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GERALD
R. FORD
Vice-Presidential
Papers:
Files, 1973-74
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
The collection includes material on
Ford's congressional career and Vice Presidential confirmation; miscellaneous domestic
and foreign policy issues; scheduling, travel and speeches; office
organization; and constituent casework and public opinion mail. However, material on the Watergate affair and
relations with the Nixon White House is scattered, and material on the
Presidential transition is very limited.
QUANTITY
105.2 linear feet (ca. 210,400 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford
(accession numbers 77-42, 77-45, 77-55, 77-63, 77-107, 77-127, 77-134, 78-16,
78-73)
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
President Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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 William McNitt, October
1980 (Revised February 1995)
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INTRODUCTION
The Ford Vice
Presidential Papers include materials created and received by Gerald R. Ford
and his staff between
This description
of the Vice Presidential Papers consists of sections on the Ford Vice
Presidency, the organization and duties of his staff, the arrangement and
content of the papers, and related materials held by the Library.
The Ford Vice
Presidency
Upon the
resignation of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew on October 10, 1973, President
Richard Nixon began soliciting suggestions for a new Vice President. After only two days, he announced the
nomination of Congressman Gerald R. Ford.
Under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution this nomination required
confirmation by both houses of Congress.
Eight days later
President Nixon fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in the
"Saturday Night Massacre."
Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy William Ruckelshaus
resigned over the Cox firing. Because of
the outrage over the dismissal of Archibald Cox, many members of Congress
became convinced that the new Vice President would soon succeed to the
Presidency. The Federal Bureau of
Investigation conducted a detailed investigation of Ford's background and
turned the results over to Congress.
Members of Congress questioned Ford carefully and examined his record
more closely than they might normally have done for one of their colleagues. The final votes in support of the Ford
nomination were 92‑3 in the Senate and 387‑35 in the House. On December 6, 1973, before a joint session
of Congress, Gerald Ford took the oath of office as the 40th Vice President of
the United States.
The only Vice
Presidential duty provided in the Constitution is serving as President of the
Senate, but President Nixon soon assigned additional duties to Mr. Ford. He attended meetings of the Cabinet and
National Security Council and served as Vice Chairman of the Domestic Council,
Chairman of the Committee on the Right of Privacy, and Chairman of the Energy
Action Group. Ford's participation in
most of these organizations consisted merely of attending meetings, but under
his leadership the Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy began
operations, hired a staff, prepared several studies, and presented
proposals. The Vice President chose his
former law partner from Grand Rapids, Philip Buchen,
to head the Privacy Committee staff.
During the 1974
congressional and gubernatorial campaigns, Vice President Ford served as
principal party spokesman making numerous trips to assist Republican candidates
for office. While Vice President, Gerald
Ford represented the administration by making over 200 formal speeches and
traveling approximately 110,000 miles.
The Vice
President also added to his knowledge of foreign policy and intelligence
matters through daily briefings from the C.I.A., regular meetings with
Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, and weekly briefings from National
Security advisor Henry Kissinger or his deputy.
While Ford was
learning his new job, President Nixon's situation continued to
deteriorate. In a special election on
February 18, 1974, Richard Vander Veen won Ford's old
House seat -- the first Democratic victory in Michigan's Fifth Congressional
District in 64 years. The results of
this and other special Congressional elections in the spring of 1974 weakened
the President's political position.
On May 9, 1974
the House Judiciary Committee began impeachment hearings against President
Nixon. Philip Buchen,
unknown to Ford, soon began the planning for a Presidential transition. In late July the Judiciary Committee voted
three articles of impeachment against the President. Faced with a rapidly deteriorating situation,
the President resigned on August 9, 1974 and Vice President Gerald R. Ford
became the 38th President of the United States.
The Ford Vice
Presidential Staff
Until Gerald
Ford's confirmation as Vice President on December 6, 1973, his staff consisted
of the dozen or so individuals who had served him for many years as a
Congressman. During the confirmation
hearings several old friends and associates volunteered their assistance and
President Nixon also made available the White House speechwriters and advance staff
to assist Ford on trips.
After December
6, Vice President Ford's staff grew rapidly.
Three key people from his Congressional staff, Robert Hartmann, Mildred
Leonard, and Paul Miltich, became Chief of Staff,
Personal Assistant and Press Secretary, respectively. Later that month Ford hired William Casselman as Legal Counsel, Warren Rustand
to handle scheduling and advance work, Kenneth BeLieu
for legislative affairs, and Bill Roberts as Deputy Press Secretary. The military aides, several clerical and
administrative people, and Walter Mote as Assistant to the President of the
Senate were holdovers from the Agnew staff.
Vice President
Ford continued to make use of the White House speechwriters and advance staff
during the first two months of his Vice Presidency, but that arrangement ended
after he delivered a controversial speech supporting the President to the
American Farm Bureau Federation on January 15, 1974. Ford received much criticism for that speech
from the media and from some of his old friends and supporters. He then created his own speechwriting staff,
hiring Milton Friedman to handle the initial drafting of speeches.
By February
1974, Ford had a staff of over sixty persons and was no longer dependent on
White House assistance. Richard Burress had replaced Kenneth BeLieu
in handling legislative affairs and he had hired John Marsh and Gwen Anderson
to handle defense matters and political liaison respectively.
The sudden
growth of Ford's staff led to administrative tangles owing partly to Chief of
Staff Robert Hartmann's lack of administrative experience. The Vice President decided to hire L. William
Seidman of Grand Rapids to study the organization of
the Vice Presidential staff and recommend improvement. Seidman's
study led to the implementation of a new staff organization in the spring of
1974 (see next page for a copy of the organization chart).
Under the new
organization, the Chief of Staff handled liaison with the senior White House
staff, Cabinet officers, agency heads, state governors, Congressional
leadership, and the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. Hartmann also supervised personnel matters
and the Vice President's personal staff, and had editorial oversight of all
speeches, remarks and formal statements.
The reorganization
plan divided the operational staff into three areas, each headed by an
Assistant to the Vice President. Richard
Burress was in charge of legislative and domestic
affairs and had responsibility for liaison with the executive branch, members of
Congress, and state and local government.
John Marsh handled defense and international affairs, including liaison
with the State Department, the Defense Department, and National Security
Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Veterans Administration, and
foreign embassies. He also supervised
the work of the military assistants and had responsibility for Vice
Presidential travel and logistic support.
Bill Seidman assumed responsibility for
administration and services. He
supervised five Deputy Assistants who handled scheduling and appointments,
liaison with the Republican party and other non‑governmental
organizations, administration, media affairs, and research.
The Ford Vice
Presidential Papers
Because Ford
remained a Congressman until December 6, the organization of the Ford papers
did not immediately change. His
secretaries continued to file most correspondence and other documents in the
General and Case File and the Issues File.
As had always been the case, Robert Hartmann and Paul Miltich maintained separate files relating to their areas
of responsibility.
After January 1,
1974, the staff divided the General and Case File into the General File and the
Case/Individual File and seven other staff members established separate
files. The General File, the Issues File
and the Case/Individual File served as a "central files" for much of
the routine correspondence. The staff
files contain working papers and correspondence relating to the specific
responsibilities of each staff member.
In addition, the Vice Presidential papers originally included
approximately 53 linear feet of public opinion mail including correspondence
answered by form and letters never answered.
The Ford Library has retained a small sample of this public opinion mail
and disposed of the rest.
The Vice
Presidential papers document in detail the work of Gerald Ford and his staff in
answering mail, handling constituent casework, scheduling and advancing trips,
speechwriting, handling administrative and personnel matters, relating with
Republican party organizations, campaigning for Republican candidates, meeting
with foreign and diplomatic officials, and liaison with the Congress. There is little here to document the less
public aspects of the Vice Presidency such as the many briefings received by
Ford, his meetings with President Nixon, or the meetings of the Domestic
Council, the Cabinet, the National Security Council or other bodies on which
Ford served. Little material on the
Watergate investigations and impeachment appears, with the exception of public
opinion in correspondence, references in speeches, and occasional items in the
staff files.
The Michigan
Historical Collections of the University of Michigan received five cubic feet
of Vice Presidential Papers from Gerald Ford in 1974, as part of a large
shipment of Congressional Papers. The
University transferred these materials to the Ford Library under terms of the
Ford letter of gift to the U.S. Government in 1977. The Library received the rest of the Vice
Presidential Papers directly from President Ford.
Related
Materials (February 1995):
The Ford
Scrapbook Collection includes three volumes of newspaper clippings, programs
and occasional documents concerning his activities during the Vice
Presidency. John Marsh's White House
files contain a small file of Ford's schedules and telephone logs from late
July and early August 1974. The Robert
Hartmann Papers contain 4.4 linear feet of additional materials from the Vice
Presidency. Barry Roth's unprocessed
White House files contain his chronological file for the Vice Presidency and
Executive Protective Service appointment records for the Vice President's
office.
The Betty Ford
Papers include her correspondence and other papers relating to her activities
in 1973 and 1974 while her husband served as Vice President. Only selected portions of that collection are
open to research yet, however.
Significant
quantities of audiovisual materials and gifts and memorabilia from the Vice
Presidency can be found in the appropriate units of the Ford Library and
Museum. The Ford Library book collection
has The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News and
World Report, Fortune, and the National Journal on microfilm
for all or part of the Ford Vice Presidency.
A vertical file of clippings, pamphlets, magazine articles and other
material on Ford's career is also available.
Series Descriptions
1-9 Correspondence
Control (Index) File, 1973-74 (3.6 Linear Feet)
The Control File
consists of carbon copies of all outgoing letters arranged alphabetically by
name of the correspondent. The file
location of the complete correspondence is written in the upper right-hand
corner.
This file
indexes all mail individually answered by Vice President Ford or his staff, but
does not index mail answered with a form letter or unanswered mail. In addition, it does not index letters of
congratulations received by Ford upon his nomination and confirmation (some are
in the General File and others in the Public Opinion Mail).
Before January
1974, the staff filed constituent casework in the General File. They did not change any of the control sheets
when they removed the case files and made them into a separate series. When the Ford Library received the Vice
Presidential Papers, there were separate control files for 1973 and 1974. Archivists combined these two sequences
during processing.
The Ford Library
staff has not reviewed this file. For
that reason researchers should consult with an archivist to arrange for the
review of those sections they wish to use.
