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This file consists almost entirely of the reading copies of President Ford's 1,051 public messages. They are arranged chronologically. Related and supporting materials appear occasionally and include preliminary drafts and, less frequently, background material.In addition to speeches there are veto messages, legislative messages to Congress, statements accompanying bill signing,…
Office of Editorial Staff Reading copies, usually on cards and often annotated by President Ford, of over one thousand speeches, veto messages press conference statements and other prepared remarks. Supporting material (background and drafts) appear in only a few folders. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Reading Copies of Speeches, 1974-77. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview …
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The files of James Reichley cover the period May-October 1976 when he served as a political consultant for White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney.A journalist with practical experience in the political arena, Reichley assisted Cheney with President Ford's primary and general election campaigns. His broad responsibility was to consider long range goals and policies, and to generate new…
Consultant, White House Staff, White House Operations Office The materials document Reichley's work on the 1976 presidential campaign, including general campaign strategy, development of long-range goals and policies, the presidential debates, and statements of President Ford's position on specific issues. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Subject File, 1976. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List …
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Kathleen Ryan joined the Domestic Council staff in April 1975 as Assistant Director for General Government under Associate Director Glenn Schleede. General Government included energy and science, culture and consumer affairs. Ryan emphasized the latter two and, in early 1976, her title was changed to Assistant Director for Consumer and Cultural Affairs to more accurately reflect her…
Assistant Director for Consumer and Cultural Affairs, Domestic Council Ryan's chronological file (April 1975 - March 1976) of carbon copies of outgoing letters, memoranda and other documents on her work on consumer and cultural affairs. The bulk of her files were dispersed to other Domestic Council staff members upon her departure from the White House. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Chronological Series, 1975-76. Filter Folders by …
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Political historians, Edward and Frederick Schapsmeier, have co-authored several works on politicians of the twentieth century including books on Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen, journalist Walter Lippman, and Vice-President Henry Wallace. In 1987 they drafted a biography of President Ford and submitted it to him for comments and corrections. President Ford made several emendations in pencil.…
Biographers of Gerald R. Ford A draft of Edward and Frederick Schapsmeier’s book, Gerald R. Ford’s Date With Destiny: A Political Biography (New York: Peter Lang, 1989), with handwritten annotations by President Ford. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Edward L. and Frederick H. Schapsmeier, Gerald R. Ford’s Date With Destiny: A Political Biography. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection …
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The Edward C. Schmults files, 1974-77, include materials created or received by Schmults and his two predecessors, Philip E. Areeda and Roderick M. Hills.Schmults had the title Deputy Counsel to the President while Areeda and Hills were Counsel to the President. The three had virtually the same duties and responsibilities and served successively as the primary assistant to Philip Buchen, head of…
Deputy Counsel to the President; Co-Chair, Domestic Council Review Group on Regulatory Reform, Office of Counsel to the President Materials concerning advice given to President Ford and White House staff members on a variety of domestic and foreign policy issues involving legal questions, constitutional or statutory powers of the President, conflict of interest rules, standards of conduct, and political restrictions. Also files concerning the Domestic Council Review Group on Regulatory Reform. The …
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This collection contains letters, memoranda, published articles and drafts, clippings, publications, planning calendars, and press releases compiled by Frederic Slight during his service as staff assistant to Counsellor to the President Anne Armstrong and as a special assistant in the Office of Communications. The files contain very few documents from the period Slight served in the Office of…
Deputy Special Assistant to the President, Press Secretary's Office; and Assistant to Counsellor to the President Anne L. Armstrong This collection contains material prepared or compiled by Slight documenting his work assisting Counsellor to the President Anne Armstrong and in communications office activities. There are extensive materials related to Spanish speaking Americans and White House communications. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All …
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The Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto Rico was established by charter on September 20, 1973, and membership was announced jointly by President Richard Nixon and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Governor Hernandez Colon on September 27, 1973. The Ad Hoc Group was responsible for determining extent of the applicability of federal laws and regulations to Puerto Rico, in light of its commonwealth status. It…
These are Federal records, part of National Archives Record Group 220, Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards. The records contain the charter, meeting minutes, position papers, and drafts and finished version of the final report submitted on October 1, 1975. Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series General Correspondence File, October 1973 – October 1975. Public Record of Deliberations, September 1973 – October 1975. Subject Correspondence File, …
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President Gerald R. Ford created the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States on January 4, 1975. He directed the Commission to determine whether or not any domestic CIA activities exceeded the Agency's statutory authority and to make appropriate recommendations. He appointed Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller chairman of the Commission. (The Commission is often referred to as the…
The U.S. President's Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States (also known as the Rockefeller Commission) was charged with investigating allegations of improper CIA activities within U.S. borders. The files consist of documents created by the Commission in the course of its work (correspondence, testimony, report drafts, etc.), as well as historical documents and exhibit items collected during its investigation. The portions of the file which are available for research (2.5 cubic feet) deal …
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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…
Deputy Press Secretary; Director of Communications Office Press clippings, interview and press briefing transcripts, speech texts, press releases, and briefing books used by the White House Communications Office, as well as subject files of newspaper articles on the post-presidency of Richard Nixon and on Congress' investigation in 1975 of Northrop Corporation's foreign arms sales. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Subject File - Ford, …
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Birge S. Watkins, a 1971 graduate of Alma College, began working for L. William Seidman in 1972 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1974, he volunteered to aid Seidman with the Economic Summit and was then appointed to Seidman's office as staff assistant for scheduling.As staff assistant, Watkins drafted replies to requests for appointments, appearances and White House tours. He also drafted…
Staff Assistant, Office of Economic Affairs Routine scheduling correspondence and other letters drafted for L. William Seidman's signature, Seidman schedules, reference files of press releases and similar nearprint material, and material on office procedures. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Chronological File, 1974-77. Conference File, 1975-76. Seidman Schedules, 1974-77. Subject File, 1974-77. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed …