(2006-0468-F) Jordan Tamagni - Speechwriter

144 folders, approximately 15,028 pages

This collection consists of speechwriting files of Jordan Tamagni. Tamagni worked as a speechwriter from 1995-1999. The records consist of speech drafts, magazine and newspaper articles, books, handwritten notes, correspondence, and schedules. Speech drafts found in this collection cover a wide spectrum of domestic issues e.g., gun control, crime, civil rights, immigration, education and the economy.

The materials in FOIA 2006-0468-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. Jordan Tamagni served as a Special Assistant to the President and Speechwriter in the Clinton administration from 1995 to 1999. FOIA request 2006-0468-F consists of speech drafts, magazine and newspaper articles, books, handwritten notes, correspondence and schedules. A large percentage of the records consist of reference material and background information used in the the composition of speeches for President Clinton. Speech drafts found in this collection cover a wide spectrum of domestic issues, e.g., gun control, crime, civil rights, immigration, education, and the economy.

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Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. 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.

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 in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

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 (Title 17, USC 101) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

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).

Speechwriting
Speechwriters
Speeches, addresses, etc., American

Staff Archivist, 2009. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Speechwriting
 Tamagni, Jordan
 [46 – 3.5” Computer Disks] [OA/ID 14675]
 8/7 – 8/9 [1996] California [OA/ID 14673]
 AARP 2/3/99 [OA/ID 14669]
 ADA / Disabilities [OA/ID 14671]
 African Americans Cont’s. 9/10 [OA/ID 14671]
 Alfalfa ’97 (1/25/97) [OA/ID 14671]
 AME Church Speech DC 12/7/97 [OA/ID 14670]
 [Audio Cassette Tapes] [OA/ID 14675]
 Background Material on Cloning 1/8/97 [Binder] [OA/ID 114672]
Billy Graham [OA/ID 14670]
Budget [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
CDFI [OA/ID 14671]
Church Burnings [OA/ID 14671]
City Year Service Speech 6/5/98 [OA/ID 14670]
Clinton Administration Foreign and Security Policy [booklet] [OA/ID 14669]
Box 2
[Crime / Education: School Safety] [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
Crime Issues [OA/ID 14669]
Debates 1996 [October] [Remarks] [OA/ID 14673]
Disabilities [Act] [1] [OA/ID 14669]
Disabilities [Act] [2] [OA/ID 14669]
Drug Policy 2/99 [1] [OA/ID 14669]
Drug Policy 2/99 [2] [OA/ID 14669]
[Education / Class Size and Tony Blair] [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
Empowerment Zones [OA/ID 14671]
 Erskine [Bowles] Stump 97 [OA/ID 14670]
Excerpt from Putting People First [OA/ID 14671]
 Fast Track 8/97 [OA/ID 14669]
Box 3
 Fast Track 97 [1] [OA/ID 14669]
 Fast Track 97 [2] [OA/ID 14669]
 Gov. Clinton Speeches in Cities [OA/ID 14671]
 Gun Control 6/99 [OA/ID 14669]
Hate Crimes [1] [OA/ID 14669]
Hate Crimes [2] [OA/ID 14669]
[Health – BioMed Disc.] [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
Health - Cloning [OA/ID 14669]
[Health – Food Safety] [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
 [Health – Tobacco] [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
 Healthcare Bill of Rights 11/97 [OA/ID 14670]
Box 4
IDEA – June 4, 1997 [OA/ID 14670]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Bias [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Bilingual Education and English-Only Initiatives [OA/ID
 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Citizenship [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Commencement Speeches [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Diversity, Cultural [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Historical Immigration [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Immigrant Experience Assimilation [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Immigration [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Immigration and Economics [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Immigration Clips 4/13- 17 [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Immigration – Statistics INS Related [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Naturalization Ceremonies [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Portland / Springfield [OA/ID 14671]
Immigration (Portland State 6/98) Quotes, Misc. etc. [OA/ID 14671]
Judges - Miscellany [OA/ID 14670]
[Lexus - Nexus Card] [OA/ID 14675]
Los Alamos – Albuquerque 2/3/98 [OA/ID 14670]
Box 5
Low Income Housing 12/10/97 [OA/ID 14671]
Massachusetts 9/28 [1996] [OA/ID 14673]
Medals of Freedom 9-9-96 [loose material] [OA/ID 14671]
Medals of Freedom 9-9-96 David Hamburg [OA/ID 14671]
Medals of Freedom 9-9-96 James Brady [OA/ID 14671]
Medals of Freedom 9-9-96 Millard Fuller [OA/ID 14671]
Medicare [OA/ID 14671]
Mental Health Conference June 10, 1999 [1] [OA/ID 14669]
Mental Health Conference June 10, 1999 [2] [OA/ID 14669]
M.L.K. Background [OA/ID 14671]
[National Parks Info] [loose material] [OA/ID 14670]
Box 6
OPPO Research CG 96 [OA/ID 14673]
[Picture Frames / Vases / Leather Planner] [OA/ID 14675]
