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Jonathan D. Hoornstra joined the news summary staff in February 1972. The President’s daily news summary was an objective compilation of television and national wire services’ news reports covering foreign and domestic events. In the Nixon White House, the news summary was under the direction of the communications office. Mr. Hoornstra’s primary responsibility was to review 35-40 daily newspapers…
Director of Media Analysis; Director of Special projects for the News Summary This collection contains material used by Jonathan D. Hoornstra in the course of his work on President Gerald Ford's daily news summary staff. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series General Subject File, 1975. Opinion Editorials File, 1975. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note …
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The Waldron files cover her work form June 1976 to the end of the administration. The bulk of the collection documents the production of "News & Comment", the White House news summary, but some materials on her research work are also included. The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles, distributed daily to ca. 150 White House staff.The…
Director of Research, Office of Communications; Editor, President's News Summaries, Press Secretary's Office Materials concerning the compilation and publication of "News & Comment," a daily news summary of articles editorials and political cartoons from the national print and television press. Also included is a small research file on 1976 campaign issues, coverage and Ford opponents. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series News & Comment - …
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Ron Nessen was appointed White House Press Secretary on September 20, 1974, replacing Jerald F. terHorst who had resigned in protest of President Ford's grant of an unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon eleven days earlier. Nessen remained as Press Secretary and head of the press office through the end of the Ford administration. Discussed below under separate headings are: organization and…
Press Secretary to the President, Press Secretary's Office An incomplete set of files concerning his work as Press Secretary to President Ford. This collection includes transcripts of press briefings, case files on media interviews, correspondence with the media and an incomplete subject file. The bulk of his files can be found in a separate collection - the Ron Nessen Papers. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Draft Presidential News …
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Eric Rosenberger and his successor, Douglass Blaser, directed White House press advance. Press advance was assistance to the White House press corps, the local press, and press office staff during all presidential trips outside the White House. Such assistance might include: visas, credentialling, air and ground transportation, lodging, camera lighting, press positions, equipment and…
Directors of Press Advance, Press Secretary's Office The Press Advance Office handled logistical planning and support for media covering the President's foreign and domestic trips. A small subject file includes useful folders on the 1976 campaign and advance procedures. Case files for foreign trips are occasionally substantive. Domestic trip files are very routine with rare exceptions, e.g. New Hampshire, 1976. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series …
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Wanda Phelan served in the White House press office at two different times during the Nixon and Ford administrations. From February 1970 to October 1974 she handled routine correspondence for press secretaries Herb Klein, Ron Ziegler and Jerald ter Horst. She returned to the White House press secretary's office on detail in August 1976 and worked as a staff assistant under Agnes Waldron…
Staff Assistant for Research, Press Secretary's Office Phelan maintained research files for the 1976 campaign concerning Jimmy Carter's background and statements, editorial opinions and endorsements, and columnist opinion from various newspapers. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series 1976 Election Clipping File, 1974-76. Editorial Endorsements State File, 1976. Editorial Endorsements Subject File, 1976. Editorial Opinion by Columnist, …
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David Gergen, a former Nixon speechwriter, as a speechwriter for Secretary of the Treasury, William Simon in December returned to the White House as special assistant to Ford's chief of staff, Richard Cheney, leaving his position in the Treasury Department 1975. His title was changed to Special Counsel to the President for Communications and until July 1976 his primary responsibility was…
Special Counsel to the President for Communications; Director, Office of Communications, Press Secretary's Office Gergen served in the Ford administration as special counsel to the president for communications and subsequently as director of the Office of Communications. His files reflect a broad spectrum of responsibilities including speechwriting, preparing the president for the campaign debates, overseeing the preparation of the president's question and answer briefing books, scheduling surrogate …
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A veteran press officer in the foreign affairs field, Edward Savage came to the White House press office as a consultant on detail from the State Department. In December 1974 he was named assistant press secretary for foreign affairs, a position he held until his resignation in June 1975. In this capacity Savage met daily with press secretary Ron Nessen to discuss developments in…
… 2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages) Record Type Textual Donor Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-107) Last Modified Date 2025-03-10 Collection Type White House Office Files Tag - Office Name Press Secretary's Office/Communications Office Access …
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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…
Deputy Press Secretary and Assistant Press Secretary; Directors of Communications, Press Secretary's Office Materials concerning White House liaison with the news media, excluding the White House Press Corps. Included is information on media briefings and receptions, press interviews with the President, local and regional press conferences, and coordination of Federal Government public relations efforts. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All …
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John Carlson served in the White House Press Office during the last two years of the Nixon administration and then was carried over by the Ford administration as assistant press secretary for domestic affairs. In this post his major responsibilities were preparing Press Secretary Ron Nessen for his daily press briefings and answering press queries on domestic matters. Additional…
Assistant Press Secretary for Domestic Affairs; Deputy Press Secretary to the President, Office of the Press Secretary 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. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Domestic …
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Jerald terHorst was named Press Secretary to the President on August 9, 1974, the day Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He was Ford's first presidential appointment. TerHorst was a Michigan newspaperman who had covered Ford's political career since the 1948 Congressional race.As Press Secretary to President Ford, terHorst was responsible for conveying information on…
Press Secretary to the President, Press Secretary's Office TerHorst, in preparation for his press briefings, August 9-September 6, 1974, gathered such material as schedules, draft announcements, and guidance prepared by the National Security Council and other staff. Also included is courtesy correspondence with well-wishers. There is no documentation concerning the Nixon pardon or terHorst's resignation over it. Some office files from the period are in the Ron Nessen Files and the Ron Nessen Papers. View …