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ROBERT GOLDWIN PAPERS, 1973-78 Extent 12 linear feet (ca. 24,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Robert Goldwin, a former professor of political science and director of public affairs conferences at the University of Chicago and Kenyon College, served in the White House as Special Consultant to the President. Before assuming that position, Goldwin was an assistant to Donald Rumsfeld, Ambassador to NATO. When Rumsfeld took over from Alexander Haig as Ford's chief of staff, Goldwin assisted him at the White …
GRAND RAPIDS ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION Extent 0.1 linear feet (ca. 200 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William McNitt, May 1996 Copyright The interviewees have donated to the United States of America their copyrights in the interviews. Last Modified Date Thu, 03/06/2025 - 12:00 Content Available Online No Summary Description Seven people who knew Gerald Ford as a young man discuss their acquaintanceships, Grand Rapids politics in the 1930's and 1940's, and Ford's 1948 congressional …
PAUL LEACH FILES, 1974-76 Extent 16.0 linear feet (ca. 32,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Leach was a lawyer, with a M.B.A. from Stanford University, who came to the Domestic Council from a private investment banking firm in Chicago. Paul Leach was appointed to the Domestic Council as Associate Director for Agriculture, Economic Development, and Commerce during the reorganization of the Council in May 1975. The position that Leach assumed was created following the resignation of Norman E. Ross, who …
EDWARD H. LEVI SCRAPBOOKS AND SPEECHES, 1975-77 Extent 16 Volumes Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by William McNitt, May 1996 Copyright Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Last Modified Date Thu, 03/06/2025 - 12:00 Biography Edward H. Levi June 26, 1911 - Born, Chicago, IL 1932 - Ph.B., University of Chicago 1935 - …
PATRICIA LINDH PAPERS, (1970) 1974-76 Extent 0.3 linear feet (ca. 600 pages) Scope and Content Note Patricia S. Lindh served as Special Assistant to the President for Women during the administration of Gerald Ford. Lindh’s work in the federal government began in 1974 under the direction of Anne Armstrong, Counsellor to Richard Nixon, and continued after her appointment by President Ford in December 1974. In both administrations Lindh was responsible for liaison with women’s organizations and overseeing the …
JOHN T. CALKINS FILES, 1975-76 Extent 1.6 linear feet (ca. 3,200 pages) Scope and Content Note The John T. Calkins Files consist primarily of correspondence prepared by him during his one year tenure as executive assistant to presidential counsellor Robert T. Hartmann. The files document his numerous contacts with local, state, and national Republican Party officials and members of the general public. The files are arranged as subject and general correspondence series. Calkins, formerly executive director …
JAMES M. CANNON RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND NOTES, 1989-94 Extent 1.2 linear feet (ca. 2,400 pages) and 120 audiocassettes Scope and Content Note James M. Cannon, who worked for many years as a journalist and aide to Nelson Rockefeller, joined the Ford White House staff as Executive Director of the Domestic Council in February 1975 and served until the end of the Ford administration. Many years later he approached President Ford with a plan to write a book about the President’s life and career. That project …
JOHN G. CARLSON FILES, 1972-77 Extent 4.2 linear feet (ca. 8,400 pages) Scope and Content Note John Carlson served in the White House Press Office during the last two years of the Nixon administration and then was carried over by the Ford administration as assistant press secretary for domestic affairs. In this post his major responsibilities were preparing Press Secretary Ron Nessen for his daily press briefings and answering press queries on domestic matters. Additional responsibilities included …
BYRON M. "RED" CAVANEY FILES, (1969-73) 1974-77 Extent 77 linear feet (ca. 142,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The White House Advance Office was tasked with visiting foreign and domestic sites a few weeks before scheduled Presidential trips in order to plan and coordinate logistical matters. These responsibilities encompassed creating the Air Force One manifest, designating hotel room and banquet seating assignments, diagramming site locations, organizing and vetting proposed schedules through protocol …
COMPOSITE GENERAL ACCESSIONS, 1902-2013 Extent 5.8 linear feet (ca. 10,000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. At any point in time, some recently received items not described in this finding aid may be temporarily unavailable pending archival processing. Processed by Sandra Raub, August 1982; revised by Helmi Raaska, July 1996; revised by William McNitt, July 2002; revised by Hannah Brookhart, December 2014 Copyright Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are …
