The Ford Library's photograph log for 9 August 1974, the day Gerald Ford took office, records the change of command of USS Sequoia at the Navy Yard. I…
On the evening of 7 May 1975 President Ford took his Cabinet out on the Potomac aboard Sequoia for dinner and a Cabinet meeting. The President's Daily…
On 31 May 1975 Susan Ford and fellow students took a river cruise aboard Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom. The Ford Library's log des…
On 22 July 1975 President and Mrs. Ford gave a reception and dinner aboard Sequoia for the bipartisan leaders of Congress and their spouses. The Presi…
In the summer of 1975 Happy Rockefeller, wife of the Vice President, entertained Mutsuko Miki, wife of Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki, aboard Sequ…
During the Emperor of Japan's state visit to the United States in October 1975, Sequoia entertained Hirohito and the Japanese delegation.
On 2 April 1976 a White House photographer recorded a change of command ceremony for USS Sequoia. Navy officers spoke from a podium before a seated au…
On 9 June 1976 President and Mrs. Ford gave a dinner cruise aboard Sequoia for the birthday of Happy Rockefeller, the wife of the Vice President. The…
On 16 June 1976 President Ford and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau held a working dinner cruise aboard Sequoia. Lt. Cdr. Dewey "Skip" Beliech,…
On the night of 4 July 1976, the Bicentennial, Susan Ford gave a party aboard Sequoia for her nineteenth birthday, which fell two days later. Guests b…
Change of command of USS Sequoia at the Navy Yard, 9 August 1974. Contact sheet of White House roll A0005, photographed by Fitz-Patrick. Frames: 3-22.
Change of command of USS Sequoia at the Navy Yard, 9 August 1974. Contact sheet of White House roll A0006, photographed by Fitz-Patrick. Frames: 3A-13A, 14A, 15A-17A.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4412, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 28A-29A, 30A-33A, 34A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4413, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 2A-11A, 12A-13A, 14A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4414, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 24A-31A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4415, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 2A-14A.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4416, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 2-3, 4-6.
Dinner and Cabinet meeting aboard USS Sequoia, 7 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4417, photographed by Kennerly. Frames: 14A, 15A, 16A-25A, 26A-29A, 30A-35A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4767, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 2A-4A, 7A-8A, 9A-23A. Frames 5A-6A are closed to research and masked on the library's scan.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4768, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 3-11, 12-20, 21-27, 28-35.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4769, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 4A-6A, 7A-10A.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4770, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 3A-5A, 6A-8A, 9A-11A, 12A, 13A-25A, 26A-29A, 30A-31A, 32A.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4771, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 33A, 4-35.
River cruise aboard USS Sequoia before the Holton-Arms School senior prom, 31 May 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A4772, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 34A-37A, 13A. Frames 5A-9A show preparations for the prom dinner and a tour at the White House; frames 10A-12A are closed to research and masked on the library's scan.
Cruise and dinner aboard USS Sequoia for bipartisan congressional leaders and their spouses, 22 July 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A5623, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 4, 5-10, 11-13.
Cruise and dinner aboard USS Sequoia for bipartisan congressional leaders and their spouses, 22 July 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A5624, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 4-5, 6-9, 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-24, 25-27, 28-30, 31-33, 34, 35.
Cruise and dinner aboard USS Sequoia for bipartisan congressional leaders and their spouses, 22 July 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A5625, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 20-22, 5-6, 7, 8-12, 13, 14-17, 18-19.
Cruise and dinner aboard USS Sequoia for bipartisan congressional leaders and their spouses, 22 July 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A5626, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 6A-7A, 8A-10A, 11A-15A, 16A-17A, 18A-20A, 21A-23A, 24A-26A, 27A, 28A-29A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Cruise and dinner aboard USS Sequoia for bipartisan congressional leaders and their spouses, 22 July 1975. Contact sheet of White House roll A5627, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 4-5, 7-9, 10, 11-15, 16, 17-21, 22-23, 24-27.
