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In 1975, as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution neared, people began planning a bevy of events to mark the occasion. One such event was the Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage. The plan was to have covered wagons embark from each state, travel along the well-known trails (Santa Fe Trail, Oregon Trail, Appalachian Trail, etc.) of their ancestors, and converge together at the…
Bicentennial Wagon Train Participants The collection documents the Asmus family’s participation on the Bicentennial Wagon Train, especially along the Santa Fe Trail. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Audiovisual Materials, 1975-1977. Subject File, 1975-1977. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List Collection Overview Scope and Content Note In 1975, as the Bicentennial of the American Revolution …
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Major Robert Barrett served in the United States Army before being appointed as Military Aide to President Gerald R. Ford in August 1974. When Ford left office following his loss in the 1976 presidential campaign, Barrett resigned his military commission to serve as a member of Ford's post-presidential transition team and then his Executive Assistant in his California office from 1977-1981. In…
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, speeches, schedules, and other material related to Robert Barrett's post-presidential activities on behalf of President Gerald R. Ford. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series "Humor and the Presidency" Symposium File, 1986. (Boxes 6-7, 0.8 linear feet) General Subject File, 1979-1988. (Boxes 1-4; 1.4 linear feet) Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Dedication File, 1981.(Boxes 4-5, 0.75 …
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Although not a member of Ford's congressional or White House staff, Benton L. Becker played an integral role in some of the most important events of Gerald Ford's career, including the investigation of Associate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Ford's confirmation as Vice President, the Nixon pardon, and the disposition of Nixon's papers.The Benton Becker Papers provide unique and…
Attorney, Adviser to the President The Benton Becker Papers are a fragmentary collection of materials created, received, or filed by Becker as an attorney and advisor to Gerald Ford. The papers uniquely document Becker's role in Ford's vice presidential confirmation hearings, the Nixon pardon, disposition of the Nixon papers, and the 1976 presidential campaign. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series General Subject File, 1973-1976. …
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Soon after President Lyndon Johnson appointed the members of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (the Warren Commission), they began hiring a staff to assist them. The Commissioners and Executive Director J. Lee Rankin recruited a mixture of both experienced attorneys and promising younger attorneys. One of the young attorneys was David W. Belin of Des…
Counsel to the Warren Commission, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Commission, Attorney, and Author Material concerning Belin’s work on the staffs of the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the Rockefeller Commission, investigating alleged intelligence community abuses of U.S. law. The collection also includes much on his unofficial role as a leading defender of the Warren Commission report against such critics as Mark Lane, G. Robert Blakey, and Oliver …
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Origin and Arrangement of the Burns PapersThe papers were created and accumulated by Dr. Burns while he was Counsellor to President Nixon, 1969 70, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, 1970 78, Distinguished Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-81 and 1985-87, and U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, 1981-85. Dr. Burns donated the papers to the Ford Library in 1981. The Library has retained…
Counsellor to President Nixon, 1969-70; Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, 1970-78; Ambassador to West Germany, 1981-85 The collection includes extensive files on U.S. domestic and international financial and monetary affairs, bank regulation and reform, administration of the Federal Reserve, and related issues. It also includes Dr. Burns' 1969-70 files from the Nixon White House on domestic and economic issues and 1981-85 files from his service as the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. …
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The heart of the WHCF is its Subject File. It contains information on nearly everything and everyone associated with the Ford administration. Sixty basic subject categories divide into over 1,000 subcategories using alphanumeric file codes, e.g. CO-Countries has a subcategory CO 75 Japan, and FI-Finance has a subcategory FI 4 Budget-Appropriations. Generally higher level materials are in yellow-labeled "Executive" folders, while samples of public opinion mail and similarly routine materials are in …
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President Richard Nixon appointed Howard H. "Bo" Callaway as Secretary of the Army in 1973, Callaway continued in that position into the Ford administration. Callaway, a Georgia businessman and Republican politician, had served as a civilian aide to previous Army Secretaries. During his tenure with the Army, his major accomplishment was to "sell" the concept of an all-volunteer army and…
Secretary of the Army, 1973-75; Chairman, President Ford Committee, 1975-76 The collection consists of small fragmentary series concerning Callaway's work as Secretary of the Army and chairman of the President Ford Committee (PFC), along with a large legal file concerning allegations of misconduct involving Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Much PFC material concerns Callaway's contacts with the Committee after his departure, but some memoranda, schedules, and a campaign plan date from his service as …
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Helen Mary Collins was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, December 1, 1935, and subsequently attended State Teachers Colleges in Lowell and Salem. She began her career as a secretary and, in 1961, joined Columbia Broadcasting Systems in New York City. By 1963 she had advanced to CBS production secretary in Los Angeles. From 1963 to 1971 she held various production positions in…
Television Coordinator, Office of the Press Secretary Collins provided day-to-day production support for Presidential television appearances, assisting Ford's television advisors Robert Mead and William Carruthers. The file is largely routine, but contains a few items on 1976 campaign media evaluations and strategy. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Photographs, 1974-76. Subject File, 1974-77. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed …
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Connor was one of several young assistants brought into the Ford White House by Assistant to the President for White House Operations Donald Rumsfeld. Originally detailed from the Atomic Energy Commission, Connor's first assignment was to review the presidential scheduling and advance operations. When Connor became Cabinet Secretary in January 1975, he continued to supervise the…
Staff Secretary and Secretary to the Cabinet; Staff Secretary's Office The Connor files document his responsibilities as Staff Secretary and Cabinet Secretary, especially White House administrative matters; the flow of presidential paperwork; and the planning, preparation and follow-up of Cabinet meetings. Connor's office oversaw the flow of paperwork to and from the president, and communicated presidential decisions and comments to the Cabinet and White House staff. His special expertise in energy policy …