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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.
Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Collection
LMPC
Photographs, 1957-1963. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by LOOK Magazine, Cowles Communications, Inc., featuring John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as Senator through his presidency. Members of the Kennedy family, Kennedy administration and foreign dignitaries also appear.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-22-C
AR21, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-06-E
AR30, ST17
Photograph
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-S
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-M
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) and Master of Ceremonies, Adlai Stevenson (at lectern), delivers remarks at 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 left of lectern (R-L): President John F. Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-C
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. Also pictured (in background): White House correspondent for United Press International (UPI), Helen Thomas; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger. Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7626-A
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21937
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Walter N. Tobriner, presents a key to the City of Washington to President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (hidden). Left to right (flanked by two unidentified United States Marines): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind column); First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny (mostly hidden); President John F. Kennedy; Chairman Tobriner; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Blair House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21936
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Walter N. Tobriner, presents a key to the City of Washington to President of the Ivory Coast, Félix Houphouët-Boigny (hidden). Left to right (flanked by two unidentified United States Marines): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (behind column); First Lady of the Ivory Coast, Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny; President John F. Kennedy; Chairman Tobriner; U.S. State Department interpreter, Edmund S. Glenn. Blair House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
BHNPC
Photographs, circa 1880-1972. Primarily 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by Boston Herald photographers and the Associated Press wire services, featuring John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family at various events during his tenure as Congressman through his presidency. Also included are historic family photographs as well as images of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and memorial services, Jacqueline Kennedy’s life through 1969, and the creation of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.