Compiled by
William McNitt, December 1979
10-22 Issues File, 1973‑74 (5.2 Linear Feet)
The Issues File
contains correspondence between Ford and his staff, the general public, and
government officials on a variety of topics concerning the Federal
government. Among the larger files are
defense, the economy, health, labor, social security, and taxes. The Multiple Issues segment contains
correspondence on more than one subject.
The Presidential file consists entirely of correspondence in support of
or against President Nixon. The Vice
Presidential Endorsement file contains letters to Congressman Peter Rodino and Senator Howard Cannon from other Congressmen and
labor and religious leaders endorsing Ford for Vice President.
Staff members
drafted acknowledgments to the correspondence for the Vice President's
signature. On occasions when Ford was
out of town, various staff members signed the responses. The staff referred many letters to other Federal
departments and agencies to draft a response for the Vice President's
signature. The series is arranged
alphabetically by subject.
Compiled by
Kenneth G. Hafeli, December 1979
23-36 Case/Individual File, 1973‑74 (5.6
Linear Feet)
The bulk of this
file consists of routine requests by constituents for assistance in dealing
with government agencies, along with the responses from the Ford office and the
agencies. The requestors asked the Vice
President to intervene in cases involving missing or incorrect pension or
social security checks, attempts to qualify for medical and education benefits,
personnel matters (especially in the armed services), and other problems.
Also included in
this file are occasional unanswered letters concerning matters other than
casework. Apparently the staff filed
such letters in this series when no appropriate category could be found in the
General File or the Issues File.
This file is
arranged alphabetically by the name of the person needing assistance or, in the
case of the unanswered letters, by the name of the correspondent. The Ford Library has not reviewed this
file. For that reason researchers should
consult with an archivist to arrange for the review of those segments they wish
to use.
Compiled by
William McNitt, November 1979
37-58 General File, 1973‑74 (8.8 Linear Feet)
The General File
served as a central file for correspondence between Ford (or his staff), the
public, and government officials on topics of a routine nature. While the staff handled much of the material,
the Vice President or his personal assistant Mildred Leonard dealt with
correspondence from personal acquaintances.
This series also contains correspondence and reports concerning
organizations to which the Vice President belonged by statute, among them the
Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy, the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
Among the larger
files in the series are those concerning Vice Presidential appearances,
congratulatory messages to and from the Vice President, greetings, staff
positions, recommendations, Republican campaigns, requests for autographs and
photographs, and thank you letters. The General File is an amalgam of a smaller
subject file, the Ford Personal File, and the Vice Presidential Official
File. It is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
Compiled by Kenneth G. Hafeli,
December 1979
59-71 & 206 Office of the Assistant for Defense and International Affairs:
John O. Marsh
Files, 1973‑74 (5.2 Linear Feet)
The Assistant
for Defense and International Affairs was John O. Marsh, a former Congressman
from Virginia and Assistant Secretary of Defense. He joined the Ford staff on January 29, 1974,
and remained until moving to the White House staff in August.
Marsh's duties
included collecting and evaluating information concerning national security,
maintaining classified materials, supervising travel and logistics, and
monitoring defense and foreign affairs legislation in Congress. In addition, his office served as liaison to
the Departments of Defense and State, the National Security Council, the
intelligence community, the Veterans Administration, international
organizations, foreign missions resident in Washington, and foreign visitors. The Vice President's military aides also
worked out of this office, handling much of the routine work such as drafting
replies to correspondence.
The materials
consist of correspondence, speeches, personnel files, briefing materials
concerning foreign affairs and diplomatic visits, schedules, programs, flight
manifests and itineraries, and billing records.
They are organized in six subseries: Subject
File, Chronological File, Meetings with Foreign and Diplomatic Officials, Vice
Presidential Events, Thank You Letters for Vice Presidential Trips, and Trip
File.
Compiled by Kenneth G. Hafeli,
September 1979
59‑64
& 206 Subject File, 1973‑74. (2.2 linear feet)
Correspondence,
memoranda, speeches and resumes, relating to defense issues and military and
foreign affairs, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Guard and
Reserve Affairs, Korea, MIA‑POW, Vice Presidential Correspondence and
Vice Presidential Remarks.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
64Chronological
File, 1973‑74. (0.2 linear feet)
Carbon
copies of outgoing correspondence and memoranda, written by Marsh or his
military aides, with an occasional incoming letter or background item attached.
Arranged
chronologically.
65 Vice Presidential
Meetings with Foreign and Diplomatic Officials, 1973‑74. (0.4 linear feet)
Memorandums
of conversations, memos, and briefing materials related to meetings between
Ford and foreign heads of state, diplomats, and ambassadors. Most of the material deals with foreign
affairs, with only a small amount concerning domestic affairs appearing.
Arranged
chronologically.
66‑67 Vice Presidential Events, 1973‑74. (0.6 linear feet)
Briefing
memos, schedules, and occasional correspondence relating to requests for and
preparations involving appearances made by the Vice President.
Arranged
chronologically.
67‑68 Thank You Letters for Vice
Presidential Trips, 1973‑74. (0.6
linear feet)
Lists
of persons to be thanked for their assistance on Vice Presidential trips,
carbon copies of letters sent, and an occasional program from a particular
event.
Arranged
chronologically by date of trip.
69‑71 Trip File, 1973‑74. (1.2 linear feet)
Schedules,
passenger lists, flight manifests, flight itineraries, briefing notes, news
media billings, in flight expense forms, seating chart from trips made by the
Vice President, and correspondence to media organizations requesting
reimbursement for passage aboard Air Force II.
Arranged
chronologically by date of trip.
72-73 Office of the Assistant for Legislative
and Domestic Affairs:
Richard T. Burress
Files, 1974 (0.8 Feet)
Richard T. Burress joined the Vice President's staff to handle
legislative and domestic affairs in February 1974, replacing Kenneth E. BeLieu. After Ford
became President, Burress served as an assistant to
Vice President designate Rockefeller until
Burress' primary duties
were collecting and independently evaluating information on domestic issues
from Congress, the Executive Branch, state and local governments, and boards,
committees, and commissions with which the Vice President was associated. He appears to have assembled much of the
material to help Ford respond to questions or expressions of opinion from
members of the public.
Materials
include correspondence, copies of letters sent by the Vice President, internal
memoranda, proposals, pamphlets, statements of purpose, briefing papers, and
printed materials on such topics as health care, the role of minorities,
energy, the economy, and administrative matters. The papers are arranged alphabetically by
subject.
The files of
assistant to the President of the Senate, Walter Mote, and the legal counsel
for the Vice President, William Casselman, contain
related materials.
Compiled by Christine Ferretti,
May 1979
74-99 Office of the Legal Counsel:
William E. Casselman
Files, 1973‑74 (10 Linear Feet)
William E. Casselman joined the Vice Presidential staff in December
1973 after serving as general counsel for the General Services Administration
since 1971. Casselman
served as legal adviser throughout Ford's tenure as Vice President. He then became Counsel to the President in the
Ford White House. His staff during the
Vice Presidency consisted of legal assistant Barry Roth and staff assistant
Brenda Wilson. This office advised Ford
on questions of administrative and fiscal law, including personnel regulations,
security, archival procedures, appropriations authority, standards of conduct,
litigation, and recommendations on appointments to the federal judiciary.
Casselman also shared
responsibility with Richard Burress, Assistant for
Legislative and Domestic Affairs, for domestic policy analysis and provided
support to Ford in his role as vice chairman of the Domestic Council. Casselman
coordinated issue development within the Domestic Council, helped resolve
policy differences between federal agencies and the Council and assisted the
Vice President in developing and addressing issues of interest. The office acted as liaison between
departments and agencies and the Vice President on domestic policy, providing a
source of information and analysis independent of the Domestic Council.
These files
reflect Casselman's responsibilities for providing
the Vice President with legal services and advice on domestic policy
issues. A subject file documents his
work on privacy legislation, employee standards of conduct, energy problems, American
Indian rights and similar issues that the Vice President addressed. The official correspondence file contains
copies of outgoing correspondence and information on the daily operations of
the office, personnel changes and other matters of secondary importance. There is considerable overlap and duplication
in the two series. A third series
contains photocopies from General Services Administration office files
concerning purchases of office furniture in certain GSA regions.
Other papers on
domestic policy issues during the Vice Presidential period may be found in the
files of the Assistant to the Vice President for Legislative and Domestic
Affairs and in the various Domestic Council collections of the Presidential
period. The files of Chief of Staff Robert
Hartmann contain extensive information on Ford's confirmation hearings.
Compiled by Paul
Conway, September 1979
74‑88 Subject File, 1973‑74. (5.8 linear feet)
Correspondence
and memoranda to and from Vice Presidential staff, federal officials and the
public; draft speeches and reports, studies, court cases and other papers
reflecting Casselman's responsibilities for providing
legal advice on administrative policy matters.
Also included are materials on Casselman's
activities concerning domestic policy, including drafting legislation on
health, energy and personal privacy.
Carbon copies of some outgoing memoranda and correspondence also appear
in the official correspondence series.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
88‑93 Official Correspondence, 1973‑74. (2.0 linear feet)
Copies of
outgoing correspondence and memoranda with attached reports and draft replies;
printed materials, notes and other papers exchanged between Casselman
and Ford, federal officials, assistants and the public concerning routine
administrative matters, scheduling and domestic policy issues such as energy,
American Indians and sports. Also
included is information on personnel changes, Vice Presidential archives,
standards of conduct, privacy and other legal matters. Much of the material is unique to this
series, but duplicate correspondence, memoranda and reports are also in the
subject file. Cross-reference headings
typed in the upper right corner of covering letters are supposed to indicate
subject file locations for the full correspondence, but the system is generally
unreliable.
Arranged
chronologically.
93‑98 GSA Furniture Purchases File,
1970-73. (2.2 linear feet)
Copies of
correspondence, supply, requisition and bidding forms, contracts and other
papers retained in Casselman's files after Ford's
confirmation hearings. The material
primarily relates to purchases of Steelcase, Inc.
furniture and office supplies for placement in various General Services
Administration regional facilities and in Ford's congressional l district
offices. Also included is some general
correspondence with GSA on furniture purchases and supply requisition.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
99 [Box empty due to
reorganization of the collection]
100-107 Office of the Assistant to the
President of the Senate:
Walter L. Mote Files, 1973‑74
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Walter L. Mote,
Assistant to the President of the Senate, was a carry‑over from the staff
of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. He
remained on the Vice Presidential staff until January 1975, when he retired
from government service. His staff
consisted of H. Spofford Canfield, Josephine Wilson,
and several secretaries.
