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Carrie Villar
Carrie Villar is the John & Neville Bryan Associate Director of Museum Collections at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In this role, she oversees the collections management across the Trust’s portfolio of historic sites and staffs the Collections Committee that makes decisions regarding deaccessioning and the use of those funds for direct care. Prior to that, Carrie served as
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2015 Official White House Christmas Ornament
The White House Historical Association commissions the official White House Christmas ornament each year. This is the 35th ornament in the series begun in 1981. The ornament honors 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge and the first National Christmas Tree lighting in 1923. This is the first ornament to contain technology. A small LED light bulb integrated into the design illuminates the
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The White House Usher on the Role of Television
"Largely through television," notes historian William Seale, the White House "is the best known house in the world, the instantly familiar symbol of the Presidency, flashed daily on millions and millions of TV screens everywhere."1J. B. West was Assistant Chief Usher at the White House from 1941 to 1957, and Chief Usher from 1957 to 1969. During the Eisenhower administration, West had an
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White House Visitor Center
In July 2012, the National Park Service’s White House Visitor Center began undergoing a $12.6 million revitalization through a public-private partnership with the White House Historical Association. The Association's donation of $12.5 million for the project and operating endowment helped make this extraordinary public resource possible. David M. Rubenstein's gift of $5 million to the Association for the White House Visitor Center ensures ce
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Canadian State Visits to the White House
December 6, 1927: Governor General Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon — Canada’s governor general and wife Marie arrived at Union Station and were greeted by Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and Mrs. Clara Kellogg, and then inspected an honor guard of U.S. Marines. A cavalry troop with drawn sabers then escorted the visitors to the Canadian legation on Massachusetts Aven
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ELA/STEM Resource: History and Technology at the White House
Help your students discover the technological innovations that changed the White House – and American society. They’ll research a technological advancement from the past, write a White House visitor’s guide, and create a historical narrative that’s set in the White House. This easy-to-use standards-based resource was created as hybrid ELA & Social Studies lessons with a STEM twist for grad
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Gary Cole
Dr. Gary Cole is a nationally recognized philanthropic strategist and fundraising coach, and serves as Chief Development Officer for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation and Institute. A 28-year fundraising veteran, his areas of special expertise include major gift fundraising, planned giving, campaign planning and management, comprehensive program analysis, nonprofit organizational leadership, donor marketing and engagement, fundraising practitioner coaching, and
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