Photograph of a sunset which belonged to Susan Grogan.

Susan (Bartlett) Grogan is the younger sister of Manson family member Steven ‘Clem’ Grogan. She visited and stayed at Fromme and Good’s apartment. Susan worked at the Senator Hotel which was the location Ford stayed the night before his assassination. The attempt took place across the road from the hotel. Amongst her possessions was a slip of paper with the note ‘cocktail work, Senator Hotel’ and a phone number. It is unknown as to whether her connection to this location was coincidental or not.

The Manson Family Apartment collection includes items from 1725 P. Street in Sacramento, California - collected from a neighbor who was friendly with the tenants. At the time Lynette Fromme and Sandra Good lived at this address, along with a rotation of other people associated with the Manson Family. They moved to this location in 1973 to be closer to Charles Manson while he was imprisoned in Folsom Prison. Near the end of their time living in this location, Fromme made an attempt to assassinate Gerald Ford.

Read more about this collection here.