Project Credits
Project Team
Sarah Fling – Project Lead and Historian
Leslie Calderone – Director of the White House History Digital Archives
Matthew Costello – Chief Education Officer, The Gerard B. Lambert Foundation Chair in White House History and Director of the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History
Willard Dodson – American University Public History Fellow 2024-2026
Matthew Goetz – Senior Historian, Marlyne Sexton Chair in White House History
Garrett Goltermann – Student Education Specialist
Rebecca Kaliff – Assistant Director of Student Education
Anna Kutter – Teacher Education Specialist
Alexandra Lane – Director of Digital Archives Initiatives
Lina Mann – Historian
Ken O’Regan -- Assistant Director of Teacher Education
Emily Robinson – Web Producer
Project Contributors
Rosie Cain
Tianna Mobley
Katie Peter
Divya Vashisht
In addition to the individuals above, many staff members, fellows, and interns have produced research and scholarship that have furthered our understanding of the White House. While they may not have directly worked on this project, this group made valuable contributions to our work over the years, and we are deeply grateful for their collective efforts to advance our mission.
The White House Workers History Project Community Council
Mary Alexander – Descendant of Paul Jennings, the first White House memoirist
William G. Allman – Former White House Curator
Nancy Bender – Daughter of Henry Haller, Former White House Executive Chef
Cristeta “Cris” Comerford – Former White House Executive Chef
Adrian Miller – Author and Historian
Jonathan Pliska – Author and Historian
Partners
James Monroe’s Highland
Historic Congressional Cemetery
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
Vermont Historical Society
Enslaved.org: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade and Voices from the NHS Archives served as inspiration for this database project. This site was developed in collaboration with the team at Whirl-i-Gig using a custom configuration of CollectiveAccess.