Expand All Collapse All Extent 6 folders, approximately 466 pages Summary This collection consists of email correspondence concerning speech drafts and final transcripts of Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony. It contains daily schedules referencing the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony. Scope and Content Note The materials in FOIA 2018-0704-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 email correspondence of speech drafts and final transcripts of the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony. This collection also contains daily schedules containing reference to the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony. The National Turkey Federation began the tradition of providing the President and his family with a turkey to eat at Thanksgiving in 1947. However, during the presentation of the turkey, the President has traditionally granted the turkey a “pardon.” President Clinton stated in the Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation Ceremony remarks given in 1999 that “[President Harry S. Truman] began the tradition of keeping at least one turkey off the Thanksgiving dinner table.” Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]. 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 OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. 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. 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, 2018. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2018-05-25 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2018-0704-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] OPD [OA/ID 250000] [Turkey Presentation] [01/28/1998 – 11/21/2000] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [Turkey Presentation] [11/21/1995 – 11/23/1998] [11/23/1998 – 11/24/1999] [11/24/1999 – 11/22/2000] CEA [OA/ID 950000] [Turkey Presentation] [11/26/1997 – 11/24/1998] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [Turkey Presentation] [11/25/1998 – 11/22/2000]