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Related Materials (January 2012)Several collections document the Ford Presidential Museum including: Gerald R. Ford Commemorative Committee: Records, 1977-84; Gerald R. Ford Museum Re-dedication Committee: Records, 1996-97; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Dedication Committee, Inc.: Financial Records, 1981-82. These collections are currently unprocessed and unavailable for research.
Official Photographer, Community Events Committee, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Dedication Committee This collection consists of textual and audiovisual materials related to the planning and execution of community events held in conjunction with the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in September 1981. The textual materials, which consist of press releases, schedules, correspondence, agendas, and minutes, document the work of the Gerald R. Ford Museum Dedication Committee’s …
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Photostatic copies of memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, diary entries, oral history transcripts, and tape recordings gathered from eight presidential libraries to illustrate prominent personalities, issues, and events in recent American history. The staff of each presidential library selected the particular items which appear in this collection. Prominent subjects include the New Deal, World War II, civil rights, relations with the Soviet Union, and U.S. involvement in Vietnam. The …
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The White House Situation Room: Noon and Evening Notes is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.Most of the files in this collection are for foreign trips, but files for travel to speaking engagements in the United States, consultations at the United Nations, and vacations are also included. The materials relate to much more than each individual trip…
This rich collection has two distinct facets. The first relates directly to Kissinger’s trips, including briefing materials for meetings with foreign leaders and reports to the President on those meetings. The second relates to cable traffic, on myriad foreign affairs topics, exchanged during the trip between Kissinger and his travel staff on one hand, and State Department and White House officials on the other hand. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by …
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Gerald R. Ford, a recent Yale Law School graduate and partner in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, law firm Ford and Buchen, completed the FBI special agent application on June 14, 1941.In order to determine the suitability of Gerald Ford for a special agent position, the FBI conducted a thorough background investigation into his character, loyalty, criminal history, medical condition, academic…
This collection consists of Gerald R. Ford’s special agent application case file, which includes his application and medical examination, field investigation reports, and correspondence compiled by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters officials. Also included in the file are memorandums dating to the Ford presidential period regarding the storage of FBI records on Gerald Ford, and press inquiries into the reason why Ford was not offered a special agent position. Series Description and …
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The office provided still-photographic coverage of Gerald Ford's day-to-day activities as Vice President and President. David Kennerly, a photojournalist whom Ford met while Vice President, and four other photographers, shot approximately 290,000 photos of Mr. Ford and his staff and family. They took the photos in White House meeting rooms, offices, and the family residence; at Camp David and…
View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Gerald and Betty Ford Historical Photographs, 1884-1974. Gerald R. Ford Vice Presidential Photographs, 1973-74. Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, 1974‑77. Nelson Rockefeller Vice Presidential Photographs, 1974-1977. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note The office provided still-photographic coverage of Gerald Ford's …
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During his long career in the Foreign Service, Robert Anderson served in a succession of posts both overseas and in Washington, culminating in his work as Special Assistant for Press Relations to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and as U.S. Ambassador to three different countries.His papers cover mostly the public face of diplomacy - speeches, remarks, testimony, trips, and events. The…
Special Assistant to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for Press Relations, Foreign Service Officer, and Ambassador The collection contains materials primarily documenting the public side of diplomacy, especially Henry Kissinger's public statements and press conferences (1974-75) and Robert Anderson's later positions as U.S. Ambassador to Morocco and the Dominican Republic. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Ambassador to Dahomey …
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The White House Situation Room: Former President Nixon's Intelligence Briefings is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford National Security Adviser Files and an explanation of the designations “Presidential” and “Institutional” are provided in Appendix A.Soon after the August 9, 1974 transition, President Gerald Ford decided that…
… 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Record Type Textual Donor Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-118) Last Modified Date 2024-10-30 Collection Type White House Office Files Tag - Office Name National Security Adviser/NSC Staff Access Open, but …
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From 1973 to 1977, Frank Ursomarso served as a White House Staff Assistant to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the Office of Presidential Advance. As an advanceman under President Ford, Ursomarso planned various domestic and foreign presidential trips, including nationwide campaign travel and tours of Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Basin. Ursomarso coordinated motorcade and Air Force…
Materials concerning the operation of the White House Advance Office and planning for foreign and domestic trips for President Gerald R. Ford and the First Family. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series General Subject File, 1974-1976, 2004-2006. Newspapers, 1974-1977. Trip File, 1973-1977, 1980. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note From 1973 to 1977, Frank …
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The Ford Library has two Robert Hartmann collections - the Hartmann Files and the Hartmann Papers. The Hartmann Papers consist of historical materials from throughout his career that the Ford Library received in 1992. Described below under separate headings are Hartmann's career, the scope and contents of the collection, and related materials in the Ford Library. Hartmann's…
Reporter; Assistant to Representative Gerald R. Ford; Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsellor to the President Materials concerning Hartmann's early life; his career as a reporter and bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times , public relations aide for the Republican Conference of the U.S. House of Representatives, and senior advisor to Gerald R. Ford (1969-77); and the drafting of his memoir Palace Politics: An Inside Account of the Ford Years . Series Description and Container List Filter by …
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Melvin R. Laird, Jr. was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in the town of Marshfield in central Wisconsin where his family moved when he was a year old. His family had deep roots in Wisconsin politics and business, with both of his parents and his maternal grandfather all holding elective office. After his father's death in 1946, Laird ran for his father's seat in the state senate…
U.S. Representative (1953-68); Secretary of Defense (1969-73); Counsellor to the President (1973-74); senior counselor, Reader’s Digest (1974-present) The collection spans Mr. Laird's distinguished career, especially from 1961 onward. Prominent topics include the 1964 Republican Party platform; the 1964,1968, and 1972 presidential campaigns; Congressional Republicans in the 1960s; the Vietnam War; a wide range of Defense Department procurement, planning, and policy issues, both regional and global; many …