This office
handled legislative mail, compiled twice daily briefing sheets on Congressional
activity, maintained records for Vice Presidential scheduling, fulfilled
autograph and photograph requests, and arranged White House tours. They also kept the Speaker of the House,
Architect of the Capitol, and other Congressional officials informed of Ford's
activities in his role as President of the Senate and notified Senators and
Congressmen of Vice Presidential visits to their home districts.
Mote's subject
file contains correspondence from Senators and Congressmen, morning and evening
reports on the activities of the Senate, and referrals on correspondence sent
to the Vice President concerning other departments and agencies. His case file contains constituent
correspondence dealing with a variety of subjects.
Vice
Presidential schedules are also located in the files of L. William Seidman and Warren S. Rustand. The files of the Assistant for Legislative
and Domestic Affairs concern contacts with Congress on specific issues. Later material on activities related to the
Congress can be found in the White House files of Max Friedersdorf.
Compiled by Kenneth G. Hafeli,
September 1979
100‑103 Subject File, 1973‑74. (1.6 linear feet)
Correspondence,
invitations, requests for endorsements, appointments, autographs, and
photographs; referrals from various departments and agencies, drafts of
correspondence, daily reports on House proceedings, morning and evening
reports, and the Vice President's daily schedule. The material covers a variety of subjects,
including condolences, congratulations, education, energy, housing, social
security, and veterans affairs.
Arranged
alphabetically.
104‑107 Case File, 1973‑74. (1.6 linear feet)
Correspondence
relating to requests for assistance in dealing with government agencies or
requests for information. Mote's staff
did much of the case work rather than referring it to government agencies for a
response.
Arranged
alphabetically.
108-116 Office of the Assistant for
Administration and Services:
L. William Seidman
Files, 1973‑74 (3.6 Linear Feet)
L. William Seidman joined the Vice President's staff in February 1974
as a management and budget consultant.
In this capacity he studied the organization of the Vice President's
staff and proposed changes to improve operating procedures. He later became the Assistant for
Administration and Services. Seidman served for the remainder of the Vice Presidency and
then became Assistant for Economic Affairs to President Ford.
Under Seidman's supervision, five deputy assistants and their
staffs organized both the daily operations of the Vice President's office and
contacts between the Vice President and the public. The office provided all administrative
services for Ford, from drafting responses to maintaining the active
"follow‑up" file of correspondence and projects to be completed. Frank Pagnotta
organized these activities and oversaw staff personnel actions. James Brown and Frank Townsend maintained the
gift files. Warren Rustand
handled scheduling, appointments and advance work for Ford's travels. Gwen Anderson organized the Vice President's
contacts with political and other non‑government organizations. Seidman also
supervised Paul Miltich's media relations work and
Milton Friedman's research activities.
These files
contain correspondence, memoranda, speech drafts, gift lists, charts and other
papers exchanged between Seidman and the Vice
President, other federal officials and the public relating both to his
supervision of administrative services, scheduling policy, personnel, and gift
accessioning and to his personal interests in the nation's economy and
speechwriting. Included are the
chronological file of staff assistant Ruth Kilmer and materials compiled by Pagnotta, Brown and Townsend, some of which pre‑date Seidman's government service. The series is arranged alphabetically by
subject.
The separate
files of the various deputy assistants contain related materials, as do Seidman's White House files.
Compiled by Paul Conway, September 1979
117-126 Office of the Deputy Assistant for
Non‑Governmental Organizations: Gwen Anderson Files, 1974 (4.0 linear
feet)
Gwen O.
Anderson, a former Republican National Committeewoman from the state of
Washington, joined the Vice President's staff as consultant for public affairs
in January 1974. In July she became
deputy assistant for non‑governmental organizations, but there was no
change in her duties.
Anderson's major
function was to coordinate the Vice President's appearances at political events
and fundraisers. All requests for
political appearances were forwarded to Anderson by the scheduling office for
her recommendation. She took part in the
weekly scheduling meetings and coordinated with Warren Rustand's
office the arrangements for events of a political nature. Anderson also served as liaison with
Republican group, city, state and county officials, and other political
organizations and handled requests for messages, autographs, photographs, and
fundraising auction items. When Ford
became President, she continued to perform these duties, first as an assistant
to Dean Burch and later to Robert Hartmann.
The papers
contain correspondence with Republican groups and candidates concerning
invitations, schedules, thank yous, evaluations of
events, requests for messages, endorsements, or items to auction. Documents on fundraising affairs include
information on contributions to the party, the success of events, and
arrangements for ensuring the Republican National Committee a share of the
proceeds.
Other materials
include copies of speeches, messages and political tributes, background
information on organizations, minutes of scheduling meetings, intra‑office
administrative memoranda, and an analysis of the special election held in the
Fifth District of Michigan to fill Ford's congressional seat. The papers are divided into four series:
subject file, chronological file, speech file, and state events file.
The Vice
Presidential files of Warren Rustand, Paul Miltich, and William Seidman
contain related materials.
Compiled by
Christine Ferretti, May 1979
117‑121 Subject File, 1974. (1.9 linear feet)
Correspondence,
memoranda, telegrams, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, press releases,
schedules, briefing papers, and printed materials concerning political groups,
Republican fundraising activities, events such as the Bicentennial or Honor
America Day, and the mechanics of scheduling Vice Presidential
appearances. The file reflects her
liaison work with political organizations through background information on
organizations, reports on the progress of fundraising, or responses to requests
for messages, photographs, or items to auction.
The scheduling files largely concern invitations regretted and the
process of creating the schedule.
Information on events that the Vice President attended is found in the
State Events File.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
121‑122 Chronological File, 1974. (0.2 linear feet)
Copies of
outgoing correspondence signed by Anderson or the Vice President including
messages to organizations, thank you letters, acknowledgment of comments on
issues, and regrets of invitations. The
file is interspersed with occasional internal memoranda.
Arranged
chronologically.
122 Speech File, 1974. (0.3 linear feet)
Copies of Ford
speeches. Most are in press release
form, but a few are copies of reading copies.
Occasional ones bear annotations showing changes made during
delivery. This is not a complete file of
all speeches and most were given to non‑political rather than political
organizations.
Arranged
chronologically.
123‑126 State Events File, 1974. (1.5 linear feet)
Correspondence,
memoranda, notes, schedules, newspaper clippings and other material related to
political events attended by the Vice President. Topics include arrangements for Ford
appearances, the Republican National Committee share of fundraising proceeds,
evaluations and comments on Ford speeches and activities, the political
situation in the state visited, pending or actual political appointments, and
other similar topics. The series
contains some files on trips canceled or rearranged after Ford became
President.
Arranged
alphabetically by state and thereunder
chronologically.
127-173 Office of the Deputy Assistant for
Media Affairs:
Paul A. Miltich Files, 1973‑74 (18.8 linear feet)
Formerly a
Washington correspondent for Booth Newspapers, a Michigan newspaper chain, Miltich joined the Ford Congressional staff as press
secretary in 1966, succeeding James M. Mudge. Miltich continued
to serve as Ford's press secretary throughout the Vice Presidency and then
became an Assistant Press Secretary in the Ford White House.
Miltich and his
assistant, John W. "Bill" Roberts, were responsible for compiling
background material, preparing speech drafts, releasing information to the
press, answering inquiries and requests from the public, and mailing copies of
Vice Presidential speeches to those who requested them.
The office
coordinated efforts with Chief of Staff Robert Hartmann's speechwriters and
Warren Rustand's scheduling office. The latter provided long and short range
schedules of the Vice President's upcoming activities and assured that Miltich's office provided suitable remarks and statements
when necessary. Miltich
also participated in weekly scheduling meetings.
The materials
consist of speeches and remarks made by the Vice President, correspondence,
background material, articles written for or about Ford or his staff, press
releases, drafts, printed materials, and requests for invitations to the Vice
President to attend various functions.
They are divided into four series: speech file, subject file, speech
materials file, and publication file.
Related
materials may be found in the files of the Deputy Assistant for Scheduling and
Advance (Rustand) and the Chief of Staff (Hartmann)
in the Vice Presidential files. Miltich's files in the Congressional papers and the files
of Ron Nessen and his staff in the Presidential
papers also contain related material.
Compiled by Kenneth G. Hafeli,
December 1979
127‑135 Speech File, 1973‑74. (3.6 linear feet)
Speech drafts,
reading copies, and printed copies of speeches made by Ford, including his
remarks upon becoming Vice President and later President, plus miscellaneous
brochures and press releases. The
collection of speeches is quite extensive although comparison with the Rustand speech file shows that it is not complete.
Arranged
chronologically.
136‑169 Subject File, 1973‑74. (13.6 linear feet)
Correspondence,
articles written for or about the Vice President or his staff, drafts of
letters and form letters used both by Ford and Spiro Agnew, Nixon press
releases, White House News Summaries, invitations and responses, some public
opinion mail, and requests for Vice Presidential items, such as autographs and
photographs. Major topics include
appearances, budget, congratulations, defense, form letter drafts, economy,
elections, energy, labor, regrets, requests, White House news summaries and
press releases.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
170‑172 Speech Materials File, 1973‑74. (1.2 linear feet)
Copies of speeches
by various speakers, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, programs and
books, dating from the mid‑60's, that Ford's speechwriters used as source
material for speeches. Topics include
business, commerce, humor, Abraham Lincoln and Republican Party.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
173 Publications File,
1971-74. (0.4 linear feet)
Newsletters,
newspapers, periodicals, brochures, clippings, and press releases sent either
to Ford or to Paul Miltich by the public or
acquaintances.
Arranged chronologically.
174-205 Office of the Deputy Assistant for
Scheduling and Appointments:
Warren S. Rustand Files, 1973‑74 (12.8 linear feet)
Before Mr.
Ford's confirmation as Vice President, Mildred Leonard handled his
schedule. Dewey Clower
served briefly in this role after the confirmation, but Lt. Col. Americo Sardo replaced him. Warren Rustand
joined the Ford staff on December 18, 1973, as an assistant to Sardo, and became Deputy Assistant for Scheduling and
Appointments on February 1, 1974. In August
1974, Rustand moved to the White House as
Appointments Secretary to the President.
