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James Atkinson


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"James Atkinson," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/1230.
Positions
Engineer
Shift Leader
Operating Engineer
Years in President's House
1974 – 2004
Biography
Box 29, folder “Birthdays (Residence Staff)” of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/sites/default/files/pdf_documents/library/document/0018/81556614.pdf. “Executive Residence Alphabetical Personnel Roster,” 88-09-03, folder Personnel (Residence) - [Staffing Reports] (2), Office of the Executive Residence: Usher’s Office: Records, 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan Library.
https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/public/digitallibrary/smof/ushersoffice/box-003/40-593-003-001-2020.pdf ; “Executive Residence Alphabetical Personnel Roster,” 88-09-03, folder Personnel (Residence) - [Staffing Reports] (2), Office of the Executive Residence: Usher’s Office: Records, 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan Library.
Donna Hayashi Smith, e-mail message to author, March 16, 2026.