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

Office of Public Liaison

PAMELA A. POWELL

Director for Youth Affairs:

Files, 1973-76

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Materials relating primarily to White House liaison with youth organizations and adults working with young people, and administration of the White House Summer Intern program.

QUANTITY

8.4 linear feet (ca. 16,800 pages)

DONOR

Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-116)

ACCESS

Advance consultation is required so that archivists may complete routine review of requested folders for restricted information.

COPYRIGHT

Gerald R. Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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 Helmi Raaska, December 1994

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Pamela A. Powell

1969 Graduated from Marquette University

1969-? Worked as a reporter, press agent, and actress

1971 Joined Celebrities for the President (Nixon)

1972 Chairman of Young Voters for the President (Nixon)

1973-74 White House Staff Assistant

1975-77 Director for Youth Affairs, White House Office of Public Liaison

ca. 1994 Development Director, Phoenix House, Gardena, California

INTRODUCTION

Pamela Powell came to the Nixon White House in February 1973 as an assistant to Counsellor Anne Armstrong. She remained on the staff through the Ford administration. In both administrations, and under both job titles, her responsibilities were very similar. President Nixon had charged Counsellor Armstrong with responsibility for youth affairs, and as her assistant, Powell participated in the activities she later came to direct. When Anne Armstrong resigned in December 1974, President Ford transferred the liaison functions of her office to a recently created Office of Public Liaison headed by William Baroody. He appointed Powell Director for Youth Affairs within this office on January 1, 1975.

As Director for Youth Affairs, Powell was responsible for maintaining liaison with youth organizations and adults working with young people. She facilitated requests for presidential involvement, addressed state and national conventions, arranged for other staff members to speak before groups, and conducted special White House tours and meetings. The Office of Public Liaison hosted a series of "Tuesday at the White House" and "Wednesday at the White House" meetings which brought together representatives from interest groups and members of the Ford administration. Powell planned and participated in several of these meetings which focused on issues important to youth, such as education, employment opportunities, and juvenile justice. She was also concerned with encouraging the involvement of young citizens in the Bicentennial celebration and 1976 presidential campaign.

Early in the Ford administration Powell organized a White House meeting for the national student leaders of the major youth organizations in America. A meeting with the President was held on August 30, 1974. The stated purpose of the meeting was to elicit suggestions for youth involvement in the administration, and to demonstrate the President's support of youth organizations and the part they play in preparing young people for responsible roles as citizens and future leaders. A follow-up conference, called the White House Youth Conference on the Third Century, was proposed for 1976. The files contain material on the 1974 meeting, and an extensive amount of material on the preparatory work Powell completed for the 1976 conference. In spite of all the planning done for the Youth Conference on the Third Century, the conference was never held.

Powell also administered the White House Summer Intern Program. This program enabled a selected group of young adults to participate in the working White House on a daily basis. The files include administrative materials for the 1974 and 1975 programs, and intern name files for 1975. Powell did preliminary work for 1976, but the intern program was not carried out that year.

The Powell Files originally included White House Summer Intern applicant files for 1975 and 1976. Staff at the Ford Library determined that the applicant files did not warrant permanent retention and set them aside for disposal.

Related Materials (December 1994):

The files of colleagues in the Office of Public Liaison are all related. The files of William Baroody and Theodore Marrs are especially useful for information about the Tuesday and Wednesday at the White House meetings. Other staff files relate to liaison with specific interest groups. Additional information about the Office of Public Liaison may be found in the files of Counsellor John Marsh.

Series Descriptions

1-7 Youth Organizations File, 1973-76. (2.8 linear feet)

Information about and communication with youth organizations and organizations that worked with young people. The materials include correspondence, news releases, clippings, and newsletters and other printed materials produced by the organizations. Materials concern Powell's efforts to plan White House visits for groups, facilitate presidential messages and participation in events, and arrange for either herself or others on the White House staff to speak before groups.

Arranged alphabetically by name of organization.

8-16 General Subject File, 1973-76. (3.6 linear feet)

Files on various issues important to youth and materials relating to Powell's arrangements for meetings, conferences, speakers, and special White House tours. Also materials concerning involvement of young citizens in the Bicentennial celebration and the 1976 presidential campaign. Files on meetings and conferences are significant, especially Tuesday at the White House meetings and a presidential meeting with national student leaders of major youth organizations in August 1974. Extensive materials appear on preparations for a conference that was not held, the White House Youth Conference on the Third Century.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

17-19 White House Interns Subject File, 1973-76. (1.2 linear feet)

Materials on the administration of the summer intern program, including press releases, publicity briefs, evaluations of interns, and reports by interns. Primarily for the summers of 1974 and 1975, but also includes some general information on earlier programs and preparatory work for 1976. The program was not held in 1976.

