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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-02
In this interview Heath discusses how she came to join the Office of Education; the leadership within the Office of Education and different ideas on how it should be run; other agencies within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]; changes in the status and administration of HEW; various pieces of education legislation; the 1954 Supreme Court decision on separate but equal and segregation in schools; international education affairs; the reasons for pushing for general school aid over categorical aid; the 1955 White House conference on education; coalescing all the organizations within HEW into one voice for the Department; working with other Departments; the International Labor Organization and the United Nations; getting political support from the different presidential Administrations; the nationalization of the Suez Canal; the shift to considering social matters in a much broader context; the impact of the Sputnik launch on the Office of Education; and the National Defense Education Act, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-03
Birkhead discusses specific agriculture legislation during the Kennedy administration, including among others the 1962 farm bill and 1963 wheat referendum, and Southern members of Congress, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KMB-02
Birkhead discusses his work on Lyndon Baines Johnson’s speech-writing team during his vice-presidential campaign in 1960, his duties as Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Liaison, and 1961 feed grains legislation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RVF-01
In this interview Fitzgerald discusses his first time meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s campaign visit to South Dakota in September 1960; the importance of agriculture in JFK’s Administration; the reaction to JFK’s death in agricultural fields; and the role of agricultural committees in civil defense, among other issues.
Collection
USDAPC
Photographs and publicity materials, 1955-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Black-and-white photographs made by the United States Department of Agriculture during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency, featuring John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, and others, and images used to illustrate and promote Department of Agriculture programs.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-011-022
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-268-007
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings regarding the Department of Agriculture. Topics include pending legislation; cotton allotments and land sales; trade and the European Common Market; and Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman's meeting with Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials include copies of numerous speeches by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, a pamphlet regarding do-it-yourself home construction for farm workers, and a digest titled, "Resources in the Northern Great Lakes Region." Of note is a folder titled, "Freeman Weekly Report, September 12, 1963."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials include a petition of intervention for Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman to intervene in the case between Rural Electric Cooperatives and the Federal Power Commission. Of note is a folder containing a report by Freeman of his tour of the Soviet Union and East Europe, including notes on a meeting between Freeman and Khrushchev.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include a farm program proposal by the American Farm Bureau Federation, a New York Times Magazine article by Edward Higbee titled, "Now the Non-Farmer Asks for Parity", and various commodities. Of note is a transcript of a statement by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman before the Subcommittee on Family Farms.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include various agricultural commodities, the delegation of authority of wheat to Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman, and a request for livestock feed assistance due to drought to certain counties in Mississippi and parishes in Louisiana. Of note is a report by Freeman of a trip to Southern Indiana titled, "Rural Areas Development Tour."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials concern the EEC (European Economic Community) and consist of a report to the President from Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman titled, "Agricultural Trade Problems with the EEC."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include international agricultural trade, the common market and poultry, and background information concerning cotton and tobacco for a meeting between the President and the Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Harold Cooley. Of note are materials regarding revisions to the barter program, including charts of countries, their commodities, and restrictions.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include a five-year plan for the CED (Committee for Economic Development) program, opinion polls on the President and Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman in Iowa and Wisconsin, agricultural defense preparedness, a year-end agricultural report for 1962, and major proposals for farm legislation for 1963.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068a-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include the World Food Forum, legislation, and the need for a program to protect livestock in the Southwest from screwworm infestations. Of note is a folder containing a report by the Agricultural Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee titled, "Science and Agriculture." Also included in this folder is a press release concerning various agricultural issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Materials include a statement on the 1960 emergency feed grain program and a memorandum by Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman titled, "How American Agriculture Can Make its Maximum Contribution to the Foreign Aid Program."
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-068a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of Agriculture. Topics include a report of the feed-grain study committee, wheat, and the impact of textile imports on domestic cotton growers. Of note are several issues of Statistical Summary and Agricultural Outlook. Also included in this folder is an issue of Agricultural Situation.
Collection
USDA
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of subject files. RG16.