Permanent Operating Offices

The White House Usher's Office, headed by Rex Scouten, was responsible for White House Executive Residence operations. This collection includes materials pertaining to staff appointments, events, swimming pool construction, Christmas preparations, budgets and expenditures, and construction of a warehouse for storage of furnishings. Also included in the collection is material related to the production of a film on the history of the White House.

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RELATED MATERIALS (October 2015)
Additional material related to the Executive Residence are found primarily in the White House Central Files Subject File, category WH (White House), as well as FG-100 (Committee for the Preservation of the White House) and FG-180 (National Park Foundation) categories. Materials pertaining to the swimming pool specifically can be found in the John Stiles and Merrill Mueller Files.

Extent

3.3 linear feet (approximately 1,925 pages)

Record Type
Textual
Donor

Gerald R. Ford (accession numbers 2011-NLF-007, 2012-NLF-061, 79-NLF-4)

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White House Office Files
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Permanent Operating Offices
Access

Open. Some items may be temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

Copyright

Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

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Jeff Senger, October 2015
 

Biography

Rex Scouten

September 16, 1924 - Born: Snover, MI

ca. 1942- 45 - US Army (Europe)

1948 - B.S., Michigan State University

1948-57 - US Secret Service

1957-63 - Assistant to the Chief Usher

1963-69 - National Park Liaison to the White House

1969-86 - White House Chief Usher

1986-97 - White House Curator

February 20, 2013 - Died: Fairfax, VA