The History Place
The History Place: Gerald R. Ford Pardoning Richard Nixon
Check out this site for a brief history of the Watergate scandal & the text of President Ford's speech announcing his official pardon of Richard Nixon. You can access an audio clip of the speech as well as view the original written...
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Links to Primary Documents & Classified Transcripts
Check out this page for a list of links to primary source documents regarding the last years of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, many of which are declassified transcripts of conversations between Gerald Ford and Henry Kissinger.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Ford Interlude
Brief overview of the Ford administration as he stepped in to fill the presidential void.
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Gerald R. Ford Library: President Ford '76 Fact Book: Economy
An overview of Ford's policy during his 1976 campaign. Information about many of his programs and proposed tax cuts.
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Gerald R. Ford Library: Gerald R. Ford's Address to 29th u.n. General Assembly
This site is provided for by the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum. Take a look at Ford's 1974 address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, which he delivered shortly after assuming the Presidency, and in which Ford humbly...
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Gerald R. Ford Library: 1975 State of the Union Address
This site is from the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum. Read the text of Ford's 1975 State of the Union address, in which he outlines both national and international goals for the United States.
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Gerald R. Ford Library: Address to the Osce in Helsinki
Click here at the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum to hear an audio clip or read the full text of President Ford's address to participants in the 1975 OSCE Helsinki Summit, during which the Helsinki Final Act was drafted.
A&E Television
History.com: Presidents: Gerald Ford
This easy-to-navigate site has Gerald Ford's biography, events occurring during his presidency, an image gallery, several videos containing his speeches, and more.
University of Groningen
American History: Biographies: Gerald R. Ford
A brief, easy-to-understand biography of Gerald Ford which includes an overview of his domestic and foreign policy.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: President Ford Pardons Nixon
At this Ibiblio.org site, click to view photos of President Ford as he announces his decision to pardon Richard Nixon in 1974.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Ford Interlude
The only man to never be elected president, Gerald Ford was assigned the daunting task of regaining Americans' trust in the government. This site is a brief description of Ford's presidency.
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Fall of Saigon by u.s. Marines
Take a look at this firsthand account of the final days a U.S. Marine spent in Saigon, before it fell to North Vietnam in 1975.
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Arms Negotiations at Vladivostok
Photographs from the Vladivostok Summit in 1974 between the Soviet Union's Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Gerald Ford.