Week of January 20, 2009

News Item: Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States on January 20, at which time he and his family will take up residence in the White House. The titles listed here provide various insights into the building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. (As an aside: The Vice President and his family will move to Number One Observatory Circle at the U.S. Naval Observatory.)

America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House
By Carl Sferrazza Anthony. Touchstone, 2000
Call Number: E176.1 .A68 2000

The Architecture of the West Wing of the White House
Published by the Executive Office of the President, 1995
Call Number: PREX 1.2:AR 2 (Government Documents)

Behind the Scenes in the Lincoln White House: Memoirs of an African-American Seamstress
By Elizabeth Keckley. Dover Publications, 2006
Call Number: E457.15 .K26 2006

Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration
By James A. Abbott. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998
Call Number: Available online through NetLibrary

How the White House Really Works
By George Sullivan. Dutton, 1989
Call Number: F204 .W5 S85 1989 (Children’s Literature)

Inside the White House: The Hidden Lives of the Modern Presidents and the Secrets of the World’s Most Powerful Institution
By Ronald Kessler. Pocket Books, 1995
Call Number: E176.1 .K45 1995

An Invitation to the White House: At Home With History
By Hillary Rodham Clinton. Simon & Schuster, 2000
Call Number: F204 .W5 C58 2000

Life in the White House: A Social History of the First family and the President’s House
Edited by Robert P. Watson. SUNY Press, 2004
Call Number: E176.1 .L45 2004

The President’s House: A First Daughter Shares the History and Secrets of the World’s Most  Famous Home
By Margaret Truman. Ballantine Books, 2003
Call Number: F204 .W5 T76 2003

Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America’s Most Famous Residence
By John Whitcomb. Routledge 2000
Call Number: F204 .W5 W56 2000

A Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. Kennedy
By Perry Wolff. Doubleday, 1962
Call Number: F204 .W5 W73

The White House: Its Historic Furnishings & First Families
By Betty Monkman. Abbeville Press, 2000
Call Number: NK2438 .W37 M66 2000

The White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President
Compiled by John Prados. The New Press, 2003
Call Number: E176.1 .W48 2003

Within These Walls: A Visit to the White House (VHS)
Written and Produced by David E. Gerber
Call Number: VH 4953 (Media Center)