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Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Inventory for FOIA Request 2008-0695-F
Records on James L. Farmer, Jr. related to his receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom on
January 15, 1998
Extent
53 folders, 304 pages
Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the
Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC
552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal
exemptions.
Copyright
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of
their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the
United States (17 USC 101), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of
copyrighted material.
Provenance
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).
Processed by
Staff Archivist, 2010. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.
Scope and Content
The materials in FOIA 2008-0695-F are a selective, not necessarily all inclusive, body of documents
responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials.
James L. Farmer, Jr. was born in Marshall, Texas on January 12, 1920 and died in Fredericksburg,
Virginia on July 9, 1999. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement in the 1940’s, 50’s,
and 60’s and the organizer of the 1961 Freedom Rides, which consisted of civil rights activists who rode
on interstate buses into the segregated south of the United States to test the Supreme Court's ruling in
Boynton v. Virginia (1960). Farmer was also a co-founder of the Committee of Racial Equality, later
known as the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which sought to end segregation in America through
active nonviolence. James Farmer’s contributions during the civil rights movement and after were
recognized on January 15, 1998, when President William J. Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal
of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
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�FOIA request 2008-0695-F contains congressional correspondence and correspondence written by the
general public recommending that President William J. Clinton award Dr. James L. Farmer, Jr. the
Presidential Medal of Freedom. The FOIA also contains lists of Presidential Medal of Freedom award
ceremony invitees and the citations read for each recipient during the ceremony.
System of Arrangement
Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in three collection areas – Clinton
Presidential Records: WHORM Alpha File, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, and
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files.
As policy, Staff and Office Files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not
selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it
frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject
area. WHORM Subject Files are processed at the document level. The WHORM Subject File was
compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by
a letter/number combination. A complete listing of the categories with detailed descriptions is provided
in our research room.
The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2008-0695-F:
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Alpha File
AF
221636 [Donna Sherie Marie Lee] [OA/ID 8643]
221636 [Mitzi H. Saffos] [OA/ID 8643]
221636 [Whitney E.H. Donaghy] [OA/ID 8643]
222823 [Marvin S. Bolinger] [OA/ID 9738]
228252 [Theresa L. Watson] [OA/ID 9749]
235136 [Merilie Robertson] [OA/ID 9762]
243322 [Gloria Darden Gettys] [OA/ID 10201]
244643 [Marietta J. Tanner] [OA/ID 10201]
248392 [Lacy L. Joyner] [OA/ID 10206]
254340 [Gregory V. Palmer] [OA/ID 10889]
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files
Category
MA026
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Case Number
Scanned: Case Numbers 212636
214579
216400
216403
216415
217270
217272
217273
217274
217275
217276
217297
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�Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files (continued)
Category
MA026
Box 2
Case Number
Scanned: Case Numbers 217299
217300
217303
217304
217305
217307
217308
217309
217310
217311
217312
217313
217314
217618
218682
218981
218984
222526
224139
224144
224154
224196
224440
224831
229274
242713
247227
249696SS
249861
252594
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Public Liaison
Presidential Medal of Freedom/James Farmer [OA/ID 11512]
Last Modified: 07/27/2012
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James L. Farmer Jr. - Collection Finding Aid
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2008-0695-F
Description
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This collection consists of records from when James L. Farmer, Jr. received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 15, 1998. The files contain congressional correspondence and correspondence written by the general public recommending that President William J. Clinton award Dr. James L. Farmer, Jr. the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The files also contain lists of Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony invitees and the citations read for each recipient during the ceremony.
<b>Please Note: No items in this collection have yet been scanned nor made available online</b>
Publisher
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William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Finding Aid