The scheduling office formulated
both long-range and short-range schedules for all events and appointments. They handled, on the average, 75 written
requests and 150 phone calls per day. By
April 8, 1974, the Vice President had met over 1,000 office appointments,
delivered 60 speeches, convened 35 press conferences and traveled over 35,000
miles.
Rustand coordinated
some requests with other Vice Presidential staff, including political requests
with Gwen Anderson, personal friend and family requests with Mildred Leonard,
VIP Congressional and Cabinet requests with Dorothy Downton,
and media requests with Paul Miltich. Those taking part in weekly scheduling
meetings were Robert Hartmann, Bill Seidman, Walter
Motes, and Jack Marsh, along with Leonard, Miltich,
Anderson, and Rustand.
After an event
gained a spot on the schedule, the advance team took over. This team consisted of the scheduling
director, advancemen, White House Communications
Agency, Secret Service, military aide, transportation, and local contacts. Their job was to move an event from
conception to execution, including the preparation of a detailed final
schedule. In the early months, before
this office was fully organized, the White House Advance Office handled
preparations for trips.
The files
generally cover the period of Rustand's Vice
Presidential service, with occasional earlier items. They reflect the work of the scheduling and
advance operation and contain memoranda, correspondence, schedules, forms,
invitations, regret letters, and other materials.
Related
materials include the Vice Presidential files of L. William Seidman,
Gwen Anderson, Robert Hartmann, and the White House Advance Office.
Compiled by Dennis M. Lakomy,
October 1979
174‑179 Subject Series, 1973‑74. (2.5 linear feet)
Memoranda,
correspondence, schedules, forms, agendas, handwritten notes, lists and
miscellany. These materials illustrate
the day to day operations of the scheduling and advance office, including the
formulation of schedules, logistical planning for events, and administrative
operations. The Scheduling Operation and
Personnel folder contains documents describing the operation in detail.
Arranged
alphabetically.
180‑190 Regrets ‑ Chronological,
1973-75. (4.6 linear feet)
Invitations,
many having a carbon copy of a regret letter signed by Rustand,
or occasionally signed by Ford, Mildred Leonard, Gwen Anderson, or other
staff. Occasional memoranda, birth
announcements, and other related materials.
Arranged
chronologically by date of the event.
191‑192 Regrets ‑ Group/Occasion, 1973‑74. (0.8 linear feet)
Carbon copies of
Vice Presidential regret letters, and very occasionally acceptance and pending
letters. The actual letter of invitation
appears in Regrets ‑ Chronological.
Arranged
alphabetically by name of group or occasion.
193‑205 Events, 1973-75. (5.4 linear feet)
Invitations,
endorsements, letters of acceptance and thanks, other correspondence, memoranda,
schedules, handwritten notes, programs, background material, and related items
concerning scheduling and advance work for Ford's appearances at events. Included are materials for acceptances made
for events canceled or reevaluated when Ford became President.
Arranged
chronologically by date of the event; some events are in individual folders.
207-212 Public Opinion Mail Files, 1973‑74
(2.4 linear feet)
The Ford Library
originally received approximately 53 linear feet of public opinion mail. This form response mail and unanswered mail
included letters, telegrams, post cards, clippings, annual reports, brochures
and other types of printed material.
Because of the large amount of material involved and its lack of
research value, the Ford Library staff surveyed these files for disposal,
retaining only a sample of 2.4 linear feet for research. Detailed records of the Library's survey of
the public opinion mail are available.
The sample files
retained are from the form response mail category. The staff acknowledged the earliest mail,
congratulating Ford on his nomination and commenting on other issues, on
minority leader stationery. Transition
mail, which followed Ford's confirmation as Vice President, contained more
congratulatory messages and correspondence related to other issues. In January 1974, the Vice President's staff
instituted a third system, the "F‑Number Handling System". Ranging from F‑0 to F‑31, the
forms responded to correspondence on such topics as service academy
nominations, energy, President Nixon, and eagle scout awards.
The unanswered
mail consisted of material similar in nature to the form response mail. However, it remained unacknowledged due to
insufficient or illegible address, or the writer's anonymity. Because of its similarity with form response
mail, the Ford Library disposed of the unacknowledged mail in its entirety.
Compiled by Kenneth G. Hafeli,
May 1980
213-217 Newspaper Clippings, 1973 (2.0
linear feet)
This file of
newspaper clippings mainly concerns Gerald Ford's nomination as Vice President
on October 12, 1973 and the confirmation hearings conducted by the
Congress. A clipping service supplied
most of the clippings, but Ford's staff apparently added others. When the Ford Library received this series,
the containers bore the words "Duplicate Newspaper Clippings," so
presumably most or all appear in the Ford scrapbooks.
Compiled by
William McNitt, May 1980
218-258 Office of the Chief of Staff: Robert T.
Hartmann Files, 1973‑74 (16.4 linear feet)
Long‑time congressional
aide Robert Hartmann coordinated Gerald R. Ford's preparations for the vice
presidential confirmation hearings in the fall of 1973 and subsequently became
Chief of Staff to Vice President Ford.
As Chief of Staff, Hartmann's duties consisted mainly of the following:
·
Liaison with the White House Senior Staff, Cabinet Officers, agency
heads, State Governors, the Leadership of Congress, and the Chairmen of the
Republican National Committee and the Republican Senatorial and Congressional
Campaign Committees.
·
Overall supervision of the staff with respect to duty and space
requirements; review and approval of all cases of employment, separation or
change in pay; security and conflict of interest clearances; grievances and
complaints against staff members or voiced by them; approval of arrangements
for persons detailed to the staff or volunteering assistance; and direct
supervision of the Vice President's personal staff.
·
Editorial oversight of the preparation of drafts of speeches,
remarks, and formal statements by the Vice President.
The files
document his Hartmann's work as Vice Presidential Chief of Staff and his work
on the Vice Presidential confirmation hearings.
The file of staff memoranda details many of his interactions with
members of the staff. Included in the
subject file are letters he drafted for Ford, briefing materials for meetings,
and materials on specific issues, politics, Ford speeches, and the organization
and operation of the Vice President's staff.
There is little documentation on Watergate or on Ford's transition to
the presidency.
Ford
Confirmation Hearings Files
On October 10,
1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office. Under investigation for multiple charges of
alleged conspiracy, extortion and bribery, Agnew agreed to resign, pleading nolo contendere to a single
charge of federal income tax evasion.
Two days later, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Gerald Ford to
become the 40th vice president of the United States.
Ford was the
first vice president selected under the provisions of the Twenty‑fifth
Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1967. The Amendment governs presidential and vice
presidential succession and stipulates that whenever the office of vice
president becomes vacant through death, succession to the presidency or
resignation, the president shall nominate a vice president to be confirmed by a
majority vote of both houses of Congress.
Procedural
questions arose concerning which committee would handle the nomination in each
chamber. The House decided that the
Committee on the Judiciary, chaired by Peter Rodino
(D‑N.J.), would have jurisdiction; the Senate chose the Committee on
Rules and Administration, chaired by Howard Cannon (D‑Nevada). They held separate hearings. Senate proceedings began on November 1,
continued for two weeks and ended with a vote to confirm on November 27. The hearings in the House opened on November
15, and that chamber voted to approve the nomination on December 6, 1973.
Hartmann helped
Ford to prepare for the committee hearings.
The Ford staff pulled together facts, figures and explanatory documents
relating to anticipated questions in the hearings. In addition, they responded to queries from
committee investigators and provided them with information from office files. As indicated in his book Palace Politics,
however, Hartmann felt his most important duty was drafting Ford's opening
statements to the committees.
On what Ford and
Hartmann informally called the "confirmation team," only two
individuals, Hartmann and Paul Miltich, Ford's press
secretary, were paid staff members. The
volunteer members of the team were old friends and people who had worked with
Ford previously -- Benton Becker, Philip Buchen,
Kenneth BeLieu, Richard Burress,
William Cramer, Richard Haber, and Robert Hynes.
The
"confirmation team" thoroughly searched Ford's congressional office
files and removed items that might be needed for reference in the
hearings. They arranged the material
into a general reference subject file and a campaign finance file and used
those files to compile a briefing book for Ford's use at the witness
table. This briefing book evolved into a
loose‑leaf binder indexed by questions that committee members might ask
with suggestions for appropriate replies.
Ford's personal copy of the book, with his annotations, and the general
subject and campaign finance files became a part of Hartmann's files. The confirmation series also include
materials created during the confirmation hearings. These include correspondence with the House
and Senate committee chairmen and members, working drafts of anticipated
questions and recommended answers, and reference material and working drafts
used in writing Ford's opening statements.
The House
Judiciary Committee requested a compilation of all communications, written and
oral, received by executive departments and independent agencies form 1970 to
1973, from Congressman Ford, his staff, or his representatives. A duplicate set of this correspondence
appears in the Hartmann files.
Hartmann
personally created only a small amount of material within this file in the
course of the confirmation hearings.
Most of it consists of material removed from Ford's congressional office
files and drawn together for reference use by the confirmation team.
Related
Materials
Hartmann kept
these files in his office until the end of the Ford presidency. He then relinquished this material, along
with his congressional and White House files, to the Ford Library under the
Ford deed of gift. Hartmann also donated
a collection of personal papers to the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University, his alma mater. In 1992, the
Hoover Institution transferred that collection to the Ford Library. I contains 4.4 linear feet of material
concerning the Ford Vice Presidency.
Some additional information on the Ford confirmation hearings as Vice
President is available in the papers of Congressman Edward Hutchinson, ranking
Republican on the House Judiciary Committee at the time of the hearings.
Compiled by Leesa Tobin, April 1982
218‑221 Personnel File, 1973‑74. (1.5 linear feet)
Primarily
routine memoranda from the Nixon White House Personnel Office to Ford for his
information or comment on proposed Presidential appointments to various
executive branch positions. Also
included are: Executive Level Vacancy Reports, appointment announcements,
payroll information for the Office of the Vice President, security clearance
forms, resumes, and miscellaneous other items relating to Presidential
appointments and to personnel matters within the Vice President's office.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
222‑223 Staff Memoranda, 1973‑74. (0.8 linear feet)
Memoranda from
vice presidential staff to the Vice President, Hartmann, and others; with
supporting correspondence and other items.
Accumulated by Hartmann as the Vice President's chief of staff, they
concern such diverse matters as: office housekeeping, scheduling, trips, legal
questions, the press, and political affairs.
Arranged by name
of staff member originating the memoranda and subdivided thereunder
into memoranda to Hartmann and memoranda to others.
