Search result
Displaying 101 - 120 of 146 results
Page 6 of 8
The Vladivostok Summit Meeting on Arms Control Table of Contents A2092-03A - President Ford and Soviet General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev sign a Joint Communiqué following talks on the limitation of strategic offensive arms. The document was signed in the conference hall of the Okeansky Sanitarium, Vladivostok, USSR. November 24, 1974. The United States and the Soviet Union first reached an agreement on strategic arms limitation in May 1972. That agreement was set to expire in 1977, so both sides pressed …
Vietnam War As President, Gerald R. Ford oversaw the final stages of the War in Vietnam. Though the Paris Peace Accords officially ended the War on January 27, 1973, fighting between North and South Vietnamese forces continued and American civilians and military personnel remained in the country. In 1975, North Vietnamese forces advanced through South Vietnam, culminating in the Fall of Saigon on April 30. In Operation Frequent Wind, the U.S. military airlifted thousands of Americans and South Vietnamese …
Welcome to the Online Volunteer Manual Here you will find digital versions of the volunteer manual, broken out by sections. Please bookmark this page, so that you can come back to it later. In the future, additional sections, including new information and new training materials, will be added. GRFPM Volunteer Handbook Gallery Highlights Artifact Guides Youth Artifacts Congressional Years Artifacts Presidency Artifacts Post Presidency Artifacts Betty Ford Artifacts Tribute Gallery …
Research Finding Aids Daily Diary Museum Collections AV Collections Grants FAQs Plan a Research Visit How to Order Reproductions Mandatory Declassification Presidential Libraries PRESNET Database Search Digital Research Room Keyword Search Advanced Search Level of description File Unit Media Item Series Collection Record Group Record Type Textual Records Sound Recordings Photographs and other Graphic Materials Moving Images Artifacts Maps and Charts Architectural and Engineering Drawings Data Files Site …
Ford Administration Cabinet Meeting Minutes President Ford meets with his Cabinet. June 25, 1975. About once every three weeks, President Gerald R. Ford met with his Cabinet to gather information and discuss administration policies. Assembled were the ranking members of the executive branch. As many as 30 officials could be present, including Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller, the 10 department Secretaries, the Attorney General, other officials of Cabinet rank, agency directors, and senior White House …
Women's Rights First Lady Betty Ford addresses the Greater Cleveland Congress of International Women's Year, 10/25/1975 First Lady Betty Ford addresses the Greater Cleveland Congress First Lady Betty Ford addresses the Greater Cleveland Congress of International Women's Year, 10/25/1975 View in the National Archives Catalog First Lady Betty Ford addresses the Greater Cleveland Congress of International Women's Year, 10/25/1975 View in the National Archives Catalog During the 1970s debate over women's …
President Gerald Ford's Trip to China: Memoranda of Conversations, Toasts, and Press Conferences All of the documents listed below were digitized from the three folders on this trip in box 2 of the collection "National Security Adviser. Kissinger Reports on Soviet Union, China, and Middle East Discussions." December 1: Teng Hsiao-p'ing/Gerald Ford/Henry Kissinger Meeting December 1: Exchange of Toasts - Chinese Banquet December 2: Teng Hsiao-p'ing/Gerald Ford/Henry Kissinger Meeting December 2: Mao …
White House State Dinners, 1974-76 Menus, Programs, Photos and Selected Other Documents Visits to the United States by foreign heads of state during the presidency of Gerald R. Ford usually involved both discussions with the President and a state dinner. Click below to see menus, programs, photos, and selected other documents from these dinners. Mrs. Ford's Social Secretary Maria Downs wrote this description of the process of planning and putting on a state dinner for the Library. 1974 State Dinners …
Trip to Europe, July-August 1975 A5961 President Ford and Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, wave to the crowd from their car in the motorcade from Okecie International Airport to Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Poland, 7/28/1975 (White House photograph A5961-15) In the days surrounding the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland, President Ford, along with Mrs. Ford, Jack Ford, and Secretary of State …
Hobby : stamp collecting Breakfast : orange juice, melon, English muffins, and tea with lemon Food : pot roast and red cabbage (for recipes see The White House Family Cookbook by Henry Haller (New York: Random House, 1987, pp. 176-179) Dessert : butter pecan ice cream Hymn : The Navy Hymn - "Eternal Father Strong to Save" Drink : coffee, iced tea Color : red Participatory Sport : golf, tennis, skiing, swimming Sports Figure : Al Kaline, Detroit Tigers Parlor Game : bridge Flower : apple blossom, azalea …
