Gwen A. Anderson, Washington State Republican Party official and former Republican National Committeewoman, joined Vice President Ford's staff in January 1974. In this capacity her major duties were to coordinate Ford's appearances at political events and fundraisers; to act as liaison with Republican groups; and to handle requests for messages, photographs and auction items.
The George Denison Papers consist of case files on his speechwriting activities in the White House Office of Editorial Staff between May 1976 and January 1977. During this period Denison shared the speechwriting duties with several other individuals. They were all supervised by Robert Orben, Special Assistant to the President and director of the Editorial Staff.
On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office. Under investigation for multiple charges of alleged conspiracy, extortion and bribery, Agnew agreed to resign, pleading no contest to a single charge of federal income tax evasion. Two days later, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Gerald Ford to become the 40th vice president of the United States.
While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), Gerald R.
FILE HEADINGSACKNOWLEDGEMENTSLetters acknowledged in Mr. Ford’s absence; also letters which were acknowledged by Ford without commenting on the specific question raised. (1966-1973)AGRICULTURE BULLETINSRequests for bulletins from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1963-1973)AGRICULTURE YEARBOOKSRequests for copies of the yearbooks published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (1963-1973)ANGELSCorrespondence with Mr. Ford's financial supporters. (1964-1973)
FILE HEADINGSAGED (1972-1973)See also Citizens,SeniorAGRICULTURE (1963-1973)See also WheatALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (1963-1973)ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISH (1972-1973)See also Humane Treatment of AnimalsANTITRUST (1972-1973)See also Trusts, Mergers, etc.APPALACHIA (1965)See also PovertyAPPORTIONMENT (1965-1967, 1969, and 1971-1973)APPROPRIATIONS (1963-1973)AREA REDEVELOPMENT (1963-1966)ARTS AND HUMANITIES (1972-1973)See also HumanitiesASSASSINS (1968-1969)See also Crime
Gerald Ford initially applied for a commission in the active Naval Reserve less than a week after the Japanese bombing of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941. His first choice was to serve in the intelligence branch, so the Navy began a background check to see if he qualified.
This collection consists of memoranda, letters, and occasional other items by and about Gerald Ford, 1949-71, especially his contacts with the White House staffs of Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon. The major portion is from the Johnson administration. A notable segment of the Johnson Library materials is a transcript of selected telephone conversations between President Johnson and various individuals concerning the formation of the Warren Commission. Cassette recordings of the conversations are available in the Ford Library's audiovisual department. Th
Material concerning the work and activities of former President Gerald Ford after he left the White House in 1977. The collection includes Ford’s speeches, schedules, correspondence, trips and events, and materials related to the transition from the White House and the operation of the Office of Gerald Ford in Rancho Mirage, California. It also documents Ford’s involvement in the 1980 presidential campaign, the AEI World Forum, the New Leadership Committee, and his work on various corporate boards.
This collection contains letters, photographs, and books that were set apart by Gerald Ford, Betty Ford or their staff and deemed to have special value. The bulk of the collection was donated by The Ford Family Trust (the estate of Betty Ford) following her death, but some materials were received during Mrs. Ford's lifetime.
The collection includes multiple copies of the student yearbooks, The Pioneer, dating from 1927 to 1931, when Gerald R. Ford, Jr. was a student at the school (the building contained both a middle school and a high school so he was there for six years). He appears in each of the yearbooks.
George Humphreys joined the Domestic Council as associate director for environment in August 1975 and served in that post until the end of the Ford administration. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Humphreys held posts as Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and President and Director of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation before his appointment to the Domestic Council.
The bulk of the files of Glenn R. Schleede cover the period August 1974 - January 1977. They reflect his activities as a staff member of the Domestic Council in the areas of energy, environment, science and technology.
Glenn R. Schleede served on the Domestic Council staff during both the Nixon and Ford administrations. As a staff assistant and then assistant director in the Domestic Council's natural resources policy area, Schleede aided Associate Directors Richard Fairbanks and then Michael Raoul-Duval in handling a wide variety of energy, science and environmental protection issues. During a staff reorganization in 1975, Domestic Council Executive Director James Cannon promoted Schleede to Associate Director for Energy and Science.
Geoffrey Shepard served during the Nixon administration and a portion of the Ford administration as Domestic Council associate director primarily handling general government issues requiring liaison with the Justice Department, especially campaign finance reform, civil rights, drug abuse law enforcement, and Vietnam War amnesty. The materials described consist largely of files produced and accumulated by Shepard from August 1974 to February 1975, although occasional earlier items appear in the files.
The Gordon Vander Till Papers consist of files from Gerald R. Ford's Grand Rapids office. Vander Till was the office director from 1969-74. The initial gift of papers was opened to research in May 1985. An accretion of papers was received and opened in February 1994.
The Gerald Warren Papers concern his work as Deputy Press Secretary and Director of the White House Communications Office between August 1974 and August 1975. He joined the White House Communications Office in 1969 as Deputy Press Secretary to Ron Ziegler in the Nixon administration, often delivering the daily press briefings as the Watergate scandal intensified in 1974. Following the resignation of Richard Nixon, Warren remained in the Communications Office, first serving as one of several deputies to Jerald ter Horst.
This collection contains the working files of two directors of the White House Office of Communications, Gerald Warren and Margita White, concerning news media liaison and coordination of Federal Government public relations efforts. Discussed below under separate headings are the organization and functions of the White House Office of Communications, the scope and content of the Warren and White files, and related materials in the Ford Library.
The Ford Vice Presidential Papers include materials created and received by Gerald R. Ford and his staff between October 13, 1973 and August 9, 1974. During the first two months Ford was still House Minority Leader, but his staff decided to begin the Vice Presidential file upon nomination rather than waiting until he was sworn in. Therefore the collection documents the last few weeks of Ford's Congressional career and his eight months as Vice President.
Former President Gerald R. Ford died peacefully at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, on December 26, 2006. The following day, President George W. Bush issued a proclamation announcing President Ford’s death and directing US flags on all federal facilities be flown at half-staff. On December 28, 2006, President Bush issued Executive Order 13421 proclaiming January 2, 2007, a day of respect and remembrance for the former President and ordered the closing of federal offices and agencies.
The Gerald R. Ford Scrapbooks provide an overview of Ford's public life from high school through his post-presidential years. The seventy-four large bound volumes and over 80,000 pages of unbound material consist mostly of newspaper and magazine clippings, but also include photographs, souvenir programs, invitations, holiday and courtesy messages, notes, correspondence, and assorted other memorabilia collected by Ford and others. Some of the contents from the period 1929-78 are reproduced on 35 mm microfilm.
The Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers were produced or accumulated by Ford and his staff during Ford's twenty-five years as a United States Representative from Michigan's Fifth Congressional District. The papers primarily document the information and constituent services provided by Ford, and his handling of legislative issues in the House. The largest portion dates from 1963, when the Ford office ceased disposing of most two year old materials from lack of storage space. The papers are arranged into sub-groups based largely on the original filing scheme of the Ford office.