Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-002-001
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is a proposal by Jean-Pierre Hallet for Congoland, an African art, science and education center in California; letters from Senator John Sherman Cooper and a copy of his remarks to Alumni Organizations at Yale University; a copy of a speech given by Amherst Professor Henry Steele Commager comparing the inaugural addresses of Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt to that of President Kennedy; a clipping of a German language political cartoon from the newspaper Die Welt sent to President Kennedy by Professor Commager; and an issue of the La Sallete Seminary's publication Our Day, that includes a tribute to President Kennedy. This folder contains some foreign language material.