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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-010
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, articles, and press releases regarding the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Topics include gifts of chandeliers, marble, and a Stradivarius violin; and lists of potential members for the Board of Trustees.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, and news articles regarding the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Topics include the design and geographic location of the building, members of the Board of Trustees, and press releases concerning a commission by the Center for a new work by composer Leonard Bernstein to be performed at the Center's opening. Contains five photographic prints.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF051-001
This folder contains correspondence, news clippings, an architectural brochure, and a report in the Congressional Record by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan on the Federal Triangle Development Act for development of the United States International Cultural and Trade Center at the Federal Triangle. Of note is correspondence between Senator Moynihan and former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0017
Photograph of Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Seated in the front row are President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (both wearing light-colored coats). Also in attendance are Reverend Philip M. Hannan; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "145," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0015
Photograph of President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. First row (standing, L-R): Reverend Philip M. Hannan (wearing wide-brimmed hat), Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy, President Johnson, and the First Lady. Also in attendance are Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "243," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0013
Photograph of Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Seated in the background is Arthur M. Schlesinger (wearing glasses), Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Verso contains, "D17," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF061-005-p0042
Photograph of visitors at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery with Washington, D.C. in the background. The photograph accompanies a letter sent to gravesite architect John Carl Warnecke from Lieutenant Colonel Carlyle H. Charles, the project officer for construction of the gravesite.
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0077
Photograph of an architectural model of the Entrance Plaza of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to be located in Washington, D.C. The caption below reads, "(2) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. -- Entrance Plaza -- Credit Ezra Stoller Associates."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0076
Photograph of an architectural model of the East Front and Entrance Plaza of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to be located in Washington, D.C. The caption below reads, "(1) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. -- East Front and Entrance Plaza -- Credit Ezra Stoller Associates."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF050-010-p0023
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands with her dog, Clipper, near the walkway outside the Oval Office. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.