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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.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-06C-1
The recording of this conversation begins on Dictation Belt 6B.7. Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on December 17, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They continue to discuss Skybolt in preparation for President Kennedy’s Nassau, Bahamas, meeting with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain.The recording of the conversation is noisy, very garbled, and difficult to understand. The dictation belt skips throughout.
Transcript included.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-06B-7
Sound recording of part of a telephone conversation held on December 17, 1962, between President John F. Kennedy and former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. They discuss Skybolt in preparation for President Kennedy’s Nassau, Bahamas, meeting with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan of Great Britain.The recording is noisy and begins in mid-conversation. The dictation belt skips. The recording of this conversation ends abruptly and continues on Dictation Belt 6C.1.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 6B, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-06B, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 6B.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-031-030
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and advisor and Colombia University Professor Richard E. Neustadt. Materials mainly represent both official and personal matters, including material sent to then Senator Kennedy. Items include Neustadt's memorandum on "Organizing the Transition: A Tentative Checklist for the Weeks between Election and Inaugural" and his address on "Approaches to Staffing the Presidency: Notes on FDR and JFK." Of note is a report by Mr. Neustadt to President Kennedy titled, "Skybolt and Nassau: American Policy-Making and Anglo-American Relations." The report was given to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy by the President shortly before the November 1963 trip to Texas.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-127b-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning preparation for President Kennedy's discussions on nuclear weapons testing treaties with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Nassau, Bahamas. Materials in this folder include a draft of a joint statement concerning the meetings, a background paper on the British economy, and a briefing book containing biographical information on Prime Minister Macmillan and prominent British political leaders present at the discussions.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-127b-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning preparation for President Kennedy's discussions on nuclear weapons testing treaties with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Nassau, Bahamas. Materials in this folder include position papers on Kashmir and military aid to India, an aide-memoire on the implementation of the Nassau agreements, a memoranda regarding sales of Polaris missiles, and a briefing book containing biographical information on Prime Minister Macmillan and prominent British political leaders present at the discussions.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-019-002