Box 9: Drawer 1 (1 of 2), c. 2002-2008

Dates: c. 1953-2014

Bulk dates: c. 2000s

This series consists of papers and research files related to the organization and function of the White House from the Eisenhower administration (c. 1953) through the Obama administration (c. 2014). The topics of these materials relate to research interviews on the organization and function of the White House in the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, function of federal government, national security, domestic policies and intergovernmental affairs of administrations, executive branch czars, function of White House offices, continuity of government, public relations, presidential protection, presidential scheduling, presidential records, and presidential advisors.

The materials in this series include a significant number of interview transcripts with White House personnel in research preparation for Patterson’s third book (boxes 9-12), reports and directives from the Department of Homeland Security (box 9), presidential transitions (box 11), Patterson’s congressional testimony on presidential transitions, dated December 4, 2000 (box 11), operations of White House offices (boxes 12-16), Patterson’s congressional testimony on executive branch czars, dated October 6, 2009 (box 13), continuity of government (box 14), public relations (box 15), and presidential protection (box 16).