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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2114www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |
Domestic Council
DENNIS
BARNES
Assistant
Director for Energy and Science:
Files,
1976
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Material primarily on earthquake preparedness, energy issues, and
National Medal of Science awards.
Small amount of material concern the space shuttle, Space Exploration
Day, and Office of Science and Technology.
QUANTITY
1.6 linear feet
(ca. 3,200 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford
(accession number 77-107)
ACCESS
Open. 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 Administration general restrictions (36 CFR
1256).
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unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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 the public domain.
Prepared by Leesa
Tobin, May 1981
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INTRODUCTION
Dr. Dennis Barnes is a graduate of
the College of Wooster, University of Wisconsin and the University of
Virginia. He joined the Domestic Council
staff in May 1976 and served the remainder of the year. He served as Assistant Director for Energy
and Science under Associate Director Glenn Schleede
and inherited a number of duties associated with general sciences that had
previously been the responsibility of Kathleen Ryan.
From May 1976 to
the end of the administration, Barnes assisted Schleede
primarily with routine matters. He was
not involved directly in the formulation and coordination of domestic policy
recommendations for the President.
Occasionally he attended meetings of government groups such as the
Council on Environmental Quality, Advisory Group on Earthquake Prediction and
Hazard Mitigation, Energy Resources Council, Federal Energy Administration,
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Solar Energy Research Institute, and
the National Science Foundation. Barnes
also had some contact with a number of private concerns having an interest in
energy issues. While not formally
involved in drafting legislative policy, he monitored the progress of energy
legislation in Congress and prepared briefing papers on legislation when sent
to the President. There is substantial
material concerning proposed legislation for earthquake research, prediction, warning, and preparedness, topics under consideration in
both the House and Senate in 1976. His
papers also reflect considerable involvement with the coordination and planning
of the award ceremony for the 1975 National Medal of Science held in October
1976.
The files
consist of guest lists, clearance lists, press releases, and the draft programs
for the award ceremony of the National Science Foundation's National Medal of
Science; drafts of questions and answers to be used by the President;
correspondence with private citizens concerning a proposed weekend gas ban;
copies of memoranda to the President outlining department and agency positions
on proposed legislation; correspondence with companies interested in energy
issues; announcements of meetings and also several sets of handwritten notes
from meetings Barnes attended of the Nuclear Subcommittee of the Energy
Resources Council.
Related
Materials (May 1981):
Related materials concerning various
scientific matters may be found in the Domestic Council collections of Kathleen
Ryan and Glenn Schleede, among others.
Series
Descriptions
1‑4 Subject File, 1976. (1.4 linear feet)
Memoranda,
correspondence, reports, draft letters, statements, articles, occasional fact
sheets, bills, schedule proposals, questions and answers, briefing sheets, and
other materials concerning a number of issues handled by Barnes. Substantive subjects include earthquakes,
Federal Energy Administration, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and
the National Medal of Science.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject and thereunder
chronologically.
4 Chronological File,
1976. (0.2 linear feet)
Copies of
routine correspondence, memoranda, schedule proposals, questions and answers,
and other items produced by Barnes and sent to other Domestic Council staff,
government agencies, and special interest groups.
Arranged
chronologically.
Container List
Alaska Natural
Gas Transportation Act of 1976
Automotive
Transport Research and Development Act
Baker/Ramo Science Technology Advisory Groups
Coastal Zone
Management Act Amendments of 1976
Com‑Dev
Inc. (1)‑(2)
Correspondence
Council on
Environmental Quality
Earthquakes (1)‑(3)
Earthquakes ‑
Advisory Group on Earthquake Prediction and Hazard Migration
(1)‑(2)
Earthquakes ‑
Legislation (1)‑(2)
Earthquakes ‑
Legislation (3)
Earthquakes ‑
White/Haas Letter
Energy Resources
Council ‑ Nuclear Subcommittee (1)‑(3)
Federal
Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
Federal Energy
Administration ‑ Emergency Contingency Plans
Federal Energy
Administration ‑ Weekend Gas Ban (1)‑(2)
Federal Energy
Management Program
Liquid Natural
Gas
National Science
and Technology Policy, Organization and Priorities Act of 1976 ‑
Signing Ceremony
National Science
Foundation ‑ Budget 1977
National Science
Foundation ‑ Committee on the National Medal of Science
National Science
Foundation ‑ National Medal of Science
National Science
Foundation ‑ National Medal of Science
‑ 1974
‑ 1975 (1)‑(2)
‑ 1975 ‑
Attendance and Clearance Lists
- 1975 ‑ Award
Ceremony (1)‑(2)
‑ 1975 ‑
Programs
National Space
Exploration Day
Newspaper
Articles
Office of
Science and Technology Policy
Oil Divestiture
Petroleum
Marketing Practices Act
Solar Energy
Research Institute
Space Shuttle
State of the
Union
Telephone Log
Unique Energy
Systems
Chronological
File
May 1976 - Jan.
1977
