White House History Table of Contents
1983—2024
NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 6 (COLLECTION I)
WHITE HOUSE HISTORY • NUMBER 1
1 — Foreword by Melvin M. Payne
5 — President Kennedy’s Rose Garden by Rachel Lambert Mellon
13 — White House Album: History in the Camera’s Eye by Oliver Jensen
23 — The Association’s Twentieth Year by Nash Castro
29 — History in White House Silver by Joseph D. Carr
39 — Stone Walls Preserved by James I. McDaniel
46 — A Colored Man’s Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul Jennings
52 — The Washington of Paul Jennings: White House Slave, Free Man, and Conspirator for Freedom G. by Franklin Edwards and Michael R. Winston
THE DESIGN OF LAFAYETTE PARK • NUMBER 2
70 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
72 — The Design of Lafayette Park by William Seale
86 — Presidents and the Potomac by Gilbert Gude
104 — A “Dark Horse” in Sunlight and Shadow: Daguerreotypes of President James Polk by Clifford Krainik
116 — White House Album: The Theodore Roosevelt Years by James M. Goode
126 — The White House Collection: James Buchanan’s White House by Betty C. Monkman
THE WHITE HOUSE STONE • NUMBER 3
132 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
134 — White House Album: Beauty and History Preserved in Stone by William Seale
144 — The Stonemasons Who Built the White House by William Seale
160 — The Quarries at Aquia and Seneca by Gary Scott
166 — Restoring the Original White House Stone by Patrick J. Plunkett
174 — The Politics of Public Building: William Thornton and President’s Square by C.M. Harris
188 — The White House Collection: Recent Acquisitions by Betty C. Monkman
THE BURNING OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1814 • NUMBER 4
194 — Foreword: A Dramatic Moment in American History by Robert L. Breeden
196 — The Burning of Washington by Anthony S. Pitch
208 — The White House Before the Fire by William Seale
214 — Ruin and Regeneration by William B. Bushong
223 — The White House Collection: Reminders of 1814 by Betty C. Monkman
228 — Dolley Madison Has the Last Word: The Famous Letter by David S. Mattern
234 — In a Nantucket Graveyard by Neil W. Horstman
237 — A Satirical View: Politics in Rhyme by Mary A. Hackett
246 — Eyewitness Accounts of the Burning of the White House: They Were There
THE TRUMAN RENOVATION • NUMBER 5
252 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
254 — Reality and Illusion: The White House and Harry S. Truman by William P. O’Brien
263 — Tempest in a Teapot: Truman’s Failed Attempt at an Office Addition by Elizabeth Beard Goldsmith
273 — Lorenzo Simmons Winslow: Architect of the White House, 1933-1952 by William B. Bushong
283 — Abbie Rowe Photographs of the White House Renovation by Clay Bauske
296 — President Truman’s Televised Tour by Rex W. Scouten
301 — The Souvenir Program of the Truman Renovation by William G. Allman
308 — The White House Collection: The Truman Interiors by Betty C. Monkman
GEORGE WASHINGTON: HOUSES AND PALACES • NUMBER 6
316 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
318 — Washington’s City by John Rhodehamel
328 — Rules of Engagement: Ceremony and the First Presidential Household by John Riley
340 — Rivals to the White House in 18th-Century New York and Philadelphia by William Seale
348 — George Washington, Mount Vernon and the White House by Robert F. Dalzell Jr. and Lee Baldwin Dalzell
360 — William Thornton’s “Great Patron,” George Washington by C. M. Harris
371 — Trouble in Federal City by Dorothy Twohig
376 — The White House Collection: George Washington Influences and Images by Betty C. Monkman
NUMBERS 7 THROUGH 12 (COLLECTION 2)
PRESIDENT ADAMS MOVES IN • NUMBER 7
8 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
10 — The Paradox of High Station: Abigail Adams as First Lady by Edith B. Gelles
20 — The Midnight Appointments by Richard A. Samuelson
32 — The White House in John Adams’s Presidency by William Seale
42 — John Adams: Farmer and Gardener by Corliss Knapp Engle
52 — A Classical Turn: Fashion in the Time of President John Adams by Lynne Zacek Bassett
62 — The White House Collection: John and Abigail Adams: A Tradition Begins by Betty C. Monkman
PLANS AND SCHEMES • NUMBER 8
70 — Foreword by Robert L. Breeden
72 — Benjamin Brown French in the Lincoln Period by Michael Spangler
86 — The Photographs of Ralph Waldo Magee by Lydia Barker Tederick
104 — Benjamin Latrobe and Thomas Jefferson Redesign the President’s House by Michael Fazio and Patrick Snadon
122 — Visiting Ireland’s Leinster House: Model for the White House by Elizabeth B. Goldsmith
128 — The Twenty-First Century White House by James I. McDaniel andAnn Bowman Smith
DOCUMENTING THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 9
136 — Foreword by William Seale
138 — Finding White House Documentary Sources at the National Archives by Alysha E. Black
148 — Visual Documents: Symbolic and Real Images of the White House by Alan Fern
170 — Photographing White House Furnishings by Bruce White
178 — The White House Collection: Research Sources in the Office of the Curator by Betty C. Monkman
THE GOLD SPOON SPEECH OF 1840 • NUMBER 10
194 — Foreword by William Seale
196 — About the Gold Spoon Oration by William Seale
204 — Imagery from the Election of 1840: Myth and Reality by Clifford Krainik
214 — Those Princely Objects in Charles Ogle’s Speech by William G. Allman
224 — Martha Custis Peter to Martha Custis Williams, Tudor Place, February 1841 by Wendy Kail
227 — Speech of Mr. Ogle, of Pennsylvania, on the Regal Splendor of the President’s Palace
THE ROOSEVELT RENOVATION OF 1902 • NUMBER 11
292 — Foreword by William B. Bushong
294 — The White House in the Monumental City by Antoinette J. Lee
304 — Glenn Brown, the White House, and the Urban Renaissance of Washington, D.C. by William B. Bushong
319 — Theodore Roosevelt’s White House by William Seale
328 — The Executive Offices 100 Years Ago: A Photographic Essay by Lydia Tederick
340 — President Theodore Roosevelt and the American Institute of Architects by Tony P. Wrenn
352 — The White House Collection: The Beaux Arts Furnishings of 1902 by Betty C. Monkman
THE JAMES BUCHANAN WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 12
360 — Foreword by William Seale
362 — James Buchanan’s White House Hostess: The Celebrated Harriet Lane by Pamela Kilian
372 — The Japanese Delegation to the Buchanan White House by Dallas Finn
397 — The USRMC Harriet Lane by Robert L. Anderson
410 — The Prince of Wales at the White House by Claire A. Faulkner
420 — The White House Collection: From James Buchanan’s Time by William G. Allman
NUMBERS 13 THROUGH 18 (COLLECTION 3)
THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, PART ONE: RECOLLECTIONS • NUMBER 13
6 — Foreword by William Seale
8 — Life Magazine Goes to the White House by Hugh Sidey
22 — Remembering the Glorious Kennedy Times by Letitia Baldrige
34 — The Rescue and Renaissance of Lafayette Square by John Carl Warnecke
50 — The Correspondence of David E. Finley and Jacqueline Kennedy by William B. Bushong
THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, PART TWO: LEGACY • NUMBER 14
64 — Foreword by William Seale
66 — Circa 1961: The Kennedy White House Interiors by Elaine Rice Bachmann
84 — The Historic Guide to America’s House
98 — Major Publications of The White House Historical Association
100 — A New Look at The John F. Kennedys and the Arts by Elise K. Kirk
114 — A Small Slice of Kennedy Decor: The Queens’ Sitting Room by William G. Allman
PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS • NUMBER 15
122 — Foreword by William Seale
124 — Taking the Oath of Office: The Capitol Connection by Donald R. Kennon
134 — “Not a Ragged Mob”: The Inauguration of 1829 by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
144 — A Cultural History of White House Inaugural Reviewing Stands by James M. Goode
160 — Presidential Inaugurations: Solemnities and Festivities by Paul F. Boller Jr.
