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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GSM-01
This interview focuses on the 1960 presidential election, the founding of the Food for Peace Program, and the Kennedy administration’s work on agricultural issues, among other topics.
Textual folder
Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-006
Textual folder
Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-005
Textual folder
Richard W. Reuter Personal Papers
RWRPP-011-004
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-325-013
This folder contains a portion of an outline on the new United States foreign aid policy, referred to as the Decade of Development, on the Food for Peace program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0228-008
This file contains correspondence and memoranda regarding United States ambassadors to various countries. Topics include ambassadorial appointments; requests for meetings with President John F. Kennedy; biographies of ambassadors; and international affairs including the coal industry and the Food for Peace program.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065a-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include aid to Bolivia, the Nobel Prize dinner, a summary of a conversation with Rogelio Frigerio concerning Argentina, the Food for Peace program, and the film "The Counterfeit Trader." Of note is a memorandum dated July 28, 1939 to the Director of the Budget from President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning jurisdictional conflicts within federal departments and agencies.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-079-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Food for Peace Program. Topics include a report by Director George S. McGovern on his trip to various countries in Asia, Africa, and Western Europe; aid to Iran for earthquake relief; and McGovern's resignation. Of note is a semiannual report for the Food for Peace Program and a brochure about the Program.
Collection
RWRPP
Papers 1955-73 (bulk 1962-1966). International relief worker. Executive director, CARE (1955-1962); Director, Food for Peace (1962-1965); Special Assistant to the Secretary of State, Food for Peace (1965-1966). Appointment books, telephone logs, correspondence, memorandums, speeches, reports, position papers, press releases, news clippings, and subject files relating to the administration of PL 480.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17412
Director of the Food for Peace Program, George McGovern, speaks with guests from Peru in the Food for Peace offices at the Executive Office Building. Left to right: Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; Prime Minister of Peru, Pedro Beltran; Mr. McGovern; unidentified. Washington, D.C.
Collection
JSBPP
Press officer, educator, government official. Press adviser to the Secretary General, Organization of American States (1961-62); Deputy Public Affairs Adviser, Bureau of Latin America, Agency for International Development (1962-65); Reports and Food for Peace Officer, AID, Chile (1965-67); professor, School of Journalism, Central Michigan University (1969-78). Publications, memorandums, press releases, and pamphlets issued by the Organization of American States, the Agency for International Development, and others; includes draft manuscript on United States-Latin American economic relations and the Alliance for Progress.