USS Sequoia change of command ceremony, 2 April 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll A9065, photographed by Fitz-Patrick. Frames: 2-11.
USS Sequoia change of command ceremony, 2 April 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll A9066, photographed by Fitz-Patrick. Frames: 2-25.
Working dinner cruise aboard USS Sequoia with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, 16 June 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0233, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 16A-17A, 18A, 19A-20A, 21A-24A, 25A-26A, 17A-29A, 30A-31A, 32A, 33A-34A, 35A-36A. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Working dinner cruise aboard USS Sequoia with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, 16 June 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0234, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 9-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19, 20, 21-22. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Working dinner cruise aboard USS Sequoia with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, 16 June 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0235, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 2-6, 7-8, 9-12, 13, 14-15, 16, 17-20, 21-22, 23-24.
Working dinner cruise aboard USS Sequoia with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, 16 June 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0236, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 2A, 3A-19A, 20A, 21A, 22A, 23A, 24A, 25A, 26A-28A.
Working dinner cruise aboard USS Sequoia with Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, 16 June 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0244, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 23, 24-26, 27-29, 30, 31-32, 33-34. Other frames on the roll show other subjects photographed that day.
Susan Ford's nineteenth birthday cruise aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia, 4 July 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0496, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 3-14, 15-16, 17-22, 23-24.
Susan Ford's nineteenth birthday cruise aboard the presidential yacht Sequoia, 4 July 1976. Contact sheet of White House roll B0498, photographed by Thomas. Frames: 5-6, 7-8, 9-22, 23, 24-25, 26-31, 32-33. Frames 1-4 show the same celebration ashore.
President Gerald Ford hosts an informal dinner and a Cabinet meeting aboard the presidential yacht USS Sequoia on the Potomac River, 7 May 1975.
Memorandum for the President from James E. Connor, 5 May 1975, on the agenda for the Cabinet meeting of 7 May aboard Sequoia. It proposes a discussion of Congress and lists seven other subjects, among them water quality on the Potomac, the energy program and the Vietnamese refugees. Each is initialled as approved. Notes in the margin name who was to take each subject, and beside one, a briefing on private polls, is a circled "NO". A handwritten note on White House notepaper, addressed to "Don R / Jim C.", reads: "Since we have no time pressures, lets' do all." Four pages, the first being the library's cover sheet.
The President's Daily Diary for 7 May 1975: the page recording President Ford boarding Sequoia with his daughter Susan at the Washington Navy Yard, the dinner and Cabinet meeting held while cruising on the Potomac, and the return to the pier at 10:10 in the evening; and Appendix B, which lists the thirty-two at the Cabinet meeting and four other passengers. Two pages.
The President's Daily Diary for 22 July 1975: the page recording President and Mrs. Ford boarding Sequoia at the Washington Navy Yard at 7:40 in the evening for a dinner for the bipartisan leaders of Congress and their spouses, and the yacht's return at 10:32; and Appendix F, which lists the thirty-three at the reception and dinner. Two pages.
The President's Daily Diary for 9 June 1976: the pages recording the Presidential party's drive to the Washington Navy Yard, its welcome by the commanding officer of the Sequoia, and the dinner cruise along the Potomac for Mrs. Rockefeller's birthday, from 8:06 to 10:50 in the evening; and Appendix B, which lists the sixteen at the dinner. Three pages.
The President's Daily Diary for 16 June 1976: the pages recording the President's meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada, their drive to the Washington Navy Yard, their welcome by the commanding officer of the Sequoia, and the working dinner cruise along the Potomac from 7:00 to 9:03 in the evening; and Appendix F, which lists the eight at the dinner. Three pages.
Proposed food service for the dinner aboard the presidential yacht on 22 July 1975, with changes by hand: shrimp added to the hors d'oeuvres, "Chicken curry (or lamb)" in place of the seafood creole, and Peach Melba in place of a butter pecan ice cream bombe. The wines are a Robert Mondavi Chenin Blanc and a Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. A note at the foot reads "Carried to Bob Barrett 7/19/75". One page.