TITLE

Those who make the (white) house a home

AUTHOR(S)

Popkin, James

PUB. DATE

January 1993

SOURCE

U.S. News & World Report;1/25/93, Vol. 114 Issue 3, p20

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Interview

ABSTRACT

Interviews White House servants about what it was like to work in the White House on Inauguration Day. Lillian Rogers Parks, 95, served as a seamstress from Hoover's to Eisenhower's administration; Swiss-born chef Henry Haller was brought to the White House by Lyndon Johnson until 1987; Preston Bruce served 25 years as the White House doorman; Memorable moments.

ACCESSION #

9301200802

 

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