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The White House Social Files contain materials that relate to the activities of First Lady Betty Ford and her staff. They were maintained in a designated filing scheme under the supervision of the Chief of Files and the White House Central Files staff. Included was over 500 cubic feet of mail addressed to Mrs. Ford, or both President and Mrs. Ford, from the general public that became the White…
Permanent Operating Offices Mail from the general public sent to First Lady Betty Ford, or to both President and Mrs. Ford, on a variety of topics. It includes public opinion mail related to Betty Ford's 60 Minutes interview, her breast cancer surgery, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), the Nixon pardon, and Mrs. Ford's prayer for Dr. Maurice Sage. It also includes holiday and occasion cards addressed to the Fords and requests for greetings for special occasions. View in NARA catalog Series Description and …
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The White House Situation Room: Evening Reports from the NSC Staff 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.
Beginning on June 11, 1976, the National Security…
Daily reports from each section of the National Security Council staff summarizing important foreign affairs/national security developments, afternoon summaries produced by the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and the Evening Notes compiled by White House Situation Room duty officers. The Situation Room collected these reports and forwarded them to National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. They cover most major world events from the last seven months of the Ford administration, …
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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. The National Security Council created the White House Situation Room in May 1961 to monitor the world situation and provide alerts and reports. Although referred to as a “Situation Room,” it was actually a suite of rooms including a conference room…
Situation Room duty officers produced frequent memoranda summarizing the latest international developments for National Security Adviser Kissinger or Scowcroft. The memoranda were based on cable traffic, intelligence reports, and news media stories. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Noon and Evening Notes, May 1975-January 1977. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and …
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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…
This collection contains extensive materials collected by Gerald Ford, his family, and his staff. It contains newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, invitations and programs, certificates, correspondence, and other memorabilia. The Scrapbooks date from Ford's high school years through his public life to a few months following his death. Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Loose Scrapbook Material, 1931-2007. Scrapbooks, 1929-79. Filter Folders by …
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Anne Armstrong was named Counsellor to the President with Cabinet rank by Richard Nixon in 1973, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She remained as Counsellor when Ford took office, providing assistance in established areas of responsibility as well as assuming new roles in the Ford White House. She resigned in December, 1974 because of…
Counsellor to the President Fragmentary office files of speeches and memoranda of Armstrong and her administrative assistant Beth Gordon, August-December 1974; and routine personal correspondence, 1973-74. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Office Files, Aug.-Dec. 1974. Personal Correspondence, 1973-74. Photographs, 1973-74. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content …
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John W. Barnum began his career in public service as the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Transportation in July of 1971. During his tenure he provided legal advice and counsel to the Secretary of Transportation on a multitude of initiatives within the Department. Barnum’s time as the General Counsel culminated in his nomination as Undersecretary of Transportation, a position he assumed…
General Counsel, Undersecretary, and Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation This collection contains extensive materials related to domestic and international transportation issues, on such topics as railroad reorganization conducted through the United States Railway Association, National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) and Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail) structuring, the Northeast Rail Crisis, highway legislation, no-fault vehicle insurance, Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Civil …
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Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander began working on the Domestic Council as Staff Assistant to Associate Director and Counsel Richard Parsons in March 1976 and continued in that post until the end of the Ford Administration. Appointed as an assistant in the general areas of justice, civil rights, and drugs, Bennett-Alexander's duties were greatly augmented with Kathleen Ryan's resignation in April…
Assistant to the General Counsel; Assistant Director for Justice, Civil Rights, Drugs, Consumer Affairs, Domestic Council Extensive files on consumer protection issues and proposals. Fragmentary files on illegal aliens, privacy and other criminal and civil law issues. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Consumer Files, 1974-76. General Subject File, 1975-76. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List …
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During the Ford administration the primary mission of the White House Photographic Office was to supply all the photographic needs of the President, the Vice‑President, and the White House staff, especially the Press Secretary. Oliver Atkins headed the Office until his December 1, 1974 resignation; immediately upon his departure David Kennerly, the President's personal photographer and…
Collection Finding Aid and Links to Digital Files The bulk of the materials are routine requests for photographs, slides, and other photo related services; administrative concerns of budget, workload, office policy, staffing, facilities, and equipment are also documented. Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Box 1: Administrative Files, 1974‑76. (0.4 linear feet) Boxes 2‑4: Requests for Photographs, 1974‑75. (1.2 linear feet) Filter Folders by Status Open …
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One of President Ford’s initial acts after taking his oath of office, on August 9, 1974, was to name longtime friend and former law partner, Philip W. Buchen, chief White House Counsel. Ford elevated this position to Cabinet status one month later. As Counsel to the President, Buchen provided legal advice to the President and the White House staff, supervised…
Personal Friend of Gerald Ford Speeches, clippings, correspondence, souvenirs and other material on both social and official matters. Also includes desk calendars and sporadic diary notes of Mrs. Buchen. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Audiovisual Materials, 1962-1992. Correspondence File, 1974-1989. Speech File, 1974-1980. Subject File, (1962) 1973-1992. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List …
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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…
COLLECTION FINDING AID Ford's campaigns, voting record, bill sponsorship, speeches, newsletters, and press releases are documented, 1948-73. Ford's work on House committees to 1965, and as Minority Leader thereafter, is thinly documented with the exception of his membership on the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (Warren Commission). The Ford office routinely destroyed many non-current files until 1964, when the University of Michigan approached Ford about the archival …