mr. coolidge. and the more elaborate her dresses were, the better he liked it. i have seen magnificent gowns. one was all gold filigree. they were ordered from garfinkel's and stearns. maybe he gave them a discount. and then she had a beautiful coat. on the back is a peacock in gold and blue all the way down the back. these are very, very nice. but she didn't worry too much about her clothing. but since she didn't give interviews, they took a lot of pictures for her. she was happy to pose. that's how the nation knew a lot about her. and calvin wanted her to wear something different every day. i don't know how they could do that. but he said, that's where we're going to spend our money, grace. >> i like that kind of guy. okay, annette. >> well, fortunately, or unfortunately, this photograph of lou in her girl scout uniform, there is a quote by someone unattributed that said that this is the only way he has ever remembered lou henry hoover, and that is she always wore her girl scout uniform. and that's fortunate in one respect because it was great promotion for th

mrs. coolidge. >> yes. grace coolidge decided -- well, her husband encouraged her to write a little bit about the white house years. she did write several articles. he wrote his autobiography. they both had sort of a writing adventure there. but he -- and also, he has a syndicated column. they moved back to north hampton. they go into their two-family house. you tell me how you're going to take all the gifts from the white house that you are given in those days, you were allowed to keep them, and fit them in a two-family house. i read a lot of the letters where she says to one girlfriend, can you please take this? take that? also, the dogs weren't happy. they eventually moved to the beaches, which is a larger estate in north hampton. they're both happier. calvin does not live long after the white house. he dies in 1933. grace says, well, i've got to move along. i have to figure something out. their son had married in '29, and he and his wife had two daughters. she could take joy in them. also, there was, as

mrs. harding what was her role, if any? >> grace coolidge stayed home, as i stated, when calvin went to the legislature. there was no governor's mansion in boston. so even though frank waterman-sterns said i'll buy you a brownstone. i'll put in 32 serveants. i'll set you all up. can't you come to boston. and grace will be released to entertain and help you with your role as governor. and calvin coolidge said, no, that's beyond our means and we will not do that. when it comes to the vice presidency, she did not campaign again. she stayed home. and calvin did a little campaigning since the hardings were on their front porch pretty much, right? >> right. >> and then when it came to calvin running in his own right, their son had just died. and i'll be telling you about that a little bit later. so there wasn't a whole lot of campaigning. but thomas edison, harvey firestone, and henry ford all came to visit plymouth, vermont. i don't know how many of you have been to plymouth, vermont. it's a very small town. they talked and grace coolidge was rig

mrs. coolidge. >> yes. grace coolidge decided -- well, her husband encouraged her to write a little bit about the white house years. she did write several articles. he wrote his autobiography. they both had sort of a writing adventure there. but he -- and also, he has a syndicated column. they moved back to north hampton. they go into their two-family house. you tell me how you're going to take all the gifts from the white house that you are given in those days, you were allowed to keep them, and fit them in a two-family house. i read a lot of the letters where she says to one girlfriend, can you please take this? take that? also, the dogs weren't happy. they eventually moved to the beaches, which is a larger estate in north hampton. they're both happier. calvin does not live long after the white house. he dies in 1933. grace says, well, i've got to move along. i have to figure something out. their son had married in '29, and he and his wife had two daughters. she could take joy in them. also, there was, as

mrs. coolidge. >> yes, she wrote several articles. he wrote his autobiography. he also had a indicated column. nay go into their two family house. how will you take all of those gifts from the white house you were given in those days and fit them in a two-family house. in one letter she says to a girlfriend can you take this and that. they move to the beaches, a largest estate in north hampton and they're happier, but calvin dies in 1933 and grace says well i have to move along and figure something out. they're son married in '29. they had two daughters she could take joy in them. also there was the run up to world war ii. grace coolidge was part of a north hampton community to rescue jewish children, and she sent a telegram to the statous to encourage them to let the north hampton committee adopt 25 jewish children. unfortunately her sherry was rolled into the wagner rogers bill, and that was an attempt to rescue 20,000 jewish children. and ann frank did write and want to leave germany. this was not approved by congress. it did not get through, so we now don't