224‑234 Subject File, 1973‑74. (5.0 linear feet)
Hartmann's
copies of staff memoranda to the Vice President and others; correspondence with
congressmen, government and party officials, constituents, and others; form
letters and odd newsletters received; background material for meetings, trips
and social functions; White House press releases; speech texts; weekly Domestic
Council issue summaries from Cole; and miscellaneous printed and other
matter. Much of it was sent to Hartmann
for his information and not for action.
Subjects reflect, in greater breadth than depth, concerns on political, housekeeping,
scheduling, policy, courtesy, and personnel matters. Many files contain only a single item.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
235‑236 Summaries of Congressional
Proceedings, 1973‑74. (0.8 linear
feet)
Memoranda from
Legislative Assistant Josephine Wilson summarizing daily proceedings in the
House of Representatives. Selected
speeches, new legislation, conference reports, status of bills pending, and
House Speaker Carl Albert's press conferences are all briefly summarized. Also included is one folder of similar
information on floor action in the Senate, compiled by Spofford
Canfield.
Arranged
chronologically.
237 Ford Confirmation
Hearings Briefing Book File, 1973. (0.4
linear feet)
Materials
compiled by Philip Buchen and Benton Becker, arranged
in a loose‑leaf notebook format and indexed to help Ford in answering
committee members' questions. For
preservation reasons, archivists removed the documents from their plastic
covers. The arrangement has been
maintained, however, with the table of contents located in the first folder of
the series. The format for each of the
subsequent subject designations is the same: the anticipated question or
allegation is presented, a factual analysis provided and the position Ford was
to take outlined.
Included are
supportive exhibits that Ford could provide to the committee. Mr. Ford annotated much of this material. Also included in this briefing book is a
quantity of loose material Ford used during the hearings. The last two folders of the series contain
these loose items.
238‑240 Ford Confirmation Hearings
Proceedings Transcripts File, 1973. (1.2
linear feet)
An unedited and
complete set of committee hearing transcripts.
These include the transcripts of proceedings from the hearings conducted
by the Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on the Judiciary. There is some underlining and annotation by
William Cramer, a volunteer assisting Ford during the confirmation
hearings. Also included are the final
prints of the respective committee reports.
Arranged
chronologically.
241‑243 Ford Confirmation Hearings File,
1973. (1.2 linear feet)
Primarily
material created during the confirmation hearings. Included is a correspondence control file,
correspondence with the House and Senate committee chairmen, and letters of
thanks to congressmen who supported Ford; material concerning Ford's opening
statements, including experts' views on the role of the vice president;
questions submitted in advance by committee members and the draft and final
responses prepared by Ford and his staff; copies of the "Congressional
Record"; the Library of Congress report on Ford's voting record; and
hearings memoranda and rules of procedure.
Also included are Hartmann's handwritten notes from the committee hearings.
Arranged
alphabetically.
244‑248 Ford Confirmation Hearings General
Subject File, 1948-73. (2.0 linear feet)
Primarily
materials from Ford's congressional office files brought together to form a
reference file for use during the hearings.
The confirmation team compiled reference materials for each topic on
which they anticipated questions.
Subjects include
but are not limited to: constituents in Ford's congressional district and
corporations represented in the area; Nixon's 1972 Committee for the Re‑Election
of the President; Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas; government agencies
such as the General Services Administration, Civil Aeronautics Board, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission; private bills sponsored by Ford; Robert Winter‑Berger
and his book, The Washington Payoff; and various special interest groups
who contributed to Ford's congressional campaigns. Also included here are files concerning
Ford's voting record in the House, his various business involvements,
background information concerning the Twenty‑fifth Amendment, and statements
by the Republican Policy Committee.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
249‑253 Ford Confirmation Hearings Campaign
Finance File, 1948-73. (2.4 linear feet)
Detailed
financial information related to each of Ford's congressional campaigns and his
campaign committees. Included are
letters of thanks for contributions; receipts for expenditures; federal, state
and local filing forms, and beginning in 1968, material concerning Ford's
involvement in the distribution of funds to Republican candidates through the
National Republican Congressional Committee Booster Fund. The "confirmation team" removed
this material from Ford's office files (what is now Series G of the Ford
Congressional Papers) for easier reference during the confirmation hearings.
Arranged
chronologically by election year.
254‑258 Ford Confirmation Hearings Agency
Correspondence File, 1970-73. (2.0
linear feet)
Photostatic copies of all
communications, written and oral, received by many departments and agencies of
the Federal government from Congressman Ford, his staff, or his representatives
between January 1970 and October 1973.
This includes letters, internal working memoranda, memoranda for the
file and any other memoranda or letters written to Ford (or to others, if they
resulted from contacts with the Ford office.
Peter Rodino, chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, requested this compilation.
The Ford "confirmation team" received a duplicate set.
Arranged
alphabetically by department or agency and thereunder
chronologically.
259-262 White House Advance Office Files,
1973‑74 (1.8 linear feet)
Byron M.
("Red") Cavaney joined the White House
staff as a staff assistant to President Nixon in early 1973. He served with the White House Advance Office
and became its director in December 1974.
This office made preparations for all presidential travel, both within
the country and abroad, and presidential appearances in
From the time of
Gerald Ford's nomination as Vice President until March 1974, the Nixon White
House Advance Office handled advance operations for him. By the end of January 1974, however, Warren Rustand of the vice president's own staff handled advance
work in preparation for Washington appearances and Michigan trips. Beginning in March, the Ford staff handled
all vice presidential advance work. Cavaney's files include correspondence, memoranda, notes,
schedules, guest lists, programs, and other related material for some of Ford's
appearances October 18, 1973 to March 8, 1974.
These files include material addressed to both Cavaney
and William Henkel, Jr., then director of the Advance
Office.
Additional
materials on scheduling and advance work done for Ford's appearances after
December 1973 is found in the files of vice presidential aide Warren Rustand. Other
series in the vice presidential papers include related information on
scheduling arrangements and Ford speeches, including the Robert Hartmann files.
Compiled by
Sandra Raub, December 1981
263 White House Editorial Staff Files,
1973‑74 (0.4 linear feet)
Draft vice
presidential speeches and background materials prepared by President Nixon's
Office of Editorial Staff before the Vice President began using his own
speechwriters in early 1974. When President
Nixon left office, the Office of Editorial Staff retained these files and
turned them over to the Ford Library under President Ford's deed of gift. They are arranged chronologically in case
files.
Compiled by Leesa Tobin, July 1983
Container
List
A‑Bt
Bu‑Dh
Di‑Grh
Gri‑J
K‑Mb
Mc‑Pd
Pe‑Sg
Sh‑T
U‑Z
Abortion
Aged
Agriculture
Alcohol
Amnesty
Animals/Birds/Fish
Arts/Humanities
Athletics/Sports
Banking
Calendar
Captive Nations
China
Civil Rights
Civil Service
Coins
Commerce
Commissions/Regulatory
Agencies
Communications
Congress
Communism
Conservation
Consumer Affairs
Courts/Judiciary
Crime
Defense (1)‑(3)
Demonstrations
District of
Columbia
Drugs
Economic ‑
Budget
Economic ‑
General, 1973
Economic ‑
General, 1974 (1)‑(2)
Economic ‑
Mercy Hospital
Education
Elections (1)‑(2)
Elections ‑
Reform
Electoral
College
Energy, Oct.‑Nov.
1973
Energy, Nov.
1973‑July 1974
Environment
Executive
Departments
Firearms
Food
Foreign Affairs
(1)‑(2)
Forests/Parks
Grants
Health (1)‑(5)
Health (6)
Highways
Housing
Impeachment
Indian Affairs
Insufficient
Address
Insurance
Jurisdiction
Labor ‑
General (1)‑(2)
Labor ‑
Management
Labor ‑
Minimum Wage
Labor ‑
Unemployed
Lands
Libraries
Maritime
Medicare
Metals/Minerals
Miscellaneous
Legislation
Middle East
Monuments/Memorials/Sites
Multiple Issues,
Oct. ‑ Nov. 1973 (1)‑(6)
Multiple Issues,
Dec. 1973 ‑ July 1974 (1)‑(4)
Obscenity
Panama
Patriotism
Pensions
Population
Postal Service
(1)‑(2)
Presidential,
Oct. 1973
Presidential,
Nov. 1973 ‑ Aug. 1974 (1)‑(5)
Railroads
Religion (1)‑(2)
Reserves
Revenue
Rivers/Harbors
Rural
Safety
Science
Security
Selective
Service
Social Security
(1)‑(3)
Southeast Asia
Taxes (1)‑(3)
Taxes ‑
Against Reuss/Vanik Amendment (1)‑(4)
Time
Trade/Tariff
Transportation
(1)‑(2)
Urban Affairs
Veterans
Vice
Presidential (1)‑(5)
Vice
Presidential ‑ Endorsements
Vietnam
Vietnam ‑
MIA/POW
Voting
Water
Weather
Women
Welfare
Youth
A‑Bn
Bo‑Cn
Co‑D
E‑F
G‑Hd
He‑I
J‑Ld
Le‑Mam
Man‑Nn
No‑Pes
Pet‑Rosl
Rosm‑So
Sp‑T
U‑Z
A ‑
General
Accounts (Empty)
Aids ‑
Community
Aids ‑
State
Anonymous Mail
Appearances,
Oct. 1973 ‑ June 1974
Appearances,
July ‑ Aug. 1974
Awards
B ‑
General
Bicentennial
Bouquets
C ‑ General
Children
Clubs
Condolences
Congratulations
From (To Ford From Others), A‑Be
Congratulations
From (To Ford From Others), Bi‑F
Congratulations
From (To Ford From Others), G‑L
Congratulations From
(To Ford From Others), M‑Sd
Congratulations
From (To Ford From Others), Se‑Z
Congratulations
From (To Ford From Others) ‑ Answered with a Card, A‑Z
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ General (1)‑(4)
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ Anniversary (1)‑(3)
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ Birthday (1)‑(4)
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ Birth Announcements
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ Scouts
Congratulations
To (From Ford to Others) ‑ Tribute
Congressional
Staff Club
Congressmen:
House
Congressmen:
Senate
Contributions
Convalescence
Courtesies
D ‑
General
Directories
Domestic Council
Committee on the Right of Privacy
Donations
E ‑
General
Education
Assistance
Employment
Endorsements
Events
F ‑
General
Felicitations
Ford, John G.
