(2018-1126-F) White House Photos - Photographs Relating to Movie Critic Roger Ebert

42 photographs in color film processed from 35mm.

This collection consist of photographs of President Clinton participating in an interview with Ebert in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in 1999. Other events on the same photograph contact sheets that pertain to President Clinton and Roger Ebert include: President Clinton participating in an interview with ESPN's "Sportscenter" in the Cabinet Room and staff in the Outer Oval Office with Socks the Cat

The materials in FOIA 2018-1126-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. FOIA request 2018-1126-F contains photographs from December 18, 1999 of President Clinton participating in a “Movies of the Century” interview with Roger Ebert of “Roger Ebert and the Movies” in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. President Clinton and Roger Ebert give Ebert’s customary “Thumbs Up” during the interview. Other events on the responsive photograph contact sheets include: Kris Engsov, Joe Lockhart and Betty Currie with Socks the Cat in the Outer Oval Office and President Clinton participating in a “Sports Greats of the Century” interview in the Cabinet Room at the White House with Stuart Scott of ESPN’s “Sportscenter” program.

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 incidental 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, 2018

The following is a list of photograph contact sheets/folders processed in response to FOIA 2018-1126-F:
Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office
Series: Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration
Photograph Contact Sheet:
Book 786 (P78500-P78599)
P78559 December 18, 1999
P78560 December 18, 1999