Selected Documents on the 1976 Presidential
Campaign
The Ford Library has extensive holdings concerning the 1976 presidential
campaign from both the Ford White House Papers and the records of the President
Ford Committee, the president's campaign committee. The Library's holdings
on this topic are described in the handout Core
Collections on the 1976 Presidential Campaign. The documents below, many
of them originally selected for a Library exhibit "What It Takes.. The (Sometimes)
Bumpy Road to the White House" in 1996, are but a small selection of the Library's
holdings.
Early Planning for the Campaign
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The Primary Campaign and the Ronald Reagan Challenge
- Comments on the Potential Candidacy of Ronald
Reagan - Jerry Jones memo, September 26, 1975
- Analysis of Early Research on Perceptions,
Style, and Themes - Robert Teeter memo, November 12, 1975
- Slowing Ronald Reagan's Momentum - Robert
Teeter memo, December 11, 1975
- National Polls and Campaign Strategy -
Robert Teeter memo, December 24, 1975
- Critique of the President Ford Committee -
Jack Stiles report, February 24, 1976
- TV Commercial Attacking Ronald Reagan's Candidacy -
Bruce Wagner memo, April 7, 1976
- An Explanation of the Reagan Victories in
Texas and the Caucus States - report, May 1976
- Campaign Advice to President Ford -
Barry Goldwater letter, May 7, 1976
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General
Election Campaign Planning & Republican National Convention
- Ford Campaign Strategy - Observations by
George Will - Stef Halper memo, June 11, 1976
- Proposed Theme Speeches - Jim Reichley
memo, July 14, 1976
- Cows Soil the President's Suit: Problems Campaigning
on the Road - Dorrance Smith memo, July 26, 1976
- Campaign Strategy Plan for the Ford
Campaign, August 1976
- 1976 Republican
Party Platform, August 17, 1976
- President Ford's Remarks Upon
Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination, August 19,
1976
- Preliminary Media Plan for the Ford Campaign,
August 21, 1976
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The General Election Campaign Against Jimmy Carter
- President Ford
'76 Factbook, September 1976 (compilation
by campaign committee staff concerning accomplishments, quotes,
and views)
- Campaign
Advocate Travel - Jim Baker memo, September 8, 1976
- Debate Strategies - David Gergen memo,
September 18, 1976
- Presidential Campaign Debate
Transcript (domestic policy), September 23, 1976
- Campaigning in the South - David Gergen
and Jerry Jones memo, September 24, 1976
- Presidential Campaign Debate
Transcript (foreign policy), October 6, 1976
- Student Reactions to the Debate, Milt
Mitler Memo, October 8, 1976
- Objectives and Suggestions for the Third Debate -
Mike Duval memo, October 18, 1976
- President Ford Committee Newsletter, October 19, 1976 (PDF File)
- Advice for Press Conference - Dick Cheney
memo, October 20, 1976
- Presidential Campaign Debate
Transcript, October 22, 1976
- Speech Themes for Return Home to Michigan,
Jack Marsh Memo, November 1, 1976
- Electoral Vote - Map, November 3, 1976
- Election Concession Statement Read by
First Lady Betty Ford,
November 3, 1976 (PDF File)
- Starting the Transition Process - Jimmy
Carter letter, November 3, 1976
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Miscellaneous
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