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Finding Aid
Records Management, White House Office of (ORM) - Subject Files - SO (White House Social Affairs)
Scope and Content
This series is divided into six subseries: SO (White House Social Affairs), SO001 (Breakfasts, White House), SO002 (Dinners, White House), SO003 (Luncheons, White House), SO004 (Receptions, White House), SO005 (Teas - Garden Parties - Concerts, White House). The material is arranged by alphanumeric subcode and thereunder by case file number.
All six subseries are comprised of correspondence (and drafts thereof), memoranda, forms, speeches, invitation lists, planning documents, and other materials related to social events including meals, receptions, and concerts held at the White House. The bulk of the material consists of thank-you letters between President Bush and guests, entertainers, and other individuals who were in attendance at social events held at the White House, as well as documents used to track and process gifts to the president.
Extent
6 linear feet, 7 linear inches
Provenance
Official records of George W. Bush’s presidency are housed at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act.
Folders and Documents
Box 1
Subject Files - SO (White House Social Affairs)
- 445977 - 491750
- 493533 - 524949
- 527556 - 553256
- 555940 - 568410
- 596386 - 573398
- 573650
- 573651
- 573652
- 573667 - 573676
- 573681 - 573684
- 578703
- 578789 - 578790
- 578799 - 578805
Box 2
Subject Files - SO (White House Social Affairs)
- 578801 - 578817
- 578818 - 600362
- 600801 - 601305
- 604086 - 609797
- 610326 - 618382
- 618385 - 618388
- 618660
- 622487 - 630981
- 640699 - 648054
- 649196 - 654202
- 650224 - 652615
- 652616 - 654210
- 654786
- 655139 - 655549
- 655803 - 655814
Box 3
Subject Files - SO (White House Social Affairs)
- 656719
- 670568 - 674138
- 675927 - 676279
- 677515
- 677580 - 681115
- 681151 - 684011
- 684950 - 684953
- 684954
- 684960
- 687477 - 688217
- 688225 [1]
- 688225 [2]
- 688377 - 691110
- 691227 - 693446
Box 4
Subject Files - SO (White House Social Affairs)
- 701424 - 701432
- 704638 - 710027
- 713595 - 716562
- 716965 - 720521
- 727723 - 754633
- 756072 [1]
- 756072 [2]
- 756072 [3]
- 762718
- 769522
- 772270 [1]
- 772270 [2]
- 777151
- 777266
Box 5
Subject Files - SO001 (Breakfasts, White House)
- 453842
- 457539 - 558817
- 560726
- 560827
- 562565 - 567826
- 577425 - 626642
- 644068
- 653543
- 666172 - 700950
- 729302
Subject Files - SO002 (Dinners, White House)
Box 6
Subject Files - SO002 (Dinners, White House)
- 486971
- 491068
- 491258 [1]
- 491258 [2]
- 503680 - 506967
- 508781
- 527024
- 527153 [1]
- 527153 [2]
- 527153 [3]
- 527355 - 530343
- 542047
- 553828 - 560833
- 560902
Box 7
Subject Files - SO002 (Dinners, White House)
- 560976
- 567912 - 575752
- 577350
- 610297
- 612384 [1]
- 612384 [2]
- 618190 - 619876
- 643542
- 644111 - 653697
- 657297 - 660734
- 662102
- 668357 - 669351
- 676568
Box 8
Subject Files - SO002 (Dinners, White House)
- 677953 - 681552
- 686144 - 689208
- 692159 - 694779
- 698927 - 700591
- 701113 [1]
- 701113 [2]
- 701113 [3]
- 701284 - 701430
- 701993 - 707953
- 708663 - 718666
- 719453 - 719776
- 721961 - 722150
- 722151 - 728399
Box 9
Subject Files - SO002 (Dinners, White House)
- 728407 - 738717
- 740194 - 752218
- 753629 - 762745
- 764411
- 765609 - 771288
- 772164 - 774918
- 777164 [1]
- 777164 [2]
Subject Files - SO003 (Luncheons, White House)
Box 10
Subject Files - SO003 (Luncheons, White House)
Subject Files - SO004 (Receptions, White House)
- 445832 - 453768
- 453784 - 488571
- 488633 - 491278
- 491279 [1]
- 491279 [2]
- 491310
- 503538 - 508908
- 509040 [1]
- 509040 [2]
- 509042 [1]
- 509042 [2]
- 516203 - 516279
Box 11
Subject Files - SO004 (Receptions, White House)
- 527461
- 527679 - 527945
- 542052 [1]
- 542052 [2]
- 542062
- 542190 - 544252
- 550966 - 568326
- 601303
- 610751
- 613208 - 616976
- 616979 - 625046
- 630564
- 645617
- 647166 - 648204
Box 12
Subject Files - SO004 (Receptions, White House)
- 653882 - 664120
- 666506 - 683571
- 688051
- 692449 - 692915
- 693837 [1]
- 693837 [2]
- 693837 [3]
- 693837 [4]
- 696734 - 717638
- 720280 [1]
- 720280 [2]
- 720280 [3]
- 720823 - 721762
Box 13
Subject Files - SO004 (Receptions, White House)
- 722048
- 722882 - 723569
- 725789 [1]
- 725789 [2]
- 725789 [3]
- 725789 [4]
- 727593 - 727644
- 727950 - 733093
- 735959 [1]
- 735959 [2]
- 735959 [3]
- 739704 [1]
Box 14
Subject Files - SO004 (Receptions, White House)
- 739704 [2]
- 742508 - 750487
- 756085 [1]
- 756085 [2]
- 756085 [3]
- 773871 - 773872
- 773873 - 773877
- 773879 - 774950
- 776370