An Ordinary Man
Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousand…
592 viewsHistorian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousand…
592 viewsRepublican Gerald Ford and Democrat Jimmy Carter -- political rivals in the 1976 presidential campaign -- became lifelong friends who found common cause in the decades after they left the Wh…
809 viewsHistorian H.W. Brands looked at Gerald Ford in the context of the 1970s - when he served as House minority leader, vice president, and then president. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum …
1,234 viewsPresidential historian Richard Norton Smith discussed his biography of President Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. He talked about …
1,418 viewsFormer first lady Betty Ford was honored for her life’s work, with a special focus on the White House grounds and gardens. Featured speakers included landscape historian Jonathan Pliska, aut…
417 viewsGerald R. Ford Presidential Museum curator Donald Holloway used archival photographs and film to talk about the 38th president, who took office on August 9, 1974, after President Nixon’s res…
496 viewsThis President Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum film told the life story of President Ford and featured the events related to Watergate and the 1974 resignation of President Ri…
806 viewsDescendants of presidents from James Monroe to Gerald R. Ford convened in Washington, D.C. for the Presidential Sites Summit hosted by the White House Historical Association. American Histor…
581 viewsDuquesne University president Ken Gormley taught a class looking at constitutional issues that arose during the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He gave particular focus to the…
820 viewsSusan Ford Bales, daughter of President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford, talked about the Ford family’s time in the White House with former ABC News White House correspondent Ann Compton. They fo…
437 viewsScott Kaufman talked about his book, Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford. He discussed Mr. Ford’s life before and after his presidency, detailing how his…
666 viewsDon Holloway gave a tour of some of the newly updated exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. Mr. Holloway spoke about Gerald Ford’s life after college and how World …
800 viewsDon Holloway gave a tour of exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Holloway shared stories from Gerald Ford’s childhood, including thos…
489 viewsKatherine Jellison of Ohio University explained that scholars, and even the general public, tend to narrowly categorize first ladies. She showed that they are more complicated than that, usi…
143 viewsUsing a map and portions of NBC’s election night coverage, three political scientists dissected the results of a presidential contest that saw Jimmy Carter narrowly defeat incumbent Presiden…
1,521 viewsPresident Gerald Ford accepted the nomination to be the 1976 Republican candidate for president at the Republican National Convention held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Following…
3,795 viewsThree political scientists discuss the 1976 presidential campaign between incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter. The program includes video highli…
629 viewsNoting the anniversary of the pardon of former President Richard Nixon, with the audio diary recordings of President Gerald Ford’s Deputy Press Secretary Bill Roberts.
36 viewsFormer President Ford’s son Steven and half-brother Richard shared their memories of youth and family life with the man who would become vice president and president of the United States wit…
814 viewsRichard Norton Smith talked about the life and influence of first lady Betty Ford and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included her professional career as a…
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