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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PJD-01
Doyle discusses mental retardation policy during the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations, and inter-agency collaboration and conflict, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-31-A
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-C
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-B
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-16-B
AR28, ST15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19184
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (far left); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left); Eunice Shriver (at back, behind Secretary Ribicoff); President Kennedy (front, center); Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer “Mike” Feldman (far right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6894-B-CR
President John F. Kennedy meets with Kammy and Sheila McGrath, National Retarded Children’s Week poster children for 1961. (L-R): Sheila McGrath; Richard McGrath; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mrs. Richard McGrath; Leonard Mayo, Chairman of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; President Kennedy; Vincent J. Fitzpatrick, President of the National Association for Retarded Children. Kammy McGrath stands in the center of the room. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Cropped version of JFKWHP-AR6894-B]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6894-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Kammy and Sheila McGrath, National Retarded Children’s Week poster children for 1961. (L-R): Sheila McGrath; Richard McGrath; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mrs. Richard McGrath; Leonard Mayo, Chairman of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; President Kennedy; Vincent J. Fitzpatrick, President of the National Association for Retarded Children. Kammy McGrath stands in the center of the room. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6894-A-CR
President John F. Kennedy meets with Kammy and Sheila McGrath, National Retarded Children’s Week poster children for 1961. (L-R): Richard McGrath; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mrs. Richard McGrath; Leonard Mayo, Chairman of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; President Kennedy; Vincent J. Fitzpatrick, President of the National Association for Retarded Children. Kammy McGrath and Sheila McGrath (on the rocking horse) are in the foreground. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Cropped version of JFKWHP-AR6894-A]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6894-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Kammy and Sheila McGrath, National Retarded Children’s Week poster children for 1961. (L-R): Richard McGrath; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mrs. Richard McGrath; Leonard Mayo, Chairman of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; President Kennedy; Vincent J. Fitzpatrick, President of the National Association for Retarded Children. Kammy McGrath and Sheila McGrath (on the rocking horse) are in the foreground. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-9-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (right of left column); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left); Eunice Shriver (at back, in front of main door); President Kennedy (third from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-7-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (right of left column); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (second from right of Dr. Cooke); Eunice Shriver (partially hidden, behind Secretary Ribicoff; President Kennedy (fourth from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-6-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (right of left column); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (second from right of Dr. Cooke); Eunice Shriver (behind Secretary Ribicoff; President Kennedy (fourth from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-12-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (center); Eunice Shriver (behind Secretary Ribicoff); President Kennedy (second from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian (at left in foreground). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-10-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (right of left column); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left); Eunice Shriver (at back, in front of main door); President Kennedy (third from right); Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer "Mike" Feldman (far right); Irene Wright; Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6847-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (far left); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left); Eunice Shriver (right of Secretary Ribicoff); Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann (center background, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Irene Wright; Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6847-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. Photograph includes Dr. Robert E. Cooke (far left); Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (third from left, facing camera); Eunice Shriver (right of Secretary Ribicoff); Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Very Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann (right of Mrs. Shriver); President Kennedy (fourth from right); Dr. Leonard Mayo; Dr. Lloyd M. Dunn; others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C360-6-63
After addressing the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), President John F. Kennedy (at lectern, holding a bronze plaque) presents the association's Award of Merit to Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Dr. Richard L. Masland (center left, also holding the plaque). Standing right of President Kennedy (applauding): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger; Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C360-11-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC). Seated at head table, right of President Kennedy (left to right): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger; unidentified; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified. Seated to the right of the President (right to left): Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Dr. Richard L. Masland; others are in shadow. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey, Floyd Boring, and Dick Johnsen. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C360-10-63
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks at the 13th annual convention of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC). Seated at head table, right of President Kennedy (left to right): President of NARC, John G. Fettinger (partially hidden); unidentified; Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Connecticut); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified (mostly in shadow). Special Assistant to the President for Mental Retardation, Dr. Stafford L. Warren, sits at far left; White House Secret Service agent, Arthur L. "Art" Godfrey, sits at table in foreground. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C360-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (seated in foreground, out of focus) signs the Maternal and Child Health and Mental Retardation Planning Amendments of 1963, an amendment to the Social Security Act. Standing in background (left to right): unidentified (partially hidden on edge of frame); President of the National Association for Retarded Children (NARC), John G. Fettinger (wearing bow tie); Gwendolyn Fettinger; unidentified (in back); Executive Director of NARC, Dr. Gunnar Dybwad (wearing bow tie); unidentified (in back); Representative John E. Fogarty (Rhode Island); Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President's Panel on Mental Retardation; unidentified (in back); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Notes: Small, circular tear at upper right corner is original to the file print.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7543-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation who presented him with their report, "A Proposed Program for National Action to Combat Mental Retardation." The Panel's Chair and Executive Director of the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children of New York City, Dr. Leonard W. Mayo, stands left of President Kennedy, and the Panel's Vice-Chair and Superintendent and Medical Director of the Pacific State Hospital in Pomona, California, Dr. George Tarjan, sits right of the President. Other members of the Panel pictured include: U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, David L. Bazelon; Associate Secretary for Special Education for the National Catholic Educational Association and Director of the Department of Special Education at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Reverend Monsignor Elmer H. Behrmann; Research Chair and Past President of the National Association for Retarded Children, Dr. Elizabeth M. Boggs; Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary and Director of Research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Dr. Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr.; New York State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe; Dean of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dr. Horace Magoun; Director of Psychological Services at the Kennedy Child Study Center, Dr. Anne M. Ritter; Consultant to the Panel and Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation, Eunice Shriver; Chair of the Department of Virology at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Wendell M. Stanley; Director of the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Harold W. Stevenson; President of Abilities, Inc., Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr.; and speech pathologist, Dr. Irene Wright. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-490-7-63
President John F. Kennedy (back to camera) hands a pen to Eunice Kennedy Shriver, consultant to the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, at the signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Center Construction Act. Also pictured: Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Chief of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital and professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Robert E. Cooke; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack of Massachusetts; Representative Paul G. Rogers of Florida. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.