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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-001-009
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence between Social Secretary Letitia Baldrige, the Ladies' Board of the House of Mercy and Lady Bird Johnson, relating to the Kennedy Administration's response to segregation. Also included is "The Nation's Source: Leadership and Their Programs," a publication commemorating the Civil Air Patrol's 20th Anniversary. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-003-009
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is a brochure on Democratic Action on Civil Rights, a "Summary of Civil Rights Progress in the Last Nine Months," correspondence with Herbert H. Lehman regarding discrimination in housing activities, and letters and memos from Reverend William Turner Levy concerning ways in which he could help the President. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-016-006
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with journalist Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, regarding relations between the United States and the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), nuclear testing and disarmament, and the planned civil rights march on Washington. Materials include letters about Mr. Cousin's upcoming meeting with Soviet Chairman Nikita Khrushchev, drafts of letters written by Mr. Cousins for President Kennedy to use to gain public support for the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and notes for President Kennedy to consider as a potential basis for remarks to the civil rights march leaders on August 28, 1963. Also of note are letters from Senator John Sherman Cooper, including a copy of his statement before Congress concerning the continuing presence of Soviet forces and arms in Cuba.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-014-010
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note are letters from Senator John Stennis and Hugh L. White, the former Governor of Mississippi, regarding the race situation in Mississippi and public reaction in the Deep South to the Kennedy Administration's response.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-021-013
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is correspondence with Harold S. Vanderbilt, including a letter about the integration of Vanderbilt University; a letter from former Governor of Georgia Ernest Vandiver on Georgia citizens' reaction to integration; and correspondence and a publication, "The Californian," from the writing club at the Los Angeles Veteran Administration Center's Domiciliary. This folder also includes a Spanish language collection of poetry, Atalaya: Canlos Rodados, inscribed to President Kennedy by the author, Agustin Urbina Viguri.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-021-011
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note are letters from Look magazine photographer Stanley Tretick; letters and statistical progress reports sent by Robert Troutman on "Plans for Progress," a program that involved pledges by corporations to increase the number of minority employees by an agreed percentage over a specified period of time; and a letter from United States Attorney for Maryland Joseph D. Tydings. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-020-008
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note are letters from Senator Abraham A. Ribicoff, formerly the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Kennedy, including copies of his speech before the Senate on responsibility in the civil rights crisis. Also of note is correspondence with H.L. Riddle, Jr. ("Chick"), Special Judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina.