(2006-0210-F) Robert Penn Kemble - United States Information Agency

116 folders; 4,607 total pages

This collection consists of records concerning Robert Penn Kemble who served as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). The records include memos, background files, and correspondence. The correspondence is primarily between Kemble and the White House. Kemble was a pivotal part of the major civic education initiative called ‘Education for Democracy’.

FOIA request 2006-0210-F contains materials from White House staff offices and individuals; White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files; the Automated Records Management System [Email]; the Tape Restoration Project System [Email]; and the NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems. This collection consists of memos, background files, and correspondence holding reference to the operative subject of this FOIA, “Penn Kemble”. This collection consists largely of correspondence or draft correspondence between the White House and Penn Kemble. However, the collection also consists of records of White House staff members making reference to Penn Kemble in a letter, memo, email, telephone log, or guest list. Richard Penn Kemble (1941-2005) served as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the United States Information Agency. Appointed in 1993, Kemble's greatest contribution to the USIA was his leadership in the major civic education initiative called 'Education for Democracy.' In 1999, he assumed the role as Acting Director of the agency, as the USIA prepared to merge into the Department of State. Kemble helped to prepare the Agency for the consolidation, though he never held an official title within the Department of State.

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Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 USC 101), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist , 2008. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-0210-F:
Box 1
 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files
 Category Case Number
 CO023 Scanned: Case Number 189944SS [OA/ID 21716]
 FG006-01 Scanned: Case Number 043082 [OA/ID 14981]
 FG006-01 Scanned: Case Number 112306 [OA/ID 14997]
 FG011 Scanned: Case Number 294511 [OA/ID 21755]
 FG065 Scanned: Case Number 295651 [OA/ID 21852]
 FG298 Scanned: Case Number 029348SS [OA/ID 23293]
 FG298 Scanned: Case Number 296232 [OA/ID 23292]
 PE002 Scanned: Case Number 082786 Folder #2 [6] [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 12270]
 PE002 Scanned: Case Number 100815 Folder #14 [7] [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 12337]
 PR005-01 Scanned: Case Number 075183 [OA/ID 12145]
 PR005-01 Scanned: Case Number 203138 [OA/ID 13997]
 SP230-96 Scanned: Case Number 149227 [OA/ID 10487]
 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
 Counsel’s Office
 Cliff Mauton
FG006-01 100686 Box #42 [Penn Kemble] [1]
FG006-01 100686 Box #42 [Penn Kemble] [2]
FG006-01 100686 Box #42 [Penn Kemble] [3]
FG006-01 100686 Box #42 [Penn Kemble] [4]
 Presidential Personnel
 Bethany Przeworski
FG006-01 299500 Folder #5 [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 13514]
FG006-01 316345 Folder #10 [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 14273]
 Presidential Personnel
 Sam Williams
United States Information Agency Presidential Personnel Briefing Book [OA/ID 18548]
 Records Management (OP)
 [None]
244459 [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 10201]
261989 [Penn Kemble] [OA/ID 10903]
Box 2
 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System (ARMS)
 OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Richard Kemble]
[02/04/1996]
[11/24/1997]
 WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Richard Kemble]
[05/04/1993 – 06/23/1993]
[04/26/1995 – 06/27/1995]
[01/26/1996 – 11/26/1996]
[04/07/1997 – 12/02/1997]
