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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SD-01
Davis discusses the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy’s assassination and Lyndon B. Johnson’s swearing in, and the press coverage of the White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WLC-01
Cronkite discusses his first impressions of John F. Kennedy (JFK), his one-on-one interviews with JFK, as well as reporting on the assassination and announcing JFK’s death, and covering the 1969 moon landing, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-47
Dictation Belt 47 contains seven sound recordings. Item 47.1 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. They discuss defense appropriations and the military aspect of the space program. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 47.2 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert. They discuss the Air Force budget. [White House Operator?] places the call at President Kennedy’s request. After a brief delay and a fragment of an exchange, the conversation begins in mid-sentence. Item 47.3 is a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. They discuss the resignation of Robert B. Troutman, Jr., from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the appointment of an African-American. Item 47.4 is a brief fragment of a telephone conversation between President John F. Kennedy and an unidentified senator. President Kennedy congratulates the senator on passing an unidentified bill. [White House Operator?] speaks to the senator as he holds for President Kennedy. The recording of the conversation ends abruptly and a fragment of indistinct speech follows. Item 47.5 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a White House Operator. The operator announces a call from “Sam Gallo” of Warner Brothers. Item 47.6 is a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and a woman called Miss “Gallenburg” from Protocol. They discuss gifts for Prime Minister Eric Eustace Williams of Trinidad and Tobago and others. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 47.7 is part of a telephone conversation between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Stanley Tretick. Tretick inquires about scheduling time with President John F. Kennedy to do work related to an article for “Look” magazine. [White House Operator?] announces the call. Occasionally there is an echo. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 48.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19973
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (wearing US Army uniform), and other photographers and members of the media stand in the background.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-095-021-p0012
Astronaut Lieutenant Commander Malcolm Scott Carpenter and his family visiting the White House. Astronaut Carpenter and President John F. Kennedy are standing in front of camera crews and photographers in the White House Fish Room. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Cecil W. Stoughton, Office of the Military Aide to the President." This photograph is also in the Cecil Stoughton (Office of the Military Aide) series, White House Photograph collection (see ST-C253-2-62).
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-095-021-p0010
Astronaut Lieutenant Commander Malcolm Scott Carpenter and his family visiting the White House. Astronaut Carpenter and his family are posing with President John F. Kennedy in the White House Fish Room. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Cecil W. Stoughton, Office of the Military Aide to the President." This photograph is also in the Cecil Stoughton (Office of the Military Aide) series, White House Photograph collection (see ST-C253-5-62).
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-095-021-p0008
Astronaut Lieutenant Commander Malcolm Scott Carpenter and his family visiting the White House. Astronaut Carpenter and his family are standing with President John F. Kennedy in the White House Fish Room. The two men are standing in front of a set of microphones and unidentified individuals are standing around them. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Cecil W. Stoughton, Office of the Military Aide to the President." This photograph is also in the Cecil Stoughton (Office of the Military Aide) series, White House Photograph collection (see ST-C253-3-62).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C168-14-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper and his family on the walkway outside the Oval Office upon their arrival at the White House for Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Standing behind Major Cooper are his wife, Trudy, and his daughters, Camala and Janita. Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper, stands next to President Kennedy (back to camera). Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in front of open door of presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stand at right in foreground (backs to camera). Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s aunt and uncle, walk in front of Captain Shepard and General Clifton. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Sam Kinney and Roy Kellerman; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28549
President John F. Kennedy (right) exits the White House with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (center), after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured: White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (left of doorway, holding up camera); White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns (behind Captain Stoughton). Unidentified members of the press observe. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28548
President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) speaks with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper in the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured (R-L, from doorway): White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Correspondent for CBS News, Robert Pierpoint. Other unidentified members of the press observe.