(2014-0430-F) Hillary Rodham Clinton Commencement Addresses

25 folders, approximately 2,323 pages

This collection consists of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s commencement speeches during the Clinton Administration. This collection, which dates from 1993 to 1996, consists of drafts and final versions of commencement speeches, background memos and emails regarding these speeches, and scheduling materials relating to the delivery of these speeches. Background materials on the speeches include articles, clippings, press releases, and publications.

The materials in FOIA 2014-0430-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This collection contains drafts and final versions of commencement speeches given by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, background memos regarding these speeches, and scheduling materials relating to the delivery of these speeches. It also contains articles, clippings, and publications concerning these various commencement speeches given by First Lady Clinton. Email in the collection consists of correspondence, press releases, and scheduling materials that regard the First Lady’s commencement speeches. These speeches primarily date from 1993 to 1996.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files and Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails. Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. 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. 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 email. The ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The NPR bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Performance Review (NPR) White House user account. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The POTUS bucket was designated for email created and received by the President of the United States (POTUS). Please note that President Clinton never used his POTUS White House user account to send the few emails he wrote while in office. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS emails are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date.

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.

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).

Staff Archivist, 2016. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2014-0430-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
First Lady’s Office
Caputo, Lisa
Brooklyn College Commencement, NY 6/1/95; Detroit Chamber of
Commerce – Mackinac Island, MI, 6/1/95; Upper Peninsula – Escanaba,
MI (Jun 2 95) [OA/ID 10230]
Commencement Speech HRC – Summer ’94 [OA/ID 15626]
Miami State Party Convention, Portland, ME; (May 17 96); Drew University
Commencement – Madison, NJ (May 18 96) [OA/ID 12032]
University of Illinois Commencement – Champaign, IL, 5/15/94 [OA/ID 10224]
University of Michigan Commencement, Ann Arbor, MI – May 1, 93 [Folder 1]
[OA/ID 2463]
University of Michigan Commencement, Ann Arbor, MI – May 1, 93 [Folder 2]
[OA/ID 2463]
University of Pennsylvania Commencement – Philadelphia, PA – May 17 93
[OA/ID 2464]
Box 2
Clinton Presidential Records: White Houst Staff and Office Files (continued)
Muscatine, Lissa
HRC Commencement Addresses [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Addresses [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Addresses [Binder] [3] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #1 [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #1 [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #2 [Binder] [1] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #2 [Binder] [2] [OA/ID 21398]
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #2 [Binder] [3] [OA/ID 21398]
Box 3
HRC Commencement Briefing Materials #2 [Binder] [4] [OA/ID 21398]
Press Office
Commencements – 1992 [OA/ID 8108]
Commencements – 1993 [OA/ID 8108]
Commencements – 1994 [OA/ID 8108]
Commencements – 1995 [OA/ID 8108]
Commencements 96 [OA/ID 9456]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[HRC Commencement Speech]
[10/19/1998]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[HRC Commencement Speech]
[05/18/1993 – 01/09/2001]
[05/16/1994 – 06/04/1998]
[05/13/1998]