Introduction

The Gerald R. Ford Library is part of the Presidential libraries system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a federal agency. It is located on the North Campus of the University of Michigan, Gerald Ford's alma mater (B.A., 1935). Unlike other Presidential libraries, the Ford Library's museum component is located in a different city. The Gerald R. Ford Museum is in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 130 miles west of Ann Arbor, in the congressional district that Mr. Ford represented from 1949 to 1973. Despite the physical separation, the library and museum are a single institution sharing one director.

Before he left the Presidency, Gerald Ford donated to the government all of his congressional, Vice-Presidential, and Presidential historical materials, including the files of his White House staff. The whole donation filled nine semi-trailer trucks when shipped to Ann Arbor in 1977. The Ford Papers form the core of the research holdings, but the library continues to acquire important additional collections.

U.S. government domestic and foreign policies and national political affairs in the 1970s are the primary topics of library collections. Many aspects of American society, business, and culture are also represented.


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Ford Museum Education Modules

Currently, this element of the Ford Project at PRESIDENT is also under construction, please check back.


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Ford Library Exhibits

The Ford Library presents insights into the President's day with its exhibit A Day in the Life of a President.

You can view other exhibits mounted by the Gerald R. Ford Museum by connecting to the Ford Museum.
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