172 — Inaugural Balls: From Their Beginnings by Katie E. Marages
182 — Inaugural Planning: Minutes from the 1960–61 Inaugural Committee
PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITURE • NUMBER 16
204 — Foreword by William Seale
206 — Portraits Made at the White House by William Seale
224 — A Gallery of Photographic Portraits of Nineteenth Century U.S. Presidents by Clifford Krainik
242 — The Greatest Man Living by William Kloss
246 — Artists’ Life Studies for White House Portraits by Lydia Baker Tederick
270 — Drawing Presidents: An Artist’s Reflections on Catching a Lively Likeness by John Hutton
276 — Conversation with a Presidential Portraitist: Simmie Knox Paints President and Mrs. Clinton by Betty C. Monkman
THOMAS JEFFERSON’S WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 17
286 — Foreword by William Seale
288 — Domestic Servants in Jefferson’s White House by Lucia Stanton
308 — Jefferson’s White House Dinner Guests by Charles T. Cullen
328 — The Adena Dumbwaiters: A Glimpse Into Jefferson’s Executive Mansion? by Stuart D. Hobbs
334 — New Wine in an Old Bottle 2006: Changes Inside the White House with photography by Peter Vitale
AWAY FROM THE GLARE: PRESIDENTIAL RETREATS • NUMBER 18
352 — Foreword by William Seale
354 — The Private Villa Retreat of Thomas Jefferson by Travis McDonald
374 — The Soldiers’ Home: First Presidential Retreat by William Seale
382 — The New Deal and the Catoctin Presidential Camps by Barbara Kirkconnell
400 — Truman Beach: The 33rd President at Key West by Lawrence Lauder Knutson
416 — A Visit to The Maine Retreat of President George H. W. Bush by Hugh S. Sidey
NUMBERS 19 THROUGH 25 (COLLECTION 4)
PRESIDENTIAL HORSES • NUMBER 19
8 — Foreword by William Seale
10 — Presidents as Horsemen by William B. Bushong
26 — Arlington’s Ceremonial Horses and Funerals at the White House by Claire A. Faulkner
46 — Andrew Jackson’s Constitution Carriage by Marsha Mullin
56 — Ten Notable Horses by Gwendolyn K. White
WHITE HOUSE KITCHENS AND COOKING • NUMBER 20
64 — Foreword by William Seale
66 — Kitchen Past: Thoughts on Open Hearth Cooking for the Presidents by Alice Ross
72 — A Look at the White House Kitchens by Lydia Barker Tederick
92 — My White House Years by Roland Mesnier
112 — Preparation of the Menu for the Prince of Wales Dinner in 2005 by Cristeta Comerford
126 — White House Wines by Daniel Shanks
134 — Home Cooking in the White House by Barbara Haber
146 — A Bit of Architectural History Comes in from the Cold by William G. Allman
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER’S WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 21
154 — Foreword by William Seale
156 — Dwight David Eisenhower: The First Television President by Martha Joynt Kumar
170 — Mamie Eisenhower’s White House Style by Edith Mayo
182 — President Eisenhower: Painter by Sister Wendy Beckett
192 — The Eisenhower Family Home in Abilene, Kansas by Dennis Medina
202 — “Proud Housewife”: Mamie Eisenhower Collects for The White House by Melissa Naulin
220 — Creating the Dwight David Eisenhower Room at Blair House by Candace S. Shireman
230 — An Unknown Brady Portrait of President James K. Polk and Members of His Cabinet by Clifford Krainik
JAMES HOBAN: ARCHITECT OF THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 22
236 — Foreword by William Seale
238 — James Hoban: Builder of The White House by William Seale
252 — Dublin in the Later Eighteenth Century by Holger Hoock
266 — White House Irish Counterparts by Desmond Guinness
282 — Imagining James Hoban: Portraits of a Master Builder by William B. Bushong
292 — George Washington’s Bow Window: A Lost Fragment of White House Precedence Comes to Light in Philadelphia by Edward Lawler Jr.
296 — Four Places in Hoban’s Dublin by Bruce White
WHITE HOUSE FLOWERS: EMBELLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S TABLE • NUMBER 23
324 — Foreword by William Seale
326 — First Lady Edith Kermit Roosevelt’s “Colonial Garden” at the White House by Mac Keith Griswold
340 — James Monroe’s White House Plateau by Melissa Naulin
356 — Flowers for The President’s Table: State Dining Room Splendor by Nancy Clarke
370 — White House Brides and Envisioned Flowers: Two Nineteenth-Century White House Weddings, With an Album of other White House Brides, by Margaret Huddy
382 — Gifts from France in the Roosevelt White House by Amy Verone
LIFE IN THE LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE: PART I • NUMBER 24
390 — Foreword by William Seale
392 — Tad Lincoln and His Tutor Alexander Williamson by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
402 — Music in Lincoln’s White House by Elise K. Kirk
414 — Photographs of The Lincoln White House by Lydia Tederick
432 — A Gallery of Individuals Major and Minor from Lincoln’s Time in The White House
444 — The Locomotive Tea Set: A Gift from France by John H. White Jr.
LIFE IN THE LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE: PART II • NUMBER 25
450 — Foreword by William Seale
452 — Abraham Lincoln’s White House by Harold Holzer
466 — The Other White House by William Seale
490 — The White House and Lincoln’s Assassination by Anthony S. Pitch
504 — The Lincoln Bedroom: Refurbishing a Famous White House Room by William G. Allman
512 — Photographs of Indian Delegates in the President’s “Summer House” by Clifford Krainik and Michele Krainik
AT WORK IN THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 26
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Ushers and Stewards Since 1800 by Claire Faulkner
18 — “Under This Roof”: The Art of Working on The White House Staff by Bradley Patterson
30 — Out-Takes: One Photographer’s White House Experience by Maggie Knaus
42 — Memoirs: The First White House Social Secretary, Isabella Hagner by Priscilla Roosevelt
53 — Memoirs of Isabella Hagner 1901–1905 by Isabella Hagner
89 — A Neighbor Returns More Than A Cup of Sugar by William G. Allman and Cindi Malinick
92 — About the Authors
THE WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD • NUMBER 27
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The Equestrian Statues of General Andrew Jackson by James M. Goode
20 — Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Saint John’s Church by Patrick Snadon
32 — The Corcoran Mansion: House of Feasts by Keith D. MacKay
44 — Volkmar Kurt Wentzel and His Portrayal of Washington by Night by Bruce White
68 — The President’s Park (Give or Take A Few Acres) by Lucinda Prout Janke
78 — Designing the Executive Office Buildings, 1791–1800 by Pamela Scott
84 — Good Neighbors: FDR, Major Gist, and Blair House by Candace S. Shireman
100 — About the Authors
PRESIDENTIAL JOURNEYS • NUMBER 28
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — President Grover Cleveland’s Goodwill Tour of 1887 by John H. White Jr.