Ford Schedule
G ‑
General
Gifts From (To
Ford From Others), (1)‑(8)
Gifts To (From
Ford to Others)
Greetings (1)‑(2)
Greetings ‑
Easter
H ‑
General
Homes
I ‑
General
Inauguration
Requests
Invitation
Regrets (1)‑(2)
J ‑
General
Jurisdiction
K ‑
General
L ‑
General
M ‑
General (1)‑(2)
Material Sent:
No Cover Letter
Memberships
Miscellaneous
N ‑
General
O ‑
General
Organizations
P ‑
General
Passports
Personal ‑
Caberfae (Empty)
Positions ‑
Administration
Positions ‑
Advisors
Positions ‑
General
Positions ‑
Staff
Positions ‑
Summer
Q ‑
General
Questions
R ‑
General
Recommendations ‑
Appointments
Recommendations ‑
Awards
Recommendations ‑
Diplomatic Posts
Recommendations ‑
Membership
Recommendations ‑
Positions
Recommendations ‑
Schools/Scholarships
Recommendations ‑
Speaker (Empty)
Referrals
Regrets ‑
Appointments/Interviews
Relatives
Republican
Campaign
‑ General
‑ Alaska
‑ Arkansas
‑
California
‑ Florida
Republican
Campaign
‑ Indiana
‑ Kansas
‑ Kentucky
‑
Massachusetts
‑ Michigan
Republican
Campaign
‑
Minnesota
‑ Missouri
‑ New
Jersey
‑ New York
‑ Ohio
‑
Pennsylvania
‑ Rhode
Island
Republican Cause
Republican
Congressional Committee
Republican House
Members ‑ Miscellaneous Correspondence
Republican ‑
Ionia County
Republican ‑
Kent County
Republican ‑
Michigan
Republican ‑
National Committee
Republican ‑
Women
Requests ‑
Autograph and Photograph (1)‑(4)
Requests ‑
Autograph and Photograph (5)‑(15)
Requests ‑
Calendars
Requests ‑
Endorsements
Requests ‑
GRF Personal Items
Requests ‑
Introductions/Commendations
Requests ‑
Miscellaneous (1)‑(4)
Requests ‑
Recipes
Requests ‑
Students (1)‑(3)
Requests ‑
Vice President, Information On
S ‑
General (1)‑(2)
Scholarships
Skiing
Small Business
Smithsonian
Institution ‑ General
Smithsonian
Institution ‑ Meeting of the Board of Regents, 5/14/74
Smithsonian
Institution ‑ Survey of Buildings and Other Facilities, 4/74
Solicitations
Speakers
Subscriptions
Surveys/Polls
T ‑ General
Thank From (From
Others to Ford), (1)‑(5)
Thanks To (From
Ford to Others), (1)
Thanks To (From
Ford to Others), (2)‑(6)
Thanks To (From
Ford to Others), (7)‑(11)
Thanks To (From
Ford to Others), (12)‑(13)
U ‑
General (Empty)
U.S. Capitol
Historical Society
V ‑
General
Vail
Vice President ‑
Hold
Visitors
W ‑
General
XYZ ‑
General
Zeoli (Billy)
Mailings
Abshire, David
Ambassadors,
American Legion
Anderson, Gwen
Army
Installations
Aspin Amendments
Beckett Aviation
Camp Hoover
Central
Intelligence Agency
Coins
Commission on
the Organization of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy
Congressional
Invitees (for Diplomatic Receptions)
Congressional
Medal of Honor Presentation
Contacts
Defense
Defense and
International Affairs Office ‑ Organization and Functions
Disarmament and
Arms Control Bill
Energy
Legislation and Problems
Eximbank ‑ USSR
Feldman, George
Ford, Mrs.
Gerald R. ‑ Events
Ford, Mike ‑
Prayer
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Disaster
Assistance Act of 1974
Gordon, Britt
Grevers, Theodore
Griffin, Robert
P. (Senator)
Guard and
Reserve Affairs
Highlights of
Congressional Activities, Feb.‑Apr. 1974
House Budget
Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Introductions/Commendations
Israel
Jonas, Charles Raper
Kennedy
Amendment
Korea
Ludlam, William
Marsh
Correspondence, A‑Z (1)‑(4)
Memos, Inter‑Office
Memos, Intra‑Office
Memos, Outgoing
Memos Sent to
the Vice President and Chief of Staff and Returned
Memos to the
Staff
MIA ‑ POW
(1)‑(2)
Military Master
Control File (Index to Military Case Work) ‑ See Box 206
Mott, Charlie
National
Aviation Executive Institute
National Guard
North Korea
O'Brian, Hugh ‑
Youth Foundation
Osborne Article ‑
James Schlesinger
Panama
Pharr, Jones
Pinter, Rabbi Leib
Privacy
Regan, Tom
Republican
Conference, 3/26/74
Republican
National Finance Committee
Requests/Endorsements
Restructuring of
the House of Representatives (Bolling)
Resumes
Science Advisor
Meeting, April 1974
Secretary of
Defense ‑ Allocation of Servants
Slaybecker, Bob
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
Southeast Asia ‑
POW/MIA
South Vietnam
Veterans Day
Speeches ‑
Miscellaneous
Studebaker, Jack
Thompson, Sir
Robert
Trilateral
Commission
United
States/USSR Parliamentary Exchange
Veterans Affairs
Vice President ‑
Correspondence, A‑D
Vice President
‑
Correspondence, E‑Z (1)‑(3)
‑ House
Committee Report
‑
Invitations Acceptance
‑
Invitation Regrets
‑ Meeting
with Don Johnson (Veterans Administration),
‑ Meeting
with Bipartisan Leaders, 4/24/74
‑ Memorial
Day Address, 5/27/74
‑ Press
Releases
‑ Remarks,
Jan. ‑ Apr. 1974 (1)‑(2)
Vice President
‑ Remarks,
May ‑ Aug. 1974 (1)‑(2)
‑
Residence
‑
Responses to Congratulatory Messages
VIP Letters to
the Vice President
Vote Tally
Sheets
Voters Analysis
on Defense Issues ‑ House
Voters Analysis
on Defense Issues ‑ Senate
Chronological
File
Jan. ‑
Aug. 1974 (1)‑(7)
12/5/73‑8/74
12/73 ‑
Miscellaneous
12/20‑21/73
‑ Spain
1/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
1/12/74 ‑
Little Rock, Arkansas
2/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
2/3/74 ‑ DOD
Input for Vice President's "Face the Nation" Broadcast
2/12, 21 and
25/74 ‑ Diplomatic Reception at Blair House
3/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
4/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
5/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
5/21/74 ‑
Former Members of Congress
6/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
7/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
8/74 ‑
Miscellaneous
8/5/74 ‑
Disabled American Veterans
2/13‑15/74
‑ Kentucky, Illinois, Nebraska
2/24‑25/74
‑ New York and New Jersey
3/1‑4/74 ‑
Arizona, Colorado, New York
3/8‑9/74 ‑
Florida and New York
3/11/74 ‑
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
3/15‑18/74
‑ South Carolina
3/23/74 ‑
New Jersey
3/30/74 ‑
Illinois and Florida
4/4/74 ‑
Ohio
4/5/74 ‑
Colorado
4/9‑10/74 ‑
Michigan
4/13‑22/74
‑ Kansas and California
4/22‑23/74
‑ Pennsylvania and New York
4/27/74 ‑
Texas and Oklahoma
5/1/74 ‑
Charlotte, NC
5/3‑4/74 ‑
South Carolina and Michigan
5/6/74 ‑
New York
5/7/74 ‑
New York
5/9/74 ‑
Illinois
5/10‑11/74
‑ New York and Texas
5/13/74 ‑
Louisiana and Florida
5/16‑20/74
‑ Hawaii and Washington
5/22/74 ‑
New York and Delaware
5/23/74 ‑
New York
5/24/74 ‑
Lansing, MI
5/25/74 ‑
Boston, MA
5/26/74 ‑
Danbury, CT
5/28‑29/74
‑ North Carolina and Alabama
6/4/74 ‑
New York
6/5/74 ‑
Colorado and Ohio
6/6/74 ‑
Pennsylvania
6/7‑9/74 ‑
Georgia, North Carolina, and Utah
6/10/74 ‑
New York
6/15/74 ‑
New York
6/17/74 ‑
White Sulphur Springs, WV
6/20‑25/74
‑ California, Minnesota, and Illinois
7/3/74 ‑
Maine
7/6‑7/74 ‑
Dallas, TX
7/12‑13/74
‑ California and New Mexico
7/18/74 ‑
Grand Rapids, MI
7/19‑21/74
‑ Hot Springs and Roanoke, VA
7/25/74 ‑
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
7/29‑30/74
‑ California and Nevada
7/31/74 ‑
Worcester, MA
Miscellaneous
12/13/73 ‑
New York
12/15‑16/73
‑ Williamsburg, VA
12/21/73‑1/5/74
‑ Denver, CO
1/12/74 ‑
Little Rock, AR
1/15/74 ‑
Atlantic City, NJ
1/16‑17/74
‑ Grand Rapids, MI
1/26/74 ‑
Johnstown, PA and Columbus, OH
1/26/74 ‑
West Palm Beach, FL
1/27/74 ‑
Providence, RI
2/9/74 ‑
Kalamazoo, Saginaw, and Detroit, MI
2/13‑15/74
‑ London, KY; Chicago, IL; Omaha, NE
2/18/74 ‑
Chattanooga, TN
2/20/74 ‑
Cincinnati, OH
2/24‑25/74
‑ New York and Atlantic City, NJ
3/1‑4/74 ‑
Phoenix, AZ; Denver, CO; New York
3/8/74 ‑
Miami and Tampa, FL
3/9/74 ‑
New York
3/11/74 ‑
Philadelphia, PA and Boston, MA
3/12/74 ‑
San Diego, CA (Canceled)
3/15‑18/74
‑ Charleston and Beaufort, SC
3/23/74 ‑
Morristown and Atlantic City, NJ
3/30/74 ‑
Chicago, IL and Clearwater, FL
4/3/74 ‑
Annapolis, MD
4/4/74 ‑
Cincinnati, OH
4/4‑5/74 ‑
Denver, CO
4/9‑10/74 ‑
Pontiac, MI
4/13‑21/74
‑ Kansas City, MO; Palm Springs, Monterey, and San Jose, CA
4/22‑23/74
‑ New York and Philadelphia, PA
4/26/74 ‑
White Sulphur Springs, WV
4/27/74 ‑
Wichita Falls, TX and Tulsa, OK
5/1/74 ‑
Charlotte, NC
5/2/74 ‑
Bethlehem, PA (Canceled)
5/3‑4/74 ‑
Columbia and Myrtle Beach, SC and Detroit, MI
5/6/74 ‑
New York
5/7/74 ‑
New York
5/9/74 ‑
Chicago and Charleston, IL
5/10/74 ‑
Buffalo, NY and College Station, Houston, and Dallas, TX
5/13/74 ‑
New Orleans, LA and Pensacola, FL
5/16‑20/74
‑ Honolulu and Hilo, HI and Tacoma, WA
5/22/74 ‑
New York
5/23/74 ‑
New York
5/24/74 ‑
Lansing, MI
5/25/74 ‑
Boston, MA
5/26/74 ‑
New York; Danbury and Waterbury, CT
5/28‑29/74
‑ Charlotte, NC and Birmingham, AL
5/31/74 ‑
Concord and Manchester, NH
6/3‑4/74 ‑
New York
6/4‑5/74 ‑
Colorado Springs, CO and Columbus, OH
6/6/74 ‑ Roystown, PA
6/7‑9‑74
‑ Savannah, GA; Raleigh, NC; Ogden, UT; and Cleveland, OH
6/10/74 ‑
New York
6/13‑14/74
‑ Dallas, TX and Chicago, IL
6/15/74 ‑
Oneida, Newburgh, and White Plains, NY
6/17/74 ‑
White Sulphur Springs, WV
6/20‑25/74
‑ San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Monterey, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Chicago,
IL
6/29/74 ‑
Annapolis, MD
7/3/74 ‑ Loring AFB, ME
7/6‑7/74 ‑
Dallas, TX
7/12‑14/74
‑ Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe, NM; El Toro and Ontario, CA
7/18‑19/74
‑ Grand Rapids, MI
7/19‑21/74
‑ Hot Springs, VA
7/25‑27/74
‑ Muncie, IN; Chicago, IL; Canton, OH
7/29‑30/74
‑ San Francisco, CA; Las Vegas and Reno, NV; San Diego, CA
7/31/74 ‑
Worcester, MA
8/3‑4/74 ‑
Columbus, Jackson, and Hattiesburg, MS; and New Orleans, LA
8/8‑19/74 ‑
West Coast; Hawaii; Chicago, IL (Canceled)
News Media
Billing
News Media
Payments (1)‑(2)
Republican
National Committee Payments
Routine Follow‑Up
Correspondence
Abortion
Agriculture
Baroody, William J.
