--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 013300000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-183 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE UNIT: KEY PHRASE AND WORD INDEX TO PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS MSG: This collection consists of a card index to presidential statements. Please consult the finding aid for further information. The collection is not indexed in detail in PRESNET. ...DESCRIPTION... White House volunteers created this detailed card index to press releases of Ford's speeches, announcements, interviews, statements, press conferences, and messages. Over 200,000 entries give keyword or phrase, the context phrase, and full text citation. The entries cover subjects from Mass Assured Destruction to broomcorn imports, and places from China to Latvia. Researchers can easily aquire photocopies of entries by mail or telephone inquiry. The Press Release Unit also maintained a collection of multiple copies of government publications such as annual and special reports to the President by various agencies, presumably for distribution to the press. These materials were transferred to the Ford Library book collection during processing, but a list of the items transferred can be found at the end of Box 23B. ...ABSTRACT... White House volunteers created this detailed card index to press releases from Ford's speeches, announcements, interviews, statements, press conferences, and messages. Over 200,000 entries give keyword or phrase, the context phrase, and full text citation. The entries cover subjects from Mass Assured Destruction to broomcorn imports, and places from China to Latvia. Researchers can easily aquire photocopies of entries by mail or telephone inquiry. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Press Releases, Presidential Addresses, Presidential Messages LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNPOB, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977 BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 30.9 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... Related materials include the White House Press Release collection and both the files and papers of Press Secretary Ron Nessen. Included in the Nessen files are drafts of some of the press releases, the text of all Presidential news conferences, and all of Nessen's daily press briefings. The text of President Ford's speeches, statements and press conferences are also available in the Ford volumes of the publication "Public Papers of the Presidents". ADDL UNDESC. ACCRETIONS.... N ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in a single alphabetical sequence. PREFERRED CITATION......... White House Press Release Unit: Key Phrase and Word Index to Presidential Statements, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-39-03-3 to 2-39-03-7, 2-40-01-2 to 2-40-02-5 DATE OF OPENING............ 05/1983 CREATORS NAME.............. White House Press Release Unit CONFORMING NAME............ White House Press Release Unit CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. A CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Permanent Operating Offices: White House Press Release Unit CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... White House Press Release Unit ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... The White House Press Release Unit is one of the permanent White House support operations which serve each President. Supervised during the Ford administration by Mary E. Hooper, Editorial Clerk, the unit worked with the Office of the Press Secretary, receiving draft press releases, reproducing, and distributing them. They compiled a keyword index to presidential speeches, announcements, interviews, statements, press conferences, and messages whose texts were issued as press releases. DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... The White House Press Release Unit turned this index over to the National Archives at the end of the administration. Originally accessioned as 79-NLF-111. ...RESTRICTIONS... 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........................ ******* PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS INDEX --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 013300001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-183 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Keyword Index to Presidential Statements, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... A card file which indexes the texts of Presidential statements, announcements, speeches, interviews and messages on a keyword basis. The file consists of approximately 200,000 cards. Arranged alphabetically. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Press Releases, Presidential Addresses, Presidential Messages BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 30.9 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... CAF, Card File BOX........................ 24-255 PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS INDEX --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 013300002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-183 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Keyword Index to Presidential Statements SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Press Releases, Presidential Addresses, Presidential Messages BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 01/1977 BOX........................ 24-255 PAGE COUNT................. 200000 PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS INDEX ---------------