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The White House and the Movies
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealePresidents and First Ladies in the Movies: Presence, Personality, and Power, Ron J. KellerPresidential Stardust: Fame, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity, Amy HendersonSets and Locations: The White House Re-Created, Diane LedermanD.W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation": An Early "Blockbuster" Visits the White House, Elise K. KirkMovie Stars at the Dinner Table, William SealeWhite
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Nature and Wildlife in the President's Park
Read Digital Edition Foreword, William SealeAnimal Fantasies and Fables in Thomas Jefferson's Scrapbooks, Jonathan GrossButterflies in Art and Flight at the White House, William KlossWhite House Squirrels: "Both Pets and Pests", Jonathan PliskaTheodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, and the Environmentalist Movement, Robert K. MusilThe Story of Thanksgiving at the White House, William BushongPresident Andrew Johnson's Grizzly Bear Chair: A Gift from
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France and the White House
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeJames Monroe's Ties to France, Scott H. HarrisFurnishings in Paris: From the Directory to the Coronation of Napoleon, Ulrich LebenJames Monroe's White House State Furniture a la Francaise, Leslie B. JonesJames Monroe's Diplomatic Residence in Paris, Ulrich LebenThe Court Ensembles of James and Elizabeth Monroe: American Diplomatic Dress in France, Lynne Zacek BassettDolley Madison's Music Book,
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The First Ladies
Read Digital EditionForeword, William SealeThe Office of the First Lady: Managing Public Duties, Private Lives, and Changing Expectations, Anita B. McBrideThe Lady Bird Special: The Power of a Whistle-stop Campaign, Linda J. HoldenFirst Lady Lou Henry Hoover and the First White House Catalog, Elizabeth DinschelWhite House Furnishings, Prepared for Lou Henry Hoover by Dare Stark McMullin, December 1932Mary Lincoln: A
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Death and the White House
Read Digital VersionDeath and the President's House, William Seale "First in War, First in Peace," and First in Death: A History of Presidential Mourning, Matthew CostelloMedical Mystery: President William Henry Harrison Succumbs to a Fatal Illness in the White House, Richard F. GrimmettAbraham Lincoln's Funeral Train: The Solemn Journey from Washington to Springfield, John WhiteSociety Calls on Widow Mary Todd
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The White House Stone
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Robert L. BreedenWhite House Album: Beauty and History Preserved in Stone, William SealeThe Stonemasons Who Built the White House, William SealeThe Quarries at Aquia and Seneca, Gary ScottRestoring the Original White House Stone, Patrick J. PlunkettThe Politics of Public Building: William Thornton and President's Square, C.M. HarrisThe White House Collection: Recent Acquisitions, Betty C. Monkman
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The History of Lafayette Park
Read Digital Edition Foreword, Robert L. BreedenThe Design of Lafayette Park, William SealePresidents and the Potomac, Gilbert GudeA "Dark Horse" in Sunlight and Shadow: Daguerreotypes of President James Polk, Clifford KrainikWhite House Album: The Theodore Roosevelt Years, James M. GoodeThe White House Collection: James Buchanan's White House, Betty C. Monkman Subscribe to White House History
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About Our Books
The White House Historical Association published its first book, The White House: An Historic Guide, in 1962. It was the wish of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy that such a book be written, and she participated actively in the editing. Now in its 25th edition, it has sold more than 5 million copies to date. Since 1962, our publications program has produced books on
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Charles A. Hyde
Charles A. Hyde is a native Hoosier, majored in history at Hanover College and spent his senior year at the University of Oxford in England. Over the past two decades, Charlie has had successful tenures at Conner Prairie Living History Museum and the Indianapolis Zoo, building a reputation for innovative programs and engaging community partnerships. Since September 2014, he’s served th
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Asantewa Boakyewa
Asantewa Boakyewa currently serves as Associate Director of Collections & Exhibits at the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Community Museum. has held research and administrative appointments at Johns Hopkins University, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture (A Smithsonian Affiliate Museum), Georgetown University, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She has been an invited speaker an
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Jennifer Saylor Stacy
I am Jennifer Saylor Stacy, the daughter of Ada Coleman Monroe Saylor and the late Lafayette Raymond Saylor. I grew up in Blenheim Virginia, about 10 miles from James Monroe’s Highland, and currently live in Locust Grove, Virginia. I serve as a senior budget analyst in the Office of the Secretary Budget at the U.S. Department of Health and Hu
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We the People Hub
The "We the People" Constitution Hub is a public digital collection of curated Civics and History resources designed to help students and teachers understand the structure and application of the United States Constitution and the three branches of government. The Hub is free with no subscription required. Educators have access to different lesson plans, articles, videos, and more, many of