Box 4: Drawer 2 (2 of 2), c. 1957-2008

Dates: c. 1957-2014

Bulk dates: c. 1970s-2000s

This series consists of papers and research files related to the organization and function of the White House from the Eisenhower administration (c. 1957) through the Obama administration (c. 2014). The topics of these materials relate to the role of the President of the United States, the organization and operation of the White House, presidential libraries and foundations, presidential transitions, activities of executive branch staff, purposes and functions of federal government offices, crisis management, federal government personnel, and presidential nominations.

The materials in this series include papers on the role of the president (box 1), operation of the White House (box 1), presidential transitions (boxes 3-4), Executive Order from the President of the United States on the facilitation of the 2009 presidential transition, dated October 9, 2008 (box 3), a drafted amendment to Section 3(a) of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (box 4), executive privilege (box 5), chiefs of staff (box 6), a now declassified, but formerly top-secret research paper from the National War College on the president’s tactical management of crisis situations, dated March 11, 1966 (box 6), reports from Congress and the Government Accountability Office on federal government personnel (box 7), and presidential personnel (boxes 7-8).