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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-04-29-A
AR06
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-044-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps Morrison (former Mayor of New Orleans) as the United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Robert F. Woodward as the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. In his speech the President thanks the honorees for accepting their new roles and responsibilities in order to accomplish the goals of the Alliance for Progress.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-24-A
ST07
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-035-028
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the swearing in of deLesseps Morrison (former Mayor of New Orleans) as the United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States and Robert F. Woodward as the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. In his speech the President voices his appreciation for the honorees' new roles in making the Alliance for Progress a reality. Materials