Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum

WEDNESDAY WEB WRAP-UP for January 10, 2007
Welcome back everyone! I hope all of you are rested and excited for what is to come in 2007.

Gerald Ford’s passing on December 26th brought back some memories. He assumed office during the summer following this librarian’s graduation from college. I can still recall my sense of relief that our country’s political life would likely become 'normal' again. Images of the end of the Vietnam War also remain in my memory. In any event this week’s Wrap-up is the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum site.

The Library and Museum is a one of eleven Presidential Libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. As with most of the Presidential Libraries, online availability of primary materials makes these sites especially useful to students of recent American history. At the Ford site, you can for example read minutes from both Cabinet and National Security Council meetings. You might also check out an interesting collection of documents from the Mr. Ford’s 1976 Presidential campaign. Click on the link “Documents and Photographs” to view these and other primary materials.

Pay tribute to the 38th President of the United States by clicking here >>> http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/default.asp

Jim