Program for the State Dinner Honoring Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

This is an event program illustrating the entertainment that followed a State Dinner hosted by President Gerald R. Ford in honor of Prime Minister Harold Wilson of the United Kingdom and his wife, Mary Wilson. The event was held on January 30, 1975. Soprano Beverly Sills of the New York Opera performed for guests in the East Room of the White House, accompanied by pianist Charles Wadsworth, founder of the Chamber Music Society at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This program is part of a personal collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. As executive chef from 1966-1987, Haller oversaw the menus for over 250 State Dinners at the White House.