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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TMH-01
In this interview Hesburgh discusses his contact with John F. Kennedy [JFK] before he was elected President; Harris Wofford on JFK’s staff; different members of the Commission on Civil Rights; meeting with President JFK about the Commission’s reports and recommendations; JFK versus Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights, respectively; JFK’s political priorities as President and what that meant for civil rights issues during his Administration; tension between the Commission and the Department of Justice; JFK’s characterization of civil rights as a moral problem; and a shift in Commission reports towards the local level, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ENL-02
In this interview Lincoln discusses her shorthand notes from her time as John F. Kennedy's [JFK] secretary; JFK’s House and Senate files; JFK’s staff; recording telephone calls and meetings in the White House; Lincoln’s filing system in the White House; which materials the JFK Library should collect; and White House staff members Robert F. Kennedy brought in, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LEM-03
In this interview Martin discusses helping fill government positions after John F. Kennedy [JFK] is elected President, 1960; the appointment of African American judges, including Thurgood Marshall to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; providing African American candidates for different agency positions; civil rights crises during JFK’s Administration; Lee White as the White House advisor on civil rights; the civil rights bill introduced in 1963; religious groups in the civil rights movement; the issue of “white backlash”; and working for President JFK versus working for President Lyndon B. Johnson, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-D
KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MPS-01
This interview focuses on Semer’s responsibilities as General Counsel of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), President John F. Kennedy’s active efforts to create affordable housing through legislation, and the role of the HHFA, among other issues.
Collection
JFKWHSFLCW
White House Staff Files 1961-1963. Lawyer, government official. Assistant Special Counsel to the President (1961-1963). General subject file and civil rights file containing correspondence, memorandums, reports, news clippings, drafts, printed material.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30344
President John F. Kennedy’s aides pose on the West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Appointment Secretary, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant for Science and Technology, Jerome B. Wiesner; Special Assistant for Congressional Relations and Personnel, Larry O’Brien; Economic Advisor, Kermit Gordon; Assistant Special Counsel, Lee C. White; Administrative Assistant, Timothy J. Reardon, Jr.; Advisor for National Capital Affairs, Charles A. Horsky; Deputy Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), Edward A. McDermott; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; Ralph A. Dungan; Military Aide, General Chester V. Clifton; Special Counsel, Theodore C. Sorensen; Director of Food for Peace, Richard W. Reuter; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council, Bromley Smith; Special Assistant for National Security, McGeorge Bundy.