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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SEH-01
In this interview Harris discusses his work as an economic adviser to John F. Kennedy [JFK]; his interactions with JFK both before and after he became President; JFK’s evolving economic policies and how they were influenced over time; the interaction between the Council of Economic Advisers and the Department of the Treasury on various issues; and several different economic programs under President JFK, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-01-A
AR10, ST04, KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, 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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-09-A
AR31
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-16-C
AR16, ST08, KN12
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-E
Swearing in ceremony for Cabinet members, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Chief Justice Earl Warren swears-in President John F. Kennedy's Cabinet members. (L-R) Front row: Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff. Back row: Military Aide General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-D
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for his Cabinet. (L-R) Front row: Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff; Chief Justice Earl Warren. Back row: Military Aide General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6303-C
Swearing-in of Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Treasurer of the United States, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Thomas E. Rudel; Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon (partially hidden); Mrs. Robert W. Gunn; Elizabeth Smith; Mrs. Clarence M. Rudel; President John F. Kennedy; Elizabeth Jane Gunn; Shelley Elizabeth Gunn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6303-B
Swearing in of Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Treasurer of the United States, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Back row: Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon; Mrs. Robert W. Gunn; Elizabeth Smith; Mrs. Clarence M. Rudel; President John F. Kennedy. (L-R) Front row: Elizabeth Jane Gunn, Shelley Elizabeth Gunn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6410-C
Appointment of Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Committee for the Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the Purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. President John F. Kennedy; Treasurer of the United States, Elizabeth Rudel Smith (later Elizabeth Rudel Gatov); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6410-B
Appointment of Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Committee for the Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the Purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. President John F. Kennedy; Treasurer of the United States, Elizabeth Rudel Smith (later Elizabeth Rudel Gatov); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6410-A
Appointment of Elizabeth Rudel Smith as Chairwoman of the Interdepartmental Committee for the Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the Purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds. President John F. Kennedy; Treasurer of the United States, Elizabeth Rudel Smith (later Elizabeth Rudel Gatov); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6764-D
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at Director Rowley’s swearing-in ceremony at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Director Rowley’s brother Reverend Francis P. Rowley; Director Rowley’s sister Marge Rowley Borise; President John F. Kennedy; unidentified clerk (partially hidden); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6764-C
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at Director Rowley’s swearing-in ceremony at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughter Claudia Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6764-B
President John F. Kennedy attends the swearing-in ceremony for new Secret Service Director, James J. Rowley, at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified clerk (holding Bible); Director Rowley’s daughter Donna Rowley (partially hidden); Director Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6764-A
Participants and guests at the swearing-in ceremony for new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secret Service Director James J. Rowley; Director Rowley's daughter Claudia Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-69-3-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed (right of President Kennedy) and guests during Assistant Secretary Reed's swearing-in ceremony. Front Row (L-R): Mr. Reed's daughter Rosmunde Reed, his wife Julia Reed, his son Craig C. Reed, President Kennedy, Mr. Reed, his eldest daughters Candace Reed and Susan H. Reed (order undetermined), Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (standing between Candace and Susan H. Reed), and Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-69-1-62
James A. Reed shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy after being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Assistant Secretary Reed's family looks on, including his wife Julia Reed (left of President Kennedy), his daughter Rosmunde Reed (fourth from left), and his son Craig C. Reed (seventh from left). Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (back to camera) stands at far right; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (partially hidden, fourth from right) stands in front of Assistant Executive Clerk Miller. Also present at the ceremony are Mr. Reed's eldest daughters Candace Reed and Susan H. Reed. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19586
President John F. Kennedy attends the swearing-in ceremony of John McCone as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (L-R) Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson (Washington); Mr. McCone; United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; President Kennedy. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18699
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at Director Rowley’s swearing-in ceremony at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified clerk (mostly out of frame); Director Rowley’s sister Marge Rowley Borise; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Director Rowley’s wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley (partially hidden); Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughter Claudia Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18698
Participants and guests clap at the swearing-in ceremony for new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Director Rowley’s wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley and daughter Donna Rowley; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughters Claudia Rowley and Linda Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18697
Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon talks with new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at Director Rowley’s swearing-in ceremony at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Director Rowley’s sister Marge Rowley Borise; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary Dillon; Director Rowley’s daughter Donna Rowley (partially hidden) and wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughter Claudia Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18695
Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon shakes hands with new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at Director Rowley’s swearing-in ceremony at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Secretary Dillon; unidentified clerk; Director Rowley’s daughter Donna Rowley (mostly hidden); Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s daughter Claudia Rowley.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-197-9-61
Participants and guests attend the swearing-in ceremony for new Secret Service Director James J. Rowley at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Director Rowley’s brother Reverend Francis P. Rowley; Director Rowley’s brother-in-law John Borise; President John F. Kennedy; Director Rowley’s sister Marge Rowley Borise; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; unidentified clerk (holding Bible); Director Rowley’s daughter Donna Rowley; Director Rowley; Director Rowley’s wife Mabel Rita Cluen Rowley. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]