WHITE HOUSE H ISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Book Catalog
he White House Historical Association has long been identified with its premier publication The White House: An Historic Guide, but it is with special pride that we present the Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition. First published in 1962, the Guide has been revised and redesigned with this new edition by scholars and curators who have selected historic graphics, prints, engravings, and early photographs, as well as modern color photography, which show the house as it was and as it is today. A letter from Michelle Obama opens the book, continuing the tradition of the involvement of first ladies with the Guide that began with Jacqueline Kennedy.
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THE WHITE HOUSE: AN HISTORIC GUIDE
The anniversary edition is designed for the visitor who may or may not have the opportunity to go inside the White House. A new section on the architecture and grounds allows study of the house from the street; diagrams, maps, and plans as well as traditional roomby-room descriptions allow everyone a “virtual visit,” showcased through modern photography and enriched with historic images.
Many First Families loved this house . . . and each and every one left something of themselves behind in it. — JAC QU E L I N E K E N N E DY
240 pages. 23rd edition, 2011. Quality paperback. 7" x 10"
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ow in its thirteenth edition, The Living White House opens the gates to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,presenting more than 200 years of the history of life in the most famous house in America. This new edition features updated and expanded text illustrated with hundreds of pictures of past and present White House families, children and pets; workers and daily routines; important State occasions and informal public celebrations.
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THE LIVING WHITE HOUSE by Betty C. Monkman Indeed, it is this personal and domestic life, carried on in the fierce glare of national affairs, that gives the White House its fascinating dual character. —LONNELLE AIKMAN
246 pages. 2013. Paperback. 8" x 10" The Living White House is available in braille and audio through the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Please visit http://www.loc.gov/nls/ TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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he Presidents of the United States of America, now in its 18th edition, was first published by the White House Historical Association in 1964.The important stories of the lives and administrations of each of the 44 American presidents from George Washington through Barack Obama are illustrated by portraits in the White House collection. Gilbert Stuart’s famous painting of George Washington, which was saved by Dolley Madison before the British burned the White House in 1814, now hangs in the East Room. The haunting image of John F. Kennedy, painted after his death by Aaron Shikler, can be seen in the Cross Hall. Portraits of founding fathers and political opponents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson hang together in the Blue Room. These portraits along with the presidential biographies by Hugh Sidey and Michael Beschloss bring the history of the American presidency to life.
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THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Michael Beschloss and Hugh Sidey Foreword by President Barack Obama
I hope you enjoy this book, and I hope it not only teaches you about America’s past, but also ignites a passion to build America’s future. —PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
100 pages. 18th edition. 2009. Paperback. 6H" x 7H"
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he First Ladies of the United States of America profiles the many courageous women, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, who have served the presidency and the nation and maintained one of the most appealing traditions of the White House—hospitality. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of portraits and black-and-white photographs.
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THE FIRST LADIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Allida M. Black Foreword by Michelle Obama
All of the first ladies have put their own unique stamp on the role of First Lady and on the White House itself. I hope you will be as inspired by their stories as I am. —MICHELLE OBAMA
100 pages. 12th edition. 2009. Paperback. 6H" x 7H"
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he award-winning second edition of The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families features new photography of the White House rooms from the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.
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A symbol of the nation for more than two-
hundred years, each family that has resided in the White House has been encouraged through regular congressional and private funds to make it a comfortable home and to acquire furniture and decorative art to fulfill the White House’s role as a nexus of ceremony and entertaining. As a result, the furnishings in the White House cover a wide range of genres, all rich with historic association.
THE WHITE HOUSE ITS HISTORIC FURNISHINGS AND FIRST FAMILIES by Betty C. Monkman Catalog by William G. Allman Principal Photography by Bruce White Foreword by the First Ladies Introduction by Wendell Garrett
The symbol of continuity and stability, the White House in reality has been continually in revision over the past two centuries . . . Ever since the Adamses moved into the house, first families have furnished and decorated it in the prevailing styles of their times or the exingencies of the moment.— W E N D E L L G A R R E T T More than 300 illustrations. 320 pages. 2014. Hardback. 9I" x 12"
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merica’s presidents have been trying to get away from it all for more than two hundred years. In Away from the White House: Presidential Escapes, Retreats, and Vacations, former Associated Press reporter Lawrence L. Knutson tells the fascinating tale of these leisure attempts. From Washington and Jefferson’s shared fishing trip to the Jersey Shore, to James A. Garfield’s assassination the first morning of his summer holiday, to the languid Key West vacation made by Harry Truman and his young staff to celebrate their 1948 election victory––even when he plans to relax, a president’s moves shape history. Away from the White House is an intensely personal look at the most powerful men in America who really would sometimes rather be fishing. Includes more than 500 period illustrations and a foreword by Brian Williams.
