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.
- August 16, 1974 - King Hussein of Jordan
- September 12, 1974 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel
- September 25, 1974 - President Giovanni Leone of Italy
- October 8, 1974 - First Secretary Edward Gierek of Poland
- November 12, 1974 - Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria
- December 4, 1974 - Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada
- December 5, 1974 - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of Germany
- January 30, 1975 - Prime Minister Harold Wilson of Great Britain
- February 5, 1975 - Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan
- April 19, 1975 - President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia
- April 29, 1975 - King Hussein of Jordan
- May 1, 1975 - Prime Minister Hedi Nouira of Tunisia
- May 8, 1975 - Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore
- May 14, 1975 - Prime Minister Johannes den Uyl of the Netherlands
- May 15, 1975 - Shah of Iran
- June 11, 1975 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel
- June 16, 1975 - President Walter Scheel of Germany
- August 5, 1975 - Prime Minister Takeo Miki of Japan
- September 25, 1975 - President Alfonso Lopez Michelsen of Colombia
- October 2, 1975 - Emperor and Empress of Japan
- October 27, 1975 - President Anwar Sadat of Egypt
- November 12, 1975 - Prime Minister Gaston Thorn of Luxembourg
- January 27, 1976 - Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel
- March 17, 1976 - Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave of Ireland
- March 30, 1976 - King Hussein of Jordan
- May 17, 1976 - President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France
- June 2, 1976 - King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain
- July 7, 1976 - Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh of Great Britain
- July 15, 1976 - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of Germany
- July 27, 1976 - Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser of Australia
- August 3, 1976 - President Urho Kekkonen of Finland
- September 21, 1976 - President William Tolbert of Liberia
- December 6, 1976 - Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti of Italy
Other Resources
March 13, 1974 - Vice President and King Hussein of Jordan (entire folder digitized - includes material on a state dinner hosted by Vice President and Mrs. Ford)
Main Archival Sources
- Russell Armentrout Files, 1974-77 (First Lady's Staff: Social Entertainments Office)
- Maria Downs Files, 1974-77 and Papers, 1975-77 (First Lady's Staff: Social Secretary)
- National Security Adviser. Memoranda of Conversations, 1973-77
- White House Photographic Office Photographs, 1974-77