee, the president's campaign committee. The Library's holdings on this topic are described in more detail in the handout Core Collections on the 1976 Presidential Campaign . The items below are but a small selection of the Library's holdings. They are arranged chronologically from …
Topic Guides Interested in specific topics? Topic guides combine resources from the Archives, as well as museum and audiovisual collections, and more to help students, researchers, educators, and others focus on materials for their areas of interest. Each topic page includes an Archival Research Guide. Topics include The Nixon Pardon, Helsinki Accords, the Vietnam War, and more. Check back for new topic guides as more materials are processed and digitized. B1037-16A. President Ford at work in the Oval …
Plan A School Visit Expand All Collapse All Scheduling a Visit If you would like to schedule a guided tour of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum for your class, our staff and docents will work with you to tailor the tour to meet the age and interests of your students. Trained docents work with you and guide your students Let us help you meet your teaching goals Grades: K – 12 Time: 1 - 2 hours All guided tours must be scheduled a minimum of two weeks in advance. If you prefer to lead your students …
Gerald R. Ford Biography Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. Learn About Gerald R. Ford Bibliography Review a selection of published biographies and memoirs concerning President Ford's career, especially his presidency. Explore the Bibliography Loading timeline: Timeline of President Ford's Life and Career ... Learn more Gerald R. Ford, Jr., is Born …
Betty Ford Biography Learn About Betty Bibliography Explore the Bibliography Speeches Read Key Speeches Loading timeline: Timeline of Elizabeth (Betty) Bloomer Ford's Life and Career ... Learn more High School Graduate Photograph of High School senior Betty Bloomer, age 18, that appeared in the Grand Rapids Central High School yearbook. Learn more Gerald R. Ford and Betty Bloomer Warren marry Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford in front of the Ambo in Grace Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, MI, following their …
Bibliography The list below describes a selection of published biographies and memoirs concerning President Ford's career, especially his presidency. For more information about published sources concerning President Ford, his administration, or issues and events of his presidency, contact the Ford Library. American Energy Policy in the 1970s . Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2014. Edited by Robert Lifset. Bauer, Stephen M. At Ease in the White House: The Uninhibited Memoirs of a Presidential Social …
Ford Presidential Period VIEW GALLERY At Work without Staff and Visitors VIEW GALLERY At Work with Cabinet and Staff VIEW GALLERY Assassination Attempts, September 1975 VIEW GALLERY First Lady Betty Ford VIEW GALLERY Celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution VIEW GALLERY a5174-30a Camp David VIEW GALLERY Ford Family Pets VIEW GALLERY A0013-11 Ford Family VIEW GALLERY A0397-7A Media Relations VIEW GALLERY A0004-10 The New President VIEW GALLERY 1976 Presidential Campaign VIEW GALLERY Nixon …
Online Exhibits Current Exhibits Upcoming Exhibits Past Exhibits Online Exhibits President Geral R. Ford Growing Up Grand: The Early Years of Gerald R. Ford and Early 20th Century Grand Rapids Online Online On the evening of Monday, November 1, 1976, Air Force One, dubbed The Spirit of ’76 in this the nation’s Bicentennial year, touched down at Kent County Airport.Following a hard day of campaigning in Ohio and Detroit, the President of the United States and the First Lady had returned home to cast their …
Past Recipients of the Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter 2024 - Reynolds Hahamovitch, University of Michigan, The Space Age: Horizons of the Future in the Cold War United States 2023 - Caitlyn Jones, University of Houston, The Most Important Event Nobody Knows About: Public Memory and the National Women's Conference 2022 - Elizabeth Rees , University of Oxford, The Counterpart System: How Does the East Wing and the Office of First Lady Develop Within the Executive Establishment …
Candace Clare Sobers Wins 2009 Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce that Candace Clare Sobers has been chosen as the 2009 winner of the Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter. Ms. Sobers is a doctoral student in History at the University of Toronto and is completing her doctoral dissertation: The Crisis of Decolonization, the Challenge of Intervention: Revolutionary Angola, 1968-1976. She is examining how …
Benjamin Waterhouse Wins 2006 Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library is proud to announce that Benjamin C. Waterhouse has been chosen as the 2006 winner of the Gerald R. Ford Scholar Award in Honor of Robert M. Teeter. Mr. Waterhouse is a doctoral student at Harvard University and is completing his doctoral dissertation: Corporate Leaders and the Pro-Business Agenda in Modern American Politics . He is investigating how the American business …