Political 10/21 – 11/2 [1996] Official - Fast Track Education 10/31 [1996] [1] [OA/ID
 14673]
Political 10/21 – 11/2 [1996] Official - Fast Track Education 10/31 [1996] [2] [OA/ID
 14673]
Political Travel 10/16 – 10/17 California [1996] [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel 10/29 – 11/5 [1996] [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel 9/10 – 9/12 [1996] Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, Cal. [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel 9/15 – 9/20 [1996] [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel 9/5 – 9/6 [1996] Florida [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel CT, NH, ME 10-7-96 [OA/ID 14673]
Political Travel TN- OK- KY 10/10/96 [OA/ID 14673]
Box 7
8/12/95 Henry Cisneros Memo [OA/ID 10441]
Portland State Briefing Book [1] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [2] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [3] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [4] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [5] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [6] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
Portland State Briefing Book [7] [Binder] [OA/ID 14672]
POTUS / TWA 800 / Terrorism [OA/ID 14671]
POTUS League of Cities Speeches [OA/ID 14671]
 Pre-Inaugural Background [OA/ID 14670]
 Promises Made & Kept [Campaign Promises] [OA/ID 14671]
 Race Background [OA/ID 14671]
 Radio & TV Dinner / Gridiron 3/99 [OA/ID 14669]
 [Recent Trade Speeches] [loose material] [OA/ID 14669]
Box 8
 Religious Freedom [OA/ID 14669]
 Rhode Island 9/28 [OA/ID 14673]
 Ron Brown [Bio Materials] [OA/ID 14669]
 [Safe and Smart After-School Hours] [loose material] [OA/ID 14669]
 Service Speeches [OA/ID 14670]
 [Talking Points: Impaired Driving Problem] [loose material] [OA/ID 14669]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] 1996 MOS / MOT POTUS Speech [OA/ID
 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] 1997 Medalist Bio Sketches [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] [Adv. Tech. Program / MOS / MOT Speech
 Material] [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Alan Greenspan Importance of S&T [Science
 and Technology] [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] CEA Paper [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Clinton’s USIP Program State-Level
 S&T [Science and Technology] [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Energy R&D – 21st Century [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] FY 98 – OMB Budget Research [OA/ID
 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Internet Event / Calif. 2/26/98 [1] [OA/ID
 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Internet Event / Calif. 2/26/98 [2] [OA/ID
 14670]
Box 9
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] [Loose Material] [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] Original Clinton / Gore Technology Paper
 1992 [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] OSTP/NEC S&T [Science and Technology]
 Pillars [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] S&T [Science and Technology] Articles
 [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] S&T [Science and Technology] Facts and
 Figures [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology Event / San Francisco 2/26/98] S&T [Science and Technology] Report to
 Congress 1997 [OA/ID 14670]
 [Technology] [Loose Material] [OA/ID 14671]
 Tech – Nuclear Weapons – Test Ban Treaty etc. [OA/ID 14671]
 Thompson News [Group] [OA/ID 14671]
 Tobacco 4/25/97 [OA/ID 14671]
 Train – Schedule [OA/ID 14673]
 Wash. Post Article on NYC [OA/ID 14671]
 Welfare to Work – St. Louis 8/12/97 [OA/ID 14670]
 WH CGRR 5/1/99 [White House Correspondence Dinner] [OA/ID 14669]
Box 10
 WH Correspondents 4/26/97 [OA/ID 14670]
 White House Conference on Hate Crimes November 10, 1997 [Booklet] [OA/ID 14669]
 White House Fellows [OA/ID 14671]
 Women’s Office Stats [OA/ID 14671]
 Youth Gang Violence [1] [OA/ID 14669]
 Youth Gang Violence [2] [OA/ID 14669]
Box 11
 [All God’s Children] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [American Aurora] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Economic Report of the President Transmitted to the Congress Feb. 1994] [Book] [OA/ID
 14674]
Box 12
 [Economic Report of the President Feb. 1995] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Economic Report of the President Feb. 1996] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Economic Report of the President Feb. 1997] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Economic Report of the President Jan. 1993 ] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
Box 13
 [I am not a Corpse!*] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Left Right and Center] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Nobody Said It Better!] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Preventing Deadly Conflict] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [Principle Products of Portugal] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
Box 14
 [The First Amendment Book] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [The Great Quotations] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations] [Book] [OA/ID 14674]
 [The Politics Presidents Make] [Book] [OA/ID 14