(2021-0264-F) White House Photos - Photographs of Bill Cosby

2,125 35mm still images.

The photographs processed in this segment pertain to Bill Cosby and events he attended during the Clinton administration. The photographs in this case are from events in Kansas City, Missouri, Cape Town, South Africa, Robben Island, South Africa, New York, New York, and at the White House from 1996 through 1998.

FOIA 2021-0264-F is a request for all photographs of comedian Bill Cosby. William Henry Cosby Jr, commonly known as Bill Cosby, is a stand-up comedian and actor whose career has spanned since the mid-1960s. Cosby also periodically recorded music along with his acting stints. Events responsive to this case include a Children’s Television Conference at the White House on July 29, 1996, meeting with the Boys & Girls Clubs in Kansas City, Missouri on February 19, 1997, dinner at Ambassador James Joseph’s residence in Cape Town, South Africa on March 19, 1997, touring Robben Island in South Africa on March 20, 1997, a dinner for the G&P Charitable Foundation at the Sheraton Hotel in New York, New York on October 12, 1998, and a Kennedy Center Honors Reception at the White House on December 6, 1998. Individuals photographed include Bill Cosby, President William Jefferson Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Elizabeth “Tipper” Gore, Eddie Fritts, Les Moonves, Peggy Charren, Fred Rogers (“Mr. Rogers”), Jack Valenti, Linda Ellerbee, Ambassador James Joseph, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Maggie Williams, Marsha Berry, Melanne Verveer, Lissa Muscatine, Kelly Craighead, Capricia Marshall, Achmed Kathrada, Secretary General Kofi Annan, Denise Rich, Katie Couric, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Andre Previn, Shirley Temple Black, Madeleine Albright, Vernon Jordan, Ann Jordan, Anne Wexler, Joe Duffey, Henry Kissinger, Nancy Kissinger, Dan Glickman, Tom Daschle, Linda Daschle, Beth Dozoretz, Ron Dozoretz, Richard Riley, Liz Robbins, and Alec Baldwin, among others. Additional photographs responsive to this case were processed in FOIA case number 2006-1135- F.

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 2021-0264-F:
Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office
Series: Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration
Photograph Contact Sheets:
Book 431 (P43000-P43099)
P43010 July 29, 1996
P43011 July 29, 1996
P43012 July 29, 1996
P43013 July 29, 1996
P43014 July 29, 1996
P43015 July 29, 1996
P43016 July 29, 1996
P43017 July 29, 1996
P43018 July 29, 1996
P43019 July 29, 1996
P43020 July 29, 1996
P43021 July 29, 1996
P43022 July 29, 1996
P43023 July 29, 1996
P43024 July 29, 1996
P43025 July 29, 1996
P43026 July 29, 1996
P43027 July 29, 1996
P43028 July 29, 1996
P43029 July 29, 1996
P43030 July 29, 1996
P43031 July 29, 1996
P43032 July 29, 1996
P43033 July 29, 1996
P43034 July 29, 1996
P43035 July 29, 1996
P43036 July 29, 1996
P43037 July 29, 1996
P43038 July 29, 1996
P43039 July 29, 1996
P43040 July 29, 1996
Book 504 (P503000-P50399)
P50381 February 19, 1997
P50382 February 19, 1997
P50383 February 19, 1997
P50384 February 19, 1997
P50385 February 19, 1997
Book 513 (P512000-P51299)
P51264 March 19, 1997
P51265 March 19, 1997
P51269 March 19, 1997
P51271 March 19, 1997
P51272 March 19, 1997
P51273 March 19, 1997
P51274 March 19, 1997
P51275 March 19, 1997
P51276 March 19, 1997
P51277 March 19, 1997
P51278 March 19, 1997
P51279 March 19, 1997
P51280 March 19, 1997
P51281 March 19, 1997
P51282 March 19, 1997
P51283 March 19, 1997
Book 672 (P67100-P67199)
P67187 October 12, 1998
P67188 October 12, 1998
P67189 October 12, 1998
P67190 October 12, 1998
P67191 October 12, 1998
P67192 October 12, 1998
Book 686 (P68500-P68599)
P68528 December 6, 1998
P68529 December 6, 1998
P68531 December 6, 1998
P68532 December 6, 1998
P68533 December 6, 1998
P68535 December 6, 1998
P68536 December 6, 1998
P68537 December 6, 1998
P68538 December 6, 1998
P68539 December 6, 1998
P68540 December 6, 1998
P68541 December 6, 1998
P68542 December 6, 1998
P68543 December 6, 1998
P68544 December 6, 1998
P68545 December 6, 1998
P68546 December 6, 1998
P68547 December 6, 1998
P68548 December 6, 1998
P68549 December 6, 1998