Finding Aids

Finding aids describe archival collections to help users navigate their contents and identify material relevant to their research. Finding aids provide a summary of a collection, the system of arrangement of the responsive material, a container list of responsive files, and a link to the related digitized records (if available).

Researchers may use the "Search Box" below to search by keyword or collection number (ex. 2016-0738-F). Researchers may narrow their search results by filtering by finding aid type, record type, or tag. Researchers may also select for "Digitized Content" to view only collections that have been digitized.

President Clinton stands, looking at a brown shelf full of books. President Clinton wears a green jacket.
President Clinton carefully examines the books at Bickerton & Ripley Bookstore in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, September 3, 1994. Photographer: Barbara Kinney
President Clinton carefully examines the books at Bickerton & Ripley Bookstore in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, September 3, 1994. Photographer: Barbara Kinney
About finding aid types

Finding Aid Types

Finding aid types include Freedom of Information Act Collections, Systematically Processed Collections, and Mandatory Declassification Review Collections.

Freedom of Information Act Collections provide a summary of a collection requested under the Freedom of Information Act, biographic information concerning the collection, the system of arrangement of the responsive material, a container list of responsive files, and a link to the related digitized records (if available).

Systematically Processed Collections provide a summary of a collection processed systematically, biographic information concerning the collection, the system of arrangement of the responsive material, a container list of files, and a link to the related digitized records (if available).

Mandatory Declassification Review Collections provide a summary of a collection released via a Mandatory Declassification Review, and an Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf) of the declassified records.

About collection description tags

Collection Description Tags

A Tag is a descriptive term attached to a finding aid to establish relationships between collection descriptions. Multiple tags can be used to describe collections.

TagUse For
AIDS (Disease)Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and/or the treatment of HIV infections. Finding aids also describe policy concerning individuals, groups, or countries seeking treatment or subsidies for AIDs and HIV.
AmbassadorsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with individuals who served the United States as an Ambassador to another country,
Armed ForcesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the Military, or Armed Services. This means any Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the Wars in Kosovo and Bosnia. (Ex: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, sending troops to Haiti in 1994, etc.)
Associations, institutions, etc.Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Networks (Associations, institutions, etc.), Organizations, Voluntary associations, or Voluntary organizations.
Award presentationsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Award ceremonies, Awards ceremonies, or Awards presentations. (Examples: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kennedy Center Awards, Volunteer Service, National Service, Military Awards.)
CelebritiesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with: Famous people; Famous persons; Illustrious people; or Well-known people.
Civil rightsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Basic rights; Civil liberties; Civil rights--Law and legislation; Civil rights--Legal status, laws, etc.; Constitutional rights; Human rights or Fundamental rights.
CrimeFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with: City crime; Crime and criminals; Crime--Social aspects; Crimes; Delinquency; Felonies; Misdemeanors; Urban crime, or International Crime.
Dinners and diningFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with State Dinners, dinners and receptions held on behalf of other countries, the Prayer Breakfast, Fundraising dinners, or private dinners.
Donated CollectionUsed only for systematically processed collections that were donated collections to the Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Economic policyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with domestic or U.S. Economic policy. Used for: Economic nationalism, Economic planning, Economic policy--Political aspects, National planning, State planning.
EducationFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Education.
Emigration and immigrationFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with immigrants, illegal immigrants, illegal aliens, or immigration policies.
Environmental policyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Environment and state Environmental control; Environmental management--Government policy; Environmental policy--Law and legislation; Environmental policy--Political aspects; Environmental protection--Government policy; Environmental quality--Government policy; or State and environment.
Executive advisory bodiesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Presidential Commissions, Presidential Advisory Boards, Commissions of the federal government, or Government advisory boards.
Executive clemencyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the power to grant relief from criminal punishment, encompassing pardons (forgiveness of offense), commutations (reduced sentences), reprieves (postponement of sentence), and amnesty (broad forgiveness).
Executive ordersFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Executive orders.
First LadyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the initiatives or activities of First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Finding aid descriptions of collections concernining the staff of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton or the Office of the First Lady.
Gay rightsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Gay and lesbian rights; Gay men--Civil rights; Gay people--Civil rights; Lesbian rights; Lesbians--Civil rights; Rights of gay people; or Rights of lesbians. Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Gay Marriage, DOMA, etc.
