(2023-0028-F Segment 1) Lorne Michaels

3 folders, approximately 282 pages

This collection contains records related to Lorne Michaels, the Canadian-American producer, screenwriter, and comedian, who is best known as the creator and producer of Saturday Night Live, and producer of the Late Night series and The Tonight Show. The records include correspondence to and from the White House Scheduling Office, and photocopies of autographed photos taken with President Clinton.

The materials in FOIA 2023-0028-F (Seg. 1) are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. Lorne Michaels is a Canadian-American producer, screenwriter and comedian, best known as creator and producer of Saturday Night Live, and producer of the Late Night series and The Tonight Show. This collection contains correspondence to and from the White House Scheduling Office, and photocopies of autographed photos taken with President Clinton.

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Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject Files, and Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series created to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Alpha file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management from 1993 – 1996 and is a series of documents arranged by name of persons, organizations, or events. The WHORM Subject file was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. In addition, there are WHORM, WHORM Counsel, WHORM (CL), WHORM (OP), WHORM (Too Late); WHORM (Various Offices); and WHORM (Alpha Project) series. 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. FOIA 2023-0028-F (Seg. 1) includes WHORM records from these subject codes: PR005-01 Photographs Granted, Presidential.

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, 2023. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2023-0028-F (Seg. 1):
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File
Category Case Number
PR005-01 150452
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Scheduling Office
General Files
315676 [1] [OA/ID 13894]
315676 [2] [OA/ID 13894]