Gerald Ford: A Resource Guide

President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, conversing, on the grounds of the White House, Washington, D.C. 1 negative: film. 1974 Aug. 16. Prints & Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-08443

Library of Congress Resources

American Memory

By Popular Demand: Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies, 1789-Present

This collection presents portraits of U.S. presidents and first ladies, including a photograph of Gerald Ford and his wife, Betty Ford.

"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations

This collection contains approximately 400 items relating to presidential inaugurations, including Ford taking the oath of office on August 9, 1974.

Exhibitions

Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium

Presents works by cartoonist Herb Block, who chronicled the nation’s political history and caricatured twelve American presidents, including a cartoon dealing with Gerald Ford's "Whip Inflation Now" campaign and one of Ford published during the 1976 presidential election.

Prints & Photographs Division

Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)

Search PPOC using the subject heading Ford, Gerald R.,--1913-2006 to find hundreds of prints, photographs, political cartoons, and other digital images related to Ford. Search all text fields in PPOC using the phrase Gerald Ford to locate additional images.

A selection of highlights from PPOC includes:

• Ford meeting with the National Security Council in the Cabinet Room of the White House, 1974.
• Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, seated, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, 1974.
• Ford and First Lady Betty Ford celebrate winning the nomination at the Republican National Convention, 1976.

Public Affairs Office

Gerald Ford

The Library's Public Affairs Office created this page on Gerald Ford after his death on December 26, 2006. It contains an audio recording of a speech Ford delivered at the National Press Club on June 6, 1988, and links to news stories about his death.