Arranged chronologically by year, and thereunder alphabetically by subject.

20-21 White House Interns Name File, 1974-75. (.8 linear foot)

Name files for the summer 1975 interns. Included in the files are letters of application and recommendation, transcripts and other supporting material, and the intern's assignment sheet.

Arranged alphabetically by name of intern.

Container List

Box 1 Youth Organizations File

AAA ‑ Gold Lifesaving Medal Winners

American Advertising Federation

American Cause

American Council of Young Political Leaders

American Personnel and Guidance

American Field Service

Betty Crocker Awards

Bicentennial Youth Debates

Big Sisters International

Boys Clubs of America

Boys Nation

Boy Scouts of America

Box 2 Youth Organizations File

California Youth Commission

Campfire Girls

Catholic Youth Organization

Center for the Study of the Presidency

Cerebral Palsy (Youth)

Charles Edison Memorial Youth Fund

Close Up

Close Up Evaluations

College Democrats of America

College Republicans

Council for American Private Education (C.A.P.E.)

Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) (1)‑(3)

Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) ‑ Friends of DECA

Educational Expeditions International

Enculturation (Friendship Generation)

Executive High School Interns of America

Explorer Congress

Box 3 Youth Organizations File

Federation of Americans Supporting Science and Technology (FASST)

Florida Student Government Center

4‑H Foundation

Future Business Leaders of America

Future Business Leaders of America ‑ Phi Beta Lambda

Future Farmers of America (FFA) (1)‑(2)

Future Homemakers of America (FHA)

Future Homemakers of America (FHA) ‑ Information Materials

Box 4 Youth Organizations File

Gilbert Youth Research

Girls Clubs of America

Girls Nation

Girl Scouts of America

Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Junior Achievement

Junior Civitan International

Junior Engineering Technical Society

Kemper Traffic Safety Awards

Key Club International

March of Dimes

Milay Foundation

Multiple Sclerosis Society

National Alliance of Businessmen (Youth Programs)

National Association of Secondary School Principals

National Association of Secondary School Principals ‑ Bicentennial Seniors

National Association of Student Councils

Box 5 Youth Organizations File

National Collaboration for Youth

National Conference of Christians and Jews

National Coordinating Council for Vocational Student Organizations (NCCVSO) (1)‑(2)

National Council of Juvenile Court Judges

National Explorers (1)‑(2)

National Junior Horticulture Association

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

National Student Association

National Student Lobby

Newport News Youth Commission

Outstanding Young Women of America

Office Education Association (OEA)

Box 6 Youth Organizations File

Positive Active Leadership Program

Presidential Classroom (1)‑(3)

Project 70001 (DECA)

Scholastic Press Association (California)

Student National Education Association

Teen Age Republicans

Teen Corps

UNICEF Youth Programs

United Nations Youth

Up With People

United States Youth Council

Box 7 Youth Organizations File

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) (1)‑(2)

Vocational Student Organization ‑ Leadership Conference

Washington Center for Learning Alternatives

Washington Workshops

Who's Who Among American High School Students

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) ‑ Youth‑In‑Government Program

Young Republicans

Youth for Understanding (1)‑(2)

Youth for Federal Union

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)

Box 8 General Subject File

American Council of Young Political Leaders ‑ 5/13/76 Meeting

American Field Service ‑ Chapter Presidents List and Area Representatives List (1)‑(2)

American Youth Week

Appointees (Boards, Commissions, Councils)

Arts Meeting, 6/28/76

‑ Background Materials

‑ General

‑ Transcripts

Bicentennial Celebration

‑ Background Materials

‑ General Requests

‑ Retired Teachers Program

Briefing Book (President's)

Box 9 General Subject File

Chiefs of Mission

Clippings ‑ Youth

Colleges and Universities

Completed Youth Arrangements

Consumer Information

Economy

Education

Employment

Ethnics (Republican)

Ford, Gerald ‑ Miscellaneous

Gifted and Talented

Health Organizations ‑ Youth Coalition

Health Organizations Meeting ‑ Youth, 10/31/1975

International Youth Internships

International Students Day

Kansas City, 10/10/1974

Box 10 General Subject File

Listen Mr. President Program (Xerox)

Major Youth Meetings

Marijuana

Media

Pacanowski, Stan (White House Intern) ‑ Major Projects of Summer 1974

Possible Speakers, 1975 ‑ Youth Groups ‑ Arrangements

Powell, Pam ‑ Personal Correspondence

President Ford Committee (1)‑(2)

Presidential Interview Requests

Presidential Schedule Proposal for National Youth Organizations

Presidential Scholars (1)‑(2)

