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Mayfield and, 167
Mesnier and, 110–12, 133
personal quirks of, 133
as protective of husband, 90
as spoiled, 133
Reagan, Ron, 18, 80–81, 160, 218
Reagan, Ronald, 84, 85, 88, 91, 104, 111, 139, 144, 195
Alzheimer’s disease of, 219
assassination attempt on, 28, 160
as comfortable being naked, 216–17
election of, 106
friendly character of, 159, 218
good-byes to residence staff of, 70
Iran-Contra affair and, 80, 81, 117
presidential transition to, 74
residence staff and, 159–60, 216–18
Reagan family, 70, 91, 106, 110, 112, 122, 152, 272
Rebozo, Charles “Bebe,” 91
Reid, Angella, 12
Republican National Committee, 61
Resolute,
H.M.S., 249
Rex (the Reagans’ dog), 134
Robb, Charles “Chuck,” 230
Robb, Lucinda, 230
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson, 57, 129, 162, 224, 230–32, 255
Robinson, Fraser, Sr., 174
Robinson, Jim, 174
Robinson, Marian, 33, 39, 42, 114, 226
Rochon, Stephen, 86, 114–15, 178, 196
at Buckingham Palace, 273–74
Bush, George W. and, 12, 35, 38
Obama family and, 38, 39, 40, 41, 64, 174
Rogers and, 68
Rogers, Desirée, 36, 38, 66–68, 170, 174–75
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 178
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 22, 26, 46, 178, 198, 248, 264, 270
paralysis of, 7
polio of, 209
Roosevelt, Theodore, 24, 227
Rusk, Dean, 87
Russell, Richard, 202
Russell Senate Office Building, 256
Ruta, Frank, 90–91, 155, 200
Saint-Aubin, Smile “Smiley,” 170, 226
St. Matthew’s Church, 246, 249
Salinger, Pierre, 208
Sally, Miss (staff cook), 20
Sam’s Club, 71
Sargent, John Singer, 58
Saturday Evening Post
, 79
Saturday Night Live, 186, 239
Savoy, Tony, 13, 31–32, 85, 105, 108, 121, 175, 236
Scanlan, Bob, 15, 32, 36, 45, 67, 69, 72, 144, 225–27, 264–65
Scheib, Walter, 29, 165, 229, 256
Bush, George W. family and, 14
Chelsea Clinton and, 240
Clinton family and, 69, 240, 241
food safety and, 115–16
Mesnier’s feud with, 219–20, 221
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 258, 264, 265, 267–68
White House personal expenses and, 66
Scouten, Rex, 53, 85, 124, 128, 134, 160, 166, 249, 270
Seattle, Wash., 155–56
Secret Service, 34, 94, 136, 154, 168
“do not admit” guests and, 54
first family children and, 223, 232, 235, 236, 237–38
food security and, 92, 93
Hillary Clinton and, 10, 152–53
JFK and, 49
JFK assassination and, 244, 254
LBJ and, 124
Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 10
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 256–57, 258, 260–61, 263, 266
White House security breaches and, 17, 114, 115
segregation, 178–79, 197, 200
Selassie, Haile, 249
Senate, U.S., 202
Education Committee of, 256, 261
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 116, 243, 256–68
North Tower hit in, 256–57
Pennsylvania field plane crash in, 263
Pentagon hit in, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265
South Tower hit in, 259, 260, 262, 263
White House evacuation in, 258, 261, 262–63, 267
Shaw, Maud, 214, 228–29, 230, 252
Shields, Purnell, 174
Shriver, Sargent, 245
Sidwell Friends, 153, 239
Silva, Ivaniz, 46, 96–97, 216–17,
216
Silva, Sylvia, 97
Slade, William, 177–78
slave pens, 173
slaves, slavery, 2, 174, 175–76, 249
abolishment of, 177
White House and, 175, 176–77
Smith, Michael, 35
Smithsonian, 249–50
Smithsonian Printing Office, 183
Smoot, Julianna, 13–14
Sorensen, Ted, 124
Soviet Union, 112
Spacek, Sissy, 186
Spot (the Bushs’ dog), 89
“Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin), 234
Stanford University, 240
Starr, Kenneth, 142
State and Main
, 73
Stonewall, Tex., 127, 203
Suitland, Md., 166, 188
Sullivan, Mark, 114
Supreme Court, U.S., 72
Symbionese Liberation Army, 235
Taft, William Howard, 24
Taylor, Elizabeth, 38
Taylor, Zachary, 177
Temptations, 196, 205–6
Texas, 2, 127, 129, 201
Thomas, George, 35
Thomases, Susan, 143
Thompson, Herman, 81, 87, 99, 125, 154–55, 167–68, 183–84, 195–97
Tiffany & Company, 207
Travelgate, 142
Troopergate, 152
Truman, Harry, 24–25, 46, 186, 197
Truman, Margaret, 24, 26, 223, 234
Tuckerman, Nancy, 63
Unknown Soldier, 248
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
(West), 161
Verdon, René, 26
Vietnam War, 87, 129, 166, 194, 230–32, 250
Virginia, 204, 209
Virginia, University of, Miller Center at, 143
Wallace, George, 197–98
Walters, Barbara, 145
Walters, Gary, 66, 81, 121, 151, 152, 166, 195, 205
Barbara Bush and, 75
Ford family and, 233
personal life sacrificed by, 104–5
presidential transitions and, 34, 53
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 257–59, 265, 266, 268
Wardman Park Hotel, 107
War of 1821, 24
Washington, D.C., 1, 7, 19, 23, 33, 179
African American neighborhoods in, 194
civil rights protests in, 191–92
public schools in, 195
rent prices in, 238
slavery in, 176–77
Washington, George, 23, 58, 267
Washington, Sam, 181–82
Washington Post
, 113, 163
Watergate scandal, 27, 60, 155, 156, 157–58
“Wayne’s World,” 239
Weidenfeld, Sheila Rabb, 62, 274
“We Shall Overcome,” 199
West, J. B., 161, 245, 270
Jacqueline Kennedy and, 12, 47, 58, 208, 212–13, 247–48, 251–52
JFK assassination and, 245, 248, 255
Lady Bird Johnson and, 103–4, 127
LBJ and, 126–27
residence staff salaries and, 190, 191–92, 193
residence staff trained by, 108
responsibilities of, 12
on secrecy of Map Room, 26–27
White House tours given by, 154
Westray, Kay, 179, 180, 181
Westray, Lynwood, 49, 179–82, 197–98, 255
Wexford, 209, 251
White, Worthington, 10–11, 113, 120, 147–49
White House:
African American guests in, 196, 205–6
annual budget of, 11
basement of, 19–20, 26, 94, 177, 263
Blue Room of, 21, 22, 24, 37, 146, 181
bomb shelter of, 26, 265, 267
bootleg whiskey in, 63
British burning of, 24
Cabinet Room of, 248
Carpenter’s Shop of, 107, 131, 213
china of, 207–8
China Room of, 35, 237
construction and renovations of, 23–25, 176
Curator’s Office of, 25, 58, 74, 139, 237, 244, 267
day drinking in, 86
design for, 23
Diplomatic Reception Room of, 22, 27, 83, 215
East Room of, 3, 5, 21, 27, 36, 60, 115, 205, 236, 244, 245, 250, 267
East Wing of, 13, 19, 20, 21, 26, 36, 143, 258–59
Emergency Operations Center of, 26, 264, 266
Entrance Hall of, 21
furnishings of, 37
gardens of, 6, 25
Green Room of, 21, 27, 115
Ground Floor of, 19, 20, 22, 26, 35, 49, 68, 93, 158, 191, 231, 257
guests of, stealing by, 211–12
Jackie Kennedy’s restoration of, 25–26
Lincoln Sitting Room of, 27, 55, 76, 158
Map Room of, 26–27
mezzanines of, 19, 22
North Lawn of, 115
North Portico of, 11, 33, 51, 92, 93, 246, 265
Old Family Dining Room of, 5, 26, 33, 205–6, 268
Operations Department of, 13, 31, 62
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