Collection The White House Social Secretary
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
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In 1902, the executive offices were moved from the second floor of the White House to the newly erected Executive Office Building (later named the West Wing). The building included an innovation—a small press room. Reporter access during the Theodore Roosevelt administration changed markedly when he required that cabinet members channel all press requests through his private secretary. William H. Taft made little effort to promote himself and newsmen accused him of withholding news. Woodrow Wilson held the first formal, public presidential press conference on March 15, 1913.
For more than one hundred years, White House Social Secretaries have demonstrated a profound knowledge of protocol and society in...
What was it like to grow up in a home where some of the most important political decisions are being...
From the beginning of its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior...
Every year since 1981, the White House Historical Association has had the privilege of designing the Official White House Christmas Ornament....
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house...
Americans are familiar with the ceremonies of Inauguration Day, when a new President takes the oath of office at the...
While there has yet to be a female president, women have played an integral role in shaping the White House...
Biographies & Portraits
Kathryn Cramer Brownell
The White House Historical Association (WHHA) offers many different resources for students working on National History Day projects.
The David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History awards research fellowships annually. These fellowships support new research related...
Foreword: Behind the Scenes by Marcia AndersonThe Executive Residence Portraits Project Remembered: An Interview with White House Photographer Tina Hager...