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AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENTIAL ESCAPES, RETREATS, AND VACATIONS by Lawrence L. Knutson We ask a lot of our chief executives . . . and given the pressures of the office, we voters have always been interested in where they choose to go to relax. Larry Knutson takes us there–––to each place and in great detail–––in this first book of its kind. . . . You are in for a great treat, and a wonderful journey. —BRIAN WILLIAMS
Former Chief White House Correspondent of NBC News and Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News 440 pages. More than 500 illustrations. 2014. Hardcover. 9" x 11¾"
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o Be Preserved for All Time tells the story of the preservation of Blair House, the President’s Guest House on Lafayette Square. Built as a family home in 1824 just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, Blair House miraculously survived impending demolition as the need for government office space increased at the turn of the twentieth century. It stands today one of the oldest and most historically significant homes in Washington, D.C. Candace Shireman, curator of Blair House, writes engagingly about Major Gist Blair’s fight for the preservation of the historic landmark and the importance of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's support. Today, Blair House plays an important role in Washington as the President’s Guest House, the official guest house for visiting heads of state.
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TO BE PRESERVED FOR ALL TIME THE MAJOR AND THE PRESIDENT SAVE BLAIR HOUSE by Candace Shireman Preserved and made useful through shared stewardship and support, Blair House, the White House, and other sustainable historic buildings in their neighborhood and elsewhere are models to emulate . . . for a truly stronger, enduring America.
46 pages. 2013. Paperback. 6" x 10"
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pstairs in the White House there is a long table” begins Connie Remlinger Trounstine in her delightful new children’s book, Fingerprints on the Table. “The Fingerprints of all who touch it are part of its story.” Young readers can follow the 150-year history of the Treaty Table, from its creation at the hands of New York City carpenters during Ulysses S. Grant’s administration to its enduring presence in the Treaty Room of the White House today. Award-winning artist Kerry P. Talbot contributes illustrations that capture the historic events in which the Treaty Table took part.
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FINGERPRINTS ON THE TABLE THE STORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE TREATY TABLE by Connie Remlinger Trounstine
Touched by carpenters, children, and world leaders, the Treaty Table continues to witness moments of peacemaking from its home in the White House.
48 pages. 2013. Hardcover. 9" x 12"
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White House is old by our “Thestandards and yet it is young. I can count nearly fifty years . . . of walking up the Northwest Drive in the constant pursuit of news . . . And like almost everyone who works in or around the White House for any time at all, I have come to view the building as an enduring and comforting friend in times of tragedy and as a counselor of caution in moments of national euphoria. It always whispers to me, ‘Nothing is as good as it may seem right now—and nothing is as bad as you may judge in the moment.’”—Hugh Sidey Edited and compiled by the late Hugh Sidey who, as a correspondent for Life and Time magazines, reported on the White House for nearly 50 years and covered 10 presidents, many of whom have shared their feelings and memories about the house itself with him in The White House Remembered. Available as both a book and an audio CD.
THE WHITE HOUSE REMEMBERED Volume 1: Recollections by Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan
Amy was the one who explored the passageways in the White House and tried the secret door that went from the second to the third floor. —JIMMY CARTER
As for the ghosts, we’d heard stories, but we never had any unusual experiences. —GERALD FORD
96 pages. 2005. Paperback. 6" x 10" Unabridged audio book. 1H hours on two CDs. TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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or two centuries the garden surrounding the White House has offered a refuge for the nation’s presidents and their families. On the grounds first envisioned by George Washington in 1791, Thomas Jefferson planted trees and built a fence; James Monroe added Jefferson’s stone wall and a gardener; John Quincy Adams, who liked to work the soil himself, began the flower gardens; and Andrew Jackson polished the landscape with new trees, flowers, and paths. Succeeding presidents have added their own contributions to help create one of the most historic gardens in America. This book is richly illustrated with original plans, historic images, and beautiful color photographs of rolling lawns and colorful seasonal displays at the White House.
