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A1813-05 - President Ford and his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office. November 7, 1974. A1813-05 - President Ford and his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office. November 7, 1974. A1813-05 - President Ford and his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office. November 7, 1974. A1813-05 - President Ford and his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office. November 7, 1974. President Gerald Ford died at his California home on December 26, 2006. He was 93 years old. Funeral services for …
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 …
News Notes for Ford Library Researchers Upcoming Deadlines 2001 December 27, 2001 The Library completed review for possible declassification in the folders of one country in the collection National Security Adviser. Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific. The folders and estimated page counts are: Malaysia (100 pp.). December 10, 2001 The Library completed review for possible declassification in the folders of one country in the collection National Security Adviser. Presidential Country …
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 …
Gerald R. Ford: A Selected 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 …
B510-35 600 President Ford boards the Michigan Wagon at the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage Encampment, Where Covered Wagon Trains Converged After Crossing the Nation on Historical Trails, Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 7/4/1976 (White House photograph B510-35 600) The United States Bicentennial was a series of events in celebration of the nation’s 200th birthday. The American Freedom Train , carrying artifacts, documents, and artwork for public view, began its 21-month tour of …
Recent Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Research Travel Grant Recipients Fall 2024 Grants Benjamin Akhavan, Morgan State University, Energy Policy and Domesticity: Crisis to Gardens Michael H. Creswell, Florida State University, Free Riding or Sharing the Burden? NATO’s Allocation of Defense Costs, 1949-1989 Emilija Cvetkovic, George Mason University, Yugoslav-American Economic Relations: Joint Ventures (1967-1991) Matthew Dallek, George Washington University, Killing the President Giuseppe Iglieri, …
Address by President Gerald R. Ford at the University of Hawaii December 7, 1975 Thank you very much, Dr. Kleinjans. Governor Ariyoshi, Senator Fong, Congressman Matsunaga, Dr. Matsuda, students, faculty, and members of the community here in Hawaii: It was nice to see you, Doctor. I had the honor for a good many years of representing an area, a wonderful community, from which the Doctor came. I know more of his relatives perhaps than he does -- [Iaughter] -- and they were always very kind to me, for which …
1976 Republican Platform (As published in the official report of proceedings of the Republican National Convention) Preamble To you, an American citizen: You are about to read the 1976 Republican Platform. We hope you will also find time to read the Democrats' Platform. Compare. You will see basic differences in how the two parties propose to represent you. "The Platform is the Party's contract with the people." This is what it says on the cover of the official printing of the Democrat Platform. So it …
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 …
Key Speeches and Writings of Gerald R. Ford Pre-Presidential Speeches Remarks Concerning the Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, April 15, 1970 Congressman Gerald R. Ford Remarks (PDF file) Remarks After Taking the Oath of Office as Vice President December 6, 1973 Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, Mr. President pro tempore, distinguished guests and friends: Together we have made history here today. For the first time we have carried out the command of the 25th Amendment. In exactly 8 weeks, …
Core Collection on the Presidency of Richard Nixon August 2007 Many Ford Library collections contain substantive materials from the presidency of Richard M. Nixon. The more notable are cited and summarized below. This summary does not include files that concern Nixon after he left the presidency, such as those relating to the Nixon pardon, disposition of the Nixon papers, or transition expenditures. Anyone is welcome to use these collections, and Library staff can provide assistance in finding material on …
Student Online Research Projects Concerning the American Presidency June 10, 2019 The links below lead to online documents from the presidential libraries covering the American presidency since 1929. Herbert Hoover Hoover and the Supreme Court Stock Market Crash Franklin D. Roosevelt First 100 Days Franklin D. Roosevelt Day by Day Holocaust Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese-American Internment Roosevelt and the Supreme Court Tuskegee Airmen World War II See also the Roosevelt Library's virtual …
PRESNET Subject Indexing Terms The full PRESNET thesaurus, including cross-references and relationships between terms, is not available in electronic form. The list below contains all subject descriptors, geographic terms, and agency names used by the staff in indexing the contents of folders of documents. A term may have been used in the database a single time or, in a few cases, many thousands of times. Please contact the archival staff at the Ford Library  to obtain search reports on our holdings on …
Topic Ideas for Student Papers The attached list identifies some of the topics that undergraduates might choose to research in the Ford Library's "open" collections. For some topics, the volume and quality of material are sufficient to support major honors thesis projects. In other cases, the scope of material might be more suitable to a 10-15 page seminar paper. In all cases, students must rely on other libraries for related books and articles. (The Ford Library's small printed works collection does not …
Quotes “He [Gerald R. Ford, Sr.] and Mother had three rules: tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time—and woe unto any of us who violated those rules.” From President Ford's memoir, A Time to Heal 1979 “I am not a saint, and I am sure I have done things I might have done better or differently, or not at all. I have also left undone things that I should have done. But I believe and hope that I have been honest with myself and with others, that I have been faithful to my friends and fair to …
Suggested Paper Topics For On-Site Research on Ford Presidency, 1974-77 University of Michigan Political Science 320 - The American Chief Executive Suggested Paper Topics For On-Site Research on Ford Presidency, 1974-77 Note:  Feel free to contact the Library if there are other topics that interest you. On some topics, the Ford Digital Presidential Library  can supplement your on-site research. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/NATIONAL SECURITY The Fall of Saigon and the End of the Vietnam Conflict The Sinai …
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 …
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 …
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 …