Government agenciesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with any Executive agencies, Government agencies, Regulatory agencies. This term can be used broadly to describe the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Presidential Cabinet Offices (Defense, Education, State), Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe, etc.
Heads of StateFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with foreign Heads of State, heads of government, or rulers (Example, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings, etc.)
Health care reform Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Health reform; Health system reform; Healthcare reform; Medical care reform; Reform of health care delivery; or Reform of medical care delivery.
HolidaysFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Legal holidays or National holidays (St. Patricks Day, Christmas, Easter, MLK day, etc)
Housing policyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Housing policy and Government subsidies for housing. Also descriptions of collections having to do with homelessness or the un-housed.
International economic relationsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with international economic planning or policy
International relationsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Foreign affairs, Foreign policy, Foreign relations, Global governance, Interdependence of nations, International affairs, Peaceful coexistence, or World order.
Judges--Selection and AppointmentFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with selection or appointment of judges (supreme court or circuit)
LawFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Legislative Acts; Legislative Enactments; or Law--Regions; Laws (Statutes).
Law enforcementFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with policing or the enforcement of laws. (Example: ATF, DEA, and FBI actions; like WACO, Branch Dividians, Elian Gonzalez, Ruby Ridge, etc.) Finding aid descriptions concerning the Department of Justice and the Attorney General.
MeetingsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with meetings at the White House, White House Conferences, or other conferences hosted by other associations.
Military basesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with military bases, military forts, or military facilities.
Military operationsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Military Operations, Peacekeeping Operations, or Rescue Operations.
Millennium Celebrations (2000)Finding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Millennium celebrations (2000), 2000 A.D., celebrations, or Year 2000 celebrations. (This includes White House Millenium Events in 1999).
People with disabilitiesFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with people with disabilities, Americans with Disabilities, Americans with Disabilities Act, or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Political campaignsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with: Election Campaigns, Electioneering, Electoral politics, or Negative campaigns (example: President Clinton's 1996 election campaign, 2000 Gore campaign, Contested campaign results, Hillary Rodham Clinton's 1998 Senatorial Campaign).
PoliticiansFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Statesmen like: Senators, Representatives, Governors, Mayors, or any other U.S. elected official.
Presidents--StaffFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with a member of White House Staff. This descriptive tag also applies to the President's Cabinet Secretaries (and Cabinet Secretary Deputies and Assistants).
Public welfareFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Welfare (Public assistance) or Welfare reform; Benevolent institutions; Poor relief; Public assistance; Public charities; Public relief; Public welfare--Government policy; Public welfare reform; Relief (Aid); or Social welfare.
ReligionsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do anything related to religion. These topices include religious denominations, world religions, religious leaders, or spiritual advisors.
Scandals--Political aspectsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with a political controversy or scandal that affected the Clinton Administration (Whitewater, Filegate, Keneth Starr Investigations, etc.)
SpeechwritersFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Individuals that are part of the President's speechwriting team who write, edit, research and fact check every speech. The speechwriting team varies in size and scope, depending on the preferences of the president.
SportsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Sports, Athletes, Athletic events (Example: Olympic Games). This finding aid tag also describes collections concerning President Clinton's involvement in sporting events (example: playing golf, throwing out the first pitch, attending a basketball game, etc).
TechnologyFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with the field of Science and Technology, satellites, computers, information systems, telecommunications, etc. 
TerrorismFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with foreign or domestic Terrorists; Acts of terrorism; Attacks, Terrorist; Global terrorism; International terrorism; Political terrorism; Terror attacks; Terrorist acts; Terrorist attacks; or World terrorism.
Voyages and travelsFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Presidential Trips and Travel. These finding aids could also be describing presidential vacations. (Examples: the Travel Office, Trip Books, Vacations to Martha's Vinyard, etc.)
WarFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with armed conflict or war. (Example: Wars in Kosovo, Bosnia, etc.)
Deputies Committee MeetingFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Deputies Committee Meetings
Principals Committee MeetingFinding aid descriptions of collections having to do with Principals Committee Meetings
Gubernatorial CollectionUsed only for systematically processed collections.
Federal RecordsUsed only for systematically processed collections.
About digitized content

