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CHARLES J. ORLEBEKE PAPERS, 1975-77 Extent 9.3 linear feet (ca. 18,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Charles J. Orlebeke was nominated by President Gerald R. Ford to the position of Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on July 24, 1975. In this position Orlebeke spearheaded programs of research, studies, testing, and demonstrations concerned with improving the nation’s communities. Research topics included: testing the feasibility …
WILLIAM T. KENDALL FILES, (1971) 1974-77 Extent 6.6 linear feet (ca. 13,200 pages) Scope and Content Note William T. Kendall came to the White House in February 1975 directly from the staff of Senator Charles Mathias, Jr. He was appointed deputy assistant for legislative affairs (Senate) and reported to Max L. Friedersdorf, head of the Congressional Relations Office. His predecessor, Tom C. Korologos, had served President Nixon since 1971 and remained on President Ford's staff from August through December …
CHARLES GOODELL PAPERS, 1973-77 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Charles Goodell first reached prominence as a Republican U.S. Representative, Senator, and Vietnam War critic from the state of New York between 1959 and 1971. None of his papers from that phase of his career are included in his Ford Library collection, however. Goodell donated his congressional papers to the New York Public Library in 1974. Of the Goodell papers at the Ford Library, approximately two-thirds …
GRAND RAPIDS SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS, 1927-31 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The collection includes multiple copies of the student yearbooks, The Pioneer, dating from 1927 to 1931, when Gerald R. Ford, Jr. was a student at the school (the building contained both a middle school and a high school so he was there for six years). He appears in each of the yearbooks. Also included are many scattered issues of the student literary magazine, also entitled The Pioneer, …
DAVID LISSY FILES, 1974-77 Extent 18.8 linear feet (ca. 37,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Lissy joined the Domestic Council in September 1975 as Associate Director where he assumed Roger Semerad's responsibilities for labor, veterans and education issues, along with his active files. In this capacity, he monitored legislation in the Congress, drafted presidential statements, and prepared briefing papers and memoranda for the President and Domestic Council staff. Lissy worked closely with the Departments …
HOWARD H. "BO" CALLAWAY PAPERS, (1979) 1972-77 Extent 1.9 linear feet (ca. 3,800 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 then …
HELEN M. COLLINS FILES, 1974-77 Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 California. In July 1971 she joined the …
JAMES E. CONNOR FILES, 1974-77 Extent 22.6 linear feet (ca. 45,200 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 Scheduling and Advance Office …
U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FILES, [1947-74] 1975 Extent 41 cubic feet (ca. 82,000 pp.) Scope and Content Note 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. …
REYNALDO P. MADURO FILES, 1976 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Reynaldo Maduro served as Deputy Special Assistant for Hispanic Affairs in the final months of the Ford Administration, providing a liaison with the Cuban and Puerto Rican communities during the campaign. The Maduro files, which date almost exclusively from September and October 1976, document Maduro's liaison work with the Hispanic Community, particularly his efforts to set up meetings between President Ford and …
JOHN MARSH FILES, 1974-77 Extent 50.2 linear feet (ca. 100,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John O. "Jack" Marsh served in Congress with Gerald Ford from 1963 to 1971. Although a Democrat, his conservative political philosophy led President Richard Nixon to appoint him Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in 1972. He later joined Vice President Ford's staff as an advisor on defense and foreign affairs matters. When Gerald Ford became President in August 1974, he appointed Marsh as a …
ROBIN B. MARTIN PAPERS, (1969, 1973) 1974 - 1976 Extent 3.9 linear feet (ca. 7,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Robin B. Martin came to work for Vice President Ford in February 1974, from his position as Executive Vice President of Regional Broadcasters Group. He served as a Staff Assistant in the Vice Presidential Advance Office until August 1974, when he was appointed to a similar position in the White House Advance Office, reporting directly to Advance Office Director Byron M. (Red) Cavaney. Mr. Martin …
STEPHEN G. McCONAHEY FILES, 1975-77 Extent 16.8 linear feet (ca. 33,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Stephen McConahey joined the White House staff on September 7, 1975 as the Domestic Council's Associate Director for Transportation. He later was named Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs on January 28, 1976, inheriting the responsibilities of Associate Director James H. Falk, who had resigned at the end of 1975. The McConahey files consist of materials accumulated by him …
DAVID MEEKER PAPERS, 1971-1984 Extent 9.6 linear feet (ca. 19,200 pages) Scope and Content Note David O. Meeker had a long career in public service for both the city of Indianapolis, Indiana and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In Indianapolis, Meeker served several positions: Acting Director and Director of the Department of Metropolitan Development, Director of the Indianapolis Model Cities Program; member of the Mayor’s Task Forces on Housing and Relocation, Model Cities, Black …
PAUL A. MILTICH PAPERS, (1972) 1973-1977 Extent 3.6 linear feet (ca. 7200 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Miltich became press secretary to House Minority Leader Gerald Ford in 1966 and continued in that role through the remainder of the congressional years and the Ford vice presidency. When Mr. Ford became President in August 1974, he appointed Jerald terHorst as his press secretary and named Miltich as an assistant press secretary (his title also appears as Special Assistant to the President for …
EDWARD L. SCHAPSMEIER AND FREDERICK H. SCHAPSMEIER MANUSCRIPT DRAFT, 1987 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 700 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 …
ALEXANDER M. SCHMIDT PAPERS, 1967-90 Extent 48.1 linear feet (approximately 85,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Dr. Alexander M. Schmidt began his career in medicine at the University of Utah College of Medicine, where he held several academic positions. He first entered government service in 1967 as Chief of the Education and Training Branch in the Regional Medical Programs (RMP) at the National Institutes of Health. The RMP, created during the Johnson Administration as a "Great Society" project, …
EDWARD SCHMULTS FILES, 1974-77 Extent 15.6 linear feet (ca. 31,200 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 the Counsel's …
FREDERIC W. SLIGHT FILES, (1969-73) 1974-77 Extent 9.7 linear feet (approximately 19,400 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 …
CHARLES T. MILLER Captain, SS Mayaguez: Telegrams , April-June 1975 Extent 0.035 linear feet (ca. 75 pages) Scope and Content Note Related Materials (January 2012) Related materials documenting the U.S. government response to the seizure of the Mayaguez appear in the White House Central Files Subject File category ND-18/CO-26 (Wars/Cambodia) as well as several National Security Adviser subcollections, including the Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific, NSC East Asian and Pacific Affairs …