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National Security Adviser WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM: FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON'S INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS 1974-77 Extent 0.8 linear feet (ca. 1,600 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Situation Room: Former President Nixon's Intelligence Briefings 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 . Soon after …
BRUCE S. WAGNER PAPERS, 1975-76 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Bruce Wagner came to Campaign ’76 Media Communications at the behest of Chairman Peter H. Dailey in November of 1975. On extended leave from Grey Advertising, Inc., the eighth largest advertising agency in the United States, the 32 year-old Wagner was charged with overseeing the staff and daily operations of the agency, a corporation specifically established to handle President Ford’s advertising for the 1976 …
GERALD L. WARREN AND MARGITA E. WHITE FILES, 1974-77 Extent 14.0 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Scope and Content Note This collection contains the working files of two directors of the White House Office of Communications, Gerald Warren and Margita White, concerning news media liaison and coordination of Federal Government public relations efforts. Discussed below under separate headings are the organization and functions of the White House Office of Communications, the scope and content of the Warren and …
White House Photographic Office Photographs, 1974-1977 Extent Approximately 323,600 images on ca. 14,000 contact sheets and ca. 293,600 negatives. Scope and Content Note The office provided still-photographic coverage of Gerald Ford's day-to-day activities as Vice President and President. David Kennerly, a photojournalist whom Ford met while Vice President, and four other photographers, shot approximately 290,000 photos of Mr. Ford and his staff and family. They took the photos in White House meeting …
ANDRE M. BUCKLES FILES, 1974-75 Extent 2.4 linear feet (ca. 4,800 pages) Scope and Content Note Andre Buckles, a former assistant general counsel of the United States Information Agency, began working for the Domestic Council as Staff Assistant for Housing and Community Affairs in May 1974. He was promoted to Assistant Director in October 1975 and left the administration in July 1976. During his tenure as Staff Assistant, Buckles reported directly to Tod Hullin, Associate Director. The Buckles papers do …
FRANK G. ZARB PAPERS, (1970) 1974-77 (1979) Extent 4.8 linear feet (ca. 9,600 pages) of textual material, 148 photographs, 2 audiotapes, and 6 framed cartoons Scope and Content Note Frank G. Zarb was appointed as administrator of the Federal Energy Administration by President Ford in December 1974. He replaced John Sawhill, who resigned in October 1974 after conflicts over his support of an increased gasoline tax and mandatory energy conservation measures. Zarb, then serving as executive director of the …
CLIFFORD ERICSON. SCRAPBOOK ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL, 1976 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 90 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2007 Copyright Hortense Klebe donated to the United States of America her copyrights in all of her 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 …
JEFFREY P. EVES and JOHN SHLAES FILES, 1974-77 Extent 12 linear feet (ca. 24,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Jeffrey P. Eves and his successor John B. Shlaes oversaw White House conferences and briefings organized by the Office of Public Liaison during the last portion of the Nixon administration and the entire Ford presidency. Eves also served as liaison with business special interest groups in 1974. The materials described here consist partly of correspondence and topical files from Eves' work with …
SIDNEY L. JONES PAPERS, (1954) 1969-1992 (1995) Extent 8.0 linear feet (ca. 16,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Sidney Jones started his career as a professor of finance at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. In 1969, Council of Economic Advisers chairman Paul McCracken (a former colleague on the Michigan faculty) recruited him to serve as a CEA senior economist and special assistant to the chairman. Over the next 23 years, Jones served as a Federal government official in a variety of …
FERNANDO DE BACA FILES, 1974-76 Extent 6.6 linear feet (ca. 13,200 pages) Scope and Content Note In July 1974, President Nixon appointed Fernando E. C. De Baca as Counsellor Anne Armstrong's Deputy for Hispanic Affairs, but De Baca did not arrive at the White House until the following September. He received the new title of Special Assistant to the President for Hispanic Affairs from President Ford and served under Armstrong in the newly-created Office of Hispanic Affairs (OHA) until her resignation in …