mrs. coolidge and mrs. hoover, who tried to do inventories of the white house.he did the first inventory that i'm aware of. and i think just her vision, both about the historic nature of the white house and its collections and her campaigns for the betterment of women -- william seale: of women were very important. edith mayo: -- were very important, but not picked up on in her own time. susan swain: bill, calvin monroe miller wants to know on facebook what modern-day first lady would caroline compare most to. william seale: did i say rosalynn carter, who was a quiet first lady? edith mayo: yeah. william seale: but a woman who very -- was very busy and trying to do worthy things. i guess -- you know, the thing like mrs. carter, very modern lady -- edith mayo: or betty ford and her -- william seale: less public. betty ford was awfully public for that, not awfully. edith mayo: yes, she was. she was. william seale: but she was public. and ms. carter wasn't. edith mayo: no, she was a much quieter, more behind-the-scenes -- william seale: and -- edith mayo: -- person

mr. mashon: the very first sound film we have featuring a president is calvin coolidge talking about economic policy. it is not the most scintillating film in the world, but it is fascinating to see him this very early sound technology. deforest phonofilm, they called it. speaking to the camera about policy, just hearing silent cal talk is amusing in and of itself. with which toe: raise the standard of existence. it increases the value of everybody's property, raises the scale of everybody's wages. one of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the american people is the economy in government. mr. mashon: i have said that in 1912 the copyright law changed. we were no longer receiving films through copyright, or we weren't keeping the films registered to copyright, but that does not mean we do not have any films between 1912 and the 1940's when we really did start keeping a lot of films that were coming in for copyright. we have gone back and retrospectively collected over the years, so we have nearly 140 million feet of nitrate film in the collection. and a great amount of that film is

president coolidge is in the middle there, we are talking roughly the 1920's. george putnam is standing to his right. mr. putnam had the viewer lighthouses and the lighthouse establishment. the lighthouse service began in the 1789 but the british colonials had lighthouses, too. the lighthouse service and the lighthouse keepers and crews -- they did a lot of life saving. lighthouses were stationed at dangerous entrances to ports. heavy winds and station ships did not have much maneuverability and they would hit rocks or shores and sink. the lighthouse services saved lives. the lighthouse service had liked light ships. they had the first light ship in chesapeake bay in 1820. here you see the coast guard ship number 612. it is dangerous duty. this is off the shoals of nantucket. they were stationed by the rocks and that was very dangerous. but lighthouse ships had the duty of warning ships away from dangerous territory so they had to be in the dangerous territory. it was dangerous duty and the crews were skilled. in 1939, the lighthouse service was absorbed by the coast guard. here you can see a coast guar

mr. cooper: oh, yeah. it was -- it's really quite lovely. they had -- edith, president coolidge offered the capitol to have a state funeral. she declined. they had a service at the house, presided over by both a presbyterian clergyman and the bishop -- washington bishop. edith, by the way, was episcopalian and she did not change to be a presbyterian when she married him and he made no push for her to do that. and then, there's a procession up massachusetts happening to the cathedral. there is the interment. in those days, there wasn't too much to the cathedral that's down in that crypt. his tomb has been -- was moved up in interestingly enough, in the centennial year of his birth, 1956 up to the then finished the principal part of the cathedral. so, that -- it's a -- it's charming. it's a lovely ceremony. and to me, one of the nicest touches was that -- when the funeral was -- at the end of the service, a bugler played taps and they had a hookup and -- via a telephone. and they had a hookup to arlington. so, they knew the exact moment, so the bugler in arlington also played taps

mrs. harding came back to washington, moved out of the white house to where? kathrine sibley: she did. she lived actually in the new willard hotel. david pietrusza: willard. kathrine sibley: the same place that the coolidges had lived when they were in the vice presidential time and it's most interesting because i think if she had stayed in washington, she might have lived longer. she got her nephritis again in july 1924 and she had just come back and she was beginning somewhat of an active life, probably not as active as some of her friends would have wished, but unfortunately, she got sick again and dr. sawyer encouraged her to come back to ohio. and at that point, i'm afraid that she just sort of gave up. i mean, we think about the strength she had in the white house, how she transcended that disease. david pietrusza: warren's life was her life. and that was gone. kathrine sibley: that was -- that was certainly part of it, but -- david pietrusza: and her kidneys were gone too. susan swain: yes. so she died on november of 21st 1924 in marion, ohio at the age of 64 and they were the only president and first lady to die before what would have been the end of their first term in office, another first, a sa