President’s Private Study

President's Study - 1989

George HW Bush taking a call with Vice-President Dan Quayle in 1990 (NARA - Bush Library)

The President's Inner Sanctum

Immediately off the Oval Office, across from the president's private lavatory and a small kitchenette, is a very small room used in many administrations as the president's private study.

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President's Study

George HW Bush watching television in 1991 (Bush Library)

President's Study - 1989

George HW Bush taking a call with staff in 1989 (NARA - Bush Library)

President's Study - Reagan

Ronald Reagan, circa 1987 (Reagan Library)

President's Study

The Fords with Nelson Rockefeller in 1974 (NARA -Ford Library)

President's Study

President Ford examines documents related to potentional VP running mates in 1974 (Ford Library)

President's Secretary - Nixon

The room as an office of Richard Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods, circa 1974 (Ford Library)

President's Study - 1967

Lyndon Johnson and Joe Califano in 1968 (Johnson Library - Yoichi Okamoto)

President's Study - 1965

Lyndon Johnson discussing policy with Senator Fulbright in 1965 (Johnson Library - Yoichi Okamoto)

President's Study - 1946

Harry Truman's private study in 1946 (NARA)