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS SUMMARIES, 1974-77 Extent 14 linear feet (ca. 28,000 pages) Record Type Textual Access Open. Processed by Leesa E. Tobin, March 1982 Copyright Gerald Ford has 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 …
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. MILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. DIRECTORATE OF CEREMONIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS: PHOTOCOPIES OF SELECTED RECORDS REGARDING PRESIDENT KENNEDY, 1963-77 Extent 1.4 linear feet (ca. 2,800 pages) Scope and Content Note In 1983 the Gerald R. Ford Library accessioned the records of the Department of the Army, Military District of Washington, Directorate of Ceremonies and Special Events (part of Record Group 338). The collection contained case files on inaugurations, head of state …
JOHN E. REINHARDT PAPERS Extent 8.6 linear feet (ca. 17,200 pages) Scope and Content Note John E. Reinhardt was a career diplomat who joined the United States Information Agency (USIA) in 1957 as a Foreign Service Officer, one of the first African-Americans to join the diplomatic service during that era. USIA had been created by President Eisenhower in 1953 with the mission of understanding, informing, and influencing foreign publics in the promotion of the national interest, and broadening the dialogue …
BARRY N. ROTH FILES, 1973-1977 Extent 42.8 linear feet (ca. 85,600 pages) Scope and Content Note When Barry Roth joined Gerald Ford’s vice presidential staff in January 1974, he was only twenty-four years old and had yet to complete his law degree. In spite of his youth, he had already worked as a legal assistant to the General Counsel of the General Services Administration (GSA.) William Casselman. When Casselman became General Counsel to Vice President Ford, he brought Roth along as his …
SARAH C. MASSENGALE FILES, 1974-77 Extent 14.8 linear feet (ca. 29,600 pages) Scope and Content Note Sarah C. Massengale, a former management analyst for a Washington, D.C. consultant firm, joined the Domestic Council in June 1975 as assistant director for health, social security and welfare, replacing Pamela Needham. After April 1976, when assistant director for consumer and cultural affairs Kathleen A. Ryan resigned, Massengale also coordinated cultural affairs, which comprised the arts, humanities and …
CHARLES H. McCALL FILES, 1974-77 Extent 89 linear feet (ca. 178,000 pages) Scope and Content Note The McCall files document the work of editorial staff researchers throughout the Ford administration. The bulk of the file is material drawn together or created during Agnes Waldron's tenure as director of research from August 1974 to June 1976, subsequently inherited and augmented by Charles McCall. McCall joined the White House staff as a consultant to assist Waldron with the research office operation in May …
Juliette C. "Judy" McLennan Papers, 1976 Extent 0.4 linear feet (ca. 800 pages) Scope and Content Note As a young activist in the Republican Party, Juliette C. “Judy” McLennan served in several campaign volunteer positions before becoming the director of the National Volunteer Desk of People for Ford (PFF) during the 1976 general election campaign. PFF was the volunteer unit of the President Ford Committee (PFC), President Ford’s 1976 election campaign committee. Developed in the wake of the party’s …
PAUL A. MILTICH FILES, 1974-75 Extent 1 linear foot (ca. 2,000 pages) Scope and Content Note Paul Miltich, Gerald Ford's press secretary since 1966, was named assistant press secretary to the President in August 1974. Under Jerald terHorst, Miltich was responsible for supervising the correspondence section of the Press Office; producing position papers which were then distributed to newspapers, television and radio stations throughout the country; channeling opinion- editorial (Op-Ed) pieces written by …
Michael H. Moskow Papers, 1969-92 Extent 7.2 linear feet (ca. 14,400 pages) Scope and Content Note The Moskow Papers contain materials from his positions in Federal departments and agencies during the Nixon, Ford and George H.W. Bush administrations. Among the agencies in which he worked were the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Department of Labor, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Council on Wage and Price Stability. The papers focus on such matters as labor, collective bargaining, …
STANLEY SCOTT PAPERS, (1969) 1971-1977 Extent 19.6 linear feet (ca. 39,200 pages) Scope and Content Note Stanley S. Scott was an experienced journalist and public relations specialist when he joined the Nixon White House staff in June 1971. As an assistant to Director of Communications Herbert Klein, Scott worked on White House liaison with the minority newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations. He helped to publicize administration initiatives of special interest to African-Americans and was involved in …