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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CC-01
Camp discusses John F. Kennedy's (JFK) Senate and presidential campaign staff operations at the Esso Building in Washington, D.C. in 1959 and 1960, the card file they kept of potential Kennedy supporters nationwide, the 1960 Democratic primary campaign, and JFK’s public relations operation at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GHB-01
Byrne discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) campaigns for the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency; JFK’s relationships with other Massachusetts Democrats, including Foster Furcolo and John William McCormack; and JFK’s influence on Massachusetts political races, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CB-01
Boggs discusses her work on John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) presidential campaign and inaugural ball, reflections on JFK’s time in Congress and as president, and anecdotes about her friendship with the Kennedys, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKJ-01
In this interview Javits discusses first meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] in 1946; working with JFK in the House of Representatives on housing and veterans issues and in the Senate on different pieces of legislation; the confrontation between Javits and JFK in the Senate on medicare; social interactions with Senator JFK; JFK’s occasional “offbeat position;” the 1960 presidential election; and JFK’s sense of humor, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-003-006
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the ethics and personal affairs of some Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives. The episode aired on Wednesday, June 7, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-011-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether the U.S. House of Representatives bank scandal, based on news that members were overdrawing their House checking accounts ("bouncing checks"), indicates a problem with Democratic Party control of the House. The episode aired on Wednesday, April 1, 1992, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-B
AR27, ST14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-399-1-62
View of the Rose Garden during a visit of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress; President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) delivers remarks to the group. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7486-C
President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma (mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana). United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton, stands at right. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7486-A
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Left to right: Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President Kennedy (at microphones); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). White House, Washington, D.C.