28 — “Off for The Ditch”: Theodore And Edith Roosevelt Visit Panama in 1906 by Catherine Forslund
38 — Motor Cars Come to The White House by Hillary Mannion
46 — The Presidents and The National Parks by Gary Scott
56 — A White House Exhibit on The National Parks by Lydia Tederick
72 — “A Journey into Nowhere”: The Redirected Vacation of Harry S. Truman by Mary Jo Binker
82 — Gettysburg and Golf Courses: Ike and the First Presidential Helicopters by Roger Connor
94 — The Airborne Ambassador: President Ronald Reagan and Air Force One by Frederick J. Ryan Jr.
100 — About the Authors
SPECIAL SPACES • NUMBER 29
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Images of Abraham Lincoln’s White House Stables by Clifford Krainik and Michele Krainik
10 — Secret Spaces at the White House? by William Seale
14 — A Room of Their Own: The Solarium by Mary Jo Binker
26 — Caroline Harrison’s 1891 Music Room: The First Lady Makes the Green Room Her Own by Keith D. MacKay
38 — Evidence Survives of James Hoban’s Building Skill by James A. Jacobs
44 — The East and West Wings of The White House: History in Architecture and Building by Travis McDonald
88 — About the Authors
THE PRESIDENTS AND THE THEATER • NUMBER 30
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Alexander Woollcott Visits the Roosevelts by Mary Jo Binker
12 — The Curse of The Presidential Musical: Mr. President and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by Amy Henderson
22 — Ford’s Theatre and the White House by William O’Brien
34 — The American Presidents and Shakespeare by Paul F. Boller Jr.
60 — Opera for The President: Superstars and Song in the Early White House by Elise K. Kirk
76 — Stage Struck: Frances Cleveland and the Theater by Annette M. Dunlap
86 — About the Authors
THE WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD REVISITED • NUMBER 31
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The Willard Hotel by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein
20 — Notable Prominent Neighbors: Personalities of Saint John’s Church by Richard F. Grimmett
30 — The Association’s Decatur House on Lafayette Square: A Center for the Study of History by Neil W. Horstman
36 — Platform Star: Robert G. Ingersoll in Washington by Steven C. Lowe
44 — Unraveling the Dolley Myths by Merry Ellen Scofield
56 — Remembering My Mother in the White House: On the Occasion of the White House Historical Association’s Fiftieth Anniversary by Caroline Kennedy
60 — About the Authors
FASHION • NUMBER 32
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Presidential Valets: Confidantes of the Wardrobe by Sam Childers
14 — Fashion and Frugality: First Lady Sarah Polk by Conover Hunt
34 — Frances Folsom Cleveland’s White House Wardrobe by Annette M. Dunlap
48 — Woodrow and Edith Wilson: Costumed for the World Stage by Elaine M. Gibbs
62 — Dressing Down for The Presidency: Thomas Jefferson’s Republican Simplicity by Gaye Wilson
71 — Outfitting Jefferson Today: Bill Barker at Colonial Williamsburg
74 — Livery at The White House: The Failed Plan to Establish a Whiff of Monarchy by Matthew C. Sherman
86 — The Press Was Not Impressed: President Nixon’s Stylish Security Uniforms
87 — Glossary of Textile Terms
88 — About the Authors
THE WHITE HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WAR UNSEEN 1846–1848 • NUMBER 33
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The President and Washington During the War with Mexico by William Seale
12 — Comfort in My Retirement: Polk Place by Tom Price
22 — Portrait of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés a Gift to the First Lady by John Holtzapple
24 — Introduction to the Washington Diary of Elizabeth L.C. Dixon During the Polk Administration by Caroline Van Deusen
27 — Journal Written During A Residence in Washington During the 29th Congress, Commencing with the First Of December 1845 by Elizabeth L. C. Dixon
104 — Portrait Gallery: Elizabeth Dixon’s Washington Neighbors, 1846–1848 by Fiona Griffin, Beatrix Hutton, and Julia Riesenberg
128 — Uriah Levy’s Gift to The Nation: A Statue of Thomas Jefferson by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers by Lydia Tederick
138 — About the Authors
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE WEST • NUMBER 34
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The Seat of Government in an Expanding Nation by Richard W. Stephenson, introduction by Robert Grogg
18 — Determining Where the White House Must Stand by William Seale
22 — Romantic Expansions: Looking West from The White House by Estill Curtis Pennington
36 — President Thomas Jefferson’s White House Museum Painting by Peter Waddell
40 — Chief Petalesharo Visits the White House
44 — John James Audubon And the American Presidency by Danny Heitman
54 — First Lady Helen Taft’s Luneta Remembered in Washington’s Potomac Park by Nenette Arroyo
70 — About the Authors
AFTER THE FIRE • NUMBER 35
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Getting It Right: The Embellished Obligations of Dolley Madison by Conover Hunt
18 — The Rescue of the Papers of State During the Burning of Washington by Jessie Kratz
28 — James Monroe Furnishes the Rebuilt White House by Scott H. Harris and Jarod Kearney
46 — Reminders of 1814 A New Look for the Bicentennial by William G. Allman
68 — History on The Auction Block: The 1899 Sale of The Estate of Dolley Madison
102 — Reflections After the Fire: The History of The Monroe Shaving Mirrors by Alexandra Parker
106 — Architectural Elements Preserved in Private Homes on Gibson Island by Barbara D. McMillan
118 — Tribute to Neil Horstman
120 — About the Authors
PRESIDENTIAL KIN • NUMBER 36
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The Indomitable Sara Delano Roosevelt: Mother of President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Mary Jo Binker and Diane Lobb-Boyce
24 — The Royal Family at Arlington House: George Washington Park Custis Creates a Shrine by Keith D. MacKay
42 — James Madison’s Brother Willey by Stuart L. Butler
50 — Nell Arthur’s Memorial Window: History Reflected in Saint John’s Church by Nenette Marie Arroyo
62 — Andrew Jackson Donelson and the Pressures Placed on a Presidential Nephew by Mark R. Cheathem
72 — In Search of Martha Jefferson by John Hutton
86 — William H. Polk: The Lion of Washington by Thomas Price
98 — The Bad Boy: Payne Todd by William Seale
102 — Lincoln and the Washingtons by James H. Johnson
118 — Reflections by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE PRESS • NUMBER 37
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The President, the Press, and Proximity: The Creation of the White House Press Center by James A. Jacobs
24 — Photo Essay: Reporting from the White House Grounds
34 — The White House Remembered: Volume 2, Recollections by Presidents George H. W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton edited by Hugh Sidey
46 — Lincoln in His Shop: How a President Opened His Doors as the People’s Servant by Ron J. Keller
64 — Remembering My Years in the White House Speechwriter’s Office by Kristi Planck Johnson
76 — Reflections: Behind the Briefing Room Podium by Stewart D. McLaurin
PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ROSE GARDEN • NUMBER 38
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — From the White House to River Farm: The Story of the Northeast Gates by Tom Underwood
12 — The Ellipse: The Nineteenth-Century Evolution of the White Lot by Peter R. Penczer
22 — The East Garden: Beatrix Jones Farrand and a Painterly Landscape Design for Ellen Axson Wilson by Mac Griswold
32 — The West Garden: A Succession of Ideas
36 — Rachel Lambert Mellon’s Redesign of the White House Rose Garden by William Seale
78 — The Oak Spring Garden Library: A Gardener’s Legacy
94 — Reflections: A Board Member’s Role with the Kennedy Rose Garden by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE MOVIES • NUMBER 39
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Presidents and First Ladies in the Movies: Presence, Personality, and Power by Ron J. Keller
30 — Presidential Stardust: Fame, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity by Amy Henderson
46 — Sets and Locations: The White House Re-Created by Diane Lederman
64 — D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation”: An Early “Blockbuster” Visits the White House by Elise K. Kirk
