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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJB-01
Begab discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the White House Conference on Mental Retardation, and legislation during the Kennedy administration on mental healthcare and research, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJL-01
This interview focuses on the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation’s attempts to pass legislation concerning people with developmental and intellectual disabilities (referred to as "the handicapped" or "mentally retarded") and Lesser’s experiences working with the Kennedy family, among other topics.Content note: This folder contains records that use now-outdated language to describe people with intellectual disabilities. The material is available here in its original form to facilitate research of the historical record.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MAL-01
In this interview Lasker discusses her work lobbying for different health and medical programs such as a presidential commission on strokes; her encounters with John F. Kennedy [JFK], both in the White House and socially; her friendship with Adlai E. Stevenson and his experience during the 1960 presidential campaigns; and her work on the National Cultural Center Board which she suggested be renamed as a memorial for JFK, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TJQ-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s 1946 campaign for Congress and his efforts on behalf of disabled veterans throughout his political career, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JMQ-02
This interview focuses on the Kennedy administration’s efforts to curb water and air pollution, states’ reactions to these regulations, and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare’s efforts to desegregate hospitals, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DBR-01
This interview focuses on the efforts of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation to have legislation passed and their work with Congressmen and state governors to have it passed, among other topics.