There is also an extensive set of notes that Weidenfeld took during a series of meetings with three former First Lady's press secretaries, members of the press corps, and White House staff before assuming her formal duties in November 1974. Assistant press secretary Patti Matson did not maintain a separate file. Her materials are interspersed throughout the collection as are those of Nancy Chirdon and Fran Paris, the office secretaries, and Pete Sorum, Mrs. Ford's advanceman. Additional material concerning Mrs. Ford's public appearances and a reference file of magazine articles about the Ford family are in the Betty Ford Papers and are available for use. Most of the Betty Ford Papers, however, are currently unprocessed and therefore unavailable for research.
Many items are cross-references to materials available in scattered file locations.
The files of Frances Pullen include background materials, drafts and texts of many of Mrs. Ford's speeches. Pullen was a speechwriter for Mrs. Ford. Additional material concerning Mrs. Ford is available in the Library's collection of printed materials, in the Kay Clark oral history interview, and in the videotape of a conference on First Families held in 1984 at the Gerald Ford Museum. Betty Ford and Susan Ford Vance participated in the conference. Daily Events File, 1974-76.