--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... H. JAMES FIELD, JR. FILES (WH Operations Office) ...DESCRIPTION... H. James Field, Jr., joined the White House staff in February 1976 as Associate Director of the Presidential Personnel Office, filling human resources, housing and transportation positions. In July 1976 he was appointed Staff Assistant to Richard B. Cheney, whom he had previously assisted at the Cost of Living Council. In this position, Field, a former Republican State Chairman of Rhode Island, drafted replies to Cheney's campaign-related correspondence, along with Michael Raoul-Duval, and accumulated copies for his work with the President Ford Committee (PFC). He worked closely with other White House staff members, the PFC, People for Ford, and many state Republican parties, responding to requests for presidential messages, telegrams and endorsement and fundraising letters. The Field Files cover his work on the campaign during the last six months of the administration. The majority of the collection consists of routine campaign material, containing presidential endorsement letters for United States Congressional candidates, presidential fundraising letters on behalf of state parties, and outgoing presidential messages and telegrams, mostly in response to PFC and People for Ford requests. The folders of Richard Cheney and Gwen Anderson correspondence reflect his more administrative duties. White House staff members folders contain memoranda between Field and their offices; the Cheney folders contain correspondence with party officials, Ford supporters, and the public. ...ABSTRACT... Correspondence concerning the 1976 election, especially presidential messages, telegrams, candidate endorsements, and fundraising. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Campaign Funds, Political Affairs LC SUBJECT TERM............ PREUEB, ELEUC, UNPOB, Presidents--United States--Election--1976, Elections--United States--Campaign funds, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977 BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 0.8 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... As of August 1984 the following related materials are available for research: Those listed in "1976 Presidential Election: List of Manuscript Materials Available for Research," available from the reference archivist. In addition, the White House Central Files categories ME - Messages and PL - Political Affairs include related materials. Files from Field's position in the Presidential Presonnel Office are found in the files of Margo M. Boyle. ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in a single Subject File. PREFERRED CITATION......... H. James Field, Jr. Files, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-19-06-2 DATE OF OPENING............ 08/1984 CREATORS NAME.............. Field H. James Jr. CONFORMING NAME............ Field, H. James, Jr. CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... White House Operations Office: Staff Assistant CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Unknown ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... January 1949 - Born in Providence, Rhode Island 1971 - B.A. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 1971-72 - Staff Assistant, Cost of Living Council, Department of Treasury 1972 - Campaign Committee Member, Chaffee Senate Campaign, Providence, RI 1973-75 - Director of Administration, City of Cranston, RI 1975-76 - Chairman, Rhode Island Republican State Committee, Providence, RI 1976 - Associate Director, Presidential Personnel Office, The White House 1976 - Staff Assistant, White House Operations Office December 1976 - January 1977 - Special Assistant to the President, The White House DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... This collection was retired to White House Central Files during the administration and turned over to the Ford Library as part of that collection. It was originally accessioned by the Library under the number 77-107. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of President Ford's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request. ...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........................ ******* FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Subject File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Campaign related correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, drafts of fundraising letters, and occasional newspaper clippings and reports. Included are outgoing presidential telegrams and letters to the public, to state Republican organizations, and to congressional candidates; Cheney correspondence drafted or accumulated by Field; and memoranda with White House staff members on routine campaign matters. Also filed here are five memoranda recommending telephone calls from the First Lady, with her handwritten notes. Arranged alphabetically by subject. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976 BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 0.8 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... COR, MEM, TEL, CLI, REP, Correspondence, Memorandum, Telegram, Clipping, Report BOX........................ 1-2 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Anderson, Gwen ...DESCRIPTION... Letter case concerning John Wayne and the Republican National Convention and a letter case re a proposed Jimmie Rodgers commemorative stamp. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Presidential Messages, Republican Party, Political Candidates, Political Conventions, Presidential Election Committees BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1976 ENDING DATE................ 11/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 75 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Baroody, William J., Jr. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Interest Groups BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 10 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Calhoun, John C. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Minorities, Black Americans BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 30 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Cheney, Richard B. (1)-(6) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Campaign Debates, Presidential Election Committees BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 500 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Ford, Betty ...DESCRIPTION... Heavily annotated by Mrs. Ford. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, First Lady, Party Delegates, Republican Party BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1976 ENDING DATE................ 06/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 5 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... President - Endorsement Letters (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Republican Party, Political Candidates BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 150 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000008 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... President - Fundraising Letters (1)-(3) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Campaign Funds, Elections, California, Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Republican Party BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 175 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000009 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... President - Telegrams and Messages (1)-(6) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Presidential Messages, Interest Groups BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1976 ENDING DATE................ 11/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 500 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000010 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Presidential Memorandum SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Party Delegates, Delaware, South Dakota, Iowa BEGINNING DATE............. 06/15/1976 ENDING DATE................ 06/15/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 4 FIELD SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 005000011 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-242 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Roth, Barry SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Campaign - 1976, Campaign Funds, New York, Congressional Elections BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 25 FIELD SUBJECT FILE ---------------