virtual in this occasion, has been so the last two years. but it s a real honor to be able to be under this roof and in the fellowship of people caring about the same subject as you all do here today. i d like to begin by recognizing two members of our board of directors who are here. tham kind of hickam is going to be here today. i don t see her yet. and john barrett is here today. and we have a large number of our national council on white house history who are here today, and you ll be meeting them during the interaction you have in these sessions, as well as the lunch. and they are a fantastic group of people, as well as our board members. and it is they who put wind in our cells and make our work possible. and we are so grateful for the support that we have from our national council, from our board and from all of you. i d like to also thank two people who really were the backbone of all of this. dr. colleen sugar and dr. matthew costello, who from start to now finish ha
in this room. and i have the privilege and honor of serving as the president of the white house historical association. well, it s been quite a while since we have had the opportunity to convene here on our campus. everyone has been largely virtual in this occasion, has been so the last two years. but it s a real honor to be able to be under this roof and in the fellowship of people caring about the same subject as you all do here today. i d like to begin by recognizing two members of our board of directors who are here. tham kind of hickam is going to be here today. i don t see her yet. and john barrett is here today. and we have a large number of our national council on white house history who are here today, and you ll be meeting them during the interaction you have in these sessions, as well as the lunch. and they are a fantastic group of people, as well as our board members. and it is they who put wind in our cells and make our work possible. and we are so grateful for t
okay. our next speaker this morning s session will be talking about dolly madison and the british invasion of washington, d.c. in the war of 1812. we have heard some things about dolly madison s role in the war of 1812. now, we ll hear more from holly shulman, a former editor of the dolly payne todd madison papers. associate senior editor of the papers of james madison in 2004. dr. shooulman continued to publh dolly madison papers which she has grants from the historic preservation and records commission of the national archives. please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of dolly payne todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the dolly madison papers in the dolly madison edition. like the book, it s published by the university press. unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. if you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. do you want me to do o
shulman, a former editor of the dolly payne todd madison papers. associate senior editor of the papers of james madison in 2004. dr. shooulman continued to publh dolly madison papers which she has grants from the historic preservation and records commission of the national archives. please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who are interested in the full papers of dolly payne todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the dolly madison papers in the dolly madison edition. like the book, it s published by the university press. unlike the book is published by their electronic imprint, the name which is rotunda. if you go and you take a look at it, i hope you enjoy it. do you want me to do oh, okay. having said that, i want to thank, of course, as everyone speaking as thanked, the three organization that is have sponsored this and thank them for putting on a conference which is so beautifully focused so the papers can talk to each other i
house curator s office 38 years ago. for the past 12 years, mr. allman has led that very important office is white house curator. this is one of the best jobs there is. to care for one of the most historic and storied collections in the world. the curator is charged with the preservation and study of the collection of art, furniture, and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the white house. as an official residence and accredited historic house museum, i house that has been home and office to 43 presidents of the united states. mr. allman is a vital friend to the white house historical association and we welcome him tonight to share the history of a very significant happening with the white house collection. following mr. allman, we will hear from mr. william seale. he is a great treasure to the white house historical association. we call him the master and maestro of white house history. in addition to being the editor he isite house histor