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JFKPP
Personal Papers, 1917-1963. Student, Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-1936), Harvard College (1936-1940), Stanford University (1941); Naval Officer (1941-1945); Representative (1947-1953) and Senator (1953-1961) from Massachusetts; President of the United States (1961-1963). Includes childhood letters, diaries, correspondence, academic records (copies donated by Harvard University) and notebooks, financial papers, Navy records including medical files, medical records, records relating to the investigation of the sinking of the S.S. Athenia (copies donated by the State Department), manuscripts of Why England Slept (1940) and Profiles in Courage (1956), some Boston office House of Representatives files, Presidential doodles, and scrapbooks. Includes Historical Manuscripts and Autographs formerly listed as a separate collection (Manuscripts 18th to 20th centuries, presented to President Kennedy or given to the John F. Kennedy Library). Includes documents signed by George Washington, John Adams, Daniel Webster, William Howard Taft, and several letters written by a Union soldier during the Civil War.
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MRHPP
Materials documenting Margaret Ronayne Hahn's experience as a campaign worker on the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy: correspondence, clippings, photographs, campaign ephemera, notes, memoranda, etc. Also included is Ms. Hahn's recorded oral history of her campaign experiences (original cassettes and copy DVDs).
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DHPP
Research assistant in John F. Kennedy's Boston office (1959-1960); campaign aide to John F. Kennedy (1960). Correspondence, memorandums, speeches, and other campaign materials relating to John F. Kennedy and the Cambridge, Massachusetts academic community.
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LLHPP
Public administrator. Copies of Brookings Institution papers relating to the 1960-1961 presidential transition.
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JFKPOF
President's Office Files 1961-1963. A subcollection of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy consisting of the working files of President Kennedy as maintained by his personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in the Oval Office of the White House. Series include: general correspondence, special correspondence, speech files, legislative files, press conferences, staff memorandums, departments and agencies, subjects, countries, personal secretary's files, special events through the years, White House Signal Agency, and Presidential recordings.
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JFKTRAN
These files cover the period after the election, from 8 November 1960 through the inauguration, and include both congratulations and important ground work material on the president's policy.
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JFKNSF
A subfile of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy constituting the working files of McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. It is the primary foreign policy file of the Kennedy White House and consists of the following series: Countries, Regional Security Files, Trips and Conferences, Departments and Agencies, Subjects, Meetings and Memorandums, and staff files of Chester V. Clifton, Carl Kaysen, William H. Brubeck, Ralph Dungan, McGeorge Bundy, Robert W. Komer, Henry Kissinger, Charles Johnson, and Bromley K. Smith.
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JFKWHCSF
The primary file kept by the staff of the White House central file room containing papers sent from various offices in the White House. The file is organized according to an alphanumeric system divided into 62 subject categories, with numerous cross-references.
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JFKWHCNF
An index to the White House Subject Files by personal or organizational name. Contains a copy of the first page of incoming and outgoing White House correspondence marked to indicate where the main file is located in the Subject Files. The originals of incoming correspondence not referred or not answered are also filed here.
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JFKWHCFCHRON
Papers, 1961-1963. The Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy: White House Central Files: Chronological File. Copies of that part of President Kennedy's outgoing correspondence which was filed in the White House Central Files.
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JFKWHCFSCSF
National security classified material withdrawn from the Subject File by the staff of the White House Central File room. Much material in this subfile is duplicated in the National Security Files and President's Office Files.
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JFKWHCFSCNF
Papers, 1961-1963. An index to the White House Security Classified Subject Files by personal or organizational name.
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JFKWHCFSCCF
Papers, 1961-1963. Copies of President John F. Kennedy's outgoing correspondence that were filed in the Security Classified Subject Files.
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JFKWHCFOVZ
Papers 1961-1963. Reports, printed materials, attachments to correspondence, and other oversize items originally separated from the White House Central Files due to their size or bulk. Includes both textual and audiovisual material.
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RRPP
Papers 1960-2001. Journalist. Reporter, New York Times (1966-1971), New York (1971-1976), Esquire (1976-1980); syndicated columnist; author, President Kennedy: Profile of Power (1993), President Nixon: Alone in the White House (2001), President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination (2006). Correspondence, drafts, administrative and research materials relating to his professional writing.
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JFKWHSFJR
White House Staff Files 1961-1962. Stenographer, White House press office (1941-1962). Copies of transcripts of President Kennedy's speeches and news conferences, stenographic notebooks.
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JFKMPFPAB
Papers 1961-1963. Drafts and final copies of President Kennedy's daily appointment schedules, including meetings with visitors in the White House and national and international trips.
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JFKMPFM
Papers, 1961-1963. Congratulations, greetings, and get well messages sent to the President and Mrs. Kennedy.
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JFKBBBR
Memorandums to the President from the Assistant Director of the Bureau of the Budget for legislative reference, recommendations from agency heads to the bureau, copies of bills, acts, committee reports.
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JFKMPFWHTT
Papers, 1958-1964. Record of incoming and outgoing telephone calls at the White House.
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JFKMPFWHOE
Papers, 1956-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Accounting information kept by the Executive Office of the White House during the Kennedy Administration. The eleven series pertain to budgeting and appropriations, purchase orders, vouchers, special accounts, food expenses, travel expenses, schedule of collections, transfers between appropriations, payroll and personnel, and the general financial ledger. The collection is mainly arranged by financial accounting cycle (July 1 to June 30) rather than by calendar year.
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JFKMPFPOM
Papers, 1961-1963. Public opinion mail received by the White House during John F. Kennedy's presidential administration.
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JFKMPFILN
Incoming mail included newspaper clippings and courtesy storage copies sent to the President of letters addressed to Members of Congress, newspaper editors, and others.
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JFKCM
Church services, condolence books, correspondence, dedications, essays, musical scores, newspaper clippings, poetry, resolutions, scrapbooks, and yearbooks reflecting the world-wide reaction to the death of President Kennedy. (Sample selected for retention from the original 1,570 feet).
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GJBPP
Political advance man. Material concerning John F. Kennedy's and Robert F. Kennedy's trips; includes invitations, planning materials, photographs, news clippings, funeral arrangements for Robert F. Kennedy; manuscript of The Advance Man (1971).