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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0913-061
This file contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s remarks given at the Truman Corners shopping center in Grandview, Missouri during his 1960 presidential campaign. In his remarks the Senator appeals to voters to support Democratic leadership; and discusses farm policy, social legislation, and communism.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0913-060
This file contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas City, Kansas during his 1960 presidential campaign. In his speech the Senator appeals to voters to support Democratic leadership and discusses political party divisions on various issues, including outer space.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0913-059
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at Lawrence Stadium in Wichita, Kansas during his 1960 presidential campaign. In his speech the Senator appeals for leadership and change, and discusses the failure of the Republican administration’s farm policy to resolve issues in the agricultural industry.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1023a-016
This folder contains quotes by Richard M. Nixon concerning political differences with Democratic opponents in numerous campaigns.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1023a-009
This folder contains quotes by Richard M. Nixon regarding agreements and differences among the Republican Party.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1023-037
This folder contains quotes by Richard M. Nixon on bipartisanship and the foreign policy of the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-002-012
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0924-001
This file contains documents issued by the Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee. Items include an index to all documents, information on the authorization and organization of the Advisory Council, and meeting agendas and minutes.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0924-007
This file contains policy statements issued by the Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee. These items were added after the main packet of statements was assembled.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-071-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life from 1938 to 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, "Scrap Book." It contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to trips to Europe in 1938 and 1939; his election as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his enrollment at Harvard Law School in 1940; and time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and on trips to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the French Riviera, including at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Mexico, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, and California. Of note are photographs of the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, which Joe, Jr., visited before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War, as well as a photograph of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy christening the Esso Richmond, a new tanker ship, alongside her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, and her daughter, Eunice Kennedy. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including an event at Buckingham Palace; fliers for discussions, rallies, and debates featuring Joe, Jr., that were held by organizations including College Men for Defense First, Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom, and the Young Democrats of Massachusetts; Spanish paper currency; and telegrams regarding political events and rallies sent by representatives of both State and National Democratic Committees. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Torbert Macdonald; Hugh Fraser; Tom Killefer; Tom Egerton; and Diana Maria Gerli. Loose materials include a photographic postcard from Sofia, Bulgaria and Shawmut Bank promotional material, possibly a bookmark. The scrapbook contains 133 photographic prints (including a contact print of a strip of three 35mm black and white negatives, and one photo fragment); 32 photographic postcards; and 62 pieces of ephemera, including invitations, correspondence, telegrams, tickets, newspaper clippings, calling cards, advertisements, programs, and fliers.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-070-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his travels, family life, political work, and naval career between 1938 and 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Scrap Book.” It contains newspaper clippings, photographic prints and postcards, handwritten and typed letters, and printed ephemera related to his travels in the United States and Europe, including a 1939 visit to Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War; his involvement with the Democratic Party, including as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and his diplomatic work as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; his family's travels between the U.S. and England; his naval training at the Squantum Naval Air Station in Quincy, Massachusetts; and other news and current events of the time. Other Kennedy family members mentioned in clippings include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy; grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; aunt, Margaret L. Burke; uncle, Thomas A. Fitzgerald; cousins, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald and John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald; and his sister Kathleen's future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. Photographs feature Joe, Jr., attending unidentified events, with fellow trainees at the Squantum Naval Air Station, and holding a fish. An additional photograph shows an aerial view of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographic postcards feature images of canals in Xochimilco, Mexico, and of Joe, Jr., in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Senders of typed and handwritten correspondence include British politician Arthur Greenwood; politician and Democratic National Convention Chairman, James A. Farley; journalist Arthur Krock; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, J. W. Farley; and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Printed ephemera include a dance card with a pencil attached by string; a flier advertising a debate on Lend-Lease policy; a printed menu and seating chart for a dinner attended by Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, R. B. Pearson; a ticket book for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940; and a printed booklet published by the Squantum Naval Air Station titled, "Flight 62 / Knocks It Off," and dated August 7, 1941. Another item of note is a paper bag printed with Spanish text; bags of this type originally contained loaves of bread and were part of a campaign by General Francisco Franco in which airplanes dropped bread over Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Original notations are written in blue and black ink and pencil on the rectos and/or versos of some of the clippings. This scrapbook contains 75 newspaper and magazine clippings, nine photographic prints and postcards, six pieces of correspondence, and seven other pieces of printed ephemera.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0989-030
This folder contains Democratic voting statistics for counties in West Virginia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0985-009
This folder contains contact information and a list by county of the chairmen and secretaries of the Democratic Central and Executive Committee for the state of Ohio.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0968-021
This folder contains a letter concerning the West Virginia primary election and lists by county of Democrats in the state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0979-007
This folder contains materials from Alexander Campbell, Democratic County Chairman for Allen County in Indiana, to Senator John F. Kennedy concerning the Democratic Party in 1960 political campaigns. Also included in this folder are lists of Democratic candidates for state offices in Indiana, and precinct and ward committeemen for Marion County, Indiana.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0979-001
This folder consists of a list of Democratic Precinct Committeemen for Madison County, Illinois.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0977-001
This folder contains lists of California Democratic Council clubs and club presidents for Northern California in 1959. Also included in this folder is a program for the 8th annual convention of the California Democratic Council.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0969-020
This folder contains a guest list for a dinner, mailing lists, and lists of registered voters in various precincts in West Virginia. Of note are certificates of the votes cast in the West Virginia Democratic primary election between Senators John F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0973-019
This folder contains lists of delegates-at-large, analysis of the Democratic and Republican Wisconsin state primaries, results of the state primary election between Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, and a list of Wisconsin delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
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Margaret Ronayne Hahn Personal Papers
MRHPP-001-002
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-025
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks on the White House South Lawn to participants in the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women. In his speech the President discusses the importance of women as individual voters in the upcoming 1962 Congressional elections.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-021
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's remarks at "New York's Birthday Salute to the President" held in Madison Square Garden in New York City. In his speech the President discusses the vigor of the Democratic Party, and addresses the ongoing partisan struggle impeding the government's ability to achieve racial equality, improve education, decrease unemployment, provide dependable protection for the elderly, and establish supremacy in space exploration. Materials in this folder include a draft written by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, press copies, and a reading copy of the speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-031-029
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, from Kennedy friend and aid Francis X. Morrissey. Materials include statistics about the 1952 Democratic primary results in Boston, information about Boston's precincts and voting machines, and a statement about the Democratic National Committee.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-036-028
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's address at the Young Democrats Convention held at the Deauville Hotel in Miami, Florida.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-036-020
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's address at a Democratic Party dinner that was held in his honor at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California. In his speech the President addresses advancements in education, employment, the space race, and national security.