(2012-0045-S) Sandra L. Thurman, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy

29 folders, approximately 2,454 pages

This collection consists of email concerning national and international HIV/AIDS policy sent and received by Sandra Thurman. Related subjects found within this collection consist of needle exchange, AIDS awareness events, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Sandra L. Thurman served as the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) at the White House from 1997 until the end of the administration.

This collection consists of email created by Sandra Thurman. The printed email is best described as correspondence from Thurman concerning national and international AIDS/HIV policy. Related subjects found within this collection consist of but are not limited to “Needle Exchange,” AIDS awareness events, and “Sub-Saharan Africa.” Sandra L. Thurman was appointed as the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) at the White House on April 7, 1997. Before her appointment as Director of ONAP, Thurman was a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and of the Georgia State AIDS Task Force, the Fulton County HIV Planning Council, and the Executive Committee of Cities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR).

Textual

Records of this systematically processed collection consists of email created by Sandra Thurman. White House email is printed from the Automated Records Management System. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential Records email. The ARMS dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series of email records called “Buckets.” The buckets include NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. ARMS emails are arranged chronologically by creation date.

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

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).

AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--United States

Thurman, Sandra

Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

Following is a list of printed email from Sandra Thurman’s White House email account:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250,000]
 [Creator: Sandra Thurman]
 [05/15/1997 – 07/22/1997]
[07/30/1997 – 10/21/1997]
[10/21/1997 – 12/10/1997]
[12/10/1997 – 03/25/1998]
[03/26/1998 – 06/12/1998]
[06/18/1998 – 11/12/1998]
[11/12/1998 – 01/25/1999]
[02/11/1999 – 03/18/1999]
[03/20/1999 – 05/15/1999]
Box 2
[05/15/1999 – 06/28/1999]
[06/28/1999 – 07/20/1999]
[07/20/1999 – 09/03/1999]
[09/03/1999 – 11/22/1999]
[11/22/1999 – 01/07/2000]
[01/07/2000 – 02/29/2000]
[02/29/2000 – 03/17/2000]
Box 3
[03/20/2000 – 05/01/2000]
[05/02/2000]
[05/02/2000 – 05/15/2000]
[05/15/2000 – 05/17/2000]
[05/17/2000 – 06/22/2000]
[06/26/2000 – 06/27/2000]
[06/28/2000 – 08/08/2000]
[08/09/2000 – 09/06/2000]
[09/07/2000 – 10/05/2000]
[10/05/2000]
[10/06/2000 – 12/13/2000]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250,000]
 [Creator: Sandra Thurman]
Box 4
[12/14/2000 – 01/18/2001]
[01/18/2001]