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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-07-21-B
AR09, ST03, KN06
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-19A
Dictation Belt 19A contains five sound recordings. Item 19A.1 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss the nomination of William J. Crockett, the work of William H. Orrick, relations with Haiti and its President François Duvalier, and plans for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson to travel to Scandinavia. Machine noise precedes the conversation. Item 19A.2 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They discuss test ban negotiations. Item 19A.3 is a telephone conversation held on May 16, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. President Kennedy congratulates Major Cooper on his orbital flight. Item 19A.4 is a telephone conversation held on May 17, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John W. McCormack. They discuss plans to hold a congressional reception in honor of NASA astronaut Major Gordon Cooper. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 19A.5 is a telephone conversation held on May 22, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico. They discuss prospective wheat legislation. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. The recording of this conversation continues on Dictation Belt 19B.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-044-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Fish Room upon signing H.R. 6874, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Bill. The bill authorized appropriations to NASA for salaries, research, development, and construction of facilities.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-003-005
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-003-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-030
This folder contains a press copy of President Kennedy's remarks upon signing H.R. 6874, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Bill. The bill authorized appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries, research, development, and construction of facilities.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6707-A
President John F. Kennedys signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (partially hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-293-2-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-293-1-61
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (partially out of frame); Congressman Joseph E. Karth of Minnesota (partially out of frame); Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma (face out of frame); Congressman Overton Brooks of Louisiana (face out of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18389
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Senator Warren G. Magnusson (Washington); unidentified man (hidden by Senator Magnuson); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); President Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana, partially hidden); Congressman Vincent L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden by Congressman Albert); Congressman George P. Miller (California). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18388
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania, shaking hands with President Kennedy); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (at back); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); President Kennedy; Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18387
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania, mostly out of frame); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (partially hidden); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18386
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado, partially out of frame); Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota, mostly hidden behind Senator Magnuson); Vice President Lyndon Johnson (at back); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, partially hidden behind Congressman Albert); Congressman George P. Miller (California, partially out of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6707-C
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back, partially hidden); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); President Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico, partially hidden); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire, mostly hidden); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6707-B
President John F. Kennedy signs HR 6874, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) authorizations for fiscal year 1962. Standing (L – R): Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator of NASA; unidentified (mostly hidden); White House media network electrician, Cleve Ryan (in back); Congressman James G. Fulton (Pennsylvania); Congressman J. Edgar Chenoweth (Colorado); Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Senator Warren G. Magnuson (Washington); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Congressman Joseph E. Karth (Minnesota); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); Congressman Victor L. Anfuso (New York); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Senator Clinton P. Anderson (New Mexico); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Congressman George P. Miller (California); Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.