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THE WHITE HOUSE GARDEN by William Seale The White House garden began with big ideas. Located within the gardenlike plan of the capital itself the President’s Park was larger than most American farms.
128 pages. 1996. Paperback. 6M" x 9M" Hardback. 2nd edition. 7G" x 10G" TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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or two centuries the White House has served not only as the official residence of the president of the United States, but as the symbolic home of its owners, the American people. The White House: The History of An American Idea is a richly illustrated volume that brings together, for the first time, the story of the architecture of the White House and the story of the first families and the designers who shaped it.
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THE WHITE HOUSE:THE HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN IDEA by William Seale Highlighted by the little known details about official and domestic life, The History of an American Idea reveals the numerous changes the building has undergone and the paradox of its survival.
336 pages. 2nd edition. 2001. Paperback. 9H" x 12H"
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uthor and artist John Hutton brings the extraordinary 200-year history of the White House to life in this whimsical collection of words and drawings. Each letter of the alphabet is featured individually, with the names of the presidents and words associated with the White House listed in five languages; English, French, Spanish, German, Latin.
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THE WHITE HOUSE ABC A PRESIDENTIAL ALPHABET by John Hutton
Jackie Kennedy would have loved this book. It is filled with the kind of history she felt every child should cherish, presented with whimsy and grace so the drama of the White House could take root in their young minds.— H U G H S I D E Y
72 pages. 2004. Hardback. 10G" x 10G"
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his special book contains fascinating details of the White House collection of historic glassware and its role in two centuries of presidential entertaining. Although much of the glass has disappeared over the years, either broken or sold at public sales of White House objects, more than 870 pieces of nineteenth-century American glass have survived. Much of the collection was photographed especially for this publication.
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WHITE HOUSE GLASSWARE TWO CENTURIES OF PRESIDENTIAL ENTERTAINING by Jane Shadel Spillman
White House Glassware will serve as a valuable reference for collectors of American glassware — no comprehensive study of the glass collection has been previously available.— B E T T Y M O N K M A N
Extensively illustrated. 148 pages. 1989. Paperback. 8H" x 11" A color facsimile of the original edition, which is out of print. TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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his book contains color photos, letters and other written statements about many of the unique and special gifts received by Presidents Hoover through Clinton from foreign governments as well as individuals. Published by the National Archives Trust Fund and the White House Historical Association.
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President Gerald R. Ford, by Michael Manning, Yardley, PA, 1976 Gift of Mr. Manning Painted Pennsylvania river stone
TOKENS AND TREASURES
Nain Carpet Gift to President Johnson from Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran Wool, silk, cotton
GIFTS TO TWELVE PRESIDENTS by Lisa B. Auel . . . For a long time I have wanted to give you this lead sheet of the words and music of “God Bless America” which I made for my wife in 1939 when the song was published. I wish you would accept it as a personal gift to you . . . [with] deep gratitude for all you have done and are doing for our country . . .
Original manuscript of the chorus of “God Bless America,” by Irving Berlin, 1939. Gift of Mr. Berlin Ink on printed paper
— L E T T E R F RO M I RV I N G B E R L I N T O PRESIDENT NIXON, MARCH 9 , 1 9 7 3
295 illustrations. 136 pages. 1996. Paperback. 8H" x 11" A color facsimile of the original edition, which is out of print. TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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tribute to two centuries of White House History. The White House: Celebrating Two Hundred Years brings to life the celebrations held during the year 2000, which began with the reenactment of the arrival of the first White House occupant, President John Adams, and continued with educational programs and historic additions to the White House collection. The book features in-depth coverage of the 200th Anniversary Dinner held at the White House on November 9, 2000, at which the guests of President and Mrs. William J. Clinton included seven former presidents and first ladies: Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford, President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, and President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush. Photographs and detailed text capture the dinner remarks, menu, recipes, music, table service, and guests.
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THE WHITE HOUSE: CELEBRATING TWO HUNDRED YEARS The White House is a meaning; it is a spirit. It is a whole two centuries of history. It is the heartbeat of this country, and tonight we celebrate that just as much as we celebrate these wonderful walls. — H U G H S . S I D E Y, N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 0 0
148 pages. 2002.Paperback. 9H" x 10H"
resenting the White House fine arts collection of nearly 500 paintings, sculpture, and drawings. Works by Gilbert Stuart, George Bellows, Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jacob Lawrence are among the nearly 50 recent acquisitions included in this new edition. At the heart of the book more than 100 major works of art, sumptuously reproduced, are the subjects of individual essays by art historian William Kloss. A catalog detailing each work in the White House collection completes the book.
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ART IN THE WHITE HOUSE A NATION’S PRIDE by William Kloss The White House is its own canvas, never completed nor meant to be, but a changing portrait of America . . . this book is an eclectic assembly, including paintings, drawings and sculpture, another chapter in the great American story that will be displayed and sheltered within the White House; a constant reminder to all who walk therein of where we have been and where we are going.— H U G H S . S I D E Y
408 pages. 2nd edition. 2008. Hardback. 10H" x 10H" TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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eaders who think the White House is motionless in time will be surprised to find in The President’s House: A History the story of nearly constant and sometimes radical adaptation to a house that must serve as workplace, residence and “bully pulpit.” In this sense it is “timeless” only for the fact that it has been there for so long. Washington built it, Jefferson added to it, Madison and Monroe rebuilt it; Andrew Johnson and Chester Arthur vowed to destroy and replace it; Theodore Roosevelt restored it; half a century after that, Harry Truman replaced its old wooden bones with modern steel. In doing this he hoped to preserve the house forever. The clock, however, never stops at the White House.
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THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE: A HISTORY by William Seale Intensely human, prodigiously researched, and gracefully told, this is, in so many ways, Our Story—the narrative of a nation as embodied in a house and its occupants . . . Nobody knows more about the White House than William Seale, and no one can match his gift for making America’s House come alive through centuries. —RICHARD NORTON SMITH, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN
1350 pages. 2008. Hardback. 2 volumes in slipcase. 5"w x 6H"d x 9I"h
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he story of the President’s House that George Washington envisioned and how he is remembered through the White House today, is creatively illustrated in this small format gift book featuring fine and decorative arts objects in the White House collection related to America’s first president. Its pages fold out horizontally and vertically to present generously sized photographs of portraits, paintings, sculpture, documents, ephemera, and commemorative objects, many of which have not been previously published.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON SELECTIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION It is of very great importance to fix the taste of our Country properly, and I think your Example will go so far in that respect . . . every Thing about you should be substantially good and majestically plain; made to endure. —GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, AMERICAN D I P L O M A T, T O P R E S I D E N T G E O R G E WA S H I N G T O N I N 1 7 9 0
8 foldouts. 2008. Hardback. 5" x 7"
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his uniquely formatted book tells the story of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency through illustrations of objects T and artwork in the White House collection. The small format gift book uses horizontally and vertically folding pages to present generously sized reproductions of portraits and historic prints, Lincoln documents, and ephemera, many of which have not been previously published.
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Photography was still in its early days when the Lincolns moved to the White House in 1861. Real and fanciful images of the president, Mrs. Lincoln, and their sons Robert, Willie, and Tad offer a glimpse into the private world of the wartime president. The famous Lincoln Bedroom, furnished with objects acquired by Mrs. Lincoln and renovated as recently as 2005, is pictured together with personal objects and a handwritten copy of the Gettysburg Address. Period drawings and prints capture the City of Washington at the time of Lincoln’s presidency, with an unfinished Capitol and a partially built Washington Monument.
Highlights of the White House collection include George P.A. Healy’s official portrait of Lincoln and acclaimed painting The Peacemakers, which shows the president and Union officers meeting in March 1865 to forge a truce between the North and South. A month after the scene depicted, the war was over and the nation was mourning its leader. Two centuries after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, this book commemorates his extraordinary presidency through paintings, prints, sculpture, photographs and decorative arts.
