Collection The White House Social Secretary
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
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Kitchen, c. 1795. The kitchen of a large household such as the White House was often a center of bustling activity.
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have displayed a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
For more than two centuries, the White House has been the home of American presidents. A powerful symbol of the...
A dinner at the White House has always had significance beyond the merely gastronomical. The elegance of the State Dining...
The White House Historical Association and the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project present this collaboration in an effort to open a...
Betty C. Monkman served more than thirty years in the Office of the Curator, The White House, retiring as Chief...
The occupational culture and management of the 19th-century White House reflected the social climate and ethnic composition of Washington, D....
In the day-to-day life of the White House, interactions between the first family and the residence staff have varied widely....
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...
When a new president moves in, he and his family bring along their own tastes, preferences, and customs. The new...
Family connections among the White House residence staff run strong, and it is not unusual for workers in the Executive...
Every occupational group, whether doctors, teachers, or factory workers, has its own distinctive culture. Each group possesses special skills, language,...