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The files of the National Security Adviser (formally titled the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs) are part of the papers that President Ford deeded to the United States in December 1976. The files were identified, packed, and labeled by National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft’s immediate staff and by the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) in the closing weeks of the Ford administration. The packed files were assembled and held in a secure area of the White House west wing basement under the immediate control of Edward W. Roberts, an NSC file manager.…
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Material compiled by O'Neill and her predecessors as the First Lady's director of correspondence. Routine in nature, the file includes carbons of the outgoing letters to the general public and a subject file of items compiled to assist the correspondence staff in answering mail.
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Materials on Puerto Rico, including drafts of the 1977 statehood bill, are the most notable feature of this collection. Overman also accumulated material on the fiscal health os state and local governments, and the 1977 State of the Union address.
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Materials from Patterson’s work on legislation and policies concerning Native Americans, and his work as a White House liaison between Federal officials and Native American tribal leadership. The papers contain information on litigation involving Native American land claims, sovereignty issues, and the role of the Federal government as trustee of tribal interests.
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President Ford Committee Records main page
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Materials relating primarily to John E. Reinhardt’s work as Director of both the United States Information Agency (USIA) and the United States International Communication Agency (USICA).
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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.
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This collection consists of condolence messages sent to Betty Ford and family following the death of President Gerald R. Ford.
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Records documenting the formation and functions of American Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. (ACCL). The ACCL was a national pro-life organization formed after the 1973 Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortion. In addition, papers regarding the National Right to Life Committee and the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life are housed within the collection. This finding aid describes those portions of the collection that have been fully arranged and described by the Ford Library. Approximately 25 linear feet remain unprocessed and unavailable to research.
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Materials on the activities of the Legislative Interdepartmental Group (LIG), which coordinated congressional liaison activities on foreign affairs and defense matters for the White House, NSC, CIA, and the Departments of State, Justice, and Defense. The files for many LIG meetings contain both briefing papers and minutes or a record of decisions. The bulk of the collection dates from 1971 and 1972, with fewer meetings and less documentation for later periods.