Staff Assistant, Office of the President's Office

This collection contains index cards prepared by Anne Kamstra documenting autograph requests for President Ford. Cards typically include the recipient's name and address, requester's name, suggested inscription, date of request, and date answered. Most requests are for signed photographs; some requests are for items provided by the requester, including programs, newspapers, and quilts. Occasionally, cards are accompanied by correspondence between Kamstra and other staff members discussing whether or not to fulfill the request, and if so, how.

ARRANGEMENT
The first two sections ("Special File" and "Unidentified Subset") contain cards from the entire time period and are arranged alphabetically by recipient's name. All other series are arranged by chronological periods, thereunder alphabetically by recipient's name. Additional notes that were attached to the cards are located behind the card to which it pertains. Larger documents are housed in an oversized box located at the end of the series.

RELATED MATERIALS (October 2013)
Closely related materials are found in White House Central Files Subject File: PR 5 (Autographs - Photographs � Holographs).

    Series Description and Container List
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    Extent

    6.9 cubic feet (approximately 47,000 cards)

    Record Type
    Textual
    Donor

    Gerald R. Ford (accession number 1977-NLF-088)

    Last Modified Date
    Collection Type
    Tag - Office Name
    Access

    Open.

    Processed by

    Eryn C. Killian, October 2013
     

    Biography


     

    Anne Kamstra


    1927 - Born in the Netherlands

    1953 - B.A., Calvin College

    1958 - M.A., University of Michigan

    1958-62 - School Teacher

    1962-63 - Secretary

    1964-73 - Clerk, Office of Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Washington, D.C.

    1973-74 - Secretary, Office of the Vice President of the United States

    1974-77 - Staff Assistant to the President of the United States