Collection The Decatur House Slave Quarters
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
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First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of protest and indignation. This traditional act of hospitality toward the wife of the first black man elected to Congress in the twentieth century created a political crisis for the president and first lady. This collection explores the "tempest" from the perspectives of the first lady, the DePriests and DePriest family descendants.
In 1821-1822, Susan Decatur requested the construction of a service wing. The first floor featured a large kitchen, dining room,...
Native Americans hold a significant place in White House history. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank and...
Biographies & Portraits
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
In 1816, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Jr. and his wife Susan moved to the nascent capital city of Washington, D.C. With...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to exercise...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Foreword: Not to be Forgotten by Marcia Mallet AndersonWalter Paris: Forgotten Artist of the White House Neighborhood by Peter R....
Elaine Rice Bachmann
As a public and digital historian, my work explores how and why groups and individuals reimagine the spaces around them...
Construction on the President's House began in 1792 in Washington, D.C., a new capital situated in sparsely settled region far...