L. PATRICK DEVLIN INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS, 1976-77 Extent 0.1 linear feet (ca. 88 pages) Scope and Content Note L. Patrick Devlin interviewed political media specialists while researching presidential campaign commercials. In April 1976, he spoke with Bruce Wagner of the President Ford Committee (PFC). He also interviewed Tony Schwartz, an experienced Democratic media specialist, who was unaffiliated with a candidate at the time. The interviews proved to be timely: Wagner resigned the day before his …
AMERICA SINCE HOOVER: SELECTED DOCUMENTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES, 1929-80 Extent 3 linear feet (ca. 4,500 pages) and 14 cassette recordings. Record Type Textual Access Open. Copyright For copyright information on any given document, contact the presidential library which holds the original. Prepared: January 1992 Last Modified Date Wed, 03/05/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description Photostatic copies of memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, diary entries, oral …
ROBERT ANDERSON PAPERS, (1946) 1965-95 Extent 16.4 linear feet (approximately 32,800 pages) Scope and Content Note During his long career in the Foreign Service, Robert Anderson served in a succession of posts both overseas and in Washington, culminating in his work as Special Assistant for Press Relations to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and as U.S. Ambassador to three different countries. His papers cover mostly the public face of diplomacy - speeches, remarks, testimony, trips, and events. The …
RUSSELL H. ARMENTROUT FILES, (1973) 1974-77 Extent 30 linear feet (ca. 60,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The collection encompasses the Ford White House files of Social Entertainments Office directors Sanford L. Fox and his March 1975 successor, Russell H. Armentrout. Supervised by Maria Downs, Mrs. Ford’s Social Secretary, Fox and Armentrout oversaw two assistant chiefs (William T. Gemmell for calligraphy, and Janice M. Ingersoll for arrangements), one calligrapher/graphic designer (John J. Scarfone), …
PAUL A. THEIS PAPERS, (1949) 1960-1975 (1990) Extent 8.4 linear feet (ca.16,800 pages) Scope and Content Note The Paul A. Theis Papers are mainly a collection of materials accumulated during Theis’ 1960-74 tenure with the Republican National Congressional Committee where he served first as director of the radio-television division and subsequently as Director of the Division of Public Relations. Paul Theis served as Executive Editor in the White House Editorial Office from August, 1974 until January, 1976. …
WILLIAM E. TIMMONS FILES, 1969-74 Extent 9.2 linear feet (ca. 18,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The William E. Timmons Files consist of memoranda, correspondence, briefing papers, notes and reports on legislation compiled by Timmons and his assistant Powell Moore from August to December 1974, and Timmons' routine personal correspondence from 1969 to 1974. During the first five months of the Ford administration, Timmons continued to head the White House Congressional Relations Office, as he had done …
MYRON B. KUROPAS FILES, 1976-77 Extent 5.2 linear feet (ca. 10,400 pages) Scope and Content Note Myron B. Kuropas joined the White House staff in January 1976 as Special Assistant for Ethnic Affairs. This newly created position was assigned to the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and reported directly to William J. Baroody, Jr. Kuropas was responsible for White House liaison with leaders of major ethnic organizations, including fraternal, civic, religious and academic associations. He met with …
DAVID R. GERGEN FILES, 1974-77 Extent 12.4 linear feet (ca. 24,800 pages) Scope and Content Note David Gergen, a former Nixon speechwriter, as a speechwriter for Secretary of the Treasury, William Simon in December returned to the White House as special assistant to Ford's chief of staff, Richard Cheney, leaving his position in the Treasury Department 1975. His title was changed to Special Counsel to the President for Communications and until July 1976 his primary responsibility was drafting presidential …
WILLIAM GOROG FILES, 1975-76 Extent 3.8 linear feet (ca. 7,600 pages) Scope and Content Note William F. Gorog, a businessman and developer of the computerized legal research system, LEXIS, joined the Ford administration as deputy to L. William Seidman, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs in May 1975. In March 1976 his title was changed from Deputy Director for Domestic Economic Policy to Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. From November 1976 until the end of the …
MELVIN R. LAIRD PAPERS, (1941) 1953-2004 Extent 132 linear feet (ca. 264,000 pages), 224 microfilm cartridges, 7 microfilm reels, and 4 oversize volumes. Scope and Content Note Melvin R. Laird, Jr. was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in the town of Marshfield in central Wisconsin where his family moved when he was a year old. His family had deep roots in Wisconsin politics and business, with both of his parents and his maternal grandfather all holding elective office. After his father's death in …