President’s Secretary’s Office

Bush 43's secretary, Ashley Estes, circa 2004

Barney plays with a rubber horseshoe in 2004 (White House) Gateway to the Oval Office Adjoining the Oval Office is the office of the personal secretaries of the president. It is in this room that most people who come to see the president wait for entry. This room also has a door to the Rose Garden. This office includes a small lavatory and features an unusual doorway to accommodate the oval shape of the president's office. The room also allows access to the Rose Garden and to the Cabinet Room.

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Bush 43's personal assistant, Logan Walters, circa 2004

Mrs. Carter and Joan Mondale before the vice-president's wife enters the Oval Office in 1977 (NARA - Carter Library)

Nixon presidential aide Steve Bull leaving the Oval Office in 1974 (Nixon Library - Ollie Atkins)

The room as a waiting room in 1974 (the president's secretaries worked in today's President's Study and President's Dining Room);
Vice-President Gerald Ford waiting to meet with President Nixon in the Oval Office, where he will learn that Nixon is resigning (Nixon Library - Ollie Atkins)

President Johnson shows off his puppies to the daughter of Chief of Staff Jack Valenti in 1966 (Johnson Library)

John F Kennedy, Jr., trying on a hat in 1963 (Kennedy Library)

John Kennedy, First Lady Jackie, and (front left) Vice-President Johnson watching the
space flight of Alan Shepard in 1961 (NARA - Kennedy Library - Cecil Stoughton)