… this is not a monument to any one man or any one presidency. Rather, it is a classroom of American democracy, a place where school kids as well as scholars will enjoy privileged access to the innermost workings of their government. Gerald R. Ford Welcome The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum opened its doors to all new 21st century exhibits and our state-of-the-art DeVos Learning Center in June 2016. With that came the opportunity, resources, and technology to offer a range of programming never before …
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum opened its doors to all new 21st century exhibits and our state-of-the-art DeVos Learning Center in June 2016. With that came the opportunity, resources, space, and technology to offer a range of programming never before possible. Using classrooms and exhibits, we have something for everyone. Our programs focus on American History, Civics and Government, Leadership, Betty Ford, Civil Discourse, Space, and more. We offer a wide range of programs to visitors of all …
Oral Histories in the Gerald R. Ford Library The list below briefly describes oral histories and comparable interview records now available to research. A large number of additional interview records, not listed and not yet open to research, are at the Library in unprocessed or partly processed collections. The Ford Library acquires interview records created by journalists, historians, political scientists, memoirists and their research assistants, independent writers, and others. We are very grateful to …
President Jimmy Carter B2873-05 B2873-05 President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter at Inauguration of Carter as the 39th President of the United States at the United States Capitol. January 20, 1977. President Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter at Inauguration of Carter as the 39th President of the United States at the United States Capitol. January 20, 1977. Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter narrowly defeated Gerald R. Ford in the 1976 election to become the 39th President of the United States. They both …
Review-for-Access Queue Several Library manuscript collections contain folders that require significant advance consultation with an archivist before materials can be released. These folders are in collections that are well-arranged and have accurate public finding aids, but Library staff have not reviewed folder contents for privacy, national security, or other restrictable information. Individual folders that require this review are identified on the collection finding aids as being “Closed” (rather …
Bibliography The list below is a selection of published books, articles, and other media containing information about Mrs. Ford’s life and her role as First Lady. Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents' Wives and their Power, 1961-1990. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991. " Betty Ford: The Real Deal " MacNeill/Lehrer Productions, 2009 (DVD). Black, Allida M. The First Ladies of the United States of America. Washington, DC: The White House Historical …
A Day in the Life of the President This exhibit allows the viewer to examine the daily diary (a log of the President Gerald R. Ford's meetings and activities) for April 28, 1975. By selecting links from certain activities, you can view documentation (documents, photographs, and even a short video clip) on them. Among other events on that day, the President spoke to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on regulatory reform, ordered the evacuation of the last Americans from South Vietnam, and posed for photographs …
President Ford '76 Fact Book The "Answer Desk" of President Ford's 1976 campaign committee, the President Ford Committee, compiled this fact book for use by persons campaigning on behalf of the President. It contains background information on the Fords and Senator Robert Dole, along with information on the President's programs, accomplishments, and views on issues. The Ford Library staff scanned and converted to electronic form the September 8, 1976 version of the Fact Book (a March 5, 1976 version was …
Lessons From the First Month of the Ford Presidency with Barry Werth and Hank Meijer Details Date September 03, 2024 Time 6:30 pm EDT Location Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Grand Rapids, MI Type Dialogues Washington, of course, is a very different place these days. But 50 years after the Supreme Court ruling against Nixon’s claims of executive privilege, his subsequent resignation, Ford’s ascension to power, the conflicts of his first 31 days, and the pardon, we still have much to learn from — and …
The Pardon with Ken Gormley Details Date September 10, 2024 Time 6:30 pm EDT Location Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Ann Arbor, MI Type Author Programs Esteemed author and president of Duquesne University, Ken Gormley, will address one of the most controversial decisions ever made by a U.S. President during a turbulent time in American history. Register …