PRESNET Archival Automation System
PRESNET serves as a folder-level index to the manuscript holdings of the Ford Library. It does not index individual documents. Click on this link to see additional information on PRESNET functions, searching, hardware, and software.
Although PRESNET is not directly accessible via the Internet, archivists will be happy to conduct searches and send search reports to you via e-mail. Most PRESNET records are also searchable in the Archives Research Catalog of the National Archives and Records Administration if you wish to conduct your own searches (to search only for Ford Library holdings select Search Options, then Advanced Search and specify the Ford Library as the Location of Archival Materials).
In the sample search report below, the lines with strings of asterisks (*) in the box number column are the titles of manuscript collections. Lines with actual box numbers in the column show series or folder titles belonging to the last previous collection title listed. The page count column shows the quantity of material found in individual folders.
Gerald R. Ford Library 08:58:25 12-17-97 SEEK Strategy: SUBJ = NIXON PARDON HIT. NOTES.......... BOX.. TITLE.................................... PAGE COUNT 1 ***** JAMES E. CONNOR FILES (WH Cabinet ***** Secretary/Staff Secretary) ***** 2 19 TerHorst Resignation as Press Secretary 2 3 ***** ROBERT T. HARTMANN FILES (WH Counsellor) ***** ***** 4 1 1974/09/08 - Announcement of the Nixon 25 Pardon 5 13 Nixon Pardon 75 6 18 U.S. News and World Report Interview - 150 Hartmann, Marsh, and Buchen (1)-(2) 7 ***** WILLIAM E. TIMMONS FILES (WH ***** Congressional Relations Office) ***** 8 7 Nixon/Ford Transition - Hungate 150 Committee Appearance (1)-(2) 9 7 Nixon/Ford Transition - Nixon Pardon: 100 Reaction (1)-(2) 10 22 Blackburn, Ben 4 11 ***** PHILIP W. BUCHEN FILES (WH Counsel's ***** Office) ***** 12 28 Nixon - Miller, Herbert J.: Memorandum 30 to the Special Prosecutor on Behalf of Richard Nixon 13 32 Nixon Pardon - Correspondence (1)-(5) 200 14 32 Nixon Pardon - Ford Statement, 9/8/74 10 15 32 Nixon Pardon - General (1)-(3) 150 16 33 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 150 Background Material (1)-(3) 17 33 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 500 Correspondence (1)-(6) 18 33 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 35 Donald Santarelli Memo 19 33 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 120 Ford Testimony (1)-(2) 20 34 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 100 Ford Testimony (3)-(4) 21 34 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 60 General 22 34 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 20 Hearing, 9/24/74 23 34 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: Ken 50 Lazarus Memo re Possible Questions 24 34 Nixon Pardon - Hungate Subcommittee: 45 Transcript 25 34 Nixon Pardon - Lawsuit 25 26 34 Nixon Pardon - Legal and Historical 130 Precedents (1)-(3) 27 34 Nixon Pardon - Nixon Statement, 9/8/74 5 28 34 Nixon Pardon - Other Requests for 70 Pardons Arising From the Nixon Pardon 29 34 Nixon Pardon - Press Releases, 9/8/74 40 30 34 Nixon Pardon - Proclamation, 9/8/74 5 31 34 Nixon Pardon - Woodward and Bernstein 35 Articles, 12/10/75 32 34 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 20 Conference, 1974/08/28 (Ford) 33 35 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 85 Conference, 1974/09/08 (Buchen) (1)-(2) 34 35 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 25 Conference, 1974/09/10 (Buchen) 35 35 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 20 Conference, 1974/09/10 (Hushen) 36 35 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 150 Conference, 1974/09/16 (Ford) (1)-(3) 37 35 Nixon Pardon and Papers - Press 20 Conference, 1974/10/29 (Ford) 38 41 Personnel - White House: Becker, Benton 20 39 ***** CHARLES H. McCALL FILES (WH Editorial ***** Staff) ***** MSG: The McCall Files contain only routine background material such as newspaper clippings and press releases. 