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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue,
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Press Secretary's Office
WANDA
M. PHELAN
Staff
Assistant for Research:
Files,
1974-76
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Phelan maintained research files for the 1976 campaign concerning Jimmy Carter's background and statements, editorial opinions and endorsements, and columnist opinion from various newspapers.
QUANTITY
23.6 linear feet
(ca. 47,200 pages)
DONOR
Gerald R. Ford
(accession number 77-18 and 77-20)
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
Prepared by William McNitt, December 1983
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
Wanda
Ruth Mathias Phelan
1960‑64
1964‑65 Vocabulary Editor
Associate, Documentation, Inc.
1965‑68 Staff Assistant
and Correspondence Control Officer, Agency for International Development
1968‑70 Correspondence
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development
1970‑74 Correspondence
Specialist, White House Press Office
Oct.‑Dec.
1974 Director of the
Saudi‑Arabian Secretariat, Department of the Treasury
1974‑76 Public Information
Officer, Water Resources Council
Aug.‑Nov.
1976 Staff Assistant,
White House Press Office (on detail from the Water Resources Council)
INTRODUCTION
Wanda Phelan served in the White
House press office at two different times during the Nixon and Ford
administrations. From February 1970 to October
1974 she handled routine correspondence for press secretaries Herb Klein, Ron
Ziegler and Jerald ter Horst. She
returned to the White House press secretary's office on detail in August 1976
and worked as a staff assistant under Agnes Waldron. In this role, she maintained research files
on the 1976 presidential election, concentrating on Jimmy Carter's background
and statements, editorial opinion about issues and the campaign, and editorial
endorsements supporting President Ford.
The Phelan files
mainly cover her work in the fall of 1976.
Her small chronological file of outgoing letters, August 1971 to July
1974, and a small file on media requests for interviews with President Nixon,
March‑July 1974, are the only materials which date from the Nixon
administration. The material is routine,
relating mainly to administrative matters such as notifying mailing lists of
Herb Klein's departure from the White House or adding to President Nixon's
collection of original drawings of editorial cartoons.
The files from
Phelan's 1976 service in the press office relate almost exclusively to the
presidential election. Included are
transcripts of interviews and speeches given by Jimmy Carter and Walter
Mondale; briefing material prepared for some of President Ford's campaign
trips; background on potential issues; newspaper editorials, campaign
endorsements, and some related correspondence with the media; and extensive
files of newspaper clippings and press wire stories concerning the campaign. Phelan apparently maintained these files to
provide briefing material for the President and to verify facts on Jimmy
Carter's career and the presidential campaign.
Although much of the collection is routine in nature, the files provide
a useful source for locating statements by the presidential and vice
presidential candidates and for studying media coverage of the presidential
candidates and the campaign. The
research staff clipped articles and editorials from many of the daily newspapers
around the country in addition to such national papers as the "New York
Times" and the "Washington Post."
Some items date
from November 1974 to July 1976 when Phelan was not serving on the White House
staff. Apparently, Agnes Waldron brought
some of them from the Editorial Staff research operation when she transferred
to the press office in June 1976. Other
files relating to correspondence with the media and presidential meetings with
the media must have been inherited from other members of the press office
staff.
Related
Materials (December 1983):
Related materials include the other files of
the press office staff (especially the Agnes Waldron files), the files of
Charles McCall of the Editorial staff research office, and White House Central
Files categories PL and PR.
Series
Descriptions
1‑10 General Subject File,
1974-76. (4.2 linear feet)
Correspondence,
speeches, interview transcripts, briefing papers, mailing labels, press
releases and newspaper clippings. Much
of the series concerns the 1976 presidential election, including speeches,
interviews and background materials on President Ford, Jimmy Carter, Robert
Dole, Walter Mondale, and Nelson Rockefeller.
Other materials include general correspondence with the news media,
correspondence logs, media interview requests, information on presidential
meetings with the media, and media mailing lists and directories. Three folders contain Phelan's chronological
file of correspondence concerning her work in the Nixon press office, 1971‑74.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
10‑11 Editorial Endorsements Subject
File, 1976. (0.4 linear feet)
Correspondence
with editors, lists of Ford and Carter endorsements, and copies of some
editorials. Most of the series relates
to the fall campaign, although some relates to the primaries.
Arranged
alphabetically by subject.
11‑13
Correspondence
with newspaper editors and copies of editorial endorsements of President Ford
in the fall 1976 campaign. Some of the
correspondence related to media topics other than endorsements, as the press
office staff pulled the entire White House Central Files Name File on many
editors and newspapers as background for thank‑you letters.
Arranged
alphabetically by state.
14‑17 Editorial Opinion by Columnist,
1975-1976. (1.2 linear feet)
Clippings of
editorial columns on national politics by over 200 newspaper columnists such as
Evans and Novak, James J. Kilpatrick, Joseph Kraft, Mary McGrory, and Jerald
ter Horst.
Arranged
alphabetically by name of columnist.
