Scope and Content Note
The papers of Victoria Henrietta Kugler Nesbitt (1874-1963) span the years 1933-1949 when she was housekeeper at the White House. The collection consists of diaries, correspondence, manuscripts and galley proofs of her two books, The Presidential Cookbook: Feeding the Roosevelts and Their Guests (1948) and White House Diary (1948), and a large subject file. Included are an incomplete daily calendar of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's appointments, a nearly complete file of menus, memoranda of entertainments at the White House, miscellaneous household memoranda, and recipes.