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Clinton Presidential Library
1200 President Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
Inventory for FOIA Request 2012-0268-F
Records Pertaining to the Columbine School Shooting on April 20, 1999
Extent
162 folders, approximately 6,247 pages
Access
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.
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 U.S.C. Chapter 1) 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, 2013. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.
Scope and Content
The materials in FOIA 2012-0268-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the
FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about additional related materials.
FOIA 2012-0268-F contains records concerning the Clinton Administration’s response to the Columbine
High School shooting on April 20, 1999. Over the course of several hours two heavily-armed students
killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded 23 others before taking their own lives.
The records include agendas, articles, cables, emails, letters, memos, press releases, public statements,
schedules, speeches, and transcripts. The subject matter includes initial reaction to the shooting and the
Administration’s first responses, both in policy and strategy; dozens of recommended phone calls to
victims’ families and local government officials; and speech texts by President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton,
Vice President Gore, Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Attorney General Janet Reno. Reaction to
the massacre also resulted in a higher emphasis on dealing with the issues of school violence and
weapons legislation to include several high-profile conferences on youth violence. Follow-up material
includes coordinating speeches and travel for the anniversary of the school shooting, as well as
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�responses to letters from Columbine victims and those personally affected by the tragedy. Counsel’s
Office files include discussion of a “Columbine Fund,” which was requested by victims’ attorneys
almost a year after the fact. The NSC Records Management numbered documents consist of condolence
letters from foreign government officials to President Clinton and the American people immediately
following the massacre.
System of Arrangement
Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collections areas— Clinton
Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alpha Project; Clinton
Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files, Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM (OP), Clinton
Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails,
Clinton Presidential Records: TRP Emails, and Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cables, Email, and
Records Management Systems.
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. In addition, there are files from the WHORM
Alpha Project and the WHORM (OP) series responsive to this FOIA request.
Staff and Office files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and
document all levels of administration activity.
WHORM files are processed at the document level; whereas, 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.
The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the
Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The
ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The
buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National
Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United
States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for
emails not associated with an office.
The NPR bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a National Performance
Review (NPR) White House user account. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an
individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The POTUS bucket
was designated for email created and received by the President of the United States (POTUS). Please
note that President Clinton never used his POTUS White House user account to send the few emails he
wrote while in office. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an
Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The
CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors
(CEA) White House user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown
or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or
received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS
email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date.
The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated
Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database
that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified
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�Presidential record email. The TRP database is comprised of the same six sub-series of email as in
ARMS. TRP email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by
creation date.
FOIA 2012-0268-F includes WHORM records from these subject codes:
[CM009]
[ED]
[FG001]
[FG001-08]
[GI002]
[JL]
[JL003]
[MA040]
[MC]
[ME001]
[ME001-03]
[ME001-04]
[ME002]
[PP005-01]
[PR013-08]
[PU001-07]
[SA]
[SP]
[SP1369]
[ST006]
[TR351]
[WE]
[Commodities-Guns and Related Products]
[Education]
[Federal Government-President of the United States]
[Federal Government-Presidential Telephone Calls]
[Gifts-To the President]
[Judicial-Legal Matters]
[Judicial-Legal Matters-Criminal Matters]
[Military Service Awards-All]
[Meetings-Conferences]
[Messages-Sent to Individuals]
[Messages-Condolence/Death]
[Messages-Illness/Get Well]
[Messages-Sent to Groups/Organizations]
[Presidential Personal-First Lady]
[Public Relations-Opinions, Statements, Questionnaires, Articles]
[Publications-Clippings to the President]
[Safety-Accident Prevention]
[Speeches]
[Speeches-Columbine HS, Dakota Ridge HS, Littleton CO, 5/20/99]
[State Governments-Colorado]
[Trips-Littleton CO, 5/20/99]
[Welfare]
The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2012-0268-F:
Please note that a single asterisk “*” indicates that the category is entirely processed and open.