18‑32 Editorial Opinion by State,
1975-1976. (6.0 linear feet)
Clippings of
newspaper editorials on state and national issues and politics, some general
news articles on the same topics, and occasional editorial profiles and
transcripts of commentary by radio and television stations. These were clipped from a wide range of daily
newspapers from around the country.
Arranged
alphabetically by state with some individual folders for specific newspapers
thereunder.
33‑51 1976 Election Clipping File,
1974-76. (7.6 linear feet)
Newspaper
clippings from various national and local newspapers and press wire stories,
mostly from 1976. Most of the clippings up
to August 1976 relate only to Jimmy Carter and his campaign, but later
clippings concern both the Ford and Carter campaigns. November and December 1976 clippings relate
to the transition effort.
Arranged
chronologically.
52‑59 Press Wire Stories, 1976. (3.2 linear feet)
Associated Press
and United Press International wire service stories concerning national
politics and issues, especially the presidential election.
Arranged
chronologically.
Container List
Blacks ‑
Press Viewpoints
Carter, Jimmy
‑
Candidate Forums, Feb. ‑ May 1976 (1)-(2)
‑ Flip
Flops
‑
Interviews
‑ News
Summaries, July ‑ Sept. 1976 (1)-(2)
‑
Schedules, Oct. 1976
‑ Speeches
(1)-(3)
Carter, Jimmy
‑ Speeches
(4)-(6)
Debates ‑
Dole vs. Mondale (Transcripts)
Debates ‑
Ford vs. Carter (Transcripts and Press Releases)
Democratic
Platform
Democratic
Positions ‑ Prepared Cases on
Democrats ‑
Interviews
Dole, Robert
(Press Conferences)
Election Night
Coverage (1)-(2)
Ford
Administration ‑ Two Year Report
Ford, Gerald R.
‑ Briefing
Material for Campaign Trips
‑ General
‑
‑
‑ Press
Conferences (Transcripts)
‑ Speeches
(1)-(5)
‑ Speeches
by Advocates
Freedom of
Information
Mailing Labels ‑
Cabinet Wives
Mailing Labels ‑
Friendly Columnists
Mailing Labels ‑
Media by State
Mailing Labels ‑
Republican National Committee Media Lists
McCarthy,
Media Birthdays
(1)‑(2)
Media
Correspondence, Aug. ‑ Oct. 1976
Media
Correspondence Log by State, Aug. 1974‑Sept. 1975 (1)-(4)
Media
Correspondence Log by State, Aug. 1974‑Sept. 1975 (5)-(6)
Media Executives
Invited to White House Social Functions
Media
Invitations and Media Requests, Aug. 1974‑Feb. 1975
Media
Invitations and Interview Requests, March‑July 1975 (1)-(3)
Media Interview
Requests ‑ Nixon, March‑July 1974 (1)‑(3)
Media Mailing
List (
Media Mailing
List (
Media Mailing
List (
Media Thank Yous
Mondale, Walter ‑
Speeches (1)-(2)
Newspaper Supply
List
Phelan
Chronological File, Aug. 1971‑July 1974 (1)-(3)
Polls (Mostly
Newspaper Clippings) (1)-(3)
Potential Issues
‑ Democrats
Potential Issues
‑ Republicans
President Ford
Committee Newsletter, Feb. 1976
Presidential
Meetings With the Media, Oct. 1974‑July 1975 (1)
Presidential
Meetings With the Media, Oct. 1974‑July 1975 (2)-(3)
Reimbursement
for Expenses
Republican
Convention ‑ Speeches, Press Conferences, Press Briefings, Press Pool
Reports, and
Clippings (1)-(5)
Requested
Information
Research
Categories
Rockefeller,
Nelson ‑ Speeches and Press Conferences, Aug.‑Oct. 1976 (1)-(4)
Schweiker,
Richard S. ‑ Clippings, News Wire Stories, and Voting Record (1)-(4)
Special
Documents on the Carter Campaign ‑ Articles, Memoranda, and
Correspondence
(1)-(3)
Television
Stations ‑ Directory
Weekly
Newspapers ‑ Directory
Weekly
Newspapers ‑ Mailing List (1)-(3)
Editorial
Endorsements Subject File
Carter
Endorsements (1)-(2)
Dole
Endorsements
Ford
Endorsements ‑ Lists (1)‑(3)
Ford Endorsements
‑ Pre‑Convention Period
Ford
Endorsements ‑ Presidential Letters List (1)-(2)
Ford
Endorsements ‑ Telegrams to Media (1)-(5)
Abramson, Rudy
Alexander,
Holmes
Anderson, Jack
Anderson,
William
Andrews, Mark
Apple, R.W., Jr.
Baker, Russell
Bartlett,
Charles
Baskin, Robert
E.
Bauer, David
Beckman, Aldo
Beeder, David
Belden, Joseph
Bergholz,
Richard
Bishop, James
Block, Herbert
Boutin, Otto
Boyd, Robert
Braaten, David
Braden, Thomas
Broder, David S.
