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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 thousands of documents. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.

Republican 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 White House. ... The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation and the Carter Center hosted this event.

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 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, hosted this event.

Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith discussed his biography of President Gerald Ford, An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford.

Former first lady Betty Ford was honored for her life's work, with a special focus on the White House grounds and gardens. ... Ford's daughter, Susan Ford Bales. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation hosted this virtual event and provided the video.

Gerald 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 resignation. ... Ford remains the only White House occupant never to have been elected either vice president or president.

This 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 Richard Nixon.

Descendants 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 History TV interviewed Susan Ford Bales, the daughter of President Ford.

Duquesne 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 Watergate investigation and questions of control over Nixon's secretly recorded White House tapes, as well as issues surrounding Ford's pardon of Nixon following the 37th president's resignation in August 1974.

Susan 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 focused on first lady Betty Ford and her impact on American society.

Scott Kaufman talked about his book, Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party: A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford. ... He also reflected on President Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon in light of current political events. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum hosted this event.

Don Holloway gave a tour of some of the newly updated exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. ... Holloway spoke about Gerald Ford's life after college and how World War II changed his professional trajectory. ... Holloway explained how Gerald Ford turned a 25-year career in Congress into a launching pad to the presidency.

Don Holloway gave a tour of exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... Holloway shared stories from Gerald Ford's childhood, including those about his relationship with his estranged father, the first and only election President Ford lost, and his time as a student at the University of Michigan and at Yale Law Shool.

She showed that they are more complicated than that, using Dolley Madison, Lucy Hayes and Betty Ford as examples. Of the three, she believes Betty Ford to be the most difficult to put into one neat category.

Using 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 President Gerald Ford.

President 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.

Three political scientists discuss the 1976 presidential campaign between incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter.

Noting 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.

Former 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 without having been elected to either position. Dick Ford talked about his early life, how his education contributed to his presidency, and memories of them growing up together. Steve Ford shared stories of his father over the years. They talked with Rick Albin, as a slide show featuring never-seen-before photographs from the Ford family photo albums played above. The event, co-sponsored by the Ford Presidential Foundation, was held in conjunction with the Ford* Presidential Museum's feature exhibit "From School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents."

Richard Norton Smith talked about the life and influence of first lady Betty Ford and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. ... While in the White House, Betty Ford had a mastectomy. ... Video clips were shown of a November 2012 interview with her son, Steve Ford. In video clips, Donald Holloway displayed artifacts at the Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. ... Ford were shown.