Papers of Bess Abell, 1968-1969. White House Files

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Papers of Bess Abell, 1968-1969. White House Files

1968-1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/18558536

This series includes documents pertaining to the children's garden at the White House, White House china, and the White House Festival of the Arts. It also includes a small amount of miscellaneous material.

2 linear inches

eng, Latn

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11638370

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Abell, Bess, 1933-2020

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Bess Abell was born Elizabeth Hughes Clements on June 2, 1933 in Evansville, Indiana to parents Earle C. Clements and Sara Blue. She grew up in both Kentucky and Washington, D.C. while her father served as Congressman and, later, Governor of Kentucky. In 1954, Clements received a political science degree from the University of Kentucky. She married her husband, Tyler Abell, in 1955. After working for her father in various capacities, Abell took a part-time job as a typist for the Democratic Nati...