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The White House Historical Association in partnership with Iowa State University's Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication awarded Alex Hanson the 2016 Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism. Hanson will receive a $5,000 prize, as well as an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., this week. The Hugh S. Sidey Scholarship in Print Journalism at the Greenlee School of Journalism and
The White House Historical Association announced today the naming of Rhett Wilson as Vice President of Development. Wilson joins the Association after a distinguished career in fundraising for business schools. Most recently he served as the Associate Dean for Development for the John Hopkins University Carey Business School. “Connecting individuals and organizations to our mission to preserve, protect, and provide ac
Today the White House Historical Association, Artsy, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced the winners of the This Art Is Your Art competition.This Art is Your Art was an unprecedented opportunity for university students in the United States to engage with the artwork in our country’s home—the White House—by creating a short video about the historical and ar
The White House Historical Association and the Washington Nationals announced the winning student submissions to “White House at Bat: A Presidential History Challenge” at Nationals Park on May 27th and unveiled the winning videos on the NatsHD scoreboard just before the game Friday evening.The White House At Bat Presidential History Challenge asked individual students and student teams in grades 9-12
Today the White House Historical Association, Artsy, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation launched the This Art is Your Art competition. This is an unprecedented opportunity for university students in the United States to engage with the artwork and artifacts in our country’s home—the White House—by creating a short video about the historical and artistic context of a partic
The White House Historical Association has released At Home in the President’s Neighborhood: A Photographic Tour. Gold medal winner of the 2016 Independent Publishers Book Awards, the book presents a contemporary view of the city through the lens of acclaimed photographer Bruce M. White’s camera. The 200 never before published photographs are introduced with commentary by historian William Seale and capt
The White House Historical Association in partnership with the White House, Office of the Curator, launched a new Digital Library of the history of the White House. This premiere online resource currently includes more than 2,500 high-quality images of the White House, each with detailed descriptions including references, and offers user-friendly tools to search and find images quickly and easily. “We ar
Today, the White House Historical Association in partnership with the Washington Nationals announced the top five submissions to “White House at Bat: A Presidential History Challenge,” a program that challenges area students to “submit a plan for a documentary that addresses an important presidential decision made by one of the five permanent Racing Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodo
Today at Nationals Park, the White House Historical Association announced the addition of a new visiting racing president, Herbert Hoover known as “Herbie.” The collaboration with the Nationals is in the second year of a multi-year partnership that will expand the association’s efforts to educate the public on the rich history of the White House and expand its mission of pre