Primary Sources: U.S. Presidents

The multimedia section of this site provides access to some historic audio/visual items as well as photos, and other documents.

"Ford Library holdings include more than 25 million pages of documents, about 450,000 photographs, and thousands of audiotapes, videotapes, and films." The Digital Library portion of the site makes some of these items available online.

"KOVR-TV news footage of the trial and imprisonment of Lynette Fromme for her attempt to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 5, 1975, in Sacramento's Capitol Park; includes trail sketches and interviews in prison.
Written on original container and film leader: "KOVR00004 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme""

Includes primary resources related to Nixon and Ford including: President Nixon's Trip to China, The Vietnam War, Environmentalism, etc.

"Ford addresses Congress on his proposal to improve the economy and the tax increase at the center of that proposal. The speech became famous for the "Whip Inflation Now" or "WIN" program that Ford unveiled that evening."

Photographs related to assassination attempts on Ford.

January 15, 1975, January 19, 1976, and January 12, 1977

"Sara Jane Moore, who was imprisoned for more than 32 years for trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford, explains why she wanted to kill the U.S. President."