Alden Brown
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"Alden Brown," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/806.
- Position
- Pantryman
- Years in President's House
- circa 1930 – 1933
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Male
- Race/Ethnicity
- Black or African American
- Biography
- Alden Brown appears as a pantryman on White House staff lists in 1930 and 1933; he is listed as an “intermittent employee,” which explains the inconsistent documentation of his time on staff. (1) In this role, he would have assisted with kitchen duties like washing and preparing vegetables, arranging food for presentation to guests, and serving other White House workers. (2) Further information about his life is scarce.
- (1) Christmas 1930, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1930, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library; "Negro Employees at the White House Executive Office, and White House Garage as of March 31, 1933," White House Office Personnel, 1933-1935; Records of the White House Office of Budget and Accounting, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York.
(2) Definitions of Titles (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965), 514-515. - Birthplace
- Unclear from Context