SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

A chronological set of press releases issued by either the White House Press Release Unit or the Press Secretary's office covering all aspects of the Ford White House.  Included are transcripts of speeches, briefings, and press conferences; schedules; biographies; proposed legislation; press pool reports; etc.

QUANTITY
22.8 linear feet (ca. 45,600 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 77-111, 78-6, 78-23, and 83-22)

ACCESS
Open.

COPYRIGHT
Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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, May 1983; revised November 2011

INTRODUCTION

The White House Press Release Collection contains both the press releases published and distributed by the White House Press Release Unit and most of the press releases issued informally by the Press Secretary's office.  The collection originally included only press releases distributed by the Press Release Unit, but a partial set of press releases collected by the National Archives have been interfiled.  Most of those added were fairly routine releases of information which the Press Office distributed.  Such items were usually just photocopied and released without ever being sent to the Press Release unit for publication. In all more than 10,000 press releases appear in this collection.

Related Materials (May 1983)
A keyword index to presidential speeches, announcements, interviews, press conferences, and messages whose text were issued as press releases can be found in the collection "White House Press Release Unit: Key phrase and word index to Presidential statements."

Other related materials include both the files and papers of Press Secretary Ron Nessen.  Included in the Nessen files are drafts of some of the press releases, the text of all Presidential news conferences, and all of Nessen's daily press briefings.  The text of President Ford's speeches statements and press conferences are also available in the Ford volumes of the publication Public Papers of the Presidents.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Press Releases, 1974-77.  (Boxes 1-35, 14.0 linear feet)
Press releases distributed by either the Press Release Unit or the Press Office including presidential messages; presidential press conferences; some vice presidential messages; executive orders; speeches; communiques; announcements of appointments to the staff; biographical sketches; toasts and exchanges between the President and guests; statements by the President, his Cabinet or staff; fact sheets; media pool reports; and some correspondence, especially staff letters of resignation. Arranged chronologically.

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Duplicate Press Releases, 1974-77.  (Boxes 36-57, 8.8 linear feet)
A partial duplicate set of press releases. Arranged chronologically.

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CONTAINER LIST

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Box 1 - Press Releases

• August 9, 1974 – September 5, 1974

Box 2 - Press Releases

• September 6-25, 1974

Box 3 - Press Releases

• September 26, 1974 – October 18, 1974

Box 4 - Press Releases

• October 19, 1974 – November 17, 1974

Box 5 - Press Releases

• November 18, 1974 – December 14, 1974

Box 6 - Press Releases

• December 15, 1974 – January 20, 1975

Box 7 - Press Releases

• January 21, 1975 – February 18, 1975

Box 8 - Press Releases

• February 19, 1975 – March 23, 1975

Box 9 - Press Releases

• March 24, 1975 – April 17, 1975

Box 10 - Press Releases

• April 18, 1975 – May 13, 1975

Box 11 - Press Releases

• May 14, 1975 – June 3, 1975

Box 12 - Press Releases

• June 4, 1975 – July 1, 1975

Box 13 - Press Releases

• July 2-26, 1975

Box 14 - Press Releases

• July 27, 1975 – August 21, 1975

Box 15 - Press Releases

• August 22, 1975– September 18, 1975

Box 16 - Press Releases

• September 19, 1975 – October 10, 1975

Box 17 - Press Releases

• October 11, 1975 – November 12, 1975

Box 18 - Press Releases

• November 13, 1975 – December 5, 1975

Box 19 - Press Releases

• December 6, 1975 – January 12, 1976

Box 20 - Press Releases

• January 13, 1976 – February 6, 1976

Box 21 - Press Releases

• February 7-19, 1976

Box 22 - Press Releases

• February 20, 1976 – March 10, 1976

Box 23 - Press Releases

• March 11, 1976 - April 2, 1976

Box 24 - Press Releases

• April 3-23, 1976

Box 25 - Press Releases

• April 24, 1976 – May 9, 1976

Box 26 - Press Releases

• May 10-29, 1976

Box 27 - Press Releases

• May 31, 1976 – June 22, 1976

Box 28 - Press Releases

• June 23, 1976 – July 16, 1976

Box 29 - Press Releases

• July 17, 1976 – August 18, 1976

Box 30 - Press Releases

• August 19, 1976– September 16, 1976

Box 31 - Press Releases

• September 17, 1976 – October 1, 1976

Box 32 - Press Releases

• October 2-17, 1976

Box 33 - Press Releases

• October 18-30, 1976

Box 34 - Press Releases

• October 31, 1976 – January 3, 1977

Box 35 - Press Releases

• January 4-20, 1977

Box 36 - Duplicate Press Releases

• August 9, 1974 – September 8, 1974

Box 37 - Duplicate Press Releases

• September 9, 1974 – October 9, 1974

Box 38 - Duplicate Press Releases

• October 10, 1974 – November 3, 1974

Box 39 - Duplicate Press Releases

• November 4, 1974 – December 13, 1974

Box 40 - Duplicate Press Releases

• December 14, 1974 – January 23, 1975

Box 41 - Duplicate Press Releases

• January 24, 1975 – March 4, 1975

Box 42 - Duplicate Press Releases

• March 5, 1975 – April 16, 1975

Box 43 - Duplicate Press Releases

• April 17, 1975 – May 13, 1975

Box 44 - Duplicate Press Releases

• May 14, 1975 – June 6, 1975

Box 45 - Duplicate Press Releases

• June 7, 1975 - July 2, 1975

Box 46 - Duplicate Press Releases

• July 3-27, 1975

Box 47 - Duplicate Press Releases

• July 28, 1975 – September 11, 1975

Box 48 - Duplicate Press Releases

• September 12, 1975 – October 22, 1975

Box 49 - Duplicate Press Releases

• October 23, 1975 – December 14, 1975

Box 50 - Duplicate Press Releases

• December 15, 1975 – February 18, 1976

Box 51 - Duplicate Press Releases

• February 19, 1976 – March 22, 1976

Box 52 - Duplicate Press Releases

• March 23, 1976 – April 28, 1976

Box 53 - Duplicate Press Releases

• April 29, 1976 – June 3, 1976

Box 54 - Duplicate Press Releases

• June 4, 1976 – July 26, 1976

Box 55 - Duplicate Press Releases

• July 27, 1976 – September 27, 1976

Box 56 - Duplicate Press Releases

• September 28, 1976 – October 25, 1976

Box 57 - Duplicate Press Releases

• October 26, 1976 – January 20, 1977