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Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-038-020
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Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-013-024
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-006-008
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 is the transcription of a talk about the Peace Corps entitled "Report on the New Frontier" given to the National Students Association at Yale Law School by Harris Wofford, a Special Assistant to President Kennedy who assisted in the formation of the Peace Corps; a letter from actress Shelley Winters; and a letter from author Philip Wylie.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0360-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, correspondence concerning equal employment opportunities and public representations of various ethnicities and nationalities, and memoranda from various members of the White House staff, including Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford, concerning the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee and racial discrimination in the military.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0360-005
Materials in this folder include a telegram, a press release, memoranda from various members of the White House staff, including Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford, concerning the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee and the President’s Committee for Equal Employment Opportunity, and correspondence concerning racial segregation of public facilities and an incident of criminal accusation based on ethnicity.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0360-001
Materials in this folder include memoranda between various members of the White House staff, including Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford, concerning a civil rights demonstration in Texas, the integration of the National Guard, the activities of the Civil Rights Subcabinet Committee, and President John F. Kennedy’s meetings with civil rights advocates.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0358-012
Materials in this folder include a newspaper article, a summary of existing civil rights programs within the Executive Branch, a proposal for an expanded legislative civil rights platform, correspondence between President Kennedy and civil rights representatives, a draft of President John F. Kennedy’s speech to representatives from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and memoranda from Special Assistant to the President Frederick G. Dutton and Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights Harris Wofford concerning the integration of the National Guard, President Kennedy’s meetings with civil rights advocates, and anti-discrimination policies for the Peace Corps. Of note is a signed letter to the President from Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-020
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Harris Wofford, Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights, and primarily concern the Peace Corps and civil rights issues. Of note is Wofford's resignation as Special Assistant for Civil Rights in order to accept a Peace Corps position as Special Representative in Africa at large and director of the program in Ethiopia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-019
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Harris Wofford, Special Assistant to the President for Civil Rights, and primarily concern civil rights issues. Of note is a news report by Howard K. Smith for CBS News regarding civil rights in Birmingham, Alabama.
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William Henry Byrd Personal Papers
WHBPP-001-009