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United States-China Business Council Records, (1973) 1979‑1982 (1984) Accretion Extent 83.5 linear feet (ca. 167,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The initial accession of Council records documents the formation of the Council and its role in establishing trade relations with China, 1973‑78. An overview of the Council's formation, programs, and services is given in the finding aid to those records. This accretion documents the ongoing activities of the Council during the eventful years from 1979‑82. On …
George Humphreys Files, 1975-1977 Extent 11.6 linear feet (ca. 23,200 pages) Scope and Content Note George Humphreys joined the Domestic Council as associate director for environment in August 1975 and served in that post until the end of the Ford administration. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Humphreys held posts as Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and President and Director of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation …
Kenneth Rush Files, 1974 Extent 0.25 linear feet (ca. 500 pages) Scope and Content Note As Counsellor for Economic Policy to President Nixon, a position of Cabinet rank, Rush became the President's "primary adviser for and the coordinator of foreign and domestic economic policy". He was often called upon to mediate disputes between other presidential economic advisers, particularly Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon and Office of Management and Budget Director Roy L. Ash. His responsibilities …
A. James Reichley Interview Transcripts, (1967) 1977-1981 Extent 1.0 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The James Reichley interview transcripts result from his interviews with over 160 government officials in conjunction with the writing of his book Conservatives in an Age of Change: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (Brookings Institution, 1981). They focus primarily on the personalities, philosophies, and issues of the Nixon and Ford administrations, although one series concerns the …
John W. "Bill" Roberts Papers, 1973-1977 Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pp.) Scope and Content Note John W. "Bill" Roberts's background was in radio and television news reporting. He was a newscaster for radio and television stations in Iowa and then Washington bureau chief for stations owned by Time, Inc. and McGraw-Hill. When McGraw-Hill closed its Washington bureau, Roberts joined Vice President Ford's staff. As Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President, Roberts assisted in planning media …
Robert L. Peabody Research Interview Notes, 1964-1967 Extent 0.6 linear feet (ca. 1200 pages) Scope and Content Note Soon after suffering severe losses in the 1964 elections, Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives began discussing organizational and leadership changes. As a political scientist specializing in the study of Congress, Professor Robert Peabody of Johns Hopkins University became interested in studying these potential changes. Beginning in late December 1964, Peabody conducted …
President Ford Committee Records, (1968, 1971-1974) 1975-1977 Extent 401.7 linear feet Scope and Content Note INTRODUCTION The President Ford Committee Records partially document the election committee's activities on behalf of the President from the organization's creation in July 1975 until Committee staff filed final reports with the Federal Election Commission in 1978. The following sections briefly outline new regulations affecting the 1976 campaign for president, the history and organization of the …
Frances Kaye Pullen Files, 1974-1977 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Frances Kaye Pullen (usually know as Kaye) joined the White House staff as a speechwriter for President Ford in the Editorial Staff Office in November 1974. One year later she informally began assisting with Mrs. Ford's speech preparation and transferred to the First Lady's staff in February 1976. Pullen remained on the First Lady's staff as her speechwriter, reporting directly to Sheila Weidenfeld, Mrs. …
White House Press Releases, 1974-1977 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 …
White House Senior Staff Meeting Notes Files, 1974-1977 Extent 2.5 linear feet (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note 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 of these meetings more accessible, archivists searched the …
White House Social Files: Bulk Mail Files, 1974-1976 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, 1974-1976 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 …
Paul W. McCracken Files, 1974 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note In September and October 1974, Paul W. McCracken served a three-week appointment as consultant to Kenneth Rush, Counsellor to the President for Economic Policy. Rush was also Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Conference on Inflation, formed jointly from the executive and congressional branches. L. William Seidman was executive director of the Conference on Inflation and became the Assistant to the …
Paul J. Myer Files, 1974-1976 Extent 6 linear feet (ca. 12,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Myer, former administrative assistant to U.S. Congressman Herman Badillo, began working for the Domestic Council on August 1, 1975, was promoted to Assistant Director on November 23, 1975, and then to Associate Director on September 30, 1976. Myer was part of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, headed by Stephen G. McConahey. Myer's area of responsibility was almost entirely in General Revenue Sharing, …
Rogers C.B. Morton Files, 1975-1976 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note When Rogers Morton was appointed as Counsellor to the President on February 2, 1976, the White House stated that he would serve as Counsellor to the President with Cabinet rank responsible for providing advice on domestic and economic issues; member of the Economic Policy Board, Energy Resources Council, and Domestic Council; and principal White House liaison with the President Ford Committee (PFC) and the …
Agnes M. Waldron Files, 1976-1977 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 …
Shelia R. Weidenfeld Files, (1924) 1974-1977 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 …
David Macdonald Papers, 1973-1978 Extent 12.3 linear feet (ca. 24,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The Macdonald papers partially document his work in the Department of the Treasury between April 1974 and September 1976 and his subsequent brief tenure with the Department of the Navy until the end of the Ford administration. The primary focus is on foreign trade and tariff matters and federal law enforcement activities, although the collection includes information on a number of other issues. Described …
Saint Vincent College U.S.S. Monterey Collection: Collected Items, 1943-1997 Extent Less than 1 linear foot (ca. 75 pages) Scope and Content Note . Record Type Textual Access Open for research. Processed by Nancy Mirshah, June, 1998 Copyright The copyrights to Mr. Priolette’s diary presumably remain with him. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Last Modified Date Wed, 12/17/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description …
President Ford Committee Records: Campaign Commercials Videotapes Scope and Content Note President Ford Committee Records: Campaign Commercials Videotapes Record Type Videos Last Modified Date Fri, 12/19/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Legacy Finding Aid (PDF) PFCcommercials.pdf Alphabetical order title President Ford Committee Records: Campaign Commercials Videotapes Digitized Status Non …