Box 11 General Subject File

Presidential Youth Meeting, 8/30/74

Presidential Youth Meeting, 8/30/74 ‑ Correspondence

Project Friendship

Regional Meetings (White House Conference on Domestic and Economic Affairs)

Religious Groups

Report for Republican National Committee (Statistics on Youth)

Republican National Committee

Resumes

‑ Miscellaneous

‑ Youth ‑ DECA

‑ Youth ‑ Miscellaneous

Speaker Biographies, 1975 ‑ A‑Z

Box 12 General Subject File

Speaking Engagements ‑ Pam Powell

Speaking Engagements ‑ Pam Powell (Out of Town)

Speeches

Speech Material

Standards of Conduct

Student Government Day, 1975

Thank You Letters (Speaking Engagements)

Truman, Harry S. ‑ Scholarship Fund

Tuesday at the White House

‑ General

‑ Law Education

‑ 1/21/75, Vocational Education

‑ 2/4/75, White House Organization

‑ 2/25/75, Higher Education

Box 13 General Subject File

Tuesday at the White House

‑ 3/18/75, Energy Education

‑ 5/13/75, Juvenile Justice

‑ 6/3/75, Presidential Classroom (College)

‑ 6/17/75, Presidential Classroom (Teachers)

‑ 7/22/75, Presidential Classroom (Teachers)

‑ 10/7/75, Gifted and Talented

‑ 12/2/75, Youth in Science and Technology

‑ 4/27/76, Youth and Work

Box 14 General Subject File

United States Senate Youth Programs

Veterans

Vietnam Refugees

Washington Workshop

Wednesday Meeting ‑ 3/5/75, Federation of Americans Supporting Science and Technology (FASST)

Wednesday Meetings ‑ General

White House Director for Youth Affairs

White House Fellows

White House Prayer Breakfasts

White House Regional Conference on Consumer Representation

White House Tour Schedule

Box 15 General Subject File

White House Youth Conference on the Third Century

‑ Assessment Team and Co‑Sponsors

‑ Boy Scouts of America Support

‑ Conference Memo

‑ General

‑ Invitation List and Materials

‑ Letters of Appointment to the Steering Committee

‑ Miscellaneous

‑ Planning Session Minutes of 1/9‑10/76

‑ Planning Session Minutes of 2/7‑8/76

‑ Presidential Memo

‑ Resource People and Facilitators

Box 16 General Subject File

White House Youth Council

Women

Young American Awards

Youth Conventions (National)

Youth Organizations Meeting, 10/17/75 (not held)

Youth Status

Youth Surveys/Polls

Box 17 White House Interns Subject File

1970‑75 ‑ White House Summer Interns Name Lists

1973 ‑ Federal Intern Seminar

1974 ‑ Press Releases

1974 ‑ Publicity Briefs

1974 ‑ White House Intern Evaluations

1974 ‑ White House Intern Final Reports

1974 ‑ White House Intern Forms

1974 ‑ White House Intern 171's

1974 ‑ White House Intern Program Memoranda and Forms

1974 ‑ White House Intern Program Press Information Forms (1)‑(2)

Box 18 White House Interns Subject File

1975 ‑ Congressional Intern Meeting with the President

1975 ‑ Correspondence from White House Summer Interns

1975 ‑ Fall Intern Applicants

1975 ‑ Intern Inquiries

1975 ‑ Potomac Magazine Article

1975 ‑ Press Releases

1975 ‑ White House Intern Evaluations

1975 ‑ White House Intern Meeting with the President

1975 ‑ White House Intern Program General Information

1975 ‑ White House Intern Program Memoranda

Box 19 White House Interns Subject File

1975 ‑ White House Intern Program Press Information Forms (1)‑(2)

1976 ‑ Federal Summer Intern Program

1976 ‑ Summer Volunteers

1976 ‑ White House Intern Program Inquiries

Box 20 White House Interns Name File

Andrews, T. Coleman III

Appleby, Jean

Bergsma, Joel J.

Brock, Lawrence

Chavez, Christina L.

Conzelman, James K.

Garland, Teresa

Goldfield, H.P.

Griffin, James Anderson

Hodges, Scott

Hopkins, Mary Stewart

Humphries, John Jefferson

Kinnard, David W. "Woody"

Kozub, Diane

Kryder, George M. III

Laird, David M.

Larkin, William V., Jr.

Lawson, Melanie

Lieberman, Nancy

Lowitz, Amy Thea

Box 21 White House Interns Name File

McClearn, Barbara

McClure, Fred

Morin, David

Morrow, Rodger H.

Norfolk, Lynn

Oglesby, Catherine E.

Smith, Rebecca J.

Smith, Richard N.

Solak, Cri Cri Marria

Spackman, Rodney

Spencer, Karen

Urbaitis, Karen

Yost, Eric