76 — Movie Stars at the Dinner Table by William Seale
82 — White House Visits, Entrances, Encores, Causes and Awards by Fiona Griffin
98 — Reflections: The United States Secret Service: Honoring 150 Years by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES • NUMBER 40
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The History of Presidential Libraries by Richard Spears
16 — Presidential Libraries Outside of the National Archives System by Kimberly Kenney
26 — Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum by Thomas F. Schwartz
32 — Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Bob Clark
38 — Harry S. Truman Library and Museum by Amy Williams
44 — Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home by Karl Weissenbach
50 — John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by Tom Putnam
56 — Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum by Mark K. Updegrove
62 — Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum by Michael D. Ellzey
68 — Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum by Elaine K. Didier
74 — Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum by Tony Clark
80 — Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum by R. Duke Blackwood
86 — George Bush Presidential Library and Museum by Warren Finch
92 — William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library and Museum by Terri Garner
98 — George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum by Allan Lowe
106 — Reflections: Presidential Libraries: A Fan’s Perspective by Stewart D. McLaurin
FROM CONGRESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 41
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — When Did the White House Become “The White House”? by Donald R. Hickey
12 — Congress to the White House: Contrasting Journeys by Richard F. Grimmett
24 — President McKinley and the Making of the Gold Standard by Annette B. Dunlap
32 — Remembrance: The Ficklin Family in Service at the White House by Alan DeValerio
42 — Caroline Harrison’s China Painting: The First Lady as Artist by Lauren Zook McGwin
68 — Reflections: Remembering First Lady Nancy Reagan, 1921-2016 by Stewart D. McLaurin
INAUGURAL VIEWS • NUMBER 42
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Stamps, Parks, and a President: Franklin D. Roosevelt Approves Ten Postage Stamps to Celebrate National Park Year by Robert Grogg
16 — James Hoban’s 1792 Designs for the President’s House by Andrew McCarthy
34 — The First Red Room: Illuminated by Candlelight with the Computer’s Eye by David Ramsey
48 — Inaugural Prints at Blair House by Candace Shireman
70 — Reflections: Partners in Education by Stewart D. McLaurin
NATURE AND WILDLIFE IN THE PRESIDENT’S PARK • NUMBER 43
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Animal Fantasies and Fables in Thomas Jefferson’s Scrapbooks by Jonathan Gross
12 — Butterflies in Art and Flight at the White House by William Kloss
20 — White House Squirrels: “Both Pets and Pests” by Jonathan Pliska
32 — Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, and the Environmentalist Movement by Robert K. Musil
46 — The Story of Thanksgiving at the White House by William Bushong
58 — President Andrew Johnson’s Grizzly Bear Chair: A Gift from Seth Kinman by Lauren A. Zook
66 — The Matter of Rats at the White House by William Seale
74 — Reflections: In Memoriam: Two Men of History, William B. Bushong and Joel Treese by Stewart D. McLaurin
FRANCE AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 44
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — James Monroe’s Ties to France by Scott H. Harris
16 — Furnishings in Paris: From the Directory to the Coronation of Napoleon by Ulrich Leben
28 — James Monroe’s White House State Furniture a la Francaise by Leslie B. Jones
40 — James Monroe’s Diplomatic Residence in Paris by Ulrich Leben
60 — The Court Ensembles of James and Elizabeth Monroe: American Diplomatic Dress in France by Lynne Zacek Bassett
76 — Dolley Madison’s Music Book, A Lyrical French Connection by Elise K. Kirk
78 — Reflections: “A Commonplace Occurrence” by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE FIRST LADIES • NUMBER 45
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — The Office of the First Lady: Managing Public Duties, Private Lives, and Changing Expectations by Anita B. McBride
18 — The Lady Bird Special: The Power of a Whistle-stop Campaign by Linda J. Holden
30 — First Lady Lou Henry Hoover and the First White House Catalog by Elizabeth Dinschel
Historical Supplement — White House Furnishings, Prepared for Lou Henry Hoover by Dare Stark McMullin, December 1932
42 — Mary Lincoln: A New Look at the First Lady by Jean Baker
56 — A Century of Role Models: First Ladies Elevating Girl Scouts by Cindi Malinik
72 — Reflections: First Ladies by the Numbers by Stewart D. McLaurin
VISITING THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 46
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Collecting White House Memories: Silver Spoons as Souvenirs by Rebecca Yerkes Rogers
14 — A Visit to the White House in the 1940s: A Childhood Memory by Jeannine Smith Clark
22 — The President Smiled at Me and Other Memories of Washington by Lonn Taylor
34 — Grand Duke Alexis, A “Scion of Despotism,” Visits the Ulysses S. Grant White House by Lee A. Farrow
44 — The Infanta Eulalia of Spain: America’s First Official Guest of State by Mary Jo Binker
58 — King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Visit the White House by Alan Capps
76 — John DiJoseph’s White House Photography: A Gift of History photography by John DiJoseph
80 — A Virtual White House Guest Book by Clifford Krainik
90 — Reflections: Visiting the White House is Always Special by Stewart D. McLaurin
DEATH AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 47
4 — Death and the President’s House by William Seale
8 — “First in War, First in Peace,” and First in Death: A History of Presidential Mourning by Matthew Costello
20 — Medical Mystery: President William Henry Harrison Succumbs to a Fatal Illness in the White House by Richard F. Grimmett
32 — Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train: The Solemn Journey from Washington to Springfield by John White
46 — Society Calls on Widow Mary Todd Lincoln by Clifford Krainik
54 — The Death of a Son: Calvin Coolidge Jr. by Lawrence K. Knutson
60 — The Grief of Two Fathers: President Calvin Coolidge Looks to Abraham Lincoln for Strength by Amity Shlaes
66 — “Run Slow, Run Silent”: The Nation Mourns as President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Funeral Train Passes by Robert Klara
76 — Reflections: Family Life in the White House by Stewart D. McLaurin
POLITICAL CARTOONS AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 48
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Thomas Nast: “The Father of the American Cartoon” by Fiona Deans Halloran
14 — Clifford K. Berryman: The Dean of American Cartoonists by Jessie Kratz and Martha Grove
30 — The White House as a Symbol in the Cartoons of Herblock: Selections from the Library of Congress by Sara W. Duke
40 — Newspaperman Francis Preston Blair’s Cartoon Collection at Blair House by Elaine M. Gibbs
52 — Cartoons from the Collection of the James Monroe Museum by Scott H. Harris
60 — On the Record with Off the Record’s Cartoons by Mike Rhode
72 — Drawing the Presidents: Pat Oliphant’s Fifty Years of White House Cartooning
94 — Reflections: The President’s Pen by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL SECRETARY: COLLECTED REFLECTIONS • NUMBER 49
2 — Foreword by William Seale
4 — Social Secretary “The Best Job in the White House” by Mary Jo Binker
74 —Reflections: Making White House History Every Day: White House Social Secretaries by Stewart D. McLaurin
PRESIDENTIAL SITES • NUMBER 50
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — From the White House to the Piedmont and Back: Theodore Roosevelt’s Intrepid Ride by Clifford Krainik
18 — Finding the Lost Washington World at Ferry Farm: A Historic Site Reborn by Philip Levy
26 — President James Monroe’s I Street Residence: Home of the Arts Club of Washington by Judith Viggers Nordin
36 — President McKinley’s Family Homestead in Canton, Ohio: The First Ladies National Historic Site by Patricia A. Krider
46 — Harry Truman Ate Here: A Presidential Site in Frostburg, Maryland by Matthew Algeo