Bicentennial
Commission
Biographical
Material ‑ Richard T. Burress
Breakfast
Briefings
Brookings
Institution
Commission on Critical
Choices for Americans ‑ Nelson A. Rockefeller
Community
Development Bank
Construction
Industry Stabilization
Domestic Council
Drugs/Narcotics
Economy
Energy
Federal Design
Improvement Program
House of
Representatives
Indians
Insurance
Labor Department
Legal Services
Corporation
Legislation
Legislation,
Messages, Tributes, Letters, Remarks, etc. by Vice President
Miscellaneous
Correspondence
National Health
Insurance System ‑ HEW Proposal
National Urban
Coalition ‑ Agenda, March 29, 1974
Nixon, Richard
M. ‑ Response to the House Judiciary
Committee
Concerning Watergate
Office of
Management and Budget ‑ Update on Natural
Resources,
Energy and Science
President's
Executive Interchange Program (Publication)
Publications/News
Clippings
Rockefeller,
Nelson A. (Aug.-Oct. 1974)
Scheduling
Transportation
Department
Water (Safe
Drinking Act)
White House
Authorization
Action Memos ‑
Chron Copies, Jan. ‑ Apr. 1974
Advancemen (Name Checks)
Amateur Sports
Legislation
Appearance by
Vice President ‑ General
Appearance by
Vice President ‑ "Face of the Nation", Feb. 1974
Appearance by
Vice President ‑ "Meet the Press, "
Appearance by
Vice President ‑ Network Executives, Jan. 10, 1974
Appointments
Appropriations ‑
Office of the Vice President
Authorization ‑
Office of the Vice President
Budget ‑
Fiscal Year 1975 ‑ Office of the Vice President
Campaign Reform
Citizens
Conference on State Legislatures (1)‑(2)
Correspondence ‑
Procedures, Office of the Vice‑President
Correspondence ‑
Buchen, Philip
Correspondence ‑
Hartmann, Robert T.
Correspondence ‑
Marsh, John O.
Correspondence ‑
Miltich, Paul A.
Correspondence ‑
Pagnotta, Frank
Correspondence ‑
Rustand, Warren
Correspondence ‑
Sardo, Lt. Col. Americo A.
Correspondence ‑
Seidman, L. William
Correspondence ‑
Vice President Ford
Courts ‑
Judiciary
Crime
Departments and
Agencies ‑ FCC
Departments and
Agencies ‑ GPO
Departments and
Agencies ‑ GSA
Departments and
Agencies ‑ Justice
Departments and
Agencies ‑ SBA
Departments and
Agencies ‑ Smithsonian Institution
Departments and
Agencies ‑ State Department
Departments and
Agencies ‑ USIA
Domestic Council
‑ General
Domestic Council
‑ Organization
Domestic Council
‑ Tornado Disaster
Domestic Council
‑ Weekly Briefing Papers (1)‑(2)
Drug Abuse
Committee
Duties of the
Vice President
Education
Endorsements
Energy
‑ Federal
Energy Office: Petroleum Situation Report
‑ Federal Energy
Office: Petroleum Statistics Report
‑ Federal
Energy Office: Gasoline Allocation
‑ General
‑
Legislation (1)‑(2)
‑
Petrochemicals
‑ Schleede, Glenn: Memos From
Energy
‑ Vice
President's Energy Trip (1)‑(3)
Environmental
Research Institute of Michigan (Lefty Hatch)
Ethics, Code of
Executive Order
11709 ‑ Farmers' Tax Returns
Financial
Disclosure ‑ Vice President
Fleming, Arthur
S. ‑ Awards Program
Ford Papers ‑
University of Michigan
Franking
Privilege, Use of
Friends of Jerry
Ford Committee
Fundraising and
Reimbursement of Related Expenses, Procedures for (Political)
Gifts
Gifts to the
Vice President
Handicapped
Hatch Act
Health
Health ‑
National Council of Health Care Services
Hispanic
Americans
Housing
Impeachment
Indian Affairs
Indian
Interior
Department ‑ Personnel Problem
Justice
Libraries
Library of
Congress
Literary Rights,
Request for (TV Guide)
Litigation ‑
Cherrytree v. Nixon
Litigation ‑
Dulles v. Secretary of the Treasury
Litigation ‑
Kelley v. Nixon
Litigation ‑
McDonald v. McLucas
Litigation ‑
Miscellaneous
Litigation ‑
Pritchett v. FBI, et.al
Litigation ‑
Wiesberg v. GSA
Meeting with the
Secretary of the Interior and the Vice President, March 21, 1974
Meeting with the
Attorney General, Feb. 26, 1974
Membership ‑
General
Membership ‑
Resignation of the Vice President from the National Athletic Health Institute
Miscellaneous
National
Governors Conferences
National Growth
Policy (1)‑(2)
National Growth
Policy ‑ Meeting with President, Sept. 20, 1974 (Transferred to Ford
Presidential Papers)
News Articles on
Vice President's Staff
No Fault Insurance
(1)‑(3)
Oath of Office
Office of
Management and Budget ‑ Organization
Office Space and
Staff Support for Former Vice President, Authority for
Organization ‑
Office of Legal Counsel to Vice President
Pardons
Pennsylvania
Avenue Development Corporation
Personnel ‑
General
Personnel ‑
Attorney Applications for Future Consideration
Personnel ‑
Secretarial Applications
Personnel ‑
Volunteers
Physical Fitness
and Sports, President's Council on
Privacy ‑
Criticism
Privacy
‑ Domestic
Council Committee (1)‑(4)
Privacy
‑ Domestic
Council Committee (5)
‑ Domestic
Council Committee Reports and Recommendations
‑
Establishment of
‑ General
‑ Initial
Department and Agency Recommendations
‑
Legislation
‑ Meeting
with Vice President, Feb. 26, 1974
‑
Organization
‑
President's Speech and Fact Sheet
‑ Sperling Breakfast Meeting, March 12, 1974
Protection of
the President at Key Biscayne and San Clemente
Public
Correspondence with Legal Counsel to the Vice President
Public
Correspondence with the Vice President
Public
Correspondence ‑ Minos, Ernst
Public
Correspondence ‑ Walker, Harry
Republican
National Committee
Republican
National Finance Committee
Republican Party
‑ General
Requests for
Appearances of Vice President at Public Functions
Requests for
Autographed Pictures from the Vice President
Requests for
Interviews with the Vice President
Requests for
Messages to Individuals from the Vice President
Requests for
Vice President to Speak
Rockefeller, Nelson
(Entire Folder Transferred to the Ford Presidential Papers)
Rule 29
Committee (Republican Party)
‑
Selection of Vice Presidential Candidates (1)‑(3)
‑
Selection of Vice Presidential Candidates: Transcript of Subcommittee
Meeting,
Box 86 Subject File
Scheduling ‑
Daily Scheduling Meeting
Scheduling ‑
General
Scheduling ‑
Procedures to be Followed by Staff
Scheduling ‑
Speechwriting Schedules
Scheduling ‑
Weekly Long‑Range Scheduling Meetings
Science and Technology
in the White House
Seal ‑
Vice Presidential
Security
Clearances
Speeches by the
Vice President
‑ Jan.
