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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LWH-01
In this interview, Lord Harlech discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] early opinions on disarmament; dealings with Nikita S. Khrushchev and the Soviet Union; the Cuban crisis; issues with selling and testing American missiles; how JFK’s relationship with British Prime Minister M. Harold Macmillan developed over time and how they worked together on specific issues; how JFK’s interest in politics and foreign affairs developed; difficulties with France over their nuclear program in 1962; JFK’s skills and character; JFK’s different circles of friends; and JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ approaches to life in the public eye, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LKB-01
Baldrige discusses entertaining at the White House, state visits, and humorous anecdotes about the Kennedys, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SFL-01
Lemass discusses his impressions of President Kennedy, the 1963 visit to Ireland, Lemass’ official visit to the Untied States, North Atlantic fisheries, the Irish-American vote, as well as his impressions of Robert and Edward Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WOD-01
Douglas discusses his memories of the Kennedy family, John F. Kennedy as a young man, Congressman, and as President, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JOFF-01
In this written statement Figueres discusses his memories of John F. Kennedy [JFK], the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Social Democratic Movement in Latin America, JFK’s assassination, the Alliance for Progress, and attending JFK’s funeral, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PBF-03
Fay discusses Admiral George Anderson, Fay’s role as Under Secretary of the Navy, President John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) relationships with heads of state, foreign visits, JFK’s interest in General Douglas MacArthur, the missile gap, and the Kennedy family, among other issues.
Moving image
White House Films
JFKWHF-WHS01
Motion picture covering President John F. Kennedy's European trip in the summer of 1963. President Kennedy arrives in West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) and travels to various sites. Included are appearances with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the Federal Republic of Germany and Mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt. President Kennedy then arrives in Ireland and is greeted by Irish President Eamon de Valera. Among President Kennedy's travels are a visit to the Kennedy Homestead with Jean Kennedy Smith and Eunice Kennedy Shriver. President Kennedy then arrives in England and is greeted by British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan before traveling to various sites. President Kennedy then arrives in Italy and is greeted by Italian President Antonio Segni before visiting various sites. President Kennedy visits the Vatican and meets Pope Paul VI.Source: White House # D-3618.
Photographed by: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Sound by: Alfred J. Storey.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NPT-01
Tuckerman & Turnure discuss state visits and state dinners at the White House, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy’s short life and death, and President Kennedy's assassination and funeral, among other issues.
Collection
LMPC
Photographs, 1957-1963. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by LOOK Magazine, Cowles Communications, Inc., featuring John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as Senator through his presidency. Members of the Kennedy family, Kennedy administration and foreign dignitaries also appear.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF038-026
This folder contains menus for numerous meals, including those in honor of foreign heads of state, and recipes for Saint-Honore cake, boula-boula soup, and cream of oyster soup. This folder contains French-language materials.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-12-E
ST09
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-021
Contains 35 photographic prints: (KFC718N, KFC707N, KFC706N, KFC703N, KFC700N, KFC699N, KFC698N, KFC695N, KFC694N, KFC693N, KFC692N, KFC713N, KFC709N, KFC691N, KFC690N, KFC689N, KFC650N, KFC651N, KFC653N, KFC652N, KFC702N, KFC717N, KFC715N, KFC716N, KFC712N, KFC654N, KFC708N, KFC714N, KFC711N, KFC688N, KFC687N, KFC686N, KFC685N, KFC684N, KFC683N, KFC680N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-004
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC643N, KFC642N, KFC645N, KFC646N, KFC648N, KFC647N, KFC644N, KFC649N, KFC3357P)
Textual folder
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-057-001
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-027-007
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0707-012
Materials in this folder include congratulatory messages to President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy from heads of state upon the birth of their son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. The folder also contains telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between White House and U.S. Department of State staff regarding condolence messages received upon Patrick Kennedy’s death.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C127-3-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and the Empress Farah Pahlavi, wife of the Shahanshah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (center right, holding bouquet of daffodils), visit with John F. Kennedy, Jr. (in baby carriage), as they tour the White House grounds. Mrs. Kennedy holds the reins of Caroline Kennedy's pony Macaroni (standing between the Empress and the First Lady); an unidentified man stands at left. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17626
President John F. Kennedy stands with his daughter Caroline Kennedy and President of Indonesia Ahmed Sukarno on the South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17625
President John F. Kennedy stands with his daughter Caroline Kennedy and President of Indonesia Ahmed Sukarno on the South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-127-3-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy adjusts the hood on John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s carriage as she takes the Empress Farah Pahlavi, wife of the Shahanshah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (left of Mrs. Kennedy), on a tour of the White House grounds. Mrs. Kennedy holds the reins of Caroline Kennedy's pony Macaroni (standing at right); an unidentified man and woman (mostly hidden behind the horse) stand with First Lady's Press Secretary Pamela Turnure (far right) in the background. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.