Digitized Content

Researchers may select for "Digitized Content" to view only collections that have been digitized. If responsive files in a Freedom of Information Act Collection or Systematically Processed Collection have been digitized, a link to the digitized material is provided in the Container List.

All Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) Collections have been digitized. Digitized MDR Collections are provided as an Adobe Acrobat Document (.pdf) within the finding aid.


Search Finding Aids and MDRs

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Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains material on Principals Committee (PC) and Deputies Committee (DC) meetings on China. Material includes a memo from the Secretary of Energy regarding an upcoming Chinese nuclear weapon test.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains material on the "Ring Around Serbia". Materials include an April 1999 cable regarding the operation of Radio Feral and Radio Fern.
Systematically Processed Collection Textual
This collection consists of records relating to Tom Freedman. Tom Freedman was Special Assistant to President Clinton for Policy Planning and then became a Senior Advisor to the President. In 1996 he was Chief of Staff for Political Strategy during the Clinton/Gore campaign. The collection highlights topics relating to family, children and child care, education, health care reform, food safety, fair housing, Medicaid and Medicare, privacy, tobacco, wage gap, welfare and women's issues. The files contain articles, correspondence, drafts, information packets, memos, reports, speeches, and talking points.
Systematically Processed Collection Textual
This collection consists of the records of Lissa Muscatine from her time in the First Lady’s Office. Muscatine served as a Presidential Speechwriter, 1993-1995, Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Speechwriter, 1996-1998, and Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady, 2000-2001. This series highlights the First Lady’s various domestic and international trips and events, including her speeches, schedules, and related press releases about the events, and the press credentials of those covering the events. This collection also contains records relating to the First Lady’s press interviews and television appearances, as well as her column Talking It Over. Background material includes articles and news summaries used by the Press Office in drafting statements, press releases, and speeches and responses of the First Lady. The collection also contains files created by Marsha Berry, who preceded Muscatine as Director of Communications for the First Lady from 1996-1999.
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of early drafts of the First Lady’s remarks to the World Health Organization Forum on Women and Health Security in Beijing, China on September 5, 1995. The collection contains materials used for researching, writing, and scheduling this speech. These materials include draft remarks and background materials such as correspondence, notes, position papers, press releases, publications, previous remarks, reports, and talking points.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains National Security Council email regarding United Nations peacekeeping efforts in Haiti.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains material related to Vice President Gore's trip to Haiti in September 1995. Included are memoranda from Leon Fuerth and Strobe Talbot to Vice President Gore regarding meetings with Haitian Prime Minister Michel and Haitian Finance Minister Rey.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains Department of State cables outlining the timeline for the 100 days following President Aristide's return to power in Haiti on October 15,1994.
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of records related to Executive Order [EO] 12968, Access to Classified Information, which was signed by President Clinton on August 2, 1995 and EO 13087, Further Amendment to EO 11478 Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, which was signed by President Clinton on May 28, 1998. The collection contains drafts and copies of the executive orders, draft statements, memos, meeting notes, briefings, correspondence, notes, guides, and email. The correspondence and memos discuss the EOs and advise the President to sign the EOs. The email consists of correspondence concerning both EOs and EO 12968, including drafts of Presidential correspondence expressing President Clinton’s dedication to ending discrimination.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains Department of State cables summarizing Secretary of State Warren Christopher's meetings with French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, and Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen in Paris on January 24, 1994.
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of records related to the re-authorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency ACT (ISTEA) and the Clinton Administration’s proposed bill to address reauthorization, the National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act (NEXTEA). The collection contains material concerning ISTEA, NEXTEA, BESTEA and TEA-21. The records include briefing papers, correspondence, charts, emails, memoranda, handwritten notes from briefings and meetings, press clippings, publications, reports, talking points and speeches, remarks, and statements by the President.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains National Security Council and Department of Defense memoranda regarding the recommendation to discontinue the use of selective availability of the Global Positioning System (GPS).
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of records related to the First Lady's youngest brother Tony Rodham. It contains correspondence concerning the May 28, 1994 White House wedding of Mr. Rodham and Nicole Boxer, yearly birthday greetings from the President, and photographs of the President and Tony Rodham playing golf. The collections also includes email correspondence concerning travel arrangements, planning preparations for the White House wedding, other event arrangements, speeches, interviews, briefings mentioning Mr. Rodham, and several emails concerning golf outings with the President.
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of letters, email and memoranda concerning communication and correspondence between the Florida Governor John Ellis Bush and the White House. The correspondence addresses a number of diverse topics, including Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez, Hurricanes Floyd and Irene, and on the use of racial set-asides in admission decisions at the University of Florida. The collection also contains more routine communications, including birthday greetings and nominations for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The email consists of correspondence concerning Bush and topics such as the Restoration of the Everglades, Elian Gonzalez, Affirmative Action, and the National Governor’s Association Annual Winter Meeting in Washington D.C.
Systematically Processed Collection Textual
This collection consists of Congressional correspondence regarding Vietnam from the National Security Council Records Management System numbered documents. It includes correspondence to President Clinton or the National Security Advisor from Senators and Representatives on various subjects regarding Vietnam such as the presidential trip to Vietnam, lifting of the trade embargo, normalization of diplomatic relations, selection of U.S. ambassador, and POW/MIA issues. In addition, the collection includes correspondence from President Clinton in response to Congressional queries and requests. The files also contain background material, routine memoranda, and reports on U.S./Vietnamese relations.
Freedom of Information Act Collection Textual
This collection consists of records related to the sharp rise in the number of reported arson attacks on the nation’s houses of worship and the formation of the National Church Arson Task Force (NCATF). It contains correspondence between members of the Task Force, correspondence with the White House and various pastors and community leaders, Task Force meeting minutes, notes, memoranda, speeches, publications and official reports in both draft and final form. This collection also includes email that contains correspondence concerning the NCATF, information related to meetings, schedules, weekly reports and discussion of the administration’s position concerning the creation of the NCATF.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains a Memorandum of Conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. This Mandatory Declassification Review contains memoranda of conversation (memcons) and memoranda of telephone conversation (telcons) between President Clinton or the National Security Advisor and Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez or NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, 1993-1999.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains a Memorandum of Conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. This Mandatory Declassification Review contains memoranda of conversation (memcons) and memoranda of telephone conversation (telcons) between President Clinton or the National Security Advisor and Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez or NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, 1993-1999.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains a Memorandum of Conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. This Mandatory Declassification Review contains memoranda of conversation (memcons) and memoranda of telephone conversation (telcons) between President Clinton or the National Security Advisor and Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez or NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, 1993-1999.
Mandatory Declassification Review Collection Textual
This Mandatory Declassification Review contains material on Amy Biehl, an American Fulbright Scholar killed in South Africa in 1993. Materials include two cables concerning the Pan African Congress.