1974: USDA Speeches
‑ March 6,
1974: National Governors Conference
‑
‑ May 13,
1974: Louisiana State Legislature
‑ May 24,
1974: Michigan State Legislature
‑ August
2, 1974: American Bar Association
Standards of
Conduct ‑ Christmas Gifts
Standards of
Conduct ‑ Correspondence
Standards of
Conduct ‑ General (1)‑(4)
Tax Evasion
Telephone Calls
From the Public to the Legal Counsel
Telephone Calls
From the Public to the Vice President
Transportation
Veterans
Outreach Program
Vice President ‑
Memos from Casselman to Ford
Vice
Presidential
‑ Archives
‑ General
‑ Office in
House Wing of Capitol
‑ Official
Residence ‑ Furniture and Furnishings
‑ Official
Residence ‑ General
Vice
Presidential
‑ Official
Residence ‑ Legislative Hearings
‑ Personal
and Legal Affairs (Chronological)
‑ Personal
and Legal Affairs (Parents Divorce Case)
‑
Residence (Alexandria Home)
Waivers of
Compensation
Watch List ‑
Office of the Vice President
Watergate
Clippings
Women ‑
Equality
Working Hours ‑
Office of the Vice President
Official Correspondence
Dec. 1973 ‑
Feb. 7, 1974
Feb. 8 ‑
Apr. 3, 1974
Apr. 4‑30,
1974
May 1 ‑
June 17, 1974
June 18 ‑
July 31, 1974
Aug. 1974
Correspondence ‑
Ford and GSA, Feb. 1970 ‑ Mar. 1973
Correspondence ‑
Ford and GSA, June ‑ Oct. 1973
Correspondence ‑
Office of Procurement, 1971‑1973
Correspondence ‑
Office of Standards and Quality, 1971‑1973
Furniture
Purchase Contracts (1)‑(4)
Furniture
Purchase Contracts (5)‑(11)
Purchase Orders ‑
Ford Grand Rapids Office
Region 1, 2, 3 ‑
Purchase Orders
Region 5 ‑
Office of Procurement
Region 5 ‑
Office of Standards and Quality Control (1)‑(7)
Region 5 ‑
Office of Standards and Quality Control (8)‑(11)
Region 5 ‑
Contracts (1)‑(2)
Region 5 ‑
Purchase Orders
Region 5 ‑
Miscellaneous
Region 6 ‑
General
Region 7 ‑
Purchase Orders
Region 8 ‑
Purchase Orders
Region 9 ‑
Contracts
Region 9 ‑
General and Purchase Orders
Region 10 ‑
General
[Box Empty Due
to Reorganization of Collection]
Appointments ‑
Requests for Appointments with the Vice President
Birthday List ‑
U.S. Senate
Condolences
Coal
Congratulations
to the Public
Correspondence with
Congressmen and Senators
‑ State
Delegations
‑ Alabama
‑ Alaska
‑ Arizona
‑ Arkansas
‑
California
‑ Colorado
‑
Connecticut
‑ Delaware
‑ District
of Columbia
‑ Florida
‑ Georgia
‑ Idaho
‑ Illinois
‑ Indiana
‑ Iowa
‑ Kansas
‑ Kentucky
‑
Louisiana
‑ Maryland
‑
Massachusetts
‑ Michigan
‑
Minnesota
‑
Mississippi
‑ Missouri
‑ Montana
‑ Nebraska
‑ Nevada
‑ New
Hampshire
‑ New
Jersey
‑ New
Mexico
‑ New York
‑ North
Carolina
Correspondence
with Congressmen and Senators
‑ North
Dakota
‑ Ohio
‑ Oklahoma
‑ Oregon
‑
Pennsylvania
‑ South
Carolina
‑ South
Dakota
‑
Tennessee
‑ Texas
‑ Utah
‑ Vermont
‑ Virginia
‑
Washington
‑ West
Virginia
‑
Wisconsin
‑ Wyoming
Education
Energy
Flags
Food Stamps
Fundraising
Great Lakes
Health
Health Insurance
Housing
Illegible
Inter‑Office
Memos
Invitations
Invitations ‑
Daily Log of Endorsements (By State)
Invitations ‑
Endorsements
Miscellaneous
Multiple Issues
Pension
Personnel ‑
Leave
Procedures ‑
Scheduling
Referrals
Referrals ‑
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Referrals ‑
Cost of Living Council
Referrals ‑
Department of Agriculture
Referrals ‑
Department of Defense
Referrals ‑
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Referrals ‑
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Referrals ‑
Department of Interior
Referrals ‑
Department of Justice
Referrals ‑
Department of Labor
Referrals ‑
Department of State
Referrals ‑
Department of Transportation
Referrals ‑
Department of Treasury
Referrals ‑
Environmental Protection Agency
Referrals ‑
Federal Communications Commission
Referrals ‑
Federal Energy Administration
Referrals ‑
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Referrals ‑
Pending
Referrals ‑
Small Business Administration
Referrals ‑
United States Postal Services
Referrals ‑
Veterans Administration
Reports ‑
House Proceedings, May‑Aug. 1974 (1)‑(3)
Reports ‑
Morning and Evening on the Senate, Jan.‑April 1974
Reports ‑
Morning and Evening on the Senate, May‑Aug. 1974 (1)‑(2)
Republican Senate
Committee
Schedule, Daily,
of the Vice President (1)‑(3)
Scheduling
Meetings, Daily
Social Security
Thank You
Letters to Constituents
Veterans Affairs
Visa
Visa ‑
James Munro
White, Charles
E.
A‑B
Bourke, Mrs.
Edward R. (1)‑(6)
C‑K
L‑N
Nair, James R.
O‑Q
R‑Z
Action Group
Memos
Administration
and Services Division
Advance Files
Budget/Management
Report on the Office of the Vice
President
Budget/Organization
‑ Office of the Vice President
Correspondence ‑
Daily Mail and Correspondence Report
Correspondence ‑
Form Letter Manual
Correspondence ‑
Form Letters
Correspondence ‑
Procedures
Economy, Jan.‑July
1974 (1)‑(7)
Economy, August
1974
Economy ‑
Airlines
Economy ‑
Utilities
Economy ‑
Employee Stock Option Plans
File Directory
File Manual (1)‑(3)
Gift Card File
Gift Lists (1)‑(4)
Gifts
Miscellaneous
Gifts Received ‑
Artwork
Gifts Received ‑
Awards
Gifts Received ‑
Books (1)‑(5)
Gifts Received ‑
Clothing
Gifts Received ‑
Currency
Gifts Received ‑
Documents
Gifts Received ‑
Drugs
Gifts Received ‑
Elephants
Gifts Received ‑
Films and Tapes
Gifts Received ‑
Food
Gifts Received ‑
Hobbies
Gifts Received ‑
Household
Gifts Received ‑
Jewelry
Gifts Received ‑
Memberships
Gifts Received ‑
Miscellaneous
Gifts Received ‑
Music
Gifts Received ‑
Office Supplies
Gifts Received ‑
Personal
Gifts Received ‑
Photographs
Gifts Received ‑
Poems
Gifts Received ‑
Religious
Gifts Received ‑
Smoking
Gifts Received ‑
Stamps
Gifts Received ‑
Weapons
Gifts to (Gifts
Given by Ford)
Grand Rapids
Office
Kilmer, Ruth ‑
Chronological File (1)‑(4)
Memos ‑
Chief of Staff and Vice President
Memos ‑
Deputy Assistant for Administration
Memos ‑
Deputy Assistant for Media Affairs
Memos ‑
Deputy Assistant for Research
Memos ‑
Deputy Assistant for Scheduling and Appointments
Memos ‑
Staff (1)‑(2)
Miscellaneous
(1)‑(2)
National
Association of Manufacturers ‑ Trade Bill Materials
Personnel ‑
Applications (1)‑(3)
Personnel ‑
Background Advisers (1)
Personnel ‑
Background Advisers (2)‑(4)
Personnel ‑
General
Personnel ‑
Interns (1)‑(2)
Personnel ‑
Speechwriters
Personnel ‑
Staff Lists
Procedures ‑
Miscellaneous
Procedures ‑
Scheduling
Recommendations ‑
Employment
Sample
Stationary
Scheduling ‑
Advance Schedules (Long‑Range)
Scheduling ‑
Daily Schedules
Scheduling ‑
Minutes of Daily Meetings (1)‑(3)
Scheduling ‑
Minutes of Long‑Range Meetings
Scheduling ‑
Miscellaneous
Scheduling ‑
Speechwriting Schedules
Scheduling ‑
World Tour
Seidman ‑
Speaking Engagements
Speeches
4/26/74 ‑
American Bankers Association
5/6/74 ‑
Economic Club of New York
5/9/74 ‑
National Computer Conference
5/9/74 ‑
Skokie Valley Industrial Association
5/9/74 ‑
National Association of Black Manufacturers
6/12/74 ‑
Press Conference
7/12/74 ‑
National Conference of Lieutenant Governors
7/16/74 ‑
National Alliance of Businessmen
8/6/74 ‑
National Conference for Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
8/16/74 ‑
American Bar Association
Miscellaneous
Vietnam Article (Proposed)
Watch Lists for
Weekends and Holidays
White House
Press Releases
"A"
Division
Appearances
Appointments
Actions
Bicentennial
Congratulations
to GOP Events
Congratulations
To ‑ Tributes
Directorships ‑
Honorary
Endorsement Invitation
Expo '74
Federal Regional
Council
Form Letter
Manual
Gifts Sent ‑
Auctions / Prizes
Goodling,
William F.
Grants ‑
Health
Greeting Sent
Hispanic
Americans (1)‑(2)
Honor America
Day
Invitations
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Regrets
Legacy of Parks
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College Republicans
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Non‑Political ‑ Miscellaneous
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Non‑Political ‑ Personal Tributes
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Political ‑ Miscellaneous
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Political ‑ Personal Tributes
Michigan Fifth
Congressional District
Middle East
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Correspondence
National
Governors Conference
National Black
Republican Council
National
Republican Heritage Groups
National
Republican Senatorial Committee
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Appointment/Interview
Republican
Campaign ‑ Ethnic Groups
Republican Campaign
‑ President
Republican
Candidates
Republican Cause
(1)‑(2)
Republican
Congressional Boosters
Republican
Congressional Committee
Republican
Governors
Republican
National Committee
Republican
National Committee ‑ Fundraiser
Republican
National Committee ‑ Meeting, April 19, 1974
Republican
National Committee ‑ Publications
Republican
National Finance Committee (1)‑(2)
Republican
National Finance Committee ‑ Quarterly Reports
Republican Party
Schedule of Events
Republican Women
Republican Youth
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Autograph/Photo
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Interviews
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Miscellaneous
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Performers
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Statements
Ripon Society
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Appearances
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Cancellations
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Daily Meeting Minutes
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Endorsements (Congressional)
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Endorsements (Pending)
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Endorsements (Regrets)
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Long‑Range
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Pending Invitations
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Regrets (1)‑(4)
Solicitations
Southern Association
of Republican State Chairman
Students for
Fairness to the Presidency