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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-02
In this interview Wicker discusses John F. Kennedy's [JFK] unique way of giving speeches; Lyndon B. Johnson’s unhappiness with his position as Vice President; Anthony J. Celebrezze’s appointment to the Cabinet, 1962; Wicker’s sources for Kennedy Without Tears; traveling with JFK to Texas in November, 1963; the motorcade through Dallas on November 22, 1963; the confusion after the shooting and learning what happened; gathering information from witnesses and hospital staff at Parkland Hospital; the announcement of JFK’s death and the general atmosphere after; Johnson’s swearing in as President; reporting on the day’s events from the airport; and the rapid transition to the Johnson White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-11-D
AR40, ST31, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-23-B
AR24, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-28-A
AR23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-B
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-11-F
AR19, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-10-C
AR19, KN14
Textual folder
United States Secret Service Records
USSS-026-002
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18029
Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). President Youlou and President John F. Kennedy are seated in the middle of the table (with an unidentified man crouching between them), and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is seated at the table third from the right with his back to the camera. The painting over the fireplace is an 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George P. A. Healy and was donated to the White House in 1939. The inscription in the green marble fireplace was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and taken from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, and reads, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A12-14-61
Luncheon in honor of President of the Republic of the Congo Fulbert Youlou (Brazzaville). (L-R) Unidentified man, Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, President Youlou, an unidentified man, President John F. Kennedy, and an unidentified man. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is in the foreground on the right side of the photograph with his back to the camera. The painting over the fireplace is an 1869 portrait of Abraham Lincoln by George P.A. Healy and was donated to the White House in 1939. The inscription in the green marble fireplace was commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and taken from a letter written by John Adams to his wife, Abigail, and reads, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.” State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7325-D
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy opens the newly refurbished Treaty Room (formerly the Monroe Room). L-R: Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Maureen Hayes Mansfield; Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover. White House Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7325-C
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy opens the newly refurbished Treaty Room (formerly the Monroe Room). L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mrs. Kennedy; two unidentified reporters; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas. White House Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7325-B
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy speaks with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson at the opening of the newly refurbished Treaty Room (formerly the Monroe Room). Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois) leans over table at left; White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas, stands at right (wearing white jacket). White House Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7325-A
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy opens the newly refurbished Treaty Room (formerly the Monroe Room). L-R: Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Maureen Hayes Mansfield; Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover. White House Washington, D.C.