(2006-0550-F) Stephen Hawking - Theoretical Physicist

8 folders, approximately 59 pages

This collection contains letters and drafts of letters between President Clinton and Stephen Hawking relating to the White House Millennium Lectures. The collection also includes biographical information on Stephen Hawking and a copy of a lecture delivered by Stephen Hawking for the White House Millennium Lectures.

The materials in FOIA 2006-0550-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA request 2006-0550-F contains material pertaining to correspondence between President Clinton and Stephen Hawking. The WHORM Subject Files contain six subject file categories. These categories contain correspondence in the form of letters and draft letters between President Clinton and Stephen Hawking relating to the White House Millennium Lectures. Included in the correspondence is a letter from President Clinton to Stephen Hawking with an excerpt of the remarks made by President Clinton at the University of Warwick on December 14, 2000. The background material consist of biographical information on Stephen Hawking and a copy of the lecture delivered by Stephen Hawking for the White House Millennium Lectures. The White House Staff and Office Files contain one file relating to correspondence between President Clinton and Stephen Hawking. The records contain letters and draft letters which includes thank you letters relating to e-mails and the Millennium Lecture.

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Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in two collection areas – Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: Staff and Office Files. As policy, Staff and Office Files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. WHORM Subject and WHORM Alpha files are processed at the document level. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designed by a letter/number combination. A complete listing of the categories with detailed descriptions is provided in our research room.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2006-0550-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files
Category Case Number
FG001 Scanned: Case Number 423665 [Stephen Hawking]
HO Scanned: Case Number 257336
HO Scanned: Case Number 302037
ME001-02 Scanned: Case Number 409951
PP Scanned: Case Number 270061
SC Scanned: Case Number 274834
SP Scanned: Case Number 439980 [Stephen Hawking]
Clinton Presidential Records: Staff and Office Files
Correspondence
1 [Stephen Hawking] [OA/ID 20883]