54 — Washington Area Homes of the Twentieth Century Presidents: Before and After the White House by Anthony S. Pitch
78 — Reflections: Presidential Sites Summit by Stewart D. McLaurin
VETERANS DAY, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THE CENTENNIAL OF THE END OF WORLD WAR I • NUMBER 51
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — Woodrow Wilson’s War: A Perilous Fight by John Milton Cooper
16 — The White House in the Great War: From Diplomacy to Remembrance by Edward Lengel
24 — The Espionage Scene in Washington: Collusion, Secrets and Spies by Thomas Boghardt
34 — April 6, 1917: War is Declared Against the German Empire by Michael Beschloss
38 — The Pilgrim’s Passage: President Wilson’s Voyage to France on the USS George Washington, 1918 by Stephen T. Moskey
54 — Painted at the Paris Peace Conference: A Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson by William Orpen by Lydia Tederick
60 — November 11, 1918 to November 11, 2018: A Century of Honor and Remembrance by Elyse Werling
88 — Presidential Site Feature: Monticello, Montpelier, and Oak Hill by Jonathan Gross
91 — Reflections: Declaring War by Stewart D. McLaurin
MID-CENTURY FASHION AND THE FIRST LADIES: FROM READY-TO-WEAR TO HAUTE COUTURE • NUMBER 52
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — The Style of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt: Fashion and Frugality in Times of Depression and War by Morgan Blattenberg
18 — The Mamie Look: The Americanness of First Lady Mamie Eisenhower’s Off-the-Rack Fashions by Kristen A. Hunter
30 — The Jackie Look: Oleg Cassini and the Creation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s Signature Style by Haley M. Rivero
48 — Teardrops of the Moon: Memories of Designing Jewelry for the First Ladies by Ann Hand
56 — First Lady Betty Ford’s Casual Elegance: The Style of an Ordinary Woman in Extraordinary Times by Kristin Skinner
78 — Presidential Site Feature: A Cottage in Denison, Texas: The Birthplace of President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Lonn Taylor
86 — Reflections: Honoring President Dwight D. Eisenhower: The 2019 Christmas Ornament by Stewart D. McLaurin
TURNING POINTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE: GREAT EXPECTATIONS • NUMBER 53
4 — Foreword: Great Expectations by William Seale
6 — The First Ladies as Scene Builders: An Artist’s Gallery of Changes at the White House by Lauren McGwin, Illustrated by Peter Waddell
24 — Creating a Room of its Own: The Evolution of the White House China Room by Melissa Naulin
40 — An Artist’s Drawings for a New White House Piano: Dunbar Beck and the Art of the Nation’s Second Steinway by William Allman
50 — Pat Nixon and her Influence on the White House Collection by Katheryn Beasley
64 — Marine One Past & Future: A Turning Point in Presidential Transportation by Charles Denyer
74 — Florence Harding Welcomes Philippine Women to the White House: Suffragist Leaders Identified in White House Photograph by Theresa Carandang and Erwin Tiongson
84 — A Presidential Site Becomes Home to the Suffrage Movement: The National Woman’s Party on Lafayette Square by William Seale
86 — Reflections: Harmony Between Old & New by Stewart D. McLaurin
90 — Remembering President George H.W. Bush, 1924-2018: “The Vishnu” by Christopher Buckley
WHITE HOUSE WEDDINGS • NUMBER 54
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — White House Weddings and Receptions Through the Years by Elyse Werling
18 — A First Daughter’s White House Wedding: Etiquette Wars and a Celebration at Stephen Decatur’s House by Lauren McGwin
30 — Nellie Grant Marries in the East Room: Rediscovered Relics of a White House Wedding by William Adair
42 — Alice Roosevelt Weds Nicholas Longworth: A First Daughter’s Wedding in the East Room by Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt
48 — A White House Wedding Remembered by Lynda Johnson Robb and Chuck Robb with Stewart McLaurin
62 — What Flavor is the Cake? White House Weddings and the Public’s Curiosity by Bethanee Bemis
78 — Presidential Sites Quarterly Feature: A Celebration at Harewood: A Washington Home for a Madison Wedding by Robert Grogg and Walter Washington
92 — Reflections: Creatively Teaching White House History by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE PRESIDENTS AND SPORTS • NUMBER 55
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — The Presidents and Baseball: Presidential Openers and Other Traditions by Frederic J. Frommer
20 — Ulysses S. Grant's White House Billiard Saloon by David Ramsey
30 — Theodore Roosevelt: The President Who Saved Football by Mary Jo Binker
44 — Hoover Ball and Wellness in the White House by Matthew Schaefer
54 — Capturing A Moment in Time: Remembering My Summer Photographing President Eisenhower by Al Freni
60 — The Long Shadow of Jiujitsu in the Easy Room: President Theodore Roosevelt Practices Self-Defense by William Seale
66 — The First Fan in the White House: Iconic Moments with America's Champions by Stewart D. McLaurin
86 — Presidential Site Feature: From the files of the National Sporting Library: The Washington Riding and Hunt Club and its Presidential Connections by Mac Keith Griswold
94 — Reflections: My White House History Hero by Stewart D. McLaurin
FURNISHING THE WHITE HOUSE: THE DECORATIVE ARTS COLLECTION • NUMBER 56
4 — Foreword by William Seale
6 — A Suite for the Nation Restored to its Original Splendor: Regilded and Reupholstered, the Historic White House Bellangé Suite Begins Its Third Century by Melissa Naulin
24 — The Monroe Oval Room in Summer Dress: An Annual Ritual Preserves Fine White House Furnishings by David Ramsey
32 — A Quilt of White House Fabrics Reveals the Colors of Victorian State Rooms: The Legacy of Upholsterer Alice E. Kennedy by Kristen Hunter Mason
42 — Davenport & Company Furniture Designs for Theodore Roosevelt’s White House Renovation: An Architectural Treasure Trove in the White House Collection by Lauren McGwin
64 — The Story of French Scenic Wallpapers in the White House: Risks and Rewards by Robert M. Kelly
76 — “Here Lives a Great Chandelier Cleaner”: The White House Career of Stewart C. Stevens by Stewart C. Stevens with Lynetta Stevens
88 — “There shall be in the White House a curator of the White House” by Betty C. Monkman
94 — Presidential Sites Quarterly Feature: Stephen Decatur’s Porcelain and Silver Find a Home at Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage by Lauren McGwin
104 — Remembering William Seale by Marcia Mallet Anderson with Will Seale III
106 — Reflections: As a new year begins in White House History . . . by Stewart McLaurin
PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT: THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE • NUMBER 57
4 — Foreword: The Role Evolves by Marcia Anderson
6 — The Assassination of President William McKinley: A Catalyst for Change in Protecting the President by Christopher Kenney
18 — The Biggest Gunfight in Secret Service History: The Failed Attempt on Truman’s Life at Blair House by Alan Capps
30 — Growing Up a Secret Service Agent’s Daughter: Life with My Father Rufus W. Youngblood by Rebecca Youngblood Vaughn
46 — Memories of My Years on the Secret Service Kiddie Detail: Protecting President John F. Kennedy’s Children by Paul Landis
56 — Protecting the President’s House: The Evolution and Role of the United States Secret Service by Michael Sampson
72 — On Duty in the Line of Fire: The Secret Service at Work by Marcia Anderson
90 — The Theodore Roosevelt inaugural site: The Ansley Wilcox House Becomes a Historic Landmark by Elyse Werling
102 — Reflections: Challenging Times by Stewart D. McLaurin
PHOTOGRAPHING THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 58
4 — Foreword: Photographing the President's House by Marcia Anderson
6 — Privileged Access: The Earliest Photographs of White House Interiors by Clifford Krainik
18 — The White House in 1899: The Discovery of Walter Hussey's Glass-Plate Negatives by Richard Hussey
34 — The Ultimate Insiders: White House Chief Photographers by Kenneth T. Walsh
60 — A Photographer Remembers: My Brief Career as a Washington, D.C. Street Photographer in the 1950s by Jeffrey R. Parsons
68 — Writing with Photographs: Oliver Atkins Documents the Nixon Presidency by Mary Jo Binker
82 — Photographing the White House: A First Daughter's Perspective by Susan Ford Bales
