Gerald R. Ford Library 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2114 www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov

(Interim Finding Aid)

GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY ORAL HISTORY PROJECTS:

Transcripts and Audiotapes, 1996-

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Transcripts and audiotapes for oral histories conducted by staff members of the Ford Library with Ford administration officials, White House staff members, journalists, and others.

Note: This finding aid does not list all interviews conducted by the staff, only those fully transcribed and deeded to the Library by the interviewees. Additional interviews will be released as transcriptions and deeds are completed.

QUANTITY

0.2 linear feet (approximately 400 pages)

DONOR

The various interviewees (accession numbers 1999-001 and 2001-010)

ACCESS

Open.

COPYRIGHT

The interviewees have donated to the United States of America their copyrights in the interview transcripts and audiotapes. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by William H. McNitt, February 2009

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Container List

Box 1 Oral Histories

Armstrong, Anne, April 9, 1997

Counsellor to the President; Ambassador to Great Britain)

Ash, Roy, March 26, 1997

Director, Office of Management and Budget

Butz, Earl, February 28, 1997

Secretary of Agriculture

Coleman, William T., Jr., March 27, 1997

Secretary of Transportation

Kleppe, Thomas, April 25, 1997

Administrator, Small Business Administration; Secretary of the Interior

Lindh, Patricia, June 24, 1996

Special Assistant to the President for Women

Richardson, Elliot, April 25, 1997

Attorney General; Secretary of Commerce

Sherman, Col. Tom, December 8, 1999

Military officer involved in the planning of the Vietnam clemency program

Sidey, Hugh, April 22, 1997

Journalist, Time Magazine

Teeter, Robert, May 5, 1997

Political strategist; public opinion pollster