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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WH-01
In this interview Holness discusses her job at the White House; interactions with and impressions of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; the Kennedy family moving into the White House; traveling with presidential families; interacting with the Kennedy children; and learning of President Kennedy’s death, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LKB-01
Baldrige discusses entertaining at the White House, state visits, and humorous anecdotes about the Kennedys, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-IMA-01
Avery discusses his workload during the Kennedy Administration as compared to other Administrations, his working relationship with Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, and his thoughts on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LA-01
Arata discusses how he became White House upholsterer, his work at the White House, and his memories of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CC-03
Camp discusses the staff and operations of the Office of the White House Press Secretary, daily White House press briefings, press coverage of the Kennedy family, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KB-01
Burke discusses the tours he would conduct through the White House, as well as John F. Kennedy’s assassination and wake, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TLB-01
Bryant discusses all of the dogs that lived at the White House during the Kennedy administration, as well his interactions with the Kennedy family and their interactions with the dogs, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PB-01
Bruce discusses his job responsibilities, observations of John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) affectionate interactions with his children, and the White House in the aftermath of JFK’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MVB-01
Boylan discusses transcribing dictated correspondence and speeches for John F. Kennedy (JFK), interactions with JFK’s constituents, and JFK’s final campaign trip though New England in 1960, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AL-01
Lincoln discusses Mrs. Kennedy’s relationship to staff and involvement with her children. There are several anecdotal stories about the President and Mrs. Kennedy.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MAL-01
In this interview Lasker discusses her work lobbying for different health and medical programs such as a presidential commission on strokes; her encounters with John F. Kennedy [JFK], both in the White House and socially; her friendship with Adlai E. Stevenson and his experience during the 1960 presidential campaigns; and her work on the National Cultural Center Board which she suggested be renamed as a memorial for JFK, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JJK-01
Karitas (1901 - 1983) was the White House painter. This interview focuses on his interactions with Jacqueline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy [JFK], the redecoration of the White House during JFK’s time in office, and Karitas’s reaction to JFK’s assassination.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JBH-01
This interview focuses on Hynes relationship with the Fitzgerald family, Hynes relationship with John F. Kennedy [JFK] during his campaigns, and Hynes role as National Committeeman, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NCP-01
This interview focuses on Pierce’s interactions with the Kennedy family, John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] use of the Ushers’ Office, and the aftermath of JFK’s assassination, among other topics.
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.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF035-024
This file contains drafts and a copy of a press release regarding a painting by French artist Claude Monet titled, "Morning on the Seine, Good Weather," given as a gift to the White House by the Kennedy family in honor of President John F. Kennedy.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-01-C
ST22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-H
ST16, KN26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-09-C
KN12
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF093-003
This folder contains notes and memoranda to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on various topics including entertaining and furnishings at the White House, the First Family, the death of President John F. Kennedy, and planning for the John F. Kennedy Library. Of note are numerous handwritten notes by the First Lady.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-064-001
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and William J. Hopkins, Executive Clerk in the White House Office, and concern the procedure for handling requests from the public for addresses of the President's family members.