40 53 14.3 - Nixon Pardon (1) - (6) 800 41 54 14.3 - Nixon Pardon (7) - (12) 600 42 ***** DAVID R. GERGEN FILES (WH Communications ***** Office) ***** 43 6 Nixon, Richard M. 30 44 22 1976/10/14 Press Conference (1)-(2) 100 45 ***** ELIZABETH M. O'NEILL FILES (First Lady's ***** Staff) ***** 46 5 Nixon 20 47 ***** PRESIDENT FORD COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN ***** RECORDS ***** MSG: Box numbers in this collection consist of both a letter and a number. The letter indicates the PFC office that created the records. A = Chairman's Office B = Office of Administration C = Political Office D = General Counsel's Office E = Campaign '76 Media Communications (Media/Advertising) F = People for Ford Office G = Press Office H = Research Office J = Delegate Office K = Vice Presidential Nominee Office 48 B81 Nixon, Richard 35 49 E41 Ford Campaign - Sound Roll Transcripts - 75 Ford Convention Film Interview at Camp David 50 H30 Carter Quotes - Nixon (1)-(2) 70 51 ***** GERALD R. FORD SCRAPBOOKS ***** ***** 52 Reel Ford Scrapbooks Microfilm Edition, 648 19 August-December 1974 53 ***** PRESIDENTIAL HANDWRITING FILE ***** ***** 54 27 Judicial-Legal Matters - Pardons: Nixon 75 55 ***** ALEXANDER M. HAIG FILES (WH Chief of ***** Staff) ***** 56 1 Burch, Dean 15 57 1 Hoornstra, John 50 58 ***** WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES SUBJECT FILE ***** ***** MSG: Please write on request slips both the box number(s) and the Central Files code - the letters and numbers appearing before the colon in the folder title (e.g., FG 23-8-2). 59 16-18 FG 2-36: Nixon, Richard 650 60 123 FG 33-13: House Committees: Judiciary 125 61 4-12 JL 1/Nixon: Amnesties - Clemencies - 1100 Pardons/Nixon 62 41 SP 3-12: Announcing the Granting of a 20 Pardon to Former President Nixon, The Oval Office, 9/8/74 63 ***** JOHN O. MARSH FILES (WH Counsellor) ***** ***** 64 25 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: Ford Schedules, 50 Telephone Logs and Statements 65 25 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: General 110 66 25 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: House 130 Subcommittee Hearing - Background Materials (1)-(3) 67 25 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: House 40 Subcommittee Hearing - Ford Statement 68 25 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: House 70 Subcommittee Hearing - General 69 ***** KENNETH A. LAZARUS FILES (WH Counsel's ***** Office) ***** 70 8 FG 33-12: House Judiciary Committee 15 71 ***** EDWARD C. SCHMULTS FILES (WH Counsel's ***** Office) ***** 72 19 Nixon Pardon 75 73 ***** DEAN BURCH FILES (WH Counsellor) ***** ***** 74 4 Nixon Pardon 3 75 4 Polls - General 45 76 ***** PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES: READING COPIES ***** ***** 77 1 9/8/74 - Presidential Pardon Message 17 78 ***** PAUL THEIS AND ROBERT ORBEN FILES (WH ***** Editorial Staff) ***** 79 2 9/16/74 - Press Conference Questions and 3 Answers 80 ***** PAUL A. MILTICH FILES (WH Press ***** Secretary's Office) ***** 81 1 9/24/74 - Nixon Pardon (1)-(2) 125 82 1 10/22/74 - "Clearing the Air" (Hungate 25 Committee) 83 ***** RON NESSEN FILES (WH Press Secretary's ***** Office) ***** 84 1 Press Secretary Briefings, 8/29/74 27 85 1 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/3/74 16 86 1 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/10/74 21 87 1 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/12/74 30 88 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/13/74 26 89 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/17/74 24 90 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/25/74 21 91 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/26/74 25 92 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 9/30/74 22 93 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 10/1/74 24 94 2 Press Secretary Briefings, 10/7/74 28 95 3 Press Secretary Briefings, 10/18/74 23 96 3 Press Secretary Briefings, 11/6/74 24 97 15 Press Secretary Briefings, 12/18/75 21 98 16 Press Secretary Briefings, 2/12/76 34 99 69 Meet the Press, 10/20/74 - Leon Jaworski 19 100 ***** JAMES B. SHUMAN FILES (WH Press ***** Secretary's Office) ***** 101 93 American Bar Association 30 102 94 Democrats 125 103 ***** AGNES M. WALDRON FILES (WH Press ***** Secretary's Office) ***** 104 19 Chronological File (1)-(6) 200 105 19 Ford, Gerald R. - Statements on the 200 Nixon Pardon (1)-(3) 106 20 Ford, Gerald R. - Statements on the 180 Nixon Pardon (4)-(5) 107 ***** DAVID C. HOOPES FILES (WH Staff ***** Secretary's Office) ***** MSG: Most of this collection is not yet indexed by subject in PRESNET. Please consult the finding aid or request a search of folder titles to locate material. Only a small portion of the Hoopes collection has been reviewed by archivists to remove any restricted materials. Therefore, the folders listed below may not be immediately available. With sufficient advance notification, the Library staff will review specific folders and open them to research. 108 17 Pardon of Richard Nixon 25 109 ***** EDWARD HUTCHINSON PAPERS (U.S. ***** Representative from Michigan) ***** MSG: This collection is on deposit from the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan. The University retains title to the collection. Folders from this collection listed below may date from any time during Hutchinson's service in Congress, 1963-76. See the finding aid for information on series not yet described in PRESNET. 110 84 Nixon Pardon - President Ford's 175 Appearance Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice (1)-(3) 111 ***** RON NESSEN PAPERS (WH Press Secretary's ***** Office) ***** 112 16 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: General 75 113 16 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: Hungate 150 Subcommittee Appearance (1)-(2) 114 16 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: Press Releases 75 and Press Briefings 115 16 Nixon, Richard - Pardon: Wire Service 30 Stories 116 55 1/2/77 - John Osborne, "New Republic" 40 117 117 Becker, Benton 1 118 119 Harris Poll on Nixon Pardon 1 119 296 January 30, 1976 - Miscellaneous Notes 1 120 300 Memorandum for Cheney and Marsh re Bob 15 Woodward 121 ***** MICHAEL RAOUL-DUVAL PAPERS (Domestic ***** Council; WH Intelligence Coordinating ***** Group; WH Operations Office) 122 26 First Debate, 9/23/76: Issues - 20 Nixon/Watergate 123 ***** BENTON L. BECKER PAPERS (Attorney; ***** Advisor to Gerald Ford) ***** 124 1-2 General Subject File, {This is a Series Title} 125 2 Nixon Pardon - Acceptance Statement 8 126 2 Nixon Pardon - Becker's Memorandum 18 127 2 Nixon Pardon - Correspondence 25 128 2 Nixon Pardon - Legal Precedents 40 129 ***** A. JAMES REICHLEY INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS ***** (Scholar) ***** MSG: Researchers must secure Mr. Reichley's written permission in order to use direct quotes from the interviews. 130 2 Richardson, Elliot (Nixon and Ford 10 Cabinets) - Interview, 1/9/78 131 2 Schweiker, Richard - Interview, 1/17/78 5 132 ***** JOHN W. "BILL" ROBERTS PAPERS (WH Press ***** Secretary's Office) ***** 133 6 President - Interviews 50 134 6 President - Testimony to Hungate 45 Committee 135 ***** ROBERT T. HARTMANN PAPERS (Reporter; ***** Aide to Congressman Gerald R. Ford; ***** Chief of Staff to the Vice President; Counsellor to the President) MSG: Mr. Hartmann did not donate to the Library his copyright to unpublished writings in this collection. 136 131 Hartmann - Interviews (1) 75 137 139 Hungate Committee Investigation 50 138 145 Nixon Pardon (1)-(2) 145 139 145 Nixon Pardon - Clippings 65 140 167 ter Horst, Jerry - Resignation 15 141 171 9/8/74 - Pardon Statement 75 142 ***** AMERICA SINCE HOOVER COLLECTION: ***** SELECTED DOCUMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ***** LIBRARIES MSG: This collection contains photocopies of documents gathered from eight presidential libraries to illustrate prominent personalities, issues and events in recent American history. For copyright information on any given document, please contact the presidential library which holds the original. 143 11 Nixon Pardon 21 MSG: The folder listed above contains material copied from other collections in the Ford Library. 144 ***** COMPOSITE ORAL HISTORY ACCESSIONS ***** ***** 145 1 Ford, Gerald R.: Interviewed by Jack 12 Lessenberry, 1995 (Acc. No. 95-NLF-024)