--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... DOMESTIC COUNCIL COMPUTER OFFICE FILES (Domestic Council) ...DESCRIPTION... The Computer Office provided the Domestic Council staff with correspondence control, priority tracking, enrolled bill status and coordination, along with the White House staff, of Presidential - Congressional mail. In the fall of 1975, the Council began to organize its paperwork by computer. After January 1976, the computer functioned to control correspondence and track the status of enrolled bills. Kathleen D. Meehan operated the Domestic Council terminal of the White House computer; she was assigned to the administrative staff and was supervised by Judith Johnson, staff secretary of the Domestic Council operations. The Computer Office files document the Domestic Council's administrative computer operations from the fall of 1975 through 1976. As incoming material was received, a computer ID number was assigned and a Domestic Council Correspondence Profile form was attached to the material. Information from the form was then entered into the White House computer and included control number, type of document, correspondents, subject and action taken. The Computer Office kept track of the documents as they progressed through the Domestic Council offices and closed out each document case as the action was completed. Near the end of the administration, the computer printed out entries, arranged by year and thereunder by control number. The Computer Office files are divided into three series: document inventories (print-outs), correspondence, and Computer Office working documents. They consist largely of letters, memoranda, studies, congressional recommendations and Executive Orders originated by congressmen, federal agencies, private citizens, the President, and White House and Domestic Council staffs. They often concern congressional topics such as legislation, appointments, special interest lobbying, and meetings, appearances and other appointments. Incoming documents and supporting material are covered by the Correspondence Profile forms and arranged by their assigned number. The usefulness of the Computer Office material is limited. The numerical arrangement makes it difficult to locate specific materials. The majority of the documents controlled by the computer can be located elsewhere in the Domestic Council staff files, usually under more convenient subject headings. The remainder of the Computer Office working file is routine and narrowly focused. ...ABSTRACT... Domestic Council administrative staff tracked memoranda, letters, and enrolled bills by computer after November 1975. Document inventories (print-outs) in box 1 provide awkward access to succeeding boxes of material arranged by control number. Much of this material is duplicated in collections of Domestic Council staff. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Legislation, Domestic Council LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNPOB, UNDO, LEGU, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977, United States. Domestic Council, Legislation--United States BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 13.6 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... The files of the Domestic Council staff are closely related. ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... N ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in three series: Document Inventories File, Correspondence File, and Domestic Council Computer Office Administrative File. PREFERRED CITATION......... Domestic Council Computer Office Files, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-20-05-2 to 2-20-05-6 DATE OF OPENING............ 08/1982 CREATORS NAME.............. Domestic Council Computer Office CONFORMING NAME............ Domestic Council Computer Office CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. A CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Domestic Council: Computer Office CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Unknown ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... The Computer Ofice provided the Domestic Council staff with correspondence control, priority tracking, enrolled bill status and coordination, along with the White House staff, of Presidential - Congressional mail. In the fall of 1975, the Council began to organize its paperwork by computer. After January 1976, the computer functioned only to control correspondence and track the status of enrolled bills. Kathleen D. Meehan operated the Domestic Council terminal of the White House computer; she was assigned to the administrative staff and was supervised by Judith Johnson, staff secretary of the Domestic Council operations. DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... The Domestic Council staff turned this file over to the National Archives at the end of the Ford administration. Originally accessioned as 77-NLF-035, 77-NLF-040, and 77-NLF-107. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. Available on a review on request basis. ...LITERARY RIGHT... Mr. 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. WRITTEN PERMISSION......... N BOX........................ ******* COMPUTER OFFICE FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Document Inventories File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Computer print-outs which inventory materials in the Correspondence File. The print-outs indicate type of document, correspondents, brief subject, action taken, closure. Arranged by year and thereunder by control number. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 0.4 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... N, Arranged in numerical order TYPE OF MATERIAL........... INV, Inventory BOX........................ 1 COMPUTER OFFICE DOCUMENT INVENTORIES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Document Inventories, 1975 (7500001 - 7501605) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 12/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 300 COMPUTER OFFICE DOCUMENT INVENTORIES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Document Inventories, 1976 (7600001 - 7602705) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 12/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 300 COMPUTER OFFICE DOCUMENT INVENTORIES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Document Inventories, Completed Record Actions for 11/09/1976 - 12/02/1976 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1976 ENDING DATE................ 12/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 100 COMPUTER OFFICE DOCUMENT INVENTORIES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Correspondence File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Letters, memoranda, studies, congressional recommendations, executive orders. This file contains incoming correspondence, presidential - congressional mail, enrolled bills, and attached related materials. A Correspondence Profile form covers each document case. Numerical order approximates chronology. Arranged by year and thereunder by control number. Review on request - Identify your request from the print out inventory. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Legislation, Domestic Council BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 12.6 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... N, Arranged in numerical order TYPE OF MATERIAL........... LET, Letter BOX........................ 2-33 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200008 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500001 - 7500112 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200009 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500113 - 7500235 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 3 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200010 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500236 - 7500349 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 4 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200011 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500350 - 7500446 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200012 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500447 - 7500569 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 6 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200013 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500570 - 7500700 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200014 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500703 - 7500805 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 8 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200015 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500806 - 7500912 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 9 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200016 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7500913 - 7501060 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 10 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200017 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7501061 - 7501226 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 11 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200018 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7501227 - 7501330 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 12 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200019 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7501331 - 7501480 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 13 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200020 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7501481 - 7501588 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 14 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200021 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7501589 - 7600100 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 15 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200022 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600101 - 7600222 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 16 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200023 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600223 - 7600349 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 17 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200024 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600350 - 7600466 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 18 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200025 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600467 - 7600601 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 19 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200026 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600602 - 7600721 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 20 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200027 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600722 - 7600848 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 21 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200028 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600849 - 7600979 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 22 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200029 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7600980 - 7601109 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 23 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200030 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601110 - 7601265 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 24 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200031 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601266 - 7601399 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 25 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200032 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601400 - 7601548 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 26 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200033 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601550 - 7601730 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 27 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200034 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601731 - 761865 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 28 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200035 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7601866 - 7602023 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 29 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200036 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7602024 - 7602184 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 30 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200037 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7602185 - 7602349 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 31 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200038 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7602350 - 7602573 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 32 PAGE COUNT................. 800 COMPUTER OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Computer Office Administrative File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Printout sheet changes, log sheets and tracking forms; Domestic Council status index; and presidential - congressional mail duplicates. Many handwritten notes of updates and changes appear. This working file consists of documents used to track correspondence and enrolled bills, and log worksheets used to program the computer. Domestic Council status index to the magnetic computer tape, on which is stored the Domestic Council Correspondence Profile information, is included; the tape is part of the audio-visual collection. Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 0.6 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... AC, Arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically thereunder. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... LOG, Log BOX........................ 33-34 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200039 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Correspondence File, 7602574 - 7602704 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 33 PAGE COUNT................. 500 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200040 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Congressional (1) - (2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1975 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 150 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200041 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Domestic Council Correspondence Profile SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 4 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200042 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Enrolled Bills (1) - (2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1975 ENDING DATE................ 03/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 100 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200043 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Enrolled Bills (3) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1975 ENDING DATE................ 03/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 55 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200044 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Interim Reports (1) - (4) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1975 ENDING DATE................ 08/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 250 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200045 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Presidential Mail from Congress (1)-(5) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1975 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 250 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 009200046 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-135 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Printout Sheet Changes (1)-(3) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1976 ENDING DATE................ 08/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 200 COMPUTER OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE FILE ---------------