--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... ANNE ARMSTRONG FILES (WH Counsellor) ...DESCRIPTION... Anne Armstrong was named Counsellor to the President with Cabinet rank by Richard Nixon in 1973, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She remained as Counsellor when President Ford took office, providing assistance in established areas of responsibility as well as assuming new roles in the Ford White House. She resigned in December 1974 because of family health problems which entailed a return to Texas, but she continued to serve in several posts during the following year. In 1976, Ford appointed her Ambassador to Great Britain and considered her a possible vice presidential running mate. Counsellor Armstrong established the first White House Office of Women's Programs in 1973 to provide a liaison between President Nixon and women and women's groups. It sought to recruit women appointees to high level government positions and to assist in gaining greater employment opportunity for women in the federal sector through regulation and legislation. Assisted by Patricia Lindh and Director Karen Keesling, Armstrong continued to address these concerns in the Ford administration. After her resignation, she joined Lindh and Keesling as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations' International Women's Conference in Mexico City. As Chairman of the Federal Property Council in 1973-74, she urged President Ford to continue its threatened existence with White House appropriated funds. The Council was responsible for review and reform of current policy toward federal real property and resolution of conflicting land use claims. She oversaw these functions and administered the Legacy of Parks program which disposed of surplus federal land. On her deaprture, she advised Ford of alternate ways to provide these services within the federal government. President Ford appointed Armstrong to the eight-member Council on Wage and Price Stability which he created soon after he became President to identify and expose the causes of inflation. In his administration, she also chaired two Cabinet-level committees on the Bicentennial which addressed federal agency participation in the observance. She continued to work in these areas after her resignation as Counsellor. The Armstrong collection is very weak in documenting her various responsibilities. Materials are limited to some speeches and routine correspondence representiing only fragments of her activities. Some areas of responsibility are undocumented, e.g. the Council on Wage and Price Stability, liaison with Hispanics, and coordination of youth programs. In some instances, Armstrong's successors in the White House inherited her files as well as her duties. ...ABSTRACT... Fragmentary office files of speeches and memoranda of Armstrong and her administrative assistant Beth Gordon, August-December 1974; and routine personal correspondence, 1973-74. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Women LC SUBJECT TERM............ WOMU, UNPOB, Women--United States, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977 BEGINNING DATE............. 1973 ENDING DATE................ 1974 VOLUME..................... 0.8 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... As of May 1988 related materials include: Additional files may be found in the White House Central Files (FG 6-11-1, 6-24, 6-27). Related materials can be found in the files of John Marsh (Bicentennial), Milt Mitler (Bicentennial), and Patricia Lindh/Jeanne Holm (Office of Women's Programs). Other related materials in currently unprocessed collections include the files of Pam Powell (youth liaison), Thomas Aranda (Hispanic liaison), and Katherine Suttles (job applications from women recruits). ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... N ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in two series: Office Files and Personal Correspondence. PREFERRED CITATION......... Anne L. Armstrong Files, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-09-03-1 DATE OF OPENING............ 11/1987 CREATORS NAME.............. Armstrong Anne CONFORMING NAME............ Armstrong, Anne CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Counsellors to the President: Counsellor to the President CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... Dec. 27, 1927 - Born, New Orleans, LA 1949 - Graduated, Vassar College (Phi Beta Kappa) 1966-68 - Vice Chairman, Texas Republican Party 1968-73 - Republican National Committeewoman from Texas 1968-74 - Trustee, Kennedy County (Texas) School Board 1971-73 - Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee 1972 - Secretary and keynote speaker, Republican National Convention 1973-74 - Counsellor to the President - Nixon Administration; founder, Office for Women's Programs; Chairman, Federal Property Council 1974-75 - Counsellor to the President - Ford Administration; Chairman, Domestic Council Committee on the Bicentennial and the Federal Agency Bicentennial Task Force; member, Council on Wage and Price Stability 1975-76 - Member, Advisory Council to the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration; member, Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year 1976-77 - Ambassador to the Court of St. James (United Kingdom) 1977-83 - Member, board of directors of several major corporations, institutes and universities. 1980 - Co-Chair, Reagan-Bush campaign 1981 - Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... These materials were all retired to White House Central Files oversize attachments after Ms. Armstrong's departure from the White House in December 1974. The Ford Library received the collection as part of Central Files in January 1977. Originally accessioned as 77-NLF-107. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. ...LITERARY RIGHT... Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. In addition, Mr. Ford has donated to the United States of America his copyright interest in any other of his writings that might be included in this collection. The copyright interest to materials written by other individuals or organizations is presumed to remain with them. WRITTEN PERMISSION......... N BOX........................ ******* ARMSTRONG FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Office Files, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Armstrong Speeches; and letters and White House memoranda written by Armstrong and her administrative assistant Beth Gordon, mostly entailing routine announcements, thank you notes, transmittals of job applications, brief elaborations of policy and acknowledgement of public opinion. Arranged by subject. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Speeches, Women BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 VOLUME..................... 0.1 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... COR, MEM, SPE, Correspondence, Memorandum, Speech BOX........................ 1 ARMSTRONG OFFICE FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Armstrong, Anne - Correspondence and Memoranda ...DESCRIPTION... Virtually all outgoing correspondence, few incoming letters attached. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Women, Equal Rights Amendment BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 75 ARMSTRONG OFFICE FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Armstrong, Anne - Speeches (1)-(2) ...DESCRIPTION... Includes material re her participation in the World Food Conference in Rome. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Speeches, Economics, Inflation, Food, International Conferences, Women BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1974 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 100 ARMSTRONG OFFICE FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Gordon, Beth - Correspondence and Memoranda ...DESCRIPTION... Outgoing letters only - mostly routine in nature. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Women BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 01/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 25 ARMSTRONG OFFICE FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Personal Correspondence, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Letters, invitations, thank you notes and photo/autograph requests exchanged between Armstrong and friends and associates, many of them members of the Republican National Committee. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1973 ENDING DATE................ 1974 VOLUME..................... 0.7 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... COR, Correspondence BOX........................ 1-2 ARMSTRONG PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Personal Correspondence, A-F SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1973 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 600 ARMSTRONG PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005300007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-119 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Personal Correspondence, G-Z SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1973 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 800 ARMSTRONG PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE ---------------