(2017-1026-S) Eli Attie - Office of Communications

63 folders, approximately 5,403 pages

This collection consists of the records of Eli Attie from his time in the White House Communications Office. It consists of analyses and background research for Presidential speeches, radio addresses, State of the Union addresses, and legislative / regulatory initiatives. The records include memorandums, correspondence, fact sheets, newspapers clippings, articles, talking points, faxes, reports, Q&As, and notes.

Eli Attie served as Special Assistant to the President for Communications in the Office of Communications from 1996-1997 and then as an Assistant for Communications in the Office of the Vice President from 1998-2000. From 2000-2001, Attie served as Chief Campaign Speechwriter for Vice President Gore. After leaving the White House, Attie went on to write and produce television series The West Wing and House. While in his position in the Office of Communications, Attie prepared analyses and background research for Presidential speeches, radio addresses, State of the Union addresses, and legislative/regulatory initiatives. The records include memorandums, correspondence, fact sheets, newspapers clippings, articles, talking points, faxes, reports, Q&As, and notes.

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Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Communications. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in 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).

Staff Archivist, 2017. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

Following is a list of folders processed:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Communications
Attie, Eli
Adoption [OA/ID 10040]
Airbags [OA/ID 10040]
Alexis [Herman] [OA/ID 10041]
[Announcement of Cabinet Nomination of Alexis M. Herman] [OA/ID 10041]
Budget Working Group [OA/ID 10041]
Cabinet Affairs [1] [OA/ID 10041]
Cabinet Affairs [2] [OA/ID 10041]
Cabinet Affairs [3] [OA/ID 10041]
Cabinet Retreat [OA/ID 10040]
Box 2
CFR [Campaign Finance Reform]/Buckley v. Valeo [OA/ID 10041]
Campaign Reform [OA/ID 10040]
Clinton Education Speeches [OA/ID 10040]
Clinton Transcripts [1] [OA/ID 10040]
Clinton Transcripts [2] [OA/ID 10040]
Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service [OA/ID 10041]
District of Columbia Event/Issues [OA/ID 10041]
Early Learning/Rob Reiner [OA/ID 10041]
Box 3
Education Town Hall [OA/ID 10041]
Erskine Speech [OA/ID 10040]
Family and Medical Leave [OA/ID 10040]
Florida Trip September 4-6, 1996 [OA/ID 10040]
Foreign Policy Strategy [OA/ID 10041]
FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] Memorial [OA/ID 10040]
Headlines – 1993/1997 [1] [OA/ID 10041]
Headlines – 1993/1997 [2] [OA/ID 10041]
Health Care [OA/ID 10040]
Inaugural Address [OA/ID 10040]
IRA [Individual Retirement Account]/Internet [OA/ID 10040]
Box 4
[Kaiser Family Foundation Study/Children Now] [OA/ID 10041]
Kennedy-Kassebaum [OA/ID 10040]
Labor Speeches [OA/ID 10041]
Literacy Radio Address [1] [OA/ID 10040]
Literacy Radio Address [2] [OA/ID 10040]
Maco Speech [OA/ID 10040]
Major Clinton Speeches [OA/ID 10040]
Maryland Education Speech [1] [OA/ID 10040]
Maryland Education Speech [2] [OA/ID 10040]
Box 5
Maryland Education Speech: Maryland State Archives [OA/ID 10040]
Medical Research/National Institutes of Health [OA/ID 10040]
Medicare [OA/ID 10040]
Minimum Wage (Bill Signing) [OA/ID 10040]
Pension Portability [OA/ID 10040]
Planning Group [1] [OA/ID 10040]
Planning Group [2] [OA/ID 10040]
Planning Group [3] [OA/ID 10040]
Podesta/ABA [American Bar Association] [OA/ID 10041]
Post-Election Strategy [OA/ID 10040]
POTUS [President of the United States] Schedule [1] [OA/ID 10040]
POTUS [President of the United States] Schedule [2] [OA/ID 10040]
Box 6
Race [OA/ID 10041]
Radio Address – National Sex Offender Registry [OA/ID 10040]
Reader’s Digest Interview [OA/ID 10040]
Rotterdam [OA/ID 10041]
SOTU [State of the Union] [OA/ID 10040]
SOTU [State of the Union] [1] [OA/ID 10041]
SOTU [State of the Union] [2] [OA/ID 10041]
Student Loan Event 1/9/97 [OA/ID 10040]
Summit for Service [1] [OA/ID 10041]
Box 7
Summit for Service [2] [OA/ID 10041]
Summit for Service [3] [OA/ID 10041]
Teen Pregnancy/Statutory Rape [OA/ID 10040]
Train Trip [OA/ID 10040]
Welfare Reform [OA/ID 10040]