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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-183-001
This folder contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Topics include relations between the United States and Soviet Union, Berlin and German unification, disarmament, nuclear testing, Laos, space flights, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also included in this folder are letters from Premier Khrushchev to President Dwight D. Eisenhower and John J. McCloy, Advisor to President Kennedy on Disarmament. This folder contains some Russian-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-170-004
This file contains memoranda and Department of State telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Great Britain, including negotiations for aviation routes to the Caribbean, Berlin, and a summary of a conversation on various topics between President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Also included are copies of correspondence between President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan, and a birthday message from the President to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-169-008
This file contains Department of State memoranda and telegrams regarding relations between the United States and Arab nations. Also included is correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and President of the United Arab Republic (UAR) Gamal Abdel Nasser discussing U.S. aid to the Middle East and foreign policy towards Israel and Palestine.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-064-014
This file contains the text of correspondence between United Nations (UN) Secretary General U Thant, President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-047-005
This file contains correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev, United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant, and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis. This file contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-026-009
This folder contains telegrams from the Department of State and drafts of correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. Topics include the representation of China (Peoples Republic) in the United Nations (UN), the Republic of China’s opposition to representation of Outer Mongolia in the UN, relations between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, and relations between the United States and the Republic of China.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0912-001
This file contains a Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Television transcript of the first presidential debate between candidates Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The candidates answered questions on numerous issues, including agriculture, the economy, education, foreign policy, and medical care for the aged. The debate was held in Chicago, Illinois and moderated by Howard K. Smith, with a four person panel consisting of journalists Robert Fleming, Stuart Novins, Charles Warren, and Sander Vanocur.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-014-012
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-053-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. "Jack" Kennedy, documents his time at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, from 1933 to 1935. The front cover features the school seal stamped in gold. The title page reads, “The National Memory and Fellowship Book,” with a nameplate reading, “John F. Kennedy / West Wing - Choate School / Wallingford, Conn / 1933.” The first half of the scrapbook consists of pre-printed pages with space for signatures and messages from classmates, photographs and printed ephemera, and Jack’s notes on his academic and athletic endeavors, social activities, and daily life. Many of these pages are pre-printed with topical titles, including “Faculty and Campus,” “Student Hall of Fame,” “Comparative Athletic Record,” “Clubs and Societies,” “School and Social Functions,” “My Favorites,” “Entertainments, Lectures, Plays,” and “Memorable Trips.” Topical pages are followed by monthly dated calendar pages, some of which contain original handwritten entries in black and blue ink and pencil. The second half of the scrapbook consists of blank leaves that contain newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; printed ephemera, including invitations, tickets, membership cards, pamphlets, business cards, and programs; and other items pertaining to Jack’s education at Choate and his activities during that time. Of note are photographs of Jack and his classmates who formed the “Muckers” club, including Ross Edwards Allen; Roy Oliver “Bob” Beach, Jr.; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Paul J. “Boogie” Chase; Ralph D. “Rip” Horton; Charles Edward Marsh II; Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr.; John Whiting Morse; Charles “Butch” Schriber II; Maurice Arthur “Maure/Moe” Shea, Jr.; and James DeWitt “Smoky/Smokey” Wilde III. Also included are invitations to events at the White House; handwritten birthday messages in black and blue ink to Jack from his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; an autograph from the writer Gertrude Stein; a handwritten letter in black ink from star Harvard University football player Huntington Reed “Tack” Hardwick; a receipt for a $2.50 fine paid to the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida; autographed photographs from members of the Choate football team, including Gordon Thayer Barlow, Bob Beach, Hugh De Neufville “Bud” Wynne, Lem Billings, Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr., William Joseph “Bill” Albinger, and Moe Shea; and a postcard sent to Jack by his mother from aboard the S.S. Bremen. Also featured in photographs, clippings, and other materials in the scrapbook are Jack’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, and brother, Robert F. Kennedy; his grandfather, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Choate School headmaster, George Clair St. John; English teacher, Harold L. Tinker; members of Choate yearbook (“The Brief”) committee, for which Jack was the Business Manager; and other classmates and friends, including Ruth Marian Quigley (later Moffett), Ruth Moffett (later Johnson), Olive Cawley, Thomas Morgan Schriber, Charles Nelson “Charlie” Hoyt, Adelaide Moffett, Gloria Baker, Eleanor Young, Katherine Barker, and Helen Barker. Locations pictured in photographs include the Choate School campus and the Kennedy family home and surrounding area in Palm Beach. The scrapbook contains a selection of loose materials that were enclosed in an envelope adhered to the inside back cover; many of these items pre- and post-date the scrapbook itself and represent dates from 1929 through 1950. Original handwritten entries, captions, and inscriptions are written in black and blue ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 88 newspaper clippings, 78 photographic prints, and 74 other items, including correspondence and printed ephemera.
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Kay Halle Personal Papers
KHPP-032-010
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Kay Halle Personal Papers
KHPP-031-011
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Margaret Ronayne Hahn Personal Papers
MRHPP-001-001
Contains 1 photographic print (MRHPP-PH-001).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-014
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 135 (NSAM 135) titled, "British Guiana," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-012
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 133 (NSAM 133) titled, "Ryukyus Action Program," to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David Bell from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-335-011
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 132 (NSAM 132) titled, "Support of Local Police Forces for Internal Security and Counter-Insurgency Purposes," to Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-334-002
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 130 (NSAM 130) titled, "Terms of AID Development Loans," to Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a memorandum from Hamilton to the President discussing the results of a reappraisal of the AID loan policy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-018
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 126 (NSAM 126) titled, “Review of Principles and Policies Guiding the Stockpiling of Strategic Materials,” to Edward McDermott, Acting Director of the Office of Emergency Planning, from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a report on policies and guidelines for the stockpiling of materials and memoranda from various agencies regarding the report.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-017
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 125 (NSAM 125) titled, “Pakistan Consortium,” to Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID), from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-333-016
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 124 (NSAM 124) titled, “Establishment of the Special Group (Counter-Insurgency),” from President John F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Director of Central Intelligence John McCone; Fowler Hamilton, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID); Edward R. Murrow, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA); and General Maxwell Taylor, Military Representative to the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-019
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 117 (NSAM 117) titled, “Contingency Planning on Berlin,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk from President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-332-015
This file contains a copy of National Security Action Memoranda number 113 (NSAM 113) titled, “Further Instructions - Atmospheric Testing Policy,” to Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), from President John F. Kennedy. Also included is a copy of a letter from President Kennedy to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan regarding atmospheric tests.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-313-010
This folder contains an agenda and a Record of Actions, including attendees, for the 483rd meeting of the National Security Council (NSC). Topics include the threat of communism and United States policy towards Cuba, Iran, Korea, Dominican Republic, Haiti, British Guiana, and Southeast Asia. Of note are handwritten notes by President John F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-439-003
This folder contains material regarding Nepalese relations with India; memoranda of conversations between various officials of the United States and Nepal; a request for U.S. military and economic assistance; and a meeting between President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Tulsi Giri, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Nepal. Also included in this folder are copies of correspondence between President Kennedy and King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah of Nepal.
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Papers of Robert F. Kennedy. Attorney General Papers
RFKAG-216-006