Lorraine Waxman Pearce Collection
March 5, 2026·20 days ago·via White House Historical Association
The Lorraine Waxman Pearce Collection honors the pioneering White House curator who served from 1961 to 1962 under Jacqueline Kennedy, organizing the mansion's vast art and furnishings amid a push for historic preservation. Pearce authored the first guidebook from the White House Historical Association, cataloging treasures like early 19th-century federal furniture and paintings that now number around 65,000 objects total. Read more about this...