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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-04-A
ST13
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-054
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's congratulatory remarks to the members of the Schola Cantorum of the University of Arkansas in the new flower garden of the White House. The press copy also includes remarks from Senator J. William Fulbright.
Collection
WICPP
Papers, 1922-2011 (bulk 1948-2004). Congressional staffer; federal and local government official; educator; consultant; advocate for criminal justice reform. Legislative assistant, Congressman Brooks Hays of Arkansas (1956-1959); legislative assistant and press secretary, Senator Clair Engle of California (1959-1960); research analyst, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (1960-1961); assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Affairs, U.S. Department of State (1961-1962); White House staffer (1962-1966); staff director, Senate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations (1962-1963); special assistant to the staff director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (1963-1965); special assistant to the administrator for equal opportunity, Agency for International Development (1965-1967); director of legislative affairs, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1967-1969); management consultant (1969-1975); Mount Vernon Supervisor, Fairfax County (Va.) Board of Supervisors (1975-1980); senior staff member, Center for Public Policy Education, the Brookings Institution (1975-1993); vice chairman, National Committee on Community Corrections (1987-2004); author, In Search of Middle Ground: Memoirs of a Washington Insider (2005). Professional and personal papers documenting lengthy career in Washington, D.C., and community volunteer work, with an emphasis on civil rights, intergovernmental relations, equal employment regulations, health care policy, criminal justice, and prison industries. Correspondence, drafts, writings, reports, conference files, notes, research material, press releases, speeches, and news clippings.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-375-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C.; founding director of the Schola Cantorum, Richard Brothers, stands at right. The choir visited the White House after winning first prize at the Guido d'Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition in Arezzo, Italy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-375-3-62
Members of the University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum perform for President John F. Kennedy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C.; founding director of the Schola Cantorum, Richard Brothers, conducts at left. Also pictured (standing in group with President Kennedy): Representatives Oren Harris and James W. Trimble (both of Arkansas); Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea; Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas); Elizabeth “Betty” Williams Fulbright. The choir visited the White House after winning first prize at the Guido d'Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition in Arezzo, Italy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-375-2-62
President John F. Kennedy and others observe as Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C.; founding director of the Schola Cantorum, Richard Brothers, stands on steps in center left. Also pictured (standing in group with President Kennedy): Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea; Elizabeth “Betty” Williams Fulbright; Elizabeth Fulbright Winnacker, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Fulbright. The choir visited the White House after winning first prize at the Guido d'Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition in Arezzo, Italy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-375-1-62
President John F. Kennedy and others observe as Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the University of Arkansas Schola Cantorum in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C.; founding director of the Schola Cantorum, Richard Brothers, stands on steps in center left. Also pictured (standing in group with President Kennedy): Representative Oren Harris (Arkansas); Ambassador of Italy, Sergio Fenoaltea; Elizabeth “Betty” Williams Fulbright; Elizabeth Fulbright Winnacker, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Fulbright. The choir visited the White House after winning first prize at the Guido d'Arezzo International Polyphonic Competition in Arezzo, Italy.