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JFKWHP-1961-05-19-A
AR07
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JFKWHP-1963-05-28-B
AR37
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JFKWHP-1962-05-23-F
AR21
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JFKWHP-1962-12-06-E
AR30, ST17
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JFKWHP-1962-04-09-B
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-02-C
AR16
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JFKWHP-ST-C69-5-62
President John F. Kennedy sits at the head table with his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, during the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C69-11-62
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Left to right: United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson; President Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-D
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: unidentified; Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl’s mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold; several unidentified. Also included in the President’s schedule: President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne; member of the Board of Directors, Henry C. Breck; member of the Board of Directors, Walker C. Buckner; Chairman of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Unit of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. John M. Deely; Chairman of the Detroit Unit, Godfrey Strelinger; National Director, Burnham Carter; Assistant for Recording for the Blind, Inc., Jeanne MacDaniels; Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Mary Switzer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6595-C
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl’s mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-B
On behalf of Recording for the Blind, Inc., President John F. Kennedy presents a Scholastic Achievement Award to Helen Vivian Aareskjold. Award recipient Cheryl Lynn Martin and her mother, Mrs. James Martin, stand by. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6595-A
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: two unidentified; Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl's mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold; several unidentified. Also included in the President’s schedule: President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne; member of the Board of Directors, Henry C. Breck; member of the Board of Directors, Walker C. Buckner; Chairman of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Unit of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. John M. Deely; Chairman of the Detroit Unit, Godfrey Strelinger; National Director, Burnham Carter; Assistant for Recording for the Blind, Inc., Jeanne MacDaniels; Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Mary Switzer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7263-B
Lady Bird Johnson presents three blind university students with Recording for the Blind, Inc. awards. (L-R): Nancy Patricia Bradley of Denison University; Mrs. Johnson; Otis H. Stephens of Johns Hopkins University; Janice Kay Hattendorf of Indiana University. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7019-B
President John F. Kennedy presents the American Heart Association (AHA) “Heart of the Year” Award to Clarence B. Randall in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Donald Power, National Chairman of AHA; unidentified; Clarence B. Randall; President Kennedy.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7019-A
President John F. Kennedy presents the American Heart Association (AHA) “Heart of the Year” Award to Clarence B. Randall in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Donald Power, National Chairman of AHA; unidentified; Clarence B. Randall; President Kennedy.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20906
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief (in back, hidden); President Kennedy (back to camera); Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back, hidden); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern (facing away); and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20902
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy (holding scroll); Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman (in back, partially hidden); Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20901
Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (left), reads from a paper upon presenting President John F. Kennedy (center, back to camera) with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. Other leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations look on. (L-R) Unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Rabbi Friedman; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-75-4-61
Representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-75-3-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Also pictured: National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House Photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen; White House Secret Service agent, Win Lawson.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-75-2-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-75-1-61
Press photographers and representatives of the American Cancer Society observe as an unidentified representative of the American Cancer Society presents President John F. Kennedy with the American Cancer Society Sword of Hope in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7157-A
Leaders of American humanitarian and religious organizations present President John F. Kennedy with a framed scroll citing his "vigorous championship of constructive assistance to the needy abroad" during the signing of the Proclamation designating the week of April 9, 1962, as Voluntary Overseas Aid Week. (L-R) Unidentified; Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, Executive Vice Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; Richard W. Reuter, Executive Director of CARE; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, President of Lutheran World Relief; President Kennedy (holding scroll); Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Rt. Rev. John F. McCarthy, Assistant Executive Director of Catholic Relief Services; unidentified (in back, mostly hidden); Director of Food for Peace George McGovern; and unidentified. According to the President's schedule, also present at the signing ceremony are: Gilbert E. Blackford, Public Relations, Church World Service; Harold Evans, Chairman of the American Friends Service Committee; Raphael Levy, Director of Publicity for the United Jewish Appeal; William Maier, Chairman of International Services and Affairs of the American Friends Service Committee; William H. McCahon, Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; Joseph Meyerhoff, General Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal; and Canon Almon Pepper, Chairman of the National Council of Churches. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7943-C
President John F. Kennedy visits with winners of the Recording for the Blind Scholastic Achievement Awards in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified persons; award winner Jean Holland “Holly” Van Ormer and her mother, Jean Holland Van Ormer; award winner Charles Edwin Vaughan (in back) and his wife, Mrs. Vaughan (mostly hidden); award winner Patrick V. Peppe; President Kennedy; award winner Richard H. Fidler and his father, Wilbert C. Fidler (in back); two unidentified persons; National Director of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Burnham Carter. Also included in the President’s schedule: Joseph Peppe, father of award winner Patrick V. Peppe; President of the Board of Trustees of Recording for the Blind, Allen H. Merrill; Recording for the Blind Board members, Mary Howard de Liagre, Mary K. Knowles, and Peter B. Putnam; assistant from Recording for the Blind, M. B. Zerwick.
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JFKWHP-AR7626-T
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation First International Awards Dinner for achievement in research, service, and leadership in the field of intellectual disability (then referred to as "mental retardation"). Seated at head table (R-L): President Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Mrs. Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps and Executive Director of the Foundation, Sargent Shriver; Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis and member of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Director of Research of the Foundation, Dr. George A. Jervis. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.