February 11, 2013
The Library has opened for research the Trip File series of the Arthur F. Burns Papers. The materials relate to trips made by Arthur Burns, primarily in his official capacity as the U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Although most of the material is routine trip planning records, there is some substantial material related to diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union pertaining to Berlin, and relations between U.S. military bases in West Germany and the surrounding communities. View the collection finding aid.

January 9, 2013
The Library has completed scanning and database work and posted to the Ford Digital Library the Public Papers of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger covering the Ford Administration years. These pages contain many of Kissinger's public addresses, statements, remarks, testimony, and press conferences digitized from Department of State press releases or the publication Department of State Bulletin ("The Official Weekly Record of United States Foreign Policy"). View the Kissinger Public Papers.

January 2, 2013
The Library has opened for research the Robert Quartel Papers. This collection consists primarily of materials related to the 1976 Presidential Campaign, mostly letters from the public requesting information on President Ford’s positions on issues, and the responses of the President Ford Committee Answer Desk to those letters. Also included is a series of Presidential Clemency Board reports documenting performance measurement and analyzing the process of deciding cases. View the collection finding aid.

The Library has opened for research the audiovisual portion of the Paul A. Theis Papers. The textual materials in this collection were opened in October 1999. View the collection finding aid.

See News Notes for Ford Library Researchers for the year 2012