Archival Collections

This exhibit focuses on speechwriting files for President Clinton’s State of the Union Addresses. Finding Aids describing Speechwriters’ involvement with the SOTU are listed below:  

Baer, Don

• 2006-0458-F

Blinken, Antony   

• 2006-0459-F

Boorstin, Robert    

• 2006-0460-F 

Curiel, Carolyn      

• 2006-0461-F

Edmonds, Terry     

• 2006-0462-F 

Glastris, Paul       

• 2006-0463-F 

Kusnet, David        

• 2006-0465-F 

Meyer, Noa          

•  2012-0869-S

Prince, Jonathan

• 2006-0466-F 

Shesol, Jeff           

• 2006-0467-F 

Shih, June            

• 2015-0698-S
• 2015-0843-S 

Waldman, Michael

• 2006-0469-F (Segment 1) 
• 2006-0469-F (Segment 2) 

Weiss, Lowell        

• 2006-0470-F 

Widmer, Edward    

• 2006-0471-F

Wilkie, Carter        

• 2008-0699-F

Learn more about President Clinton and the State of the Union with additional online Findings Aids and more items from the Clinton Digital Library.

Visit the Clinton Library’s YouTube Channel for a playlist of archived video of the State of the Union Addresses.  These Clinton Library YouTube videos show the President’s delivery of the SOTU speeches as well as some of the procedures for the State of the Union message.

Visit the “State of the Union for Kids” archived website for historical facts on State of the Union messages. The “White House for Kids” section was added to the White House website in 1996. The White House for Kids section of the website was created as a space where children could use the White House website to learn about Presidential history, interesting facts about the First Family, and First Pets.

Learn more about the history of the State of the Union Address from the United States House of Representatives.