99 — Memories Preserved Through White House Photographs by Marcia Anderson
108 — Presidential Sites Feature: Mathew Brady's Photography Studio by Elyse Werling
114 — Reflections: On History Old and New by Stewart D. McLaurin
WINTER HOLIDAYS AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 59
4 — Foreword: A Season of Traditions by Marcia M. Anderson
6 — The Magic of Winter in Washington: A Photographer's Perspective by Bruce M. White
8 — Will it Snow? by Marcia M. Anderson
16 — Lighting the Menorah: Celebrating Hanukkah at the White House by Donna Hayashi-Smith
26 — Fruit Cake, Children's Parties, and Private Celebrations: Christmas Traditions in Early Presidential Households by David Ramsey
30 — A White House of Acorn Caps and Grapevines: A Holiday Display at the U.S. Botanic Garden by Devin Dotson
32 — The Two Wartime National Christmas Trees by Jonathan Pliska
42 — Victorian Toys Decorate the White House Christmas Tree: First Lady Rosalynn Carter Borrows from The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum by Lauren McGwin
44 — Rereading "That Immortal Little Story," A Christmas Carol: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Holiday Tradition by Rebecca Durgin
46 — Fine Art Selections for Presidential Christmas Cards: Works by N.C. Wyeth, George Durrie, and Jamie Wyeth Feature Seasonal Themes by Nikki Pisha
56 — Christmas Messages from the White House: A Tradition Continues by Claire Faulkner
60 — From Naples to the East Room for the Holidays: A Crèche for the White House by Lydia Tederick
64 — A Nineteenth-Century White House Christmas: Envisioning the Decor of of President James K. Polk's White House by David Ramsey
74 — A Literary Christmas: First Lady Laura Bush's 2003 Holiday Décor Celebrates Children's Literature by Claire Faulkner
78 — The New Year's Day White House Reception: A Bygone Change to Shake the President's Hand by Margaret Strolle
90 — PRESIDENTIAL SITES QUARTERLY FEATURE: The First White House Christmas Tree Remembered: The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site by Scott Harris
98 — Reflections: The Ornament by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION TURNS SIXTY • NUMBER 60
4 — Foreword: Celebrating Sixty Years by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 — The Stage is Set: Washington D.C., 1961
14 — In the Beginning: The Founders Remembering the Creating of the White House Historical Association by Mary Jo Binker
34 — The Kennedy Restoration: Historic Interiors with a Past for the Present ... and Future by James Archer Abbott and Elaine Rice Bachmann
70 — Sixty Years, Twelve Visionaries: Fulfilling the White House Historical Association's Missions to Enhance the Understanding, Appreciation, and Enjoyment of the Historic White House by Luke Boorady
86 — The White House: An Historic Guide Reaches Sixty Years in Print: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Promise Becomes the First Project of the White House Historical Association by Marcia Mallet Anderson
102 — Fulfilling the Mission During a Global Pandemic and Beyond: A Conversation with Stewart D. McLaurin, President of the White House Historical Association by Marcia Mallet Anderson
110 — Reflections: Sixty Years by Stewart D. McLaurin
114 — Gifts Made to the White House by the White House Historical Association 1961 - 2021
AS TIME GOES BY: HISTORIC MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 61
4 — Foreword: A Journey Through White House Time by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 — "The Man Who Kept the Presidency on Time": Johnny Muffler's Fifty-Four Years with the White House Clocks by Elyse Werling
10 — Lighthouse Clock, Simon Willard & Son, Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1825 by William G. Allman
12 — The Bathtub Hoax and Other Memorable Times in the History of White House Plumbing by Danny Heitman
20 — Marble Mantle Clock, France, 1833, by William G. Allman
22 — Waiting for the Hour of Emancipation: William Tolman Carlton's Painting Captures a Historic Moment by William Kloss
30 — Tall Case Clock, John and Thomas Seymour, Boston, Massachusetts, 1805-1810 by William G. Allman
32 — White House Taping Systems of the Mid-Twentieth Century by Luke A. Nichter
40 — Mantel Clock, France, c. 1869 by William G. Allman
42 — The White House Races to the Moon: From 1957 tp 1975, Four Presidents Led the United States Across the Finish Line of the Space Race by Lina Mann
54 — Minerva Mantel Clock, Thomire & Co. and Louis Moinet Sr., Paris, France, c. 1817 by William G. Allman
56 — The Service of Wine at the White House: Memories of an Evolution in Hospitality from the First White House Food and Beverage Usher by Daniel Shanks
76 — George Washington Mantel Clock, Nicolas Dubuc, Paris, France, c. 1815 by William G. Allman
78 — The Tryon Palace Known to George Washington: a "Magnificent Edifice" Reconstructed by Annette B. Dunlap
88 — Reflections: The Noble Possession of Time by Stewart D. McLaurin
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 • NUMBER 62
4 — Foreword: The "American Resolve" Behind the Scene by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 — Covering the President from the Last Plane in Flight September 11, 2001: Ann Compton Recounts Her Experience Witnessing History Unfold Aboard Air Force One by Ann Compton
24 — Whatever It Takes to Get Back to Work on Behalf of the President: The Executive Office of the President Evacuates But Carries On: Memories of September 11, 2001 by Anita McBride
62 — The Executive Residence Staff Remember the White House on a Tragic Day in History: September 11, 2001 by Donna Hayashi Smith
86 — Presidential Site Feature: The President's Retreat at Camp David by Matthew Wendel
92 — Reflections: History's Perspective by Stewart D. McLaurin
WAYSIDES • NUMBER 63
4 — Foreword: Not to Be Forgotten by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 — Walter Paris: Forgotten Artist of the White House Neighborhood by Peter R. Penczer
20 — Madeline's Fifty-Year Journey to the White House: The Friendship Between First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Ludwig Bemelmans that Led to a White House Book by Courtney Speckmann
30 — Remembering the Life and Work of Malvina ("Tommy") Thompson: A Conversation with her Niece, Eleanor Lund Zartman by Eleanor Lund Zartman and Marcia Mallet Anderson
44 — Lady Bird Johnson's Official White House China Dessert Plates, the State Flowers: Library of Congress Librarian Constance Carter Recounts Her Role in Researching Botanical References by Constance Carter and Betty C. Monkman
56 — Preserving the Records of a White House Career: The Archival Collection of Executive Chef Henry Haller by Matthew R. Costello
64 — A Time to Work, to Play, and to Dance at the White House: The College Experience that Changed My Life by Lisa Jane Krohn
68 — First Reader, First Writer: The Children's Books in Theodore Roosevelt's Life by Leonard S. Marcus
78 — "Dearest Allan" First Lady Lou Hoover's Letters to Her Youngest Son by Annette B. Dunlap
88 — Presidential Sites Feature: George E. Thomas: From Berryville to the White House by Barbara A. Perry and Alfred Reaves IV
92 — Reflections: Voices for the Voiceless by Stewart D. McLaurin
QUEEN ELIZABETH II: THE ROYAL VISITS • NUMBER 64
4 – Foreword: Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Marks a Seventy-Year White House Friendship by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Pomp. Circumstance, and a Royal Quest to Discover America: A Photographic Overview of Queen Elizabeth II’s Visits to the United States
18 – Blair House, The President’s Guest House, Readies to Welcome Queen Elizabeth II by Candace Shireman
36 – Queen Elizabeth II and the Anniversary Visits 1976 and 2007 by Alan Capps
60 – Presented in the Tradition of Goodwill Between Nations: Gifts Exchanged by Queen Elizabeth II and the Presidents of the United States by Sally Goodsir
72 – Julia Child Goes Behind the Scenes at the White House, As Dinner Is Prepared for Queen Elizabeth II by Alex Prud’homme
82 – Raising Glasses to Friendship Between Two Nations: The Rhetoric of Soft Diplomacy Evolves as the President of the United States and Queen Elizabeth II Exchange Toasts by Colleen J. Shogan
94 – Fine Wines, The Presidents, and Queen Elizabeth II Enduring and Evolving Traditions by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr.
