White House Historical Association

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The White House's Blue Room refurbished in 1995 with contributions from the White House Historical Association's White House Endowment Trust

The White House Historical Association, founded in 1961[1] through efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, is a private, nonprofit organization[2] that works to preserve the history of the White House and make its history more accessible to the public.[3]Template:Sfn since March 2022Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the president of the association is Stewart McLaurin.[1][4]

History

After moving into the White House in 1961, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy founded the White House Historical Association, which was chartered on November 3 of that year.[1][5] The goals of the association were to raise private funds for maintaining and renovating the White House[2] and to create an official White House guidebook.[6]

In 1981, under First Lady Nancy Reagan, the association began its current practice of selling a unique White House Christmas ornament to the public each year. Beginning in 1982, each year's ornament honors a different president.[7] Since 1981, the ornaments are primarily manufactured at Beacon Design by ChemArt in Lincoln, Rhode Island.[8][9] since 2019Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., hundreds of thousands of ornaments are sold each year.[10] The White House Historical Association also produces the wooden eggs distributed during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.[11]

Financier and former White House staffer David M. Rubenstein donated $10 million to the association in 2011 to establish the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, an educational institute under the White House Historical Association's purview.[12][13] In 2016, the association created a Digital Library, currently hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The partnership between the association and AWS expanded the following year.[14] In 2018, the association shared a collection of roughly 25,000 photographs of White House history that it had organized and digitized for the first time.[15][3] The association also created a monthly podcast, called 1600 Sessions, in 2017.[14]

Scope

Maintenance and restoration

In its work, the White House Historical Association collaborates with the first family,[16] the White House chief usher,[17] and the curator of the White House.[18] The association focuses on maintaining and interpreting the state rooms of the White House Executive Residence and the rest of the White House Complex.Template:Sfn The association also works with the Committee for the Preservation of the White House to curate and purchase new decorations and art for the White House.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn This includes funding the creation of unique state china tableware for several presidential administrations[19] and funding one portrait of each President and First Lady.[20][21] The association also helps fund maintenance and restoration of some rooms of the White House.[22][23]

Education

The association publishes the official White House guide. In the White House Visitor Center, the association operates a gift shop and book store.[24] The association also creates and publishes media on the history, art, and architecture of the White House, and the quarterly journal White House History. since 1995Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., books published by the association had sold more than eight million copies.Template:Sfn The association sponsors scholarship, seminars, and exhibitions on the history of the White House. since 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the association awarded three White House History Fellowships each year in collaboration with the Organization of American Historians.Template:Sfn It operates the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History at Decatur House.[25][13]

Funding

The majority of the funding for the White House Historical Association comes from private contributions,[14] in addition to corporate contributions and the sale of publications and gift items.Template:Sfn The association manages the White House Acquisition Trust and the White House Endowment Trust.Template:Sfn

Leadership

The association’s current president, Stewart McLaurin, has served since 2014,[26] focused on expanding its audiences, educational programming, development base and impact. He is the author of James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House.[27]

Previous top executives have been Nash Castro, Daniel E. Davis, Hillory A. Tolson, Bernard R. Meyer and Neil W. Horstman.Template:Sfn The current board chair, John F. W. Rogers, has served since January 2022.[28] Previous board chairs were Fred Ryan, David E. Finley Jr., Dr. Melvin Payne, Robert L. Breeden, Hugh Sidey, and Henry A. Dudley Jr.Template:Sfn

References

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External links

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