Book Awards
20202020 American Alliance of Museums Publication CompetitionWhite House History Quarterly 52: Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture,...
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Fine Arts
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Decorating the White House
Congress has always been tasked with appropriating funds for the care, repair, refurnishing and maintenance of the White House and...
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Board of Directors
The White House Historical Association, chartered in 1961, is a nonprofit historical and educational organization that plays a vital role in...
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2016 White House Ornament Student Designer Biography
Kayla Whelan is a native of Pelham, NH, who graduated from Pelham High School in 2012. Kayla received a Bachelor of...
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Classroom Resource Packets
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Honoring the Birthday of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
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Bio Harriet Lane
Unique among first ladies, Harriet Lane acted as hostess for the only president who never married: James Buchanan, her favorite...
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"Proud Housewife": Mamie Eisenhower Collects for the White House
Every presidential family that resides in the White House leaves a mark on the building and its traditions. The extent...
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Arts Advisors in the Kennedy White House
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s advocacy for the performing arts endures as a vital part of...
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Texas and the White House
While there have only been a handful of Texans who have called the White House “home,” this group has shaped the...
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President Eisenhower: The Painter
The only true response to art is to look with an eye like that of a child: unprejudiced, unbiased, clear,...
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A "Dark Horse" in Sunlight and Shadow
When Whig opponents chanted “Who is James K. Polk?” throughout the presidential election of 1844, it was more an attempt to infl...