--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 006500000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-009 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... GERALD R. FORD: MATERIALS FROM THE WRITING OF "A TIME TO HEAL" MSG: The bulk of this collection is still unprocesssed and temporarily restricted from public access. ...DESCRIPTION... "Playing to win does mean you must organize & train whether it be in an athletic contest or a political fray. This means you are building not only for the present but for the future. Winning gives you that extra satisfaction but there is also the reward that in preparing & competing, day after day, you are building something that in the end will pay dividends." Gerald R. Ford, "Playing Poker to Win" While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics ranging from "How I make decisions" to "Advice to a teen-age daughter." Most deal with personal principles: the value of competition, of loyalty, of ambition. Others concern politics and governance: making decisions, the use of the presidential veto, or the role of regulatory agencies. A few relate to more mundane topics such as socializing in Washington or favorite movies. Some touch on historical topics, including a nine-page comment on how history will view Richard Nixon. What makes these documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford recorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing tablets. The original documents are permanently preserved at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ...ABSTRACT... The bulk of this collection is unprocessed and closed to research. The Ford Library has opened to research copies of Ford's personal reflections on twenty-seven topics ranging from "How I make decisions" to "Advice to a teenage daughter." Ford prepared these handwritten items at the request of Trevor Armbrister, a journalist who was assisting Ford in the research and writing of A Time to Heal. Although Ford's comments are not truly private and unguarded in origin, their introspection makes them highly unusual in a government archive. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Personal LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNPOB, FORD, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977, Ford, Gerald R., 1913- BEGINNING DATE............. 1977 ENDING DATE................ 1979 VOLUME..................... 15 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... The bulk of this collection is currently unprocessed. ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... Y ...ARRANGEMENT... Copies of the open materials are bound together for placement in the Vertical File. PREFERRED CITATION......... Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the Writing of "A Time to Heal", Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... Vertical File - "Ford, Gerald R. - Time to Heal" DATE OF OPENING............ 12/1993 CREATORS NAME.............. Ford Gerald R. CONFORMING NAME............ Ford, Gerald R. CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... SELF CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... Retired ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... Materials drafted for President Ford's autobiography. DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... SELF SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... President Ford donated these materials to the Library after the publication of his autobiography. Originally accessioned as 80-NLF-013, 91-NLF-002, 92-NLF-020, 92-NLF-026, and 94-NLF-007. ...RESTRICTIONS... Most of this collection is unprocessed and temporarily restricted from public access. Only Ford's personal reflections on twenty-seven topics are open. ...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........................ ******* FORD TIME TO HEAL --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 006500001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-009 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Gerald Ford's Handwritten Reflections on Various Topics MSG: The item listed above may be found in the research room Vertical File under "Ford, Gerald R. - Time to Heal". ...DESCRIPTION... Contents: Personal Principles What religion means to me Definition of a successful marriage Advice to a young man going off on his own Advice to a teen-age daughter Making and keeping friends Playing poker to win Learning how to lose The art of compromise Learning how to be alone Attitudes and importance of keeping fit Revenge or forgiveness -- have I attempted revenge or extended forgiveness? What I've learned from blacks & other minorities The brilliance of the English language The disappearance of the personal letter Movies I've liked best Politics and Governance My definition of a statesman as opposed to a politician How I make decisions Credo -- do's and don'ts for a young man going into politics The unelected representatives on Capitol Hill The G.O.P.'s image today -- what it is vs. what it should be? Regulatory Agencies -- why so big, so ineffective, so expensive? What did I try to do about it? How to deal with experts Importance of the veto Washington parties -- what sets them apart? History Changes in the U.S.A. The impact of television and its consequences Richard Nixon's place in history SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Family, Presidential Personal, Presidency, Religious Matters, Black Americans, Congress, Legislative Branch, Bureaucracy, Political Affairs, Regulatory Reform, Republican Party BEGINNING DATE............. 1948 ENDING DATE................ 01/1977 BOX........................ VF PAGE COUNT................. 45 FORD TIME TO HEAL ---------------