First Ladies & The White House:
Initiatives and Impact

March 11, 2025
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

Primary Source Documents

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration and the panelists’ private collections. Questions? Please contact reference at Nixonlibrary.gov.

Peru Earthquake Voluntary Assistance Group

Description of Remaining History Items to be Displayed

Blue Room Opening (1 of 3)

Blue Room Opening (2 of 3)

Blue Room Opening (3 of 3)

Green Room Opening

Betty Ford’s 1975 International Women’s Year Conference in Cleveland, OH

Photographs

December 14, 1971. Pat Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox showing off the newly remodeled Green Room to unidentified others.

May 15, 1972. President Nixon addressing guests upon the reopening of the Blue Room, with Pat Nixon at his side. Pat Nixon in a receiving line with unidentified persons. Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: Frontier | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: Linear + Gamma | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: None

May 15, 1972. President Nixon addressing guests upon the reopening of the Blue Room, with Pat Nixon at his side. Pat Nixon in a receiving line with unidentified persons. Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: Frontier | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: Linear + Gamma | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: None

May 15, 1972. President Nixon addressing guests upon the reopening of the Blue Room, with Pat Nixon at his side. Pat Nixon in a receiving line with unidentified persons. Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: Frontier | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: Linear + Gamma | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: None

White House Photo Office Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bronco Buster by Frederic Sackrider Remington, c.1903

 

Armchair attributed to Duncan Phyfe (frame of chair is labeled by L. Ackerman who upholstered furniture for Duncan Phyfe), c.1811

 

Work Table attributed to Duncan Phyfe, c.1810

Work Table attributed to Duncan Phyfe, c.1810