--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... PRESIDENT'S DAILY NEWS SUMMARIES ...DESCRIPTION... This set of news summaries consists of those actually seen by President Ford, but the President seldom initialled or annotated them. They include the ribbon copy of all typed summaries or articles and the original clippings of some articles and cartoons. The news summaries received by the White House staff were apparently photocopied from these originals which were then submitted to the President. For days when the President was away on trips, the news summaries in this file are usually photocopies that were cabled to him rather than the originals. Gertrude Fry of the Staff Secretary office, who was in charge of distributing materials from the President's outbox, apparently maintained this set of news summaries. She also maintained the Presidential Handwriting File and the Special Files Unit. This collection was originally received by the Ford Library as part of a larger collection labeled Special Files. As the news summaries came out of the Oval Office, the Staff Secretary office stamped them "The President has seen." This collection of news summaries is not complete. For approximately 75 dates on which the news summary is known to have been published no copy appears in this file. Many of these gaps can be explained by the fact that the President was away from the White House on trips and did not return the copies cabled to him. On the other hand this collection contains 28 news summaries that do not appear in the files of the news summary editors, so researchers interested in seeing a complete set of summaries will have to consult both files. ...ABSTRACT... The President's copies of the daily news summaries compiled by Press Office staff members and distributed for reading by the President and his staff. Few contain initials or annotations by the President. This set is missing about 75 of the news summaries issued during the administration. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Broadcast Media, Press, Presidential News Summary LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNPOB, GOVPU, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977, Government and the press--United States BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 17.2 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... Related materials as of November 1983 include the files of news summary editors James Shuman and Agnes Waldron, White House Central Files Subject File category PR 16-3 (Presidential News Analysis), and materials in the unprocessed Barry Roth files relating to a lawsuit against the Ford administration by a former member of the news summary staff. ...ARRANGEMENT... A single chronologically arranged series. PREFERRED CITATION......... President's Daily News Summaries, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2A-35-02-1 to 2A-35-02-7 DATE OF OPENING............ 11/1983 CREATORS NAME.............. Staff Secretary's Office CONFORMING NAME............ Staff Secretary's Office CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. A CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Staff Secretary's Office CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... None ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles and editorial opinion, distributed daily to the President and about 130 White House staff. During the Ford administration the news summaries were edited successively by Lyndon Allin, Philip Warden, James Shuman and Agnes Waldron. Details on the summary and its production can be found in the finding aids for the files of Shuman and Waldron. DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... After being seen by the President, the news summaries were placed in the Special Files by Gertrude Fry of the Staff Secretary's Office. The Ford Library received the news summaries as part of Special Files and originally accessioned them as 77-NLF-102. ...RESTRICTIONS... None ...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........................ ******* DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... President's Daily News Summaries, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... The President's copies of the daily news summaries compiled by Press Office staff members and distributed for reading by the President and his staff. Few contain initials or annotations by the President. This set is missing about 75 news summaries issued during the administration. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 17.2 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... C, Arranged chronologically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... SUM, Summary BOX........................ 1-44 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 8/11/74 - 9/1/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/2-23/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1974 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/24/74 - 10/13/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1974 ENDING DATE................ 10/1974 BOX........................ 3 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 10/14/74 - 11/5/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1974 ENDING DATE................ 11/1974 BOX........................ 4 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 11/6-28/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1974 ENDING DATE................ 11/1974 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 11/29/74 - 12/17/74 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1974 ENDING DATE................ 12/1974 BOX........................ 6 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300008 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 12/18/74 - 1/14/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1974 ENDING DATE................ 01/1975 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300009 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 1/15/75 - 2/1/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 02/1975 BOX........................ 8 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300010 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 2/2-20/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1975 ENDING DATE................ 02/1975 BOX........................ 9 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300011 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 2/21/75 - 3/12/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1975 ENDING DATE................ 03/1975 BOX........................ 10 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300012 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 3/13/75 - 4/7/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 03/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1975 BOX........................ 11 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300013 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 4/8-24/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1975 BOX........................ 12 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300014 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 4/25/75 - 5/13/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1975 ENDING DATE................ 05/1975 BOX........................ 13 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300015 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 5/14/75 - 6/5/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 05/1975 ENDING DATE................ 06/1975 BOX........................ 14 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300016 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 6/6-24/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1975 ENDING DATE................ 06/1975 BOX........................ 15 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300017 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 6/25/75 - 7/15/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1975 ENDING DATE................ 07/1975 BOX........................ 16 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300018 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 7/16/75 - 8/5/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1975 ENDING DATE................ 08/1975 BOX........................ 17 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300019 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 8/6/75 - 9/7/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1975 ENDING DATE................ 09/1975 BOX........................ 18 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300020 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/8-25/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1975 ENDING DATE................ 09/1975 BOX........................ 19 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300021 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/27/75 - 10/15/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1975 BOX........................ 20 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300022 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 10/16/75 - 11/12/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1975 ENDING DATE................ 11/1975 BOX........................ 21 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300023 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 11/13/75 - 1/6/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1975 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 22 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300024 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 1/7/76 - 2/2/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 02/1976 BOX........................ 23 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300025 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 2/3-26/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1976 ENDING DATE................ 02/1976 BOX........................ 24 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300026 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 2/27/76 - 3/23/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1976 ENDING DATE................ 03/1976 BOX........................ 25 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300027 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 3/24/76 - 4/18/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 03/1976 ENDING DATE................ 04/1976 BOX........................ 26 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300028 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 4/19/76 - 5/10/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1976 ENDING DATE................ 05/1976 BOX........................ 27 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300029 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 5/11-30/1976 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 05/1976 ENDING DATE................ 05/1976 BOX........................ 28 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300030 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 5/31/76 - 6/18/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 05/1976 ENDING DATE................ 06/1976 BOX........................ 29 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300031 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 6/19/76 - 7/9/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1976 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 30 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300032 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 7/10-21/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1976 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 31 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300033 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 7/22/76 - 8/9/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1976 ENDING DATE................ 08/1976 BOX........................ 32 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300034 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 8/10-26/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1976 ENDING DATE................ 08/1976 BOX........................ 33 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300035 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 8/27/76 - 9/7/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1976 ENDING DATE................ 09/1976 BOX........................ 34 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300036 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/8-16/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 09/1976 BOX........................ 35 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300037 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/17-27/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 09/1976 BOX........................ 36 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300038 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 9/28/76 - 10/6/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 37 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300039 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 10/7-15/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 38 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300040 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 10/16-25/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1976 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 39 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300041 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 10/26/76 - 11/1/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1976 ENDING DATE................ 11/1976 BOX........................ 40 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300042 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 11/2-21/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1976 ENDING DATE................ 11/1976 BOX........................ 41 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300043 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 11/22/76 - 12/16/76 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1976 ENDING DATE................ 12/1976 BOX........................ 42 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300044 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... News Summaries, 12/17/76 - 1/20/77 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential News Summary, Press BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1977 BOX........................ 43 PAGE COUNT................. 800 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 017300045 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-236 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Notebook Used to Hold the President's Copy of the News Summary SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BOX........................ 44 PAGE COUNT................. 0 DAILY NEWS SUMMARY ---------------