Expand All Collapse All Extent 168 folders, approximately 8,577 pages Summary This collection consists the records maintained by Gabrielle Bushman, a White House speech writer from 1995 to 1996. It contains memorandums, speeches, speech drafts, remarks, talking points, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and Ms. Bushman’s handwritten notebooks. These materials concern the 1995 and 1996 State of the Union addresses, 1995 appropriations bill veto and 1996 federal budget, crime and law enforcement, political events and fundraisers for the 1996 elections, 1996 Summer Olympics, healthcare, economic issues, education, women’s issues, and videotaped messages from President Clinton to a variety of organizations. Scope and Content Note Gabrielle Bushman was a speechwriter in the Office of Speechwriting from 1994-1996. Topics covered in this collection include the 1995 and 1996 State of the Union addresses, 1995 appropriations bill veto and 1996 federal budget, crime and law enforcement, political events and fundraisers for the 1996 elections, 1996 Summer Olympics, healthcare, economic issues, education, women’s issues, and videotaped messages from President Clinton to a variety of organizations. This collection consists of memorandums, speeches, speech drafts, remarks, talking points, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and Ms. Bushman’s handwritten notebooks. The date range of this collection is 1994-1996. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records of this collection were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Office of Speechwriting. This collection is arranged alphabetically. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. Access 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. Copyright 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 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance 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). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2017. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2017-01-12 Container List The following is a list of folders processed: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Office of Speechwriting Bushman, Gabrielle ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act] Event – 7/25/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Alexandria LA [Louisiana] Arrival – 3/18/96 [OA/ID 7460] American Council on Education 2/14/95 (Galston/Curcel) [OA/ID 7461] APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] Trip [OA/ID 7461] Baptists [OA/ID 7462] Budget – Common Ground [OA/ID 7461] Budget Reconciliation Veto 12/6/95 – Real People [OA/ID 7461] Budget Speeches [OA/ID 7461] Budget Veto/Plan 12/6 – 7/95 [OA/ID 7461] Cabinet/Rejects/Excerpts [OA/ID 7462] Children’s Summit [1] [OA/ID 7462] Children’s Summit [2] [OA/ID 7462] Christmas in Washington 12/10/95 [OA/ID 7459] Circle of Care – 9/25/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Box 2 C/G [Clinton/Gore] Dinner – 7/25/95 [OA/ID 7459] Clinton/Gore ’96 Dinner 8/2/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Community Policing – Manchester 2/3/96 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7460] Contract for America [OA/ID 7461] “Contract” State Specific Information [OA/ID 7461] COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Announcement 5/15/96 [OA/ID 7460] Corporate Citizenship Breakfast 5/16/96 [OA/ID 7460] Crime/Social [OA/ID 7459] Crime Stats [OA/ID 7461] DBC [Democratic Business Council] Dinner – 3/19/96 [OA/ID 7460] Doug Wilder Fundraiser – 8/2/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] Harkin/Baucus Dinner (Bushman) 9/12/95 [OA/ID 7459] DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] Reception – 11/1/95 – (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Economy [OA/ID 7459] Education [OA/ID 7459] Environment Event – 12/18/95 [OA/ID 7461] EO [Executive Order] – Missing Children 1/19/96 [OA/ID 7459] Fall ’94 Interns [OA/ID 7462] Fall 1995 Interns [OA/ID 7462] Flag Day 6/1/96 [OA/ID 7460] Florida Day 7/20/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Box 3 Florida Fundraiser 4/29/96 [OA/ID 7460] FL [Florida] – Jacksonville Crime – 9/26/95 [OA/ID 7459] Florida/Tallahassee Education Event [1] [OA/ID 7462] Florida/Tallahassee Education Event [2] [OA/ID 7462] Foreword to Presidential Papers [January-June 1994] [OA/ID 7462] Foreword to Presidential Papers Aug-Dec ’94 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] General McCaffrey – 2/26/96 [OA/ID 7460] Georgia/Economic Conference Emory [OA/ID 7462] Gephardt Fundraisers 5/17/96 [OA/ID 7460] Governor Carper Fundraiser – 3/25/96 [OA/ID 7460] GSA [General Services Administration] Design Awards – HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] – 3/9/95 [OA/ID 7461] Guns in Schools [OA/ID 7461] Health Care Background [1] [OA/ID 7462] Health Care Background [2] [OA/ID 7462] Helen Gurley Brown – HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] – 3/14/95 [OA/ID 7461] HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] – Children’s Hospital – 12/16/94 [OA/ID 7461] HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] / Mrs. Yeltsin Press Availability (9/28/94) [OA/ID 7461] HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] / Salvation Army 12/14/94 [OA/ID 7461] Box 4 HRC [Hillary Rodham Clinton] – UAW [United Auto Workers] – 4/19/96 [OA/ID 7460] “In Performance” at the White House 5/6/96 [OA/ID 7460] Indonesia/Philippines [1] [OA/ID 7461] Indonesia/Philippines [2] [OA/ID 7461] Intern Applications [OA/ID 7462] Intern Recruitment [OA/ID 7462] Iowa Receptions – 10/20/95 [OA/ID 7459] Japanese Embassy Staff 11/21/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Key Senate Votes [OA/ID 7461] Law Enforcement 7/20/95 [OA/ID 7459] Louisiana State Legislature 5/30/96 [1] [OA/ID 7460] Louisiana State Legislature 5/30/96 [2] [OA/ID 7460] Major Crime Speeches [OA/ID 7461] Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky 9/20/94 [OA/ID 7461] Mayor’s Youth Summit March 9/96 [OA/ID 7460] Medal Presentation to Jim Lovell 7/26/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Meeting America’s Challenges [OA/ID 7459] Box 5 Melvin Rappaport [OA/ID 7461] Memo Format [OA/ID 7461] Misc. [Miscellaneous] [OA/ID 7459] Museum of Television and Radio 3/17/96 [OA/ID 7460] NAICU [National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities] February 7/96 [OA/ID 7460] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Office of Speechwriting Bushman, Gabrielle National Agriculture Week Actuality 3/15/96 [OA/ID 7460] National Cancer Awareness Month 3/29/96 [OA/ID 7460] Nat. Confr. State Leg. [National Conference of State Legislators] Feb [February] 8/96 [OA/ID 7460] NGA [National Governors Association] February 5/96 [OA/ID 7460] NJ [New Jersey] Devils – 7/10/1995 – [OA/ID 7459] [Notebook] October 1995-April 1996 [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook] April-June 1996 [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook] 10/23/95-1/30/96 [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook] 1/31/96-4/16/96 [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook] 4/17-6/21/96 [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 1] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 2] [OA/ID 7462] Box 6 [Notebook 3] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 4] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 5] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 6] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 7] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 8] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 9] [OA/ID 7462] [Notebook 10] [OA/ID 7462] Office Information [OA/ID 7461] Ohio Fundraisers March 23/96 [OA/ID 7460] Ohio State Day – 9/14/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Oklahoma City Scholarship Fund 4/5/96 [OA/ID 7460] Box 7 Olympics [OA/ID 7459] Penn. [Pennsylvania] Day – 3/19/96 [OA/ID 7460] Pennsylvania DNC [Democratic National Committee] – 4/26/96 [OA/ID 7460] Political Dos/Don’ts [OA/ID 7461] Political Stump Speech [OA/ID 7461] Presidential Award – Science and Math Teaching 5/10/96 [OA/ID 7460] Press Picnic – 7/18/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Promise Keepers [OA/ID 7461] Prospects for Staff Assistant [OA/ID 7462] Public Service Recognition Week (USA Today Supp.) 5/2/96 [OA/ID 7460] Radio Actuality March 29/96 GPS Satellite Technology Announcement [OA/ID 7460] RE-GO [OA/ID 7459] Ron Burkle Video – 4/8/96 [OA/ID 7460] Roundtable on Smoking – 8/10/95 [OA/ID 7459] Salvation Army Video – 9/9/95 [OA/ID 7459] San Diego – Charter Schools 9/22/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued) Office of Speechwriting Bushman, Gabrielle Shoreline Community College Roundtable 2/24/96 [OA/ID 7460] Social Statistics [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts (1995) [Folder 1] [OA/ID 7461] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts (1995) [Folder 2] [OA/ID 7461] Box 8 SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts [Folder 1] [1] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts [Folder 1] [2] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts [Folder 1] [3] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts [Folder 2] [1] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] Drafts [Folder 2] [2] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] – Early Drafts – Fact Check [1] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] – Early Drafts – Fact Check [2] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] – Early Drafts – Fact Check [3] [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] – Ideas – 1/3/96 [OA/ID 7462] SOTU [State of the Union] Memos/Scholars (95) [OA/ID 7461] SOTU [State of the Union] – Outreach [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] – Outreach – 12/22/96 [OA/ID 7462] Box 9 SOTU [State of the Union] Speech Prep Transcripts ’96 [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] ’95 [OA/ID 7461] SOTU [State of the Union] ’96 – America’s Challenge (Back-up Policy Papers) [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] ’96 – Process [OA/ID 7459] SOTU [State of the Union] ’96 – Republican Fact Check [OA/ID 7459] Spring ’95 Interns [OA/ID 7462] Spring 1996 – Interns [OA/ID 7462] Summer ’94 Interns [OA/ID 7462] Summer 1995 Interns [OA/ID 7462] Teen Smoking [OA/ID 7459] Teleprompter [OA/ID 7461] Tobacco Discussion – 2/12/96 [OA/ID 7460] Tony Blair “New Covenant” [OA/ID 7461] USCOM [United States Conference of Mayors] January 25, 1996 [OA/ID 7460] “Values” Speeches 5/94 (Articles/Memos) [OA/ID 7461] V-Chip – Alexandria, VA – 2/9/96 [OA/ID 7460] Videos – Memos [OA/ID 7461] Videos – 8/1/95 (Bushman) [OA/ID 7459] Videos – 8/14/95 [OA/ID 7459] Videos – 11/3/95 [OA/ID 7459] Videos – 1/26/96 [OA/ID 7460] Videos – 2/26/96 [OA/ID 7460] Videos – 3/21/96 [OA/ID 7460] Box 10 Videos – 4/30/96 – Cancelled [OA/ID 7460] Videos – 5/28/96 [OA/ID 7460] Videotapings – 2/6/95 [1] [OA/ID 7461] Videotapings – 2/6/95 [2] [OA/ID 7461] Videotapings 9/26/95 [OA/ID 7459] Videotapings – 10/6/95 [OA/ID 7459] Warm Springs – FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] Speeches 4/12/95 [OA/ID 7462] Wayne County – Detroit, MI Conference Call 5/20/96 [OA/ID 7460] Welfare Reform Waivers [OA/ID 7461] Wolf Trap Reception – 5/1/96 [OA/ID 7460] Women’s Issues [1] [OA/ID 7461] Women’s Issues [2] [OA/ID 7461] Work Study Roundtable – Drake University – 2/11/96 [OA/ID 7460] X-Mas [Christmas] Videos – 12/16/95 [OA/ID 7459]