Permanent Operating Offices

This collection consists primarily of outgoing correspondence with the general public by First Lady Betty Ford, her children, and her 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. The collection is arranged alphabetically by child's name, thereunder alphabetically by name of correspondent or category. A container list is unavailable.

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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 maintained several other central filing systems. See collections beginning with “White House Social Office”.

Extent

24 linear feet (ca. 48,000 pages)

Record Type
Textual
Donor

Gerald R. Ford (77-NLF-113)

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White House Office Files
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Permanent Operating Offices
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Some folders are open to research, while others are open upon request. Researchers should consult with an archivist prior to their visit in order to request that specific folders be added to the Library's review-for-access queue. Even after the completion of this review some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

Copyright

Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

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Prepared by J.P. Schmidt, December 2012