Selected Records on the White House Photo Office & Selected WHORM Subject File Records

The materials in 2015-0982-S from the White House Photo Office Alphabetic Files are a systematically processed body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Other responsive documents are located in the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File. FOIA 2015-0982-F contains materials related to documents created by the White House Photo Office and White House Office of Records Management (WHORM). Staff received requests from senators, representatives and private citizens who wanted autographed photographs of President and Mrs. Bush. Also included in this FOIA are records from the White House Office Records Management Subject Files which contain references to David Valdez. He served as Director of the White House Photo Office and Personal Photographer to the President of the United States. The Bush Presidential Staff and Office Files contain routine forms filled out by White House personnel tracking incoming photograph requests and their disposition. There are also letters, memos and notes documenting these requests. Additionally, there are photographs and copies of photographs which were requested by media outlets for publication. Associated White House Photo Order forms complete the collection. The WHORM Subject Files contain routine correspondence between the president and private citizens, staffers and administration officials. This correspondence addresses gifts given and received by President Bush, and articles written about President Bush. There are also documents discussing a collaborative book project between Mrs. Barbara Bush and David Valdez as well as photograph requests for President and Mrs. Bush. Read less