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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
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-KGH-01
In this interview Heath discusses her family and her childhood; how she reached her chosen career path; obstacles to her advancement because of her gender; studying at American University and at Syracuse University; myths of the “male chauvinists’ world”; taking a women’s studies course; working while in school; running a cost of living survey for the Department of Labor in Rochester, NY, and then in Richmond, VA; the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration; working with the disadvantaged during the Depression; the “great American dream”; the effectiveness of institutionalization and the rise in bureaucracy; the National Association of Deans of Women; stigmas attached to higher education; the Civil Service Commission; working during World War II with various organizations, including the Norden Company in Elmira, NY, at the bombsight plant and the United States Army; the attitude towards women in war work; and writing her dissertation and getting her doctorate, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-E
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-D
AR11
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GB-01
Bolling discusses her work on John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, on patronage requests at the beginning of the Kennedy administration, and on education and Medicare legislation as a congressional liaison, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHD-02
This interview focuses upon Des Marais’ education and welfare policy and legislation during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-003-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate the results of the Job Training Partnership Act, and Senator Kennedy comments on an initiative to provide job training and placement to long-term welfare dependents. The episode aired on Friday, March 20, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF44-005
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) draft bill to extend and improve the public assistance and child welfare services programs of the Social Security Act. The legislation was known as the Public Welfare Amendments of 1962. The file also includes another HEW draft bill to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education, called the Improvement of Educational Quality Act of 1962.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-D
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Lister Hill of Alabama, after signing the Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Appropriations Act in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island stands at right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-C
President John F. Kennedy signs the 1962 Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Appropriations Act in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (left) and Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island (right) look on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-F
President John F. Kennedy signs the Teachers for the Deaf Act (S. 336) and Books for the Blind Act (HR 9030) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Representative Frank W. Burke of Kentucky; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-E
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative John Brademas of Indiana (in back); Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz (in back, mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden, head turned); Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-B
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-A
President John F. Kennedy signs the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act (S. 279) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Carl Elliott of Alabama; Senator Herman E. Talmadge of Georgia (in back); Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Joelson); Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan Nestingen; Representative Carroll Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative John Brademas of Indiana (in back); Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Representative Robert Giaimo of Connecticut; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island; Under Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz; Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado; Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, David L. Hackett; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Jacob Javits of New York; Senator Thomas Dodd of Connecticut.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-G
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama (left) and Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island (right) hold pens used by President John F. Kennedy to sign several bills in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. The bills are Teachers for the Deaf Act (S. 336); Books for the Blind Act (HR 9030); Juvenile Delinquency Act (S. 279); and 1962 Labor-Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Appropriations Act (HR 7035, Public Law 87-290).
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1059-014
This folder contains speeches given by Senator John F. Kennedy in Pennsylvania concerning social service legislation, the economy, international relations, Communism, education, and a need for strong Democratic leadership to achieve progress. Also included in this folder is Senator Kennedy’s schedule for campaign stops around the state.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1104-036
This folder contains memoranda and data sheets concerning Senator John F. Kennedy’s background, military record, and legislative record. Topics include medical research, urban affairs, freedom of information, natural resources, economic growth, unemployment, education, defense and disarmament, social security, senior citizens, space, highways and transportation, and foreign policy.