[04/27/1998 – 05/12/1998]
[09/29/1998 – 12/21/1998]
[01/13/1999 – 02/23/1999]
[02/23/1999 – 03/18/1999]
Box 3
[03/18/1999 – 04/27/1999]
[04/28/1999 – 05/13/1999]
[05/14/1999]
[05/17/1999 – 06/24/1999]
[06/24/1999 – 07/16/1999]
[07/16/1999 – 08/10/1999]
[08/10/1999 – 08/12/1999]
[08/12/1999 – 12/22/1999]
Box 4
[07/31/2000 – 12/31/2000]
 Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Richard Kemble]
[01/30/1993 – 06/28/1993]
[06/07/1994 – 07/18/1994]
[07/24/1995]
[02/15/1996 – 07/25/1996]
[03/31/1999 – 10/01/1999]
 Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project (Email)
 WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Richard Kemble]
[05/06/1998 – 09/29/1998]
 Default [OA/ID 1100000]
[Penn Kemble or Richard Kemble]
[02/03/1997 – 05/13/1998]
[05/13/1998 – 05/14/1998]
[05/14/1998 – 03/05/1999]
Box 5
 Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems
 NSC Cables
 January 1993-December 1994
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [02/27/1993 – 04/15/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
 [04/15/1994 – 11/14/1994] [OA/ID 505000]
 January 1995-December 1996
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [01/17/1995 – 11/25/1996] [OA/ID 510000]
 January 1997-December 1998
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [02/15/1997 – 08/28/1998] [OA/ID 520000]
 January 1999-December 2000
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [02/19/1999 – 04/20/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
 [04/12/1999 – 09/30/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
 NSC Emails
 A1-Record (Jan 93-Sept 94)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [06/24/1993 – 07/06/1994] [OA/ID 570000]
 A1-Non-Record (Apr 94-Sept 94)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [05/25/1994 – 08/31/1994] [OA/ID 580000]
 MSMail-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [11/08/1994 – 08/21/1996] [OA/ID 590000]
 [10/19/1996 – 04/04/1997] [OA/ID 590000]
 MSMail-Non-Record (Sept 94-Sept 97)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [08/21/1996 – 10/19/1996] [OA/ID 605000]
Box 6
 Exchange-Record (Sept 97-Jan 01)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [02/17/1998 – 08/27/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
 [10/02/1998 – 11/04/1998] [OA/ID 620000]
 [11/05/1998 – 03/25/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
 [03/25/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
 [04/08/1999 – 07/01/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
 Exchange-Non-Record (Mar 97-Jan 01)
 [Kemble and USIA]
 [06/11/1997 – 09/28/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
Box 7
 [10/13/1998 – 11/20/1998] [OA/ID 630000]
 [12/03/1998 – 02/23/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
 [02/25/1999 – 04/24/1999] [OA/ID 630000]
 [05/26/1999 – 11/29/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
 [11/30/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
Box 8
 NSC Records Management
 PRS – Presidential Records
 [Kemble and USIA]
 9306070 [OA/ID 156]
 9306546 [OA/ID 159]
 9307710 [OA/ID 166]
 9400452 [OA/ID 182]
 9407536 [OA/ID 214]
 9403222 [OA/ID 194]
 9404568 [OA/ID 2290]
 9407698 [OA/ID 214]
 9500238 [OA/ID 559]
 9502913 [OA/ID 577]
 9503846 [OA/ID 583]
 9504852 [OA/ID 590]
 9506022 [OA/ID 598]
 9507133 [OA/ID 606]
 9600112 [OA/ID 1080]
 9600177 [OA/ID 1081]
 9600246 [OA/ID 1081]
 9601515 [OA/ID 1089]
 9603725 [OA/ID 1104]
 9604487 [OA/ID 1109]
 9605618 [OA/ID 1117]
 9606445 [OA/ID 1122]
 9607822 [OA/ID 1131]
 9701012 [OA/ID 1602]
 9701347 [OA/ID 1604]
 9702511 [OA/ID 1613]
 9702819 [OA/ID 1616]
 9704813 [OA/ID 1630]
 9706700 [OA/ID 1644]
 9803015 [OA/ID 2032]
 9804195 [OA/ID 2042]
 9805371 [OA/ID 2052]
 9806538 [OA/ID 2060]
 9808246 [OA/ID 1657]
 9808650 [OA/ID 2075]
 9900602 [OA/ID 2708]
 9902059 [OA/ID 2718]
 9902154 [OA/ID 2719]
 9902267 [OA/ID 2720]
 9903747 [OA/ID 2729]
 9904040 [OA/ID 2731]