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Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-42-1
Sound recording of Senator John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his father Joseph P. Kennedy, probably in the summer of 1959. He talks about press reports and opinion polls concerning election prospects and about plans for upcoming trips.Machine noise precedes the dictation.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 42, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-42, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 42.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-42
Dictation Belt 42 contains two sound recordings. Item 42.1 is a recording of Senator John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his father Joseph P. Kennedy, probably in the summer of 1959. He talks about press reports and opinion polls concerning election prospects and about plans for upcoming trips. Machine noise precedes the dictation. Item 42.2 is a recording of John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. He talks about his weekend spent in Newport, Rhode Island, and time spent with his daughter Caroline Kennedy and others. A brief part of the recording is garbled.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.