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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-04F-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Jack Rosenthal. Rosenthal asks for Burke Marshall or the Attorney General and leaves a message about the death of reporter Paul Guihard.Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 4F, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding and following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-04F, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 4F.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-04F
Dictation Belt 4F contains seven sound recordings. The recording of the conversation in item 4F.1 begins on Dictation Belt 4E.1. Item 4F.1 is a sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi. They discuss maintaining law and order in Mississippi during the University of Mississippi crisis. Machine noise follows the conversation. Item 4F.2 is a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Jack Rosenthal. Rosenthal asks for Burke Marshall or the Attorney General and leaves a message about the death of reporter Paul Guihard. Item 4F.3 is a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and possibly Cyrus R. Vance. Vance reports on operations connected with the University of Mississippi crisis. The recording begins in mid-conversation and machine noise follows the conversation. Item 4F.4 is a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi. They discuss maintaining law and order in Mississippi during the University of Mississippi crisis. A brief fragment spoken by an unidentified man precedes the conversation. The recording begins in mid-conversation. Item 4F.5 is a telephone conversation held on September 30, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and Governor Ross R. Barnett of Mississippi. They discuss maintaining law and order in Mississippi during the University of Mississippi crisis. The recording ends abruptly. Item 4F.6 is a recording of two telephone exchanges on September 30, 1962. In the first telephone exchange, Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall asks [White House Operator?] to place a call to Assistant Attorney General Ramsey Clark. In the second exchange, Marshall asks Clark about operations concerning the University of Mississippi crisis and then asks Clark to have United States Army General Creighton W. Abrams call “Bob.” Machine noise follows the second exchange. Item 4F.7 is a telephone conversation probably held on October 1, 1962, between Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and United States Army General Creighton W. Abrams. They discuss moving troops to deal with the University of Mississippi crisis. The recording begins in mid-conversation and ends abruptly. The recording of this conversation continues on Dictation Belt 4G.1.Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Scott Rafferty Personal Papers
SRPP-001-003
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-022-008
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-022-007
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-022-006
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-022-005
This folder contains language that is derogatory, racist, and/or outdated to describe individuals or communities.
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-022-004
This folder contains language that is derogatory, racist, and/or outdated to describe individuals or communities.
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-011-008
Textual folder
Victor S. Navasky Personal Papers
VSNPP-011-007
This folder contains language that is derogatory, racist, and/or outdated to describe individuals or communities.
Collection
NYTPC
Photographs, 1957–1970. Black-and-white prints of images made by New York Times photographers featuring John F. Kennedy and administration officials during the Kennedy Presidency; Robert F. Kennedy as Senate counsel, United States Attorney General, U. S. Senate candidate, United States Senator for New York, and 1968 Presidential candidate; and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library at the Federal Archives and Records Center in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0005
Photograph of Burke Marshall (left) and Robert F. Kennedy (right) seated at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on civil rights legislation. Caption at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Washington, Aug. 1 -- HUDDLE UNDER QUESTIONING--Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy confers with his civil rights deputy, Burke Marshall, left, while being questioned before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. It was Kennedy's sixth appearance during hearing [sic] on civil rights legislation." A hand-made caption above Mr. Marshall reads, "And put down a chapter on the problems of the average American Negro by Lena Horne." Verso contains a "World Wide Photos" stamp.
Collection
BMPP
Papers 1944-2003. Lawyer, government official, professor. Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice (1961-1964); Partner, Covington and Burling (1965); General Counsel (1965-1969) and Vice President (1969), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Professor of Law, Yale University (1970-2003). Personal and professional correspondence, writings, subject files, organizational materials, and legal documents relating to civil rights legislation, events, and organizations; Robert F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family; the John. F. Kennedy Presidential Library; and Yale University.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0017
Photograph of Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (center with bow tie) and six unidentified individuals standing in front of a fireplace. Herbert E. Tucker, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, stands third from left.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0015
Photograph of Department of Justice staff and United States Marshals in front of a fountain behind the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Included in the photo are Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (both men are standing in the front row).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0014
Photograph of Department of Justice staff and United States Marshals in front of a fountain behind the Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C. Included in the photo are Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall (both men are standing in the front row).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0012
Photograph of Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall, and Joe Hutnyan of United Press International (UPI) seated together behind a table with name placards.
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0011
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy holds a press conference in his office upon signing the Treaty of Cambridge, an agreement between civil rights activists and city leaders to end segregation and put an end to violence in Cambridge, Maryland. (L-R, seated) Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall; Attorney General of Maryland Thomas B. Finan; civil rights activist Gloria Richardson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and Mayor of Cambridge Calvin W. Mowbray. (L-R, standing) Unidentified man (with bow tie); Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Cambridge City Commissioner; Charles Awdry Thompson, counsel for Commissioners of Cambridge; and Reginald Robinson, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Photograph
Burke Marshall Personal Papers
BMPP-037-006-p0010
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy holds a press conference in his office upon signing the Treaty of Cambridge, an agreement between civil rights activists and city leaders to end segregation and put an end to violence in Cambridge, Maryland. (L-R, seated) Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall; Attorney General of Maryland Thomas B. Finan; civil rights activist Gloria Richardson; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and Mayor of Cambridge Calvin W. Mowbray. (L-R, standing) Unidentified man (with bow tie); Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Cambridge City Commissioner; Charles Awdry Thompson, counsel for Commissioners of Cambridge; and Reginald Robinson, field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).