Collection Native Americans and the White House
Native Americans hold a significant place in White House history. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank and...
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For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the nation, it is a uniquely private and public space. Since John and Abigail Adams first moved into the “President’s House” in November 1800, hundreds of individuals have worked behind the scenes to help the White House fulfill its roles as a seat of government, a family residence, a ceremonial center, a museum, and an historic building. Witnesses to history and active participants in the nation’s story, White House workers are a close-knit community, sharing a distinctive work culture in an exceptional work environment. The Working White House explores the occupational culture—the stories, traditions, memories, and skills—of the men and women who have operated, maintained, and helped preserve the Executive Mansion.
Developed and supported by The White House Historical Association with assistance from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Native Americans hold a significant place in White House history. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples, including the Nacotchtank and...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
First Lady Lou Hoover's invitation to Jessie L. DePriest to a White House tea party in 1929 created a storm of...
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
For more than a century, thousands of Americans have gathered in Lafayette Park across from the White House to exercise...
The whole family [of President Theodore Roosevelt] were fiends when it came to reading. No newspapers. Never a moment was...
Civil Rights activist and journalist William Monroe Trotter caused a stir in 1914 because he strongly protested President Woodrow Wilson’s su...
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball on April 15, 1947 signaling a historic step forward in the movement...
E. Frederic Morrow was the first African American to serve in an executive position on a president’s staff at th...
The Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln “Civil War Washington” website has posted the 1862 Eman...
For most of the 19th century, the structure of the White House staff remained generally the same. At the top...