Abraham Lincoln Selections from the White House Collection
he presidency of Abraham Lincoln was one of the most influential in shaping the history of the United States of America. As the savior of the Union during the Civil War, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and delivered the Gettysburg Address. The latter, along with a treasure trove of art and memorabilia from that era, is now in the White House collection. These items are featured in this new fully illustrated 4-fold book, published in cooperation with the White House Historical Association.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN SELECTIONS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us . . . that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. — F RO M T H E G E T T Y S BU RG A D D R E S S, N OV E M B E R 1 9 , 1 8 6 3
8 foldouts. 2009. Hardback. 5" x 7"
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rancis Bicknell Carpenter set up a studio in the State Dining Room of the White House from February to July 1864 while he was painting the First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. Carpenter’s memoir, Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Painting, is his account of President Lincoln’s family life and the official business he witnessed during that period. First published in 1866, this new illustrated White House Historical Association reprint includes an introduction by Lincoln historian Harold Holzer.
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SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN THE STORY OF A PICTURE by Francis Bicknell Carpenter I have been shaking hands since nine o’clock this morning, and my right arm is almost paralyzed. If my name ever goes into history it will be for this act, and my whole soul is in it. If my hand trembles when I sign the Proclamation, all who examine the document hereafter will say, “He hesitated.” —ABRAHAM LINCOLN
388 pages. 2008. Hardback. 4I" x 7G" TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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his little book offers two glimpses of Abraham Lincoln as a family man. The first section describes the Lincolns’ life in the White House during the Civil War years. The second section is a collection of all the letters exchanged by Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their children. They offer a portrait of Mrs. Lincoln unmarred by tittle-tattle and by later gossip, and they show Abraham Lincoln as a devoted, if often desperately busy and distracted, family man.
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LINCOLN AT HOME TWO GLIMPSES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S DOMESTIC LIFE by David Herbert Donald . . . Tell Tad the goats and father are well—especially the goats —ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The late David Herbert Donald was the Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of American Civilization Emeritus at Harvard University. He twice received the Pulitzer Prize in biography: in 1961 for Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War, and in 1987 for Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe. His Lincoln (1995), which was on the New York Times best-seller list for 14 weeks, received numerous honors, including the prestigious Lincoln Prize.
110 pages. 1999. Paperback. 6" x 10" Published by the White House Historical Association in cooperation with Thornwillow Press TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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OLLECTION 1 is an anthology of the first six issues (now out of print) of the award winning White House History, the semiannual journal of the White House Historical Association. The general thrust of this volume is the physical building, exemplified by studies of the magnificent stone walls. It also includes first-hand accounts, such as the reminiscences of an African American, Paul Jennings, who, earlier in his life as a slave, had almost certainly been the last person to depart the White House before it was burned by the British in 1814. Rachel Lambert Mellon’s memories and scrapbooks of her design for the Rose Garden of President Kennedy cannot be found anywhere else. Other articles explore the daguerrotypes of the Polk era, and the dramatic photographic coverage of the post World War II rebuilding of the interior of the White House. Indexed.
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The Kennedy Rose Garden Number One
The Design of Lafayette Park Number Two
The White House Stone Number Three
The Burning of the White House in 1814 Number Four
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The Truman Renovation Number Five
George Washington: Houses and Palaces Number Six
388 pages. 2004. Hardback. 9" x 11G" TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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OLLECTION II contains the second six issues (now out of print) of the award winning White House History, the semi-annual journal of the White House Historical Association. The articles focus on the image of and “imaging” the White House through time, from its original design to the Truman renovations of 1948-52. Of special interest in describing the house of about 1840 is the famous “Golden Spoon Oration” delivered before Congress by Congressman Charles Ogle. A spicy bit of Americana and politics, the oration gives an intimate view inside the White House and its gardens. The last issue is on the era of James Buchanan. It was the eve of the Civil War, and for the White House, one of the most splendid periods in its history.
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WHITE HOUSE HISTORY COLLECTION II President Adams Moves In Number Seven
Plans and Schemes Number Eight
Documenting the White House Number Nine
The Speech of Mr. Ogle Number Ten
The Roosevelt Restoration of 1902 Number Eleven
In James Buchanan’s Time Number Twelve
432 pages. 2004. Hardback. 9" x 11G" TO ORDER 1-800-555-2451 or
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OLLECTION III is a compilation of the third six issues of the award winning White House History, the semi-annual journal of the White House Historical Association. The subjects reflect the many approaches we take to the history of the first house. This volume opens with two issues related to the administration of John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963, when much attention was focused upon the White House and its history, not least in the founding of the White House Historical Association. It also incorporates our issues on presidential inaugurations, presidential portraits, presidential holiday retreats, and life in Thomas Jefferson’s White House.
