Abstract--~3C and 295i nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with magic-angle spinning bas been used to study the short-range ordering and bonding in the structures of intercalates of kaolinite with formamide, hydrazine, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), and pyridine-N-oxide (PNO). The 29Si chemical shift indicated decreasing levels of bonding interaction between the silicate layer and the intercalate in the order: kaolinite: formamide (5 = -91.9, ppm relative to tetramethylsilane), kaolinite: hydrazine ( -92.0), kaolinite: DMSO (-93.1). The 29Si signal of the kaolinite: PNO intercalate (-92.1) was unexpectedly deshielded, possibly due to the aromatic nature of PNO. The degree of three-dimensional ordering of the structures was inferred from the 295i signal width, with the kaolinite: DMSO intercalate displaying the greatest ordering and kaolinite : hydrazine the least. ~3C resonances of intercalating organic molecules were shifted downfield by as much as 3 ppm in response to increased hydrogen bonding after intercalation, and in the kaolinite : DMSO intercalate the two methyl-carbon chemical environments were non-equivalent (6 = 43.7 and 42.5).