Thanksgiving at the White House
Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
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Thanksgiving at the White House is a quiet holiday for the presidents family, featuring a meal that traditionally included turkey,...
The White House Historical Association has reset the following excerpt of Isabella Hagner’s typescript memoirs, now in the White Ho...
On Saturday, October 24, 1903, the sensationalist New York World reported that President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb Jr., outfitted the me...
Throughout the history of the presidency, a president’s clothing choices have been influenced by a number of factors. Personal ba...
White House workers’ memoirs abound with recollections of significant international and national events and episodes. As they go about their da...
The memories of White House workers include not only times of grief, war, and political tension, but also charming moments...
Family connections among the White House residence staff run strong, and it is not unusual for workers in the Executive...
White House workers have frequently come to their jobs with experience in hotels and resorts, in large town or country...
In the day-to-day life of the White House, interactions between the first family and the residence staff have varied widely....
When you join the White House staff, you enter a unique community full of surprising paradoxes. The men and women...
Perhaps the most significant change for the White House and its workers during the past several decades has been that...
"Every day is wash-day at the White House,” housekeeper Elizabeth Jaffray recalled. The three maids assigned to the laundry when Ja...