Buchanan,
Patrick
Buchwald, Art
Buckley, William
F., Jr.
Cahill, Jerome
Canham, Erwin D.
Carvallo, John
Chamberlain,
John
Childs, Marquis
Clark, Eugene V.
Coakley, Michael
Collins, Dorothy
Cromley, Ray
Cronin, Thomas
E.
Curtis, L.H.
de Toledano,
Ralph
Dillin, John
Dillman, Grant
Donovan, Robert
J.
Drummond, Roscoe
Eaker, Ira C.
Evans, Rowland
and Novak, Robert (1)‑(4)
Farney, Dennis
Field, Mervin D.
Fritchey,
Clayton
Frye, William
Fulbright, J.
William
Furgurson,
Ernest B.
Furgurson, Pat
Gallup, George
Germond, Jack W.
Glaser, Vera
Goodman, Ellen
Gordon, Louis
Greeley, Andrew
Gulliver, Hal
Harrigan,
Anthony
Harris, Louis
Harsch, Joseph
C.
Hart, Jeffrey
Healy, Robert
Hearst, William Randolph,
Jr.
Heinl, Col.
Robert D., Jr.
Hempstone, Smith
Hess, David
Hoppe, Arthur
Humphrey, Hubert
Hunter, John
Patrick
Isaacs, Stephen
Jackman, Frank
Jarrett,
Johnston, Oswald
Jones, Clayton
Karnow, Stanley
Kilian, Michael
Kilpatrick,
James J. (1)‑(3)
Kraft, Joseph
(1)‑(3)
Kreisher, Otto
Kupcinet, Irving
Laird, C.B.
Larsen, Leonard
Lasky, Victor
Leavell, W.A.
Lerner, Max
Lewis, Anthony
Lewis, Paul
Lewis, Ted
Lisagor, Peter
Loeb, William
Lofton John D.,
Jr.
MacLeish, Rodney
Margolis, Jon
Mathias, Charles
McCarthy, Colman
McCrossen, Eric
McGrory, Mary
(1)‑(3)
Means, Marianne
Mehler, Neil
Mellinkoff, Abe
Michelson, A.A.
Miller, Loye,
Jr.
Miller, Paul
Mollenhoff,
Clark R.
Moss, Scott
Moynihan, Daniel
P.
Nachman, Gerald
Needham, William
Nolan, Martin F.
Novak, Michael
Noyes, Crosby S.
Nygren, Bruce
Oakes, John B.
Orr, Richard
Oser, Alan S.
Phillips, Kevin
P.
Pierce, Neal R.
Raspberry,
William
Reagan, Ronald
Reinhold, Robert
Reston, James
Rhodes, John J.
Riesel, Victor
Roales, Judith
Roberts,
Chalmers M.
Roberts, Sam
Roche, John P.
Rosenfeld,
Stephen S.
Roth, Robert
Rowan, Carl T.
Rowen,
Royko, Michael
Royster,
Rusher, William
A.
Safire, William
St. John,
Jeffrey
Samuelson,
Robert J.
Schlesinger,
Arthur, Jr.
Schorr, Daniel
Schram, Martin
Seib, Charles B.
Shannon, William
V.
Shipp, William
Simms, Kenneth
Smith, Kingsbury
Smith, Michael
and Collins, Dorothy
Snow, Crocker,
Jr.
Spalding, Jack
Sperling,
Godfrey, Jr.
Squires, James
Starr, Frank
Stein, Herbert
Stewart, Richard
H.
Strout, Richard
L.
Sulzberger, C.L.
Taylor, Henry J.
terHorst, Jerald
F. (1)‑(2)
Thimmesch, Nick
Tully, Andrew
Turner, Robert
L.
Van Der Linden,
Frank
Van Horne,
Harriet
Von Hoffman,
Nicholas
Watson, Douglas
Wechsler, James
A.
Welter, John
West, Richard
Wicker, Thomas
Wiedrich, Robert
Wieghart, James
Wilkins,
Will, George F.
Wills, Garry (1)‑(2)
Wilson, David B.
Yoder, Edwin M.,
Jr.
Yost, Charles W.
Zorza, Victor
August 1974 ‑
April 18 ‑
July 1 ‑
16, 1976
July 17 ‑
August 12 ‑
18, 1976
August 19 ‑
29, 1976
August 30 ‑
September 6 ‑
11, 1976
September 12 ‑
17, 1976
September 18 ‑
23, 1976
September 24 ‑
27, 1976
September 28 ‑
October 4 ‑
9, 1976
October 10 ‑
15, 1976
October 16 ‑
19, 1976
October 20 ‑
24, 1976
October 25 ‑
29, 1976
October 30 ‑
November 3 ‑
July 1 ‑
August 14 ‑
September 4 ‑
23, 1976
September 24 ‑
October 9 ‑
21, 1976
October 22 ‑
November 2 ‑
23, 1976
November 24 ‑