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WHITE HOUSE HISTORY COLLECTION III The Kennedy White House, Part One, Number Thirteen
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Thomas Jefferson’s White House Number Seventeen
Away from the Glare: Presidential Retreats Number 18
Away from the Glare: Presidential Retreats Number Eighteen
450 pages. 2008. Hardback. 9" x 11G"
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OLLECTION IV contains full color reprints of issues 19–25 of the awardwinning White House History, the semi-annual journal of the White House Historical Association. In this new collection, we visit the White House horse stables during the first century of the house as well as the kitchens, which are featured in articles on cooking and presidential appetites. We offer a series of illustrated articles on flowers, gardens, and floral decorations for state dinners and White House weddings. Biographical issues focus on President Eisenhower, who maintained a White House painting studio and pursued his oils devotedly, and on James Hoban, the Irish immigrant who was the original architect of the White House. Our celebration of the bicentennial of President Lincoln’s birth is in our two issues on his life and presidency, both included here.
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President Eisenhower’s White House, Number Twenty-one
James Hoban: Architect of the White House, Number Twenty-two
White House Flowers: Embellishing the President’s Table, Number Twenty-three
Life in the Lincoln White House (2 parts), Numbers Twenty-four and Twenty-five
532 pages. 2010. Hardback. 9" x 11G"
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his catalog showcases fourteen paintings by Peter Waddell commissioned by the White House Historical Association and exhibited at the White House Visitors Center in 2011. Wadell depicts periods from the White House past that were not illustrated definitively in their own time, including Dolley Madison entertaining in her drawing room; the second President Adams taking a dangerous swim; the great cheese placed in the center of Andrew Jackson’s East Room; Theodore Roosevelt’s son and pets in the now-vanished conservatory, and other interludes, including a Tiffany glass screen, gone now for over a hundred years.
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AN ARTIST VISITS THE WHITE HOUSE PAST PAINTINGS BY PETER WADDELL by William Seale
34 pages. 2011. Paperback. 11" x 7"
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he White House Historical Association is delighted to mark our fiftieth anniversary with Something of Splendor: Decorative Arts from the White House, an exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from October 1, 2011 to May 6, 2012. This catalog highlights many of the historic furnishings and artworks from the White House collection featured in the exhibition, and that represent what artist and inventor Samuel Morse deemed “something of splendor” appropriate to display in the President’s House “for the credit of the nation.”
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SOMETHING OF SPLENDOR DECORATIVE ARTS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE COLLECTION
Each artwork in Something of Splendor has a rich story to tell, and White House curators William Allman and Melissa Naulin are gifted tellers of these stories . . . We cannot know the presidents and first ladies who are gone, but through the objects they chose to live with, we can understand something of their dreams for the nation. — E L I Z A B E T H B RO U N, S M I T H S O N I A N AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
96 pages. 2011. Paperback. 9" x 9"
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oland Mesnier served as pastry chef to five presidents. One of nine children born to a family in rural, post–World War II France, he began his career as a pastry apprentice at the age of 12 and made his way up, working at the world’s most prestigious hotels. In 1979, First Lady Rosalynn Carter hired him as head pastry chef at the White House, a position he held for twenty-five years until his retirement in 2004. In this memoir he recalls the stunning desserts he created for White House State Dinners, smaller formal events, and family celebrations. His blown-sugar confections, molded chocolate sculptures, and gingerbread houses are a unique chapter in the history of dining in the President’s House.
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WHITE HOUSE DESSERTS From blown sugar baskets to gingerbread houses, a pastry chef remembers.
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A SWEET WORLD OF WHITE HOUSE DESSERTS FROM BLOWN-SUGAR BASKETS TO GINGERBREAD HOUSES, A PASTRY CHEF REMEMBERS by Roland Mesnier
Roland’s dedication to his art and the President’s House are truly legendary. His aim for the President’s foreign guests was to have the desserts prompt an emotional response that would honor in some way their heritage. — G A R Y WA L T E R S , W H I T E H O U S E CHIEF USHER, 1986–2007
144 pages. 2011. Hardback. 8H" x 11"
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