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H. JAMES FIELD, JR. FILES, 1976 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note H. James Field, Jr., joined the White House staff in February 1976 as Associate Director of the Presidential Personnel Office, filling human resources, housing and transportation positions. In July 1976 he was appointed Staff Assistant to Richard B. Cheney, whom he had previously assisted at the Cost of Living Council. In this position, Field, a former Republican State Chairman of Rhode Island, drafted replies …
National Security Adviser KISSINGER REPORTS ON USSR, CHINA AND MIDDLE EAST DISCUSSIONS, 1974-76 Extent 2.0 linear feet (ca. 4,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The Kissinger Reports on USSR, China, and Middle East Discussions 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 . This subcollection consists of ribbon …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. KISSINGER-SCOWCROFT WEST WING OFFICE FILES, 1969-77 Extent 18.4 linear feet (ca. 36,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Kissinger-Scowcroft West Wing Office Files is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. These files were maintained in the National Security Adviser's West Wing Office or in offices by the Situation Room in the White House basement. They were kept available for ready access because they contained sensitive, high level …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. INFORMATION LIAISON WITH COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES FILES, 1975-76 Extent 16.4 linear feet (ca. 32,800 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Only a portion of this collection has been processed and opened to research. The rest of the collection is still unprocessed and closed. In the processed portions, some items are 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 …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL FILES OF NSC LOGGED DOCUMENTS: SELECT DOCUMENTS ARRANGED BY LOG NUMBER, 1974-77 Extent 25.8 linear feet (ca. 51,600 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Only a portion of this collection has been processed and opened to research. The rest of the collection is still unprocessed and closed. In the processed portions, some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL COUNTRY FILES FOR EUROPE AND CANADA, 1974-77 Extent 8.8 linear feet (ca. 17,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Country Files for Europe and Canada is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The Presidential Country Files described here concern U.S. relations with European countries and Canada, and address regional issues as well as issues specific to individual countries. Materials in the first several folders …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION FILE, 1974 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Presidential Transition File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. On August 7, 1974, after having been informed by Alexander Haig that Richard Nixon's decision to resign the office of the presidency was near, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger began preparing for the transition from the Nixon to Ford administrations. While maintaining a …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR. NSC VIETNAM INFORMATION GROUP: INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER REPORTS, 1967-75 Extent 4.8 linear feet (ca. 12,900 pages) Scope and Content Note The NSC Vietnam Information Group: Intelligence and Other Reports is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The Vietnam Information Group consisted of NSC staff members responsible for monitoring cable traffic from other agencies reporting on events in South and North Vietnam. It appears that the staff began …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FILE, 1974-77 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The NSC Meetings File is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A . The National Security Council was created in 1947 in response to the increased complexity of national security issues in the post-World War II period and the …
National Security Adviser Extent 0.5 linear feet (ca. 600 pages) Scope and Content Note The National Security Decision Memoranda and National Security Study Memoranda is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A . The National Security Council (NSC) had dual functions during the Ford administration. Under the direction of the Assistant to the President for National …
National Security Adviser. Presidential Briefing Material for VIP Visits, 1974-1976 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Presidential Briefing Material for VIP Visits 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 . This collection contains materials relating to over 50 official visits …
AGNES M. WALDRON FILES, 1976-77 Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca. 16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 first three series …
SHEILA R. WEIDENFELD FILES, (1924) 1974-77 Extent 26.4 linear feet (ca. 52,800 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 served in that capacity for Mrs. …
WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES, 1974-77 Extent 22.8 linear feet (ca. 45,600 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 been interfiled. …
WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL FILES: BULK MAIL FILES, 1974-76 Extent 124.6 linear feet (ca. 249,200 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 HOUSE SOCIAL OFFICE EAST WING STAFF FILES, 1974-76 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 …
National Security Adviser WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM EVENING REPORTS FROM THE NSC STAFF June 1976-January 1977 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note 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, …
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM NOON AND EVENING NOTES, MAY 1975-JANUARY 1977 Extent 4.2 linear feet (ca. 8,400 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 …
White House Photographic Office: Files, 1974-1977 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 …
FOSTER CHANOCK FILES, 1975-76 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Foster Chanock joined the White House staff as a consultant on October 14, 1975 and handled special projects for White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, including the preparation of background materials for Mr. Rumsfeld's confirmation hearings as Secretary of Defense. Virtually no materials from this period appear in this collection. After Richard Cheney became Assistant to the President for White House …