INAUGURATIONS / TRANSITIONS
1) Online Presentation:
"A Brief History of Presidential Inaugurations" / [online presentation]
"Presidential Inaugurations" / [online exhibit]
"The Working White House" / [online exhibit, "Tradition and Transition" section]
"The President's House and its People," with Betty Monkman: 4. Inauguration Day / [video interview]
2) General Interest / Educational / Research:
White House History Themes: "Presidential Inaugurations" / [by-theme links page]
White House History Feature: "Presidential Inaugurations" / [background info page]
White House History Feature: "Traditions and Transitions" / [background info page]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Household / [short essay (re: FDR's second inauguration)]
Eleanor Roosevelt's "My Day" Columns: Ceremonies / [short essay (re: FDR's 1945 inauguration)]
"How have communication advancements contributed to the public's awareness of the inaugurations?" / [FAQ sheet]
"White House Tour: The Red Room" / [short essay (re: 1877 Hayes swearing-in]
White House Facts: "Living at the White House" / [fact sheet (re: G. W. Bush inauguration)]
Classroom: 4-8, "White House Welcome" / [classroom lesson (re: inaugurations)]
Classroom: 4-8, "Presidents Speak" / [classroom lesson (re: Jackson & Truman inauguration)]
Classroom: 9-12, "The Inauguration of Thomas Jefferson" / [classroom lesson]
Classroom: 9-12, "LBJ Ascends to the Presidency" / [classroom lesson (re: transition after JFK assassination)]
Classroom: 9-12, "Jimmy Carter and the Iranian Hostage Crisis" / [classroom lesson (re: upcoming Reagan inauguration)]
Classroom: Primary Documents, "Thomas Jefferson First Inaugural Address" / [primary document classroom lesson]
Classroom: Primary Documents, "The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy" / [primary document classroom lesson]
White House History Journal: "A Well Ordered Household" / [PDF article by Lucia Stanton (re: Madison inauguration)]
White House History Journal: "Not a Ragged Mob, Inauguration of 1829" / [PDF article by David & Jeanne Heidler]
White House History Journal: "Face the Lens, Mr. President" / [PDF article by Clifford Krainik (re: mid-1800s inaugurations)]
White House History Journal: "Lincoln's White House" / [PDF article by Harold Holzer (re: Lincoln inaugurals)]
White House History Journal: "Circa 1961" / [PDF article by Elaine Bachmann (re: Kennedy inauguration)]
White House History Journal: "Building Inaugural Viewing Stands" / [PDF article by William Seale]
White House History Journal: Cumulative Index, 1983-current / [PDF]
3) Other:
Picturing the President's House, Washington: "Washington takes the Oath of Office" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Jackson: "Inauguration Celebration" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Truman: "Truman becomes President" / [historic image]
Picturing the President's House, Reagan: "Inaugural Parade" / [historic image]
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