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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AUG-01
In this interview Heckscher discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as an “inspiration to cultural life”; Heckscher’s involvement in government affairs prior to becoming a Special Consultant to the President; the invitation of 168 artists to JFK’s 1961 inauguration and its impact; how Heckscher came to work for the White House; discussing Heckscher’s position with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; the reasoning behind the creation of the new position of Special Consultant on the Arts and the favorable public reaction to it; enlarging the definition of “The Arts,” especially regarding architecture; Arthur Goldberg; the establishment of the Freedom Medal; creating the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts through executive order; personal impressions of JFK; setting up Heckscher’s office and staff; how Heckscher was meant to advise JFK and what his position entailed; the Cultural Center [Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]; conversations with JFK; Mrs. Kennedy’s expansive work for the arts; the arts as part of national policy; working with other White House staff members and other Departments; designing special postage stamps; what the President’s role in the arts should be; and the Fine Arts Commission, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PBF-02
Fay discusses Jacqueline Kennedy’s relationship with Ethel Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s personal friends, Lafayette Square, balance of payments, his relationship and opinions of Robert S. McNamara, and cost effectiveness and systems analysis in the Department of Defense, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-J
KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-17-D
AR28, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-11-A
ST13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-15-I
ST09
Collection
UNPC
Photographs, 1953-1965. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints of images created by the United Nations featuring John F. Kennedy at the United Nations in 1961 and 1963, as well as publicity images of international United Nations projects.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24591
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attends a press preview of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Mrs. Kennedy (left) and architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke, view a scale model of Lafayette Square. General Services Administration Building Auditorium, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24282
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke (center right), points to an area of the model; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin, observes from right. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24281
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views plans for the historic preservation and redevelopment of Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke (left), points to an area of the model; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin, observes from right. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24280
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin, points to an area of the model; architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke (center), observes. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24279
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke, points to an area of the model. General Services Administration Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24278
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views plans for the historic preservation and redevelopment of Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., with architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke. An unidentified man stands in the background. General Services Administration Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24277
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke, gestures to an area of the model. General Services Administration Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24276
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke, points to an area of the model; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin (mostly obscured), stands at center left. Others unidentified. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24275
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views a scale model of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C., with architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke. General Services Administration Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C24274
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy views plans for the historic preservation and redevelopment of Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke, gestures to an area of the plan; Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), Bernard L. Boutin, observes from left. GSA Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-7-62
Architect, Edward Durell Stone, speaks at the unveiling of an architectural model of the National Cultural Center in a ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing yellow dress) sits in first row behind the model. Those seated behind the model also include: actress, Geraldine Page; entertainer, Danny Kaye; chairman of the Washington Area Campaign Committee for the National Cultural Center, Janet Auchincloss; music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; Hugh D. Auchincloss; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-6-62
Architect, Edward Durell Stone, speaks at the unveiling of an architectural model of the National Cultural Center in a ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing yellow dress) sits in first row behind the model. Also pictured: chairman of the Washington Area Campaign Committee for the National Cultural Center, Janet Auchincloss (partially obscured); music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-5-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, wearing yellow dress), views an architectural model of the National Cultural Center during an unveiling ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Also pictured: actress, Geraldine Page; entertainer, Danny Kaye; chairman of the Washington Area Campaign Committee for the National Cultural Center, Janet Auchincloss; music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; architect, Edward Durell, Stone; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-4-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center, wearing yellow dress), views an architectural model of the National Cultural Center during an unveiling ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. Also pictured: actress, Geraldine Page; entertainer, Danny Kaye; chairman of the Washington Area Campaign Committee for the National Cultural Center, Janet Auchincloss; music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; Hugh D. Auchincloss; architect, Edward Durell Stone; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-2-62
Actress, Geraldine Page (standing at center), speaks at the unveiling of an architectural model of the National Cultural Center in a ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sits in first row behind the model. Those seated behind the model also include: chairman of the Washington Area Campaign Committee for the National Cultural Center, Janet Auchincloss; music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; architect, Edward Durell Stone; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C44-1-62
Entertainer, Danny Kaye (standing at center), speaks at the unveiling of an architectural model of the National Cultural Center in a ceremony at the Elms mansion in Newport, Rhode Island; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (face partially obscured) sits in first row behind the model. Those seated behind the model also include: music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf; architect, Edward Durell Stone; member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts for the National Cultural Center, Joan Braden; actress, Joanne Woodward; actor, Paul Newman. [Photograph by Harold Sellers.]
Collection
WWPP
Papers 1944-1991. Painter, author, Kennedy and Hemingway family friend. Chairman, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (1963-1971); trustee, John F. Kennedy Library Inc. Correspondence with the Kennedys and Hemingways; records from the Commission of Fine Arts, in particular relating to Washington D.C. and to Pennsylvania Avenue; items from political campaigns; correspondence, transcripts, news clippings, and photographs relating to the selection of an architect to design the John F. Kennedy Library; photographs of Elaine De Kooning's portraits of President Kennedy; a letter from Mary Hemingway; copy of A Civil War Courtship: the Letters of Edwin Weller from Antietem to Atlanta (1980) and correspondence with the Kennedys, Martha Gellhorn and Beatrice Kaufman.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-24616
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attends a press preview of the historic preservation and redevelopment plans for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.; architect of the Lafayette Square redevelopment, John Carl Warnecke (center right, facing away), delivers remarks. Mrs. Kennedy (left, back to camera) sits in front row of audience. General Services Administration Building Auditorium, Washington, D.C.