This is an artificial collection of photocopies of original documents scattered among many individual collections at the Ford Library. It was created as a directed field experience by a student in the University of Michigan's School of Information and Library Studies.The collection documents Ford Cabinet meetings in two ways. Firstly, materials such as agendas, briefing papers, and talking points reflect the preparation for each Cabinet meeting. Secondly, minutes, personal notes, press conference transcripts, and follow-up memoranda provide valuable insight into the meetings…
Primarily correspondence prepared by Calkins documenting his contacts with local, state, and national Republican Party officials and members of the general public.
The collection consists of small fragmentary series concerning Callaway's work as Secretary of the Army and chairman of the President Ford Committee (PFC), along with a large legal file concerning allegations of misconduct involving Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Much PFC material concerns Callaway's contacts with the Committee after his departure, but some memoranda, schedules, and a campaign plan date from his service as chairman.
Material on virtually all domestic policy issues of the Ford administration, the 1976 campaign, reviews of the federal budget, administration of the Domestic Council, and Cannon's earlier work on Vice President Rockefeller's staff.
Material on the Nelson Rockefeller vice presidency, management of the Domestic Council, many domestic policy issues, drafting of the 1976 and 1977 State of the Union addresses, and Ford's FY1978 budget.
The collection contains audiotapes and transcripts of Cannon’s interviews with President Gerald R. Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, White House and congressional staff members, administration officials, members of Congress, and Ford friends. It also contains Cannon’s notes taken while reading transcripts of Trevor Armbrister’s 1977 interviews with President Ford and a few additional documents and notes. The material was used in the writing of Cannon’s 1994 book Time and Chance: Gerald Ford’s Appointment with History.
Files concerning various domestic and a few foreign policy issues, the 1976 campaign, the operation of the press office, and domestic and foreign press guidance. Includes Carlson's minutes of Cabinet meetings and presidential meetings with congressional leaders and others.
Material on crime, privacy, the Nixon/Ford transition, the work of the Interagency Classification Review Committee, and miscellaneous issues requiring legal opinion. The collection represents a fragment of Casselman's work in the Legal Counsel's office.
A fragmentary subject file on emergency preparedness, social security, option memoranda to the president, and other matters. Also an extensive chronological file of correspondence on all aspects of Cavanaugh's duties.
Materials concerning the operation of the White House Advance Office and its logistical planning for foreign and domestic Presidential and First Family trips.
Materials concerning the operation of the White House Advance Office and its logistical planning for foreign and domestic Presidential trips.
Material concerning the 1976 presidential election, especially public opinion polls and analyses, and Chanock's research and writing projects. Also material on miscellaneous subjects.
Material on advice given to the President on presidential powers, domestic and foreign issues. The most prominent topic relates to review of Civil Aeronautics Board decisions and airline regulatory reform. Other issues include: coyotes, classification review, political campaign funds, Japanese uranium stored in the United States, oil import fees, and creation of an Energy Independence Authority.
Files concerning numerous domestic and foreign policy issues, investigations of the intelligence community, Supreme Court and other personnel appointments, 1974 and 1977 transitions, and the 1976 presidential election, especially the campaign for the Republican nomination.
Materials on the origins and administration of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and the Intelligence Oversight Board, and Cherne's activities on both. Also, information documenting Cherne's informal exchanges of advice and comments with prominent people in the intelligence community, and his interest in the collection of economic intelligence.
Fragmentary materials, including both manuscript and printed or near-print items, documenting his government service. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission papers, 1972-74, include information on the development and implementation of policy and staff training and management. The Department of Housing and Urban Development papers, 1974-76, relate primarily to internal departmental administration and organization.
Topic lists and brief notes from senior staff meetings, notes from several presidential and other meetings on domestic and political issues, and a chronological correspondence file.
Collins provided day-to-day production support for Presidential television appearances, assisting Ford's television advisors Robert Mead and William Carruthers. The file is largely routine, but contains a few items on 1976 campaign media evaluations and strategy.
Miscellaneous very small collections of papers, audiovisual media and/or artifacts donated by various individuals. The collections were solicited by Ford Library staff, obtained by the design firm of Staples & Charles in the course of planning exhibits for the Ford Museum, or received at the Ford Library unsolicited. Audiovisual materials were transferred to the audiovisual department and objects were transferred to the Ford Museum. Collections are arranged in order of receipt. New collections are added as they are received and processed.
Miscellaneous collections of a few items each donated by organizations and individuals from the congressional district formerly represented by Gerald R. Ford. Collections were solicited by Ford Library staff, received by Thomas Soapes during oral history interviews, or received in the mail unsolicited. Audiovisual materials received in the same manner have been transferred to the Audiovisual Department. Collections are arranged in order of receipt. New accessions are added as they are received and processed.
Transcripts and/or recordings of research interviews with former President Ford and many others. The interviews were conducted for diverse reasons by various individuals and donated at various times. Interviews are arranged in order of receipt, and new interviews are added as they are received.The Ford Library also holds many additional, separate collections of oral histories. Moreover, some collections of papers include occasional oral history material.
The Connor files document his responsibilities as Staff Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, especially White House administrative matters; the flow of presidential paperwork; and the planning, preparation and follow-up of Cabinet meetings. Connor's office oversaw the flow of paperwork to and from the president, and communicated presidential decisions and comments to the Cabinet and White House staff. His special expertise in energy policy and his work on intelligence community reforms is also well documented.