(2023-0121-F) White House Photos - Pearl Jam

66 35mm photographic still images

The photographs processed in this case from the White House Photograph Office (WHPO) pertain to President Clinton greeting and meeting with music group Pearl Jam in the Oval Office on April 9, 1994. Band members present include Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready. The band is joined by John Hoyt, Pyramid Communications, and Kelly Curtis, band manager during the visit.

FOIA 2023-0121-F is a request for all photographs of music group Pearl Jam at the White House in 1994. Pearl Jam is a rock ‘n’ roll band from Seattle, Washington. The band formed in 1990. The group currently includes lead singer Eddie Vedder, guitarist Stone Gossard, bass guitarist Jeff Ament, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Matt Cameron. President Clinton greets and meets with Pearl Jam in the Oval Office on April 9, 1994. Band members present include Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready. The band is joined by John Hoyt, Pyramid Communications, and Kelly Curtis, band manager during the visit. Eddie Vedder talks with Dee Dee Myers, Tony Lake and greets other White House staff during the visit. Eddie Vedder and the band talk with Ricki Seidman and others in the Cabinet Room and the Roosevelt Room. The band was in Washington to perform a concert on their U.S. tour. Additional images processed as a matter of consequence include the President greeting an unidentified woman in the Oval Office and President Clinton greeting Elizabeth Spencer and family in the Oval Office.

Photographs

Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area and one series—Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office and the series therein—Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration. Processing is done at the Folder/Contact sheet level. While this method maintains folder/contact sheet integrity, it frequently results in the processing of photographs 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 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, 2022

The following is a list of photograph contact sheets/folders processed in response to FOIA 2023-0121-F:
Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office
Series: Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration
Photograph Contact Sheets:
Book 143 (P14200-P14299)
P14255 April 9, 1994
P14256 April 9, 1994