--------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800000 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ C TITLE...................... BIRGE S. WATKINS FILES (WH Economic Affairs Office) ...DESCRIPTION... Birge S. Watkins, a 1971 graduate of Alma College, began working for L. William Seidman in 1972 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1974, he volunteered to aid Seidman with the Economic Summit and was then appointed to Seidman's office as staff assistant for scheduling. As staff assistant, Watkins drafted replies to requests for appointments, appearances and White House tours. He also drafted responses to uncomplicated letters regarding economics and routine matters. Many form letters were used. ...ABSTRACT... Routine scheduling correspondence and other letters drafted for L. William Seidman's signature, reference files of press releases and similar nearprint material, and material on office procedures. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics LC SUBJECT TERM............ UNPOB, UNEP, United States--Politics and government--1974-1977, United States--Economic policy BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 3.4 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet ...RELATED MATERIAL... The primary related collection is the L. William Seidman Files. ...ARRANGEMENT... Arranged in three series: Subject File, Conference File, and Chronological File. PREFERRED CITATION......... Birge S. Watkins Files, Gerald R. Ford Library CLASSIFICATION CODE........ U, Not Classified LANG. CODE(S).............. eng LOCATION................... 2-11-06-6 to 2-11-06-7 DATE OF OPENING............ 02/1983 CREATORS NAME.............. Watkins Birge S. CONFORMING NAME............ Watkins, Birge S. CONFORMING NAME INDICATOR.. P CREATORS RELN TO PRES...... Economic Affairs: Staff Assistant CREATORS CURRENT POSN...... unknown ...BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE... Birge S. Watkins, a 1971 graduate of Alama College, began work for L. William Seidman in 1972 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1974, he volunteered to aid Seidman with the Economic Summit and was then appointed to Seidman's office as staff assistant for scheduling. DONORS NAME................ Ford Gerald R. DONORS RELN TO CREATOR..... President SOURCE OF LEGAL TITLE...... DM, Donated materials ...PROVENANCE... Watkins turned over his files to the National Archives at the end of the Administration. Orginally accessioned as 77-NLF-101. ...RESTRICTIONS... Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256). ...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........................ ******* WATKINS FILES --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800001 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Subject File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Letters, memoranda, schedules, reports, speeches, resumes, and form responses. The majority are photocopies of documents to and from Seidman's office. Most concern scheduling issues: requests, follow-up, thank-you, and schedules. Some general memoranda on the EPB, and personnel matters containing resumes and intern information are included. Two subject areas containing extensive information, mostly reports and press releases, concern minority business enterprise and youth employment. There is a small amount of Watkins' own correspondence and one unidentified speech. Arranged alphasbetically by subject. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 2.4 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... A, Arranged alphabetically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... LET, MEM, SCH, REP, SPE, RES, Letter, Memorandum, Schedule, Report, Speech, Resume BOX........................ 1-6 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800004 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Council on International Economic Policy (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Council on International Economic Policy, Foreign Economic Affairs BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1974 ENDING DATE................ 12/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 150 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800005 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Policy Board - Agendas SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1976 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 10 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800006 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Policy Board - General SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics, Economic Policy Board BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 07/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 45 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800007 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Policy Board - Organization/Decision Making SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economic Policy Board BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1975 ENDING DATE................ 06/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800008 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Economic Policy Board - Speech and Travel Schedules SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics, Speeches BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 85 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800009 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Federal Grants SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Federal Aid BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 20 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800010 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... First Lady SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... First Lady BEGINNING DATE............. 07/1975 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 20 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800011 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Form Response - Draft Letters, Conference on Inflation SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Conference on Inflation BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 45 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800012 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Form Response - Draft Letters and Forms SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 08/1974 ENDING DATE................ 02/1975 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 55 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800013 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Form Response - Manual, Vice President SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 03/1974 ENDING DATE................ 03/1974 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 85 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800014 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Media Lists SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1976 ENDING DATE................ 1976 BOX........................ 1 PAGE COUNT................. 25 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800015 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Minority Business Enterprise (1)-(10) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Black Americans, Minority Business BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1974 ENDING DATE................ 02/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 800 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800016 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Newswire Reports, 12/76 (1)-(8) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1976 ENDING DATE................ 12/1976 BOX........................ 3 PAGE COUNT................. 550 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800017 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Personnel (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 07/1976 BOX........................ 3 PAGE COUNT................. 150 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800018 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Personnel - Interns SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 05/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1976 BOX........................ 2 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800019 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... President's Schedule (1)-(12) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Schedule BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1974 ENDING DATE................ 01/1977 BOX........................ 4 PAGE COUNT................. 700 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800020 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Presidential Schedule - Requests SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Schedule BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1975 ENDING DATE................ 02/1976 BOX........................ 4 PAGE COUNT................. 40 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800021 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Presidential Trip, 11/1-2/76, Grand Rapids SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Presidential Trips, Grand Rapids BEGINNING DATE............. 11/1976 ENDING DATE................ 11/1976 BOX........................ 4 PAGE COUNT................. 65 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800022 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Productivity Growth - Report, 10/74 (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Productivity BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1974 ENDING DATE................ 10/1974 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 150 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800023 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Public Members Association of the Foreign Service SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 90 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800024 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Scheduling SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Trips BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 25 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800025 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Seidman, L. William - General SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1975 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800026 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Seidman, L. William - Personal SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 04/1975 ENDING DATE................ 02/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 7 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800027 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Seidman, L. William - Scheduling SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Trips BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 20 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800028 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... State Department SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 06/1975 ENDING DATE................ 08/1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 20 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800029 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... State of the Union Follow-up, 1975 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... State of the Union Addresses, Economics, Federal Budget, Taxes BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800030 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... State of the Union Follow-up, 1976 (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... State of the Union Addresses, Economics, Federal Budget BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 125 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800031 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Vice President SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Vice President BEGINNING DATE............. 03/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 15 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800032 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Watkins - Correspondence SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 02/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800033 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Watkins - Speech (Unidentified) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 11 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800034 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... White House Press Releases and Fact Sheets SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1974 ENDING DATE................ 05/1975 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 45 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800035 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... White House Staff Memoranda SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... White House Staff BEGINNING DATE............. 09/1974 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 25 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800036 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... White House Tours SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 03/1975 ENDING DATE................ 04/1976 BOX........................ 5 PAGE COUNT................. 11 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800037 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Youth Employment (1)-(8) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Employment Policy, Youth BEGINNING DATE............. 1972 ENDING DATE................ 06/1976 BOX........................ 6 PAGE COUNT................. 800 WATKINS SUBJECT FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800002 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Conference File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Proceedings, briefing papers and books, news articles, and one transcript. Briefing papers and books of three conferences on consumer representation plans held in January 1976 contain operational information needed to run the conferences and include itineraries, biographies, floor plans and transportation. There are proceedings for 1975 conferences on Capital Investment and Employment and on Domestic and Economic Affairs. Arranged chronologically. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Conferences, Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 1975 ENDING DATE................ 1976 VOLUME..................... 0.4 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... C, Arranged chronologically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... TRA, Transcript, BRP, Briefing Paper BOX........................ 7 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800038 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 5/19-20/75 - National Conference on Capital Investment and Employment - Proceedings (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Business, Finance, Conferences BEGINNING DATE............. 05/1975 ENDING DATE................ 09/1975 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 125 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800039 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 10/7/75 - Mid-Appalachia White House Conference on Domestic and Economic Affairs - Proceedings SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... None BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1975 ENDING DATE................ 10/1975 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 150 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800040 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/21/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - Briefing Paper (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Consumerism, Conferences BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 100 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800041 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/23/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - Briefing Paper (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Consumerism, Conferences BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 150 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800042 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/23/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - News Clippings SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Consumerism, Conferences BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 35 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800043 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/23/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - Stenographic Transcript SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Conferences, Consumerism BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 90 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800044 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/29/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - Briefing Book SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Consumerism, Conferences BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 75 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800045 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... 1/29/76 - White House Conference on Consumer Representation Plans - Briefing Paper (1)-(2) SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Conferences, Consumerism BEGINNING DATE............. 01/1976 ENDING DATE................ 01/1976 BOX........................ 7 PAGE COUNT................. 125 WATKINS CONFERENCE FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800003 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ S TITLE...................... Chronological File, {This is a Series Title} ...DESCRIPTION... Copies of largely routine outgoing letters and memoranda, drafted by Waktins for Seidman's signature. There are occasional attachments. Arranged chronologically. SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 1974 ENDING DATE................ 1977 VOLUME..................... 0.8 UNITS MEASUR............... linear feet BASIS OF ARRANGEMENT....... C, Arranged chronologically. TYPE OF MATERIAL........... LET, MEM, Letter, Memorandum BOX........................ 8-9 WATKINS CHRONOLOGICAL FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800046 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Chronological File, 12/74-9/75 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Trips, Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 12/1974 ENDING DATE................ 09/1975 BOX........................ 8 PAGE COUNT................. 800 WATKINS CHRONOLOGICAL FILE --------------- COL,SER,FLDR ID............ 011800047 ACCESSION.................. 70-NLF-164 RECORD CODE................ F TITLE...................... Chronological File, 10/75-1/77 SUBJECT DESCRIPTOR......... Trips, Economics BEGINNING DATE............. 10/1975 ENDING DATE................ 01/1977 BOX........................ 9 PAGE COUNT................. 400 WATKINS CHRONOLOGICAL FILE ---------------