STATE DINNERS / VISITING DIGNITARIES / WEDDINGS

STATE DINNERS

"White House Tour: State Dining Room" / [online presentation]
"White House Tour: The East Room" / [online presentation]
"The Indian State Dinners" / [historic image slideshow]
"Mexican State Dinners" / [historic image slideshow]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit, "Learning the Ropes" section]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit, "Memorable Times" section]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit, "First Family" section]

White House History Timelines: Edith Roosevelt / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Jacqueline Kennedy / [short biography]
White House History Timelines: Decorative Arts / [by-era timeline (re: "1890s," Harrison & Cleveland services)]
White House History Timelines: Decorative Arts / [by-era timeline (re: "1930s," Roosevelt State Dinner service)]
White House History Timelines: Decorative Arts / [by-era timeline (re: "1960s," Johnson service & "1980s," Reagan State Dinners)]
White House History Timelines: Music / [by-era timeline (re: "1890s," state dinner performances)]
White House History Timelines: Musical Performances / [by-era timeline (re: "1898, 1957, 1989" entries)]
White House History Timelines: Workers / [by-era timeline (re: "1870s," Grant State Dinners)]
"The White House State Dinner" / [backgrounder PDF]
"White House Tour: State Dining Room" / [short essay]
"White House Tour: The East Room" / [short essay]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Ceremonies / [short essay]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Entertainment / [short essay]

Hayes State Dinner Service / [White House Collection]
Monroe Plateau / [White House Collection]
Picturing the President's House, Nixon: "State Dining Room, Nixon Administration" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Reagan: "State Dinner, Reagan Administration" / [historic image]


VISITING DIGNITARIES

"The White House Gardens & Grounds: Ceremonies & Events" / [online presentation]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit (re: many visiting dignitary mentions)]

White House History Timelines: Workers / [by-era timeline (re: "1930s," Royal Visit & "1940s," Winston Churchill)]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Royals Visit / [historical column]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Churchill's Visit / [historical column]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Christmas / [short essay]
White House Profiles: Henrietta Nesbitt / [short bio-essay (re: visiting dignitaries)]
White House Facts & Trivia: Significant Foreign Visitors / [fact sheet]
Classroom: "Pearl Harbor, Meetings of FDR & Churchill" / [primary document lesson plan]
"To be Preserved for All Time," The Blair House / [PDF e-book by Candice Shireman (re: visiting dignitaries)]

Picturing the President's House, Buchanan: "President Buchanan and Japanese Ambassadors" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, F.D.R.: "President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Ford: "Arrival ceremony of President Sheel of Germany June 16, 1975" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Ford: "President Ford and Queen Elizabeth II" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Carter: "Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Signing" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, G. H. W. Bush: "President Bush receives part of the Berlin Wall" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, G. H. W. Bush: "President Bush and Queen Elizabeth II" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, G. W. Bush: "President Bush and Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai" / [historic image]


WEDDINGS

The White House Gardens & Grounds : "Ceremonies & Events" / [online presentation]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit (re: wedding mentions)]

White House History Timelines: Decorative Arts / [by-era timeline (re: "1870s," Grant-Sartoris wedding)]
White House History Timelines: Frances Cleveland / [short biography (re: Cleveland Wedding)]
White House History Timelines: Workers / [by-era timeline (re: "1970s," Nixon-Cox Wedding)]
"Wedding Ceremonies held at the White House" / [backgrounder PDF]
2007 White House Christmas Ornament Historical Essay / [short essay (re: Cleveland Wedding)]
"How many wedding ceremonies have been held at the White House?" / [FAQ sheet]
White House Facts & Trivia: Landscape & Gardens / [fact sheet (re: Cleveland wedding location)]
White House History Journal: "White House Brides & Envisioned Flowers" / [PDF article w/illustrations by Margaret Huddy]

Picturing the President's House, Cleveland: "Marriage of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Johnson: "Wedding Reception of Luci and Patrick Nugent" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Nixon: "Tricia Nixon's Wedding" / [historic image]



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