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Alpha Project
Case Number Name
306704
[Williams, Columbine High School]
306894
[Littleton CO Schools]
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files
Category
Case Number
CM009
312703
ED
304994
FG001
307186SS
FG001-08
301880SS
301881SS
301882SS
301901SS
302260SS
302262SS
302263SS
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�GI002
JL
JL003
302283SS
302848SS
302849SS
302850SS
302851SS
302852SS
302853SS
302856SS
302857SS
302858SS
302861SS
302862SS
302864SS
302865SS
302866SS
302869SS
302897SS
306101SS
314342SS
406341
310207
313867
314027
301897SS
302795SS
313870
314152
314514
314517
410543
419839
Box 2
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files
Category
Case Number
MA040
416434
MC
303667
ME001
413128
422210
ME001-03
302702
305397 [1]
305397 [2]
305397 [3]
305397 [4]
314096
412821
412845
412855
432271
ME001-04
304308
ME002
419005
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�PP005-01
PR013-08
PU001-07
[SA]
SP
*SP1369
ST006
309989
317214
401270
302615SS
305434SS
311678SS
303664
303030
306072SS
311691SS
Box 3
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject Files
Category
Case Number
*TR351
305504SS
310275
311064
311856
314396
317867
400833
406728
WE
302401SS
Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: (OP)
310546
[Hanson, Eric]
317692
[Mrs Hall’s 4th Grade Book]
407082
[MacPhale re Tragedy at Columbine]
411659
[Curnow, Events at Columbine]
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Cabinet Affairs
Balderston, Kris
Littleton, Colorado [1] [OA 23921]
Littleton, Colorado [2] [OA 23921]
Littleton, Colorado [3] [OA 23921]
Littleton Trip [1] [OA 23921]
Littleton Trip [2] [OA 23921]
Marshall, Thurgood
Columbine High School Shooting [1] [OA 19083]
Columbine High School Shooting [2] [OA 19083]
Box 4
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Communications
Janenda, Thomas
Littleton/Gun Culture File [OA 15634]
Counsel’s Office
Cabe, Meredith
Columbine Fund [OA 21455]
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�Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued)
Domestic Policy Council
Benos, Deanne, Subject File
Columbine-Guns [OA 103564]
Chow, Barbara
Crime-Columbine [OA 20226]
Kullman, Karin
Address to Columbine High School, Jefferson County CO, May 20, 1999
[OA 21984]
Liu, Eric
Crime-Columbine [OA 103884]
Shimabukuro, Leanne
Crime/Columbine Shooting Response [1] [OA 23169]
Crime/Columbine Shooting Response [2] [OA 23169]
Crime/Columbine Shooting Response [3] [OA 23169]
Tanden, Neera
Subject Files
Hillary Rodham Clinton-Response to Littleton [OA 103077]
Youth Development/Afterschool/Violence-Responses to Littleton-White House
[OA 103087]
First Lady’s Office
First Lady’s Press Office
Muscatine, Lissa
FLOTUS Remarks and Speeches 5/99-10/12/99 [Binder]: [Columbine High
School, Littleton, Colorado-5/10/1999] [OA 103210]
First Lady’s Office
Speechwriting
Macy, Christine
Littleton/School Violence Background [1] [OA 17209]
Littleton/School Violence Background [2] [OA 17209]
Intergovernmental Affairs
Bennett, Matt
Littleton CO [OA 18032]
Ibarra, Mickey
[Events-Apr 1999] [Folder 1]: Columbine High School Tragedy, Littleton CO,
April 30, 1999 [1] [OA 18203]
[Events-Apr 1999] [Folder 1]: Columbine High School Tragedy, Littleton CO,
April 30, 1999 [2] [OA 18203]
Box 5
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Intergovernmental Affairs
Redington, Rachel
Detroit MI NAACP Foundation Freedom Fund Dinner VPOTUS 4/25/99Littleton CO Memorial Service Added [OA 17940]
Zuni, Raynell
Littleton CO [OA 17071]
Legislative Affairs
Johnson, Broderick
Columbine [OA 17369]
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�Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files (continued)
President’s Initiative for One America
Johnson, Ben and Craig, Crystal
Columbine [OA 17993]
Public Liaison
Echaveste, Maria
Littleton Shootings [OA 14164]
Lynch, Victoria
Littleton [1] [OA 14532]
Littleton [2] [OA 14532]
Littleton [3] [OA 14532]
Speechwriting
Gottheimer, Josh
Littleton 4/20/99 [OA 19005]
Shesol, Jeff
Columbine High School Jeffco CO 5/20/99 – Columbine HS Drafts [OA 19945]
Columbine High School Jeffco CO 5/20/99 – Columbine HS Facts and Clips
5/20/99 [1] [OA 19945]
Columbine High School Jeffco CO 5/20/99 – Columbine HS Facts and Clips
5/20/99 [2] [OA 19945]
Columbine High School Jeffco CO 5/20/99 – Columbine Nationwide Efforts
[OA 19945]
Columbine High School Jeffco CO 5/20/99 – Columbine POTUS Speeches
[OA 19945]
Shih, June
Statement – Littleton 4/23/99 [OA 16421]
Waldman, Michael
Littleton [OA 14438]
Weiss, Lowell
Littleton 4/22/99 [1] [OA 17199]
Littleton 4/22/99 [2] [OA 17199]
Box 6
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Columbine]
[4/20/1999 – 4/22/1999]
[4/22/1999 – 4/27/1999]
[4/27/1999 – 5/19/1999]
[5/20/1999 – 7/13/1999]
[7/14/1999 – 2/15/2000]
Box 7
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email]
OPD [OA/ID 250000]
[Columbine]
[2/16/2000 – 3/28/2000]
[3/28/2000 – 4/18/2000]
[4/18/2000 – 5/4/2000]
[5/11/2000 – 1/4/2001]
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�Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] (continued)
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Columbine]
[4/20/1999 – 4/22/1999]
[4/22/1999 – 4/26/1999]
[4/26/1999 – 5/7/1999]
Box 8
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Columbine]
[5/7/1999 – 5/18/1999]
[5/18/1999 – 5/20/1999]
[5/20/1999 – 5/21/1999]
[5/21/1999 – 5/28/1999]
[6/1/1999 – 6/24/1999]
[6/25/1999 – 7/20/1999]
Box 9
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Columbine]
[7/28/1999 – 9/28/1999]
[10/5/1999 – 11/10/1999]
[12/16/1999 – 2/16/2000]
[2/17/2000 – 3/9/2000]
[3/9/2000 – 5/5/2000]
[5/8/2000 – 1/5/2001]
CEA [OA/ID 950000]
[Columbine]
[4/30/1999 – 5/5/2000]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Columbine…]
[04/20/1999 – 04/30/1999]
Box 10
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Columbine…]
[05/04/1999 – 05/19/1999]
[05/20/1999 – 07/15/1999]
[08/09/1999 – 04/21/2000]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[Columbine]
[5/12/1999 – 6/26/1999]
NSC [OA/ID 1200000]
[Columbine]
[05/18/1999]
Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System
NSC Cables
Jan 1999 – Dec 2000
[Columbine…]
[04/22/1999 – 04/23/1999] [OA/ID 530000]
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�Clinton Presidential Records: NSC Cable, Email, and Records Management System (continued)
NSC Emails
Exchange – Record (Sept 97 – Jan 01)
[Columbine…]
[04/27/1999 – 12/18/1999] [OA/ID 620000]
Exchange – Non-Record (Mar 97 – Jan 01)
[Columbine…]
[04/23/1999 – 10/14/2000] [OA/ID 630000]
NSC Records Management
[Columbine…]
9902997 [OA/ID 2724]
9903189 [OA/ID 2726]
9903507 [OA/ID 2728]
9905234 [OA/ID 2739]
Last modified: 9/17/2015
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�
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2012-0268-F
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This collection consists of records concerning the Clinton Administration’s response to the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999. Over the course of several hours two heavily-armed students killed 12 classmates and a teacher and wounded 23 others before taking their own lives. The records include agendas, articles, cables, emails, letters, memos, press releases, public statements, schedules, speeches, and transcripts. The subject matter includes the Administration’s first responses and follow up, both in policy and strategy; recommended phone calls to victims’ families and local government officials; and speech texts for President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, Vice President Gore, Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Attorney General Janet Reno. Reaction to the massacre also resulted in a higher emphasis on dealing with the issues of school violence and weapons legislation to include several high-profile conferences on youth violence.
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