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The President's Commission on Olympic Sports (PCOS), was created by Executive Order 11868 on June 19, 1975. According to its First Report to the President, it was formed "partly in response to the continuing conflicts among various organizations involved with amateur sports in this country and partly in response to declining performance by the United States in international competition such as…
President Gerald R. Ford created the commission in response to continuing conflicts among U.S. amateur sports organizations and declining performance by the U.S. in the Olympic games and other international competitions. There are extensive files on individual sports and related organizations, especially the Amateur Athletic Union, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the United States Olympic Committees. Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series …
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Dale Van Atta is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines nationwide, including Reader’s Digest where he was a contributing editor, as well as The New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Time, Harper’s, the Washingtonian, and many others. He is co-author, with Jack Anderson, of The New York Times best-selling biography…
Journalist Chronologically-arranged photocopies of selected Central Intelligence Agency Staff Notes, Weekly Reviews, and issues of the National Intelligence Daily and National Intelligence Bulletin; Department of State INR morning summaries, memos and memoranda of conversations; and Defense Intelligence Agency documents regarding intelligence issues and findings. Also included are National Security Council documents as well as an almost complete collection of National Security Decision Memoranda from 1969 …
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The Gordon Vander Till Papers consist of files from Gerald R. Ford's Grand Rapids office. Vander Till was the office director from 1969-74. The initial gift of papers was opened to research in May 1985. An accretion of papers was received and opened in February 1994.
The largest portion of these papers relates to Ford's…
Director of Gerald Ford's Grand Rapids Office, 1969-74 Materials relating to both an effort in 1960 to secure the Republican Vice Presidential nomination for Ford and Ford's 1970 and 1972 congressional election campaigns. Also included are records related to the 1968 Nixon campaign activities in Michigan. Among other materials are a few Jack Stiles White House files concerning the book, Portrait of the Assassin, President Ford's papers, a pro-Ford song, and an audio recording of a television program …
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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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The Sheila Weidenfeld files consist of memoranda, correspondence, briefing papers, agenda, notes, newsclippings, press releases and sundry background material compiled by Weidenfeld and her assistant, Patti Matson, during her tenure as press secretary to the First Lady from November 1974 to January 1977. First Lady Pat Nixon's press secretary, Helen M. Smith, briefly…
Press Secretary to the First Lady, Office of the First Lady Material compiled by Weidenfeld and the East Wing Press Office staff documenting Mrs. Ford's activities and the press office operation. Included are files concerning daily events, trips, plans for head of state visits, Mrs. Ford's campaign involvement and activities and background on the Ford children. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Administrative Subject File, (1969-73) …
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The White House Press Release Collection contains both the press releases published and distributed by the White House Press Release Unit and most of the press releases issued informally by the Press Secretary's office. The collection originally included only press releases distributed by the Press Release Unit, but a partial set of press releases collected by the National Archives have…
… A chronological set of press releases issued by either the White House Press Release Unit or the Press Secretary's office covering all aspects of the …
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RELATED MATERIALS (December 2012)Individual staff office files document the activities of the First Lady’s staff. These include the files of: Russell Armentrout, Maria Downs, Elizabeth O’Neill, Susan Porter, Frances Pullen, and Sheila Weidenfeld. The Library also holds the personal papers of Betty Ford, Maria Downs, Peter Sorum, and Sheila Weidenfeld (unprocessed).The White House Social Office…
Permanent Operating Offices This collection consists primarily of correspondence with the general public by First Lady Betty Ford's East Wing staff. The material concerns views on public issues, expressions of support or criticism, holiday greetings, invitations, schedule requests, and plans, assistance requests and offers, and other matters. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters …
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Although the frequency varied, the senior White House staff met about three times weekly, usually for 30 minutes, during the Ford Administration. The meetings were informal, with no agendas apparently prepared and no formal minutes recorded, and could include office principals or their "alternates."
To make documentation…
Photostatic copies of notes taken by White House staff members during senior staff meetings. Ford Library staff assembled these documents from several individual collections at the Library. The notes are arranged chronologically, and a folder of background material begins the collection. Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note Although the …
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Ford Congressional Papers main page Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Bills and Voting Record File, 1949-73. Ford Bills, 1949-73. Ford Resolutions, 1949-73. Ford Voting Record, 1949-73. Legislation Rosters, 1949-73. Reference Materials, 1951-73. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Details Record Type Textual Last Modified Date 2024-03-07 Collection Type Personal Papers Series List Bills and Voting …
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Transcripts, audio and video recordings for oral histories conducted by staff members of the Ford Library with Ford administration officials, White House staff members, journalists, and others. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Oral History Interview Audio and Video Recordings, 1981-2009. Oral History Interview Transcripts, 1981-2009. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope …