The Residence - Inside the Private World of The White House (47 page)

Led Zeppelin, 234

Lee Daniels’ The Butler
, 85, 190–91, 192–93

Leinster House, 23

Lelyveld, Katie McCormick, 21, 36–37, 39–40

Lewinsky, Monica, scandal, 10, 27, 142–45, 149

Bill and, 7, 27, 141–45, 147, 223

Chelsea and, 149–50, 223

Christmas during, 144

Clintons’ fights during, 141, 143, 145

Hillary and, 7, 10, 141, 143, 144–45, 146–49, 151

as public knowledge, 141, 142, 146, 223

residence staff and, 142–43, 144–45, 146, 147, 149

Library of Congress, 244

Libya, 90

Life
, 127

Limerick, Christine, 14, 17, 62, 76, 95–99,
95,
118, 259, 272

Clinton family and, 30, 95, 96, 137–38, 140, 166

marriage of, 166–67

Nancy Reagan and, 134–35, 166, 274

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 262

temporary hiatus of, 8, 135–36

on working in White House, 18–19

Limerick, Robert, 95, 166–67

Lincoln, Abraham, 27, 164, 177, 179, 233, 248

funeral of, 244, 245, 246, 250

Lincoln, Anne, 63, 211, 212, 247

Lincoln, Willie, 27

Lincoln Memorial, 193, 199

Little, Linsey, 118–20,
119,
149

Love, Reggie, 20, 40, 41, 45, 63–64, 82–83, 94, 164

McCaffree, Mary Jane, 35

McDonough, Denis, 44

McKim, Mead & White, 24

McNamara, Margaret, 116, 227

McNamara, Robert, 87, 116, 227

Madison, James, 24, 176, 177

Mandela, Nelson, 38, 83–84

March on Washington, 193, 201

Marshall, Thurgood, 201

Mayfield, Frederick “Freddie,” 117, 167–68, 274

Mayflower Hotel, 96, 135

Mellon, Rachel “Bunny,” 25

Mesnier, Roland, 28, 93, 136, 272

Amy Carter and, 237–38

Barbara Bush and, 120

Bush, George H. W.’s second term loss and, 74–75

Chelsea Clinton and, 149–50, 241–42

Clinton’s aides and, 72–73

first family food preferences and, 68–69

food safety and, 116

Hillary Clinton and, 140, 147, 274

Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 149–50

Nancy Reagan and, 110–12, 133

personal life sacrificed by, 109–10

Scheib’s feud with, 219–20, 221

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 267, 268

Millie (the Bushs’ dog), 51

Mitchell, Nancy, 53, 168, 225

Mitchum, Robert, 271

Moeller, John, 140, 221, 229, 264

Monkman, Betty, 30, 74, 190, 231, 237, 267

Monroe, James, 27, 178

Morman, Lucinda, 47, 48

Morris, Garrett, 186

Motown, 205, 206

My 21 Years in the White House
(Fields), 29

Myers, Mike, 239

My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
(Parks), 1

National Archives, 165

National Governors Association, 32

National Museum of African American History and Culture, 175

National Park Service, 11, 19, 128, 257

Naval Observatory, U.S., 233

Nesbitt, Henrietta, 178

Nicaragua, 80, 117

Nixon, Julie, 156

Nixon, Pat, 60, 62, 75, 77, 155–56

Nixon, Richard, 88, 91, 98, 162, 215

as bowler, 155

Bruce and, 153–54, 159

butler wardrobe and, 166, 196

Cliber and, 8, 156, 158

daughters of, 10, 71;
see also
Cox, Tricia Nixon; Nixon, Julie

paranoia of, 157

presidential transition to, 75, 76–77, 129

resignation of, 60–61, 158

untrustworthy aides of, 153–55

Watergate scandal and, 27, 60, 155, 156, 157–59

Nixon family, 57, 272

formal style of, 61, 155, 156

in move in, move out of White House, 233

Pierce and, 155–56

presidential transition to, 76–77

Normandy, invasion of, 26

Nuckles, Gloria (Westray’s daughter), 180–81

Obama, Barack, 7, 15, 17, 20, 33, 38, 42, 164–65, 173–75, 179, 200, 206

African American residence staff and, 38, 42, 173, 174, 200

basketball played by, 41

challenging presidential transition to, 33, 35–36

first night in White House of, 10–11

health care legislation of, 163–64

as Illinois senator, 33

inauguration of, 33, 36, 37, 41–43, 68, 174, 225

Katie Johnson and, 21, 44–45, 86

Love and, 20, 63, 82, 273

Ramsey and, 84, 85

residence staff and, 37–39, 40–41, 42, 174–75, 275

as standoffish, 164

threats faced by, 17, 113–15

West Wing staff of, 36, 44–45, 163–64

White House personal expenses of, 64

Obama, Malia, 28, 33, 38, 39, 68, 224, 225–27

Obama, Michelle, 17, 21, 68, 164, 173, 174, 175, 179, 226

aides of, 36

first night in White House of, 10–11

Flowers and, 41–43

luncheon hosted by, 5–6

mother of,
see
Robinson, Marian

on residence staff, 46

shots fired into White House residence and, 114

slavery in family history of, 174

as unaccustomed to household help, 33

Obama, Sasha, 28, 33, 38, 39, 114, 224, 225–26, 227

Obama family, 9, 13, 225

advisors of, 35

events hosted by, 15, 67

on inauguration day, 41–43

presidential transition to, 33, 35–43, 44–46, 66–67

as private, 39, 164

raising of children in, 239

residence staff and, 33, 38, 39, 45–46, 170, 173–74, 175

Rochon and, 38, 39

O’Donnell, Ken, 124

Old Executive Office Building, 56

Ortega-Hernandez, Oscar, 113

Paredes, Providencia, 4, 35

Parish, Sister, 25

Parkland Hospital, 244

Parks, Lillian Rogers, 1

Paschall, Alvie, 197

Payne, Ronn, 28, 64–65, 98, 106, 112, 132–33, 136, 145–46, 153

Pearl Harbor, 56

Pentagon, 258, 260, 262, 264, 265

Perini, Tom, 256

Persian Gulf War, 117

Philip, Prince of England, 181–83, 214–15, 274

Pierce, Caroline, 161–62, 168

Pierce, Nelson, 124, 168, 272

on being inconspicuous, 79, 87–88, 92

first family children and, 225, 228–29, 237, 255

JFK assassination and, 243–44, 255

LBJ and, 86–87

long hours worked by, 162, 163

Nixon family and, 155–56, 157

pay of, 189–90

personal life sacrificed by, 161–62

Vietnam War protestors and, 232

Potomac River, 208, 233, 262

Powers, Dave, 209

presidential transition, 29–77

to Bush, George W., 32, 51, 69, 72–73

to Clinton, 32–33, 50–55, 74–75

effect on residence staff of, 69

to Ford, 61

good-byes and, 30, 61, 70, 71, 74

to JFK, 46–49, 50

to LBJ, 55–59, 254

logistics of, 29–30, 31

moving and, 31, 34–35

to Nixon, 75, 76–77, 129

to Obama, 33, 35–43, 44–46, 66–67

preparations for, 34

to Reagan, 74

redecorating for, 32, 50–51, 52–53, 54, 55

residence staff as movers in, 31, 53–54, 61, 74

residence staff books for, 34, 46

routine changes and, 46–47, 48, 66

six hours between, 30–31, 32

titles and, 43

traditions and, 40, 53–54

and transition back to civilian life, 70–71

unexpected, 55–59, 60–62

Presley, Elvis, 215–216

Prince, Mary, 184–89, 236, 237

Private Butlers Incorporated, 179, 183

Racism, 186, 188, 190, 193, 195, 196–97, 198, 200, 204, 206

see also
discrimination

Ramsey, James, 8–9, 82–86,
82,
90, 165, 168, 197, 199–200, 269, 272

Bush, George W. and, 8, 82, 83, 274

cancer and death of, 274–75

Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 146

Ramsey, Valerie, 275

Rayburn, Sam, 56

Reagan, Nancy, 7, 70, 75, 88, 93, 117, 165, 217, 218, 252

Christine Limerick and, 134–35, 166, 274

collectibles of, 134–35

as difficult, 110–12, 132–33, 134, 159–60