110 – A Royal Visit to the Ranch in the Sky: Queen Elizabeth II Calls on President Ronald Reagan at His Rancho del Cielo by Sarah M. G. Thomson
118 – Reflections: Traditions Unbroken by Stewart D. McLaurin
EVERY PRESIDENT HAS WALKED THESE GROUNDS • NUMBER 65
4 – Foreword: “A Beautiful Spot, Capable of Every Improvement” by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Fifty Years Devoted to the White House Garden and Grounds: The Career of Dale Haney, Superintendent of the White House Grounds by Marcia Mallet Anderson with Dale Haney
36 – The White House Garden and Grounds as Presidential Stage: My Perspective from Behind the Lens in the White House Press Corps by Christy Bowe
52 – The White House Wedding of Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox: The Rose Garden is Transformed by Heath Hardage Lee
62 – Refined Simplicity: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.’s Plan for the White House Grounds by Elizabeth Hope Cushing
76 – The First Ladies and Their Namesake Orchids: A Century of Breeding, Beauty, and Tradition by Arthur E. Chadwick
88 – The Roosevelt Oak: Cultivating a White House Legend by Matthew Costello
94 – The Poignancy of Place: First Lady Pat Nixon Visits the Stephen Decatur House Garden by Katherine Malone-France
102 – Reflections: A Future Rooted in History by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE FIRST LADIES: FIFTY YEARS OF FASHION AND STYLE, 1960-2010 • NUMBER 66
4 – Foreword: Beyond the Sparkle by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Jean Louis Mazéas Hairstylist to First Ladies and White House Brides by Lauren McGwin
22 – Seduced by Style: Lady Bird Johnson's White House Fashion by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
38 – From Hollywood to the White House Nancy Reagan's Style: Her Lasting Collaboration with James Galanos by Rebecca Durgin Kerr
54 – The Silver Fox: Barbara Bush and Her Scaasi Fashions by Mary Jo Binker
64 – Laura Bush's Fashion Choices and the "Heart Truth" Initiative by Erika Cornelius Smith
76 – First in Fashion: Michelle Obama's White House Style by Carson Poplin
90 – Two Iconic Kennedy Dresses Re-created: The Exhibition of First Ladies' Clothing and a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Process of Re-creating Historical Fashion by Christina Clare Ewald
104 – Presidential Site Feature "The First Ladies" at the National Museum of American History by Elyse Werling
118 – Reflections: Open House! by Stewart D. McLaurin
WHITE HOUSE AND TELEVISION • NUMBER 67
4 – Foreword: Absorbing the Reality and Imagining More by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – How Television Depicts U.S. Presidents and the White House by Kenneth T. Walsh
18 – Television Comes to the White House to Stay by Rebecca Durgin Kerr
34 – The West Wing Takes Television into the White House: Behind-the-Scenes Memories of the Reinvention of Political Theater by Marc Freeman
46 – Getting to Sesame Street with the First Ladies by Diana Bartelli Carlin
60 – The Realism of Designated Survivor: A Story of Presidential Succession and Set Design by Colleen Shogan
70 – Jacqueline Kennedy's Televised Tour of the White House by Mary Jo Binker
84 – Upstairs at the White House with Tricia Nixon: The Making of the 60 Minutes Televised Tour by Leslie F. Calderone
96 – It's Academic and White House History: Through the 60-Year Lens of the Longest Running Quiz Show on Television by Joel Kemelhor
108 – Presidential Sites Feature: More than a Photo Op: Presidential Pilgrimages to Disney Parks by Bethanee Bemis
118 – Reflections: The White House Belongs to the American People by Stewart D. McLaurin
ART, ARTISTS, AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 68
4 – Foreword: "A Changing Portrait of America" by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – The Official White House Portraits of President and Mrs. Barack Obama: David Rubenstein’s Conversation with the Artists, Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung Introduction by Stewart McLaurin
23 – The Peales in the White House: America’s First Family of Artists by Carol Soltis
38 – When Harry Met Pablo: The Strange True Story of the Day President Harry Truman Spent with Artist Pablo Picasso by Matthew Algeo
48 – Paint-by-Numbers: A Christmas Gift to President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Troy Elkins, Jeffrey Nelson, and William Snyder
58 – Andy Warhol Visits the White House by Lauren McGwin
70 – Isamu Noguchi: The First Work by an Asian American is acquired for the White House Fine Art Collection by Nikki Pisha
78 – Matthew Harris Jouett and Gilbert Stuart: Pupil and Master in the White House Collection by Estill Curtis Pennington
88 – James Alexander Simpson: An Artist of the Early White House Neighborhood by James H. Johnston
100 – Tempest in a Gilded Frame: Love and Life at the White House by Sarah E. Fling
108 – Presidential Site Feature: The Birthplace of Gerald R. Ford Jr., A Presidential Site Made for a King, No, Make That a Ford by Ken Beckman
116 – Reflections: My Top Ten by Stewart D. McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE AND NEW YORK • NUMBER 69
4– Foreword: “Only in New York” by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Street Scenes: A New York Pedestrian’s Chance Encounters with Presidential History by Matt Green
26 – Before the White House: New York’s Capital Legacy by Thomas Balcerski
38 – The New York City Death and Burial of James Monroe by Scott Harris
52 – Made in New York for the White House by William G. Allman
72– A Tiffany White House Interlude by Kayli Renee Rideout
84– Nancy Reagan, The Barbizon, and A World Gone By by Joy Ferro
90–“Hats are the Most Important Thing”: Jacqueline Kennedy’s Letter to Bergdoff Goodman by Margaret Strolle
94 – Presidential Site Feature: Herbert Hoover, Apt. 31A, and U.S. Presidents at New York's Waldorf-Astoria by Dean Kotlowski
112 – New York Moments Offer Fleeting Glances of White House History by Marcia Mallet Anderson
120 – Reflections: I Love New York by Stewart D. McLaurin
BEHIND THE SCENES • NUMBER 70
4 – Foreword: Behind the Scenes by Marcia Anderson
6 – The Executive Residence Portraits Project Remembered: An Interview with White House Photographer Tina Hager by Tina Hager & Marcia Anderson
22 – White House Curatorial Storage: An Inside View by Donna Hayashi Smith
34 – Irineo Esperancilla, U.S. Navy Steward to Four Presidents: Faithful Service Remembered by Melinda Dart with Marcia Anderson
52 – Envisioning the East Room of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral by David Ramsey
64 – A Dream Job at the White House Remembered: Reflections of a Former Contract Butler by Alan DeValerio
70 – Honoring the Legacy of My Father, President Gerald R. Ford: First Daughter Susan Ford Bales Shares the Stories Behind the Design if the 2023 Official White House Christmas Ornament by Susan Ford Bales
80 – White House Wax: Discovering the White House Record Library by John Chuldenko
92 – Presidential Sites Feature: President William Howard Taft’s Wild Ride from Washington, D.C., to the Manassas Peace Jubilee by Scott Harris
104 – Reflections of a White House Curator by Stewart McLaurin
THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SEA • NUMBER 71
4 – Foreword by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Time on the Water: The Floating White House and the Presidents at Sea by Kenneth T. Walsh
16 – George Washington: Father of the United States Navy by Matthew Goetz
26 – The Resolute Desk: A British Naval Ship Becomes an Oval Office Treasure by Patrick Burr
38 – A Titanic Loss: Remembering Archibald Butt and Francis Millet by Matthew Costello
51 – President Calvin Coolidge, Lee Ping Quan, and the Pleasures of a Floating Table by Alex Prud’homme
56 – Franklin D. Roosevelt: The President and the Sea by James J. Fortuna
70 – The Sea in the White House Fine Art Collection by Lydia Tederick
86 – William M. Rigdon’s Adventures at Sea with President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Mary Jo Binker
94 – Dinner on the Sequoia: President Kennedy’s Last Birthday by Alex Prud’homme
100 – Ships, Real and Fictional Named for U.S. Presidents by Joel Kemelhor
114 – Presidential Sites Quarterly Feature - Cape May: A Presidential Retreat By the Sea by Margaret Strolle
118 – Reflections by Stewart D. McLaurin
ON THE MOVE • NUMBER 72
4 – Foreword: On the Move by Marcia Mallet Anderson
9 – Moving On: The President’s Household Sets Sail for the City of Washington by Alan Capps
20 – The Marquis de Lafayette’s Return to the United States, 1824–1825 by Richard F. Grimmett
36 – Joanna Rucker’s Extended Stay in the Polk White House and the Nation’s Capital: A First Lady’s Niece Records Her Experience in Nineteenth-Century Washington, D.C. by Zacharie W. Kinslow
44 – Considering the Furnishings of the Lincoln’s Summer Cottage at the Soldier’s Home by Matthew R. Costello and Melissa C. Naulin
52 – “Send Her to Me”: Emilie Todd Helm’s Civil War Visit to the Lincoln White House by Estill Curtis Pennington
64 – A Presidential Wine Cellar Survives Prohibition by Frederick J. Ryan, Jr.
68 – “The Southern White House,” The Villa Margherita: A Socialite Welcomes White House Travelers by Clifford Krainik
80 – Front Line First Lady: First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wartime Tour of the South Pacific by Mary Jo Binker
94 – A White House Pastry Chef makes a Move: The Creation of the Mezzanine Pantry by Emma O’Kane
100 – From Ireland to California: Moving The Ronald Reagan Pub by Sarah M.G. Thomson
110 – Presidential Sites Feature: The Legacy of Lewis Edward Jordan: First Interior Designer of Blair House, The President’s Guest House by Frederick Edward Jordan
116 – Reflections: Embracing the Future by Stewart D. McLaurin
MILITARY ROLES AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 73
4 – Foreword: Steeped in Tradition by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – National Archives Feature: John Adams Nominates George Washington to Be Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the Armies by Jessie Kratz
8 – The Old Fife and Drum Corps at the White House: Providing the Soundtrack to America’s Story by Ross D. Andrews, J. Mark Reilly, and William E. White Jr.
22 – By Authority of the President: Establishing Military Medals and Awards by Thomas Richardson
38 – Captain Randall P. Wade’s Civil War Letters from the Telegraph Office by Holly M. Witchey
54 – The Mission of the White House Military Social Aides: Welcoming Guests to the White House by Jonathan Sessions
72 – The General’s Wives, Three First Ladies Shaped by the Military: Martha Washington, Julia Grant, and Mamie Eisenhower by Diana Carlin
84 – War President James K. Polk and His Team of Rivals by Clifford Krainik
97 – The White House Navy Mess Hall: The Hidden Narrative of Those Who Serve There by Robert A. Roncska
107 – Presidential Sites Feature: The Sketch That Stopped the Bulldozers: Grosvenor Chapman’s Role in the Preservation of Lafayette Square by Marcia Mallet Anderson with Leni Chapman Preston
118 – Reflections: Presidents Who Wore the Uniform by Stewart D. McLaurin
MILITARY ROLES AND THE WHITE HOUSE • NUMBER 74
4 – Foreword: After the White House by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Going, Going . . . GONE! A Survey of White House Auctions by Scott H. Harris
20 – Pieces of the White House Preserved: Renovation Relics by Wayne Smith
34 – Cataloging History’s Return to the White House by Lauren McGwin
40 – A William King Jr. Chair Comes Back to the White House by Conover Hunt
52 – Fit for the First Ladies: A 1902 East Room Mirror Frame Returns to the White House by Melissa C. Naulin
64 – After the White House: Edith and Woodrow Wilson Go House Hunting by Rebecca Boggs Roberts
70 – An After the White House Sanctuary: Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Gettysburg Farm by Colleen J. Shogan
82 – Worn at the White House: Princess Diana’s “Travolta Dress” Is Celebrated, Auctioned, Exhibited, Replicated, and Preserved by Christina Clare Ewald
100 – From the Archives, Innovation in Action: Jimmy Carter’s After the White House Effort to Eradicate Guinea Worm Disease by Amanda Larson
102 – Presidential Sites Feature, The United States Supreme Court Building: A Memorial to William Howard Taft by Claude R. Marx
114 – Reflections: 232 Years of White House Comings and Goings by Stewart D. McLaurin
INAUGURAL TRADITIONS • NUMBER 75
4 – Forward: Inaugural Traditions Make History by Marcia Mallet Anderson
6 – Inauguration Day Begins: Ann Compton Remembers Reporting from Blair House by Ann Compton
10 – The Evolution of the When and Where of Presidential Inaugurations by Jonathan L. Stolz
24 – Organized Chaos: A Chief Usher Remembers Moving Days at the White House by Gary J. Walters
44 – A Break with Tradition: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Backyard” Inauguration by Mary Jo Binker
52 – Preforming in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Parade: A High School Clarinetist Remembers by Mark Ramsdell
66 – Brooks Brothers Traditions and the Presidential Wardrobe by Rebecca Durgin Kerr
80 – “So Help Me God”: The Beginnings of an Inaugural Tradition by Richard Gardiner
96 – From the Archives: President Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1981 by Alison Isko
98 – Presidential Sites Feature: Pennsylvania Avenue: The Road to the White House by Jennifer I. Wojeck
114 – Reflections: The Tapestry of History: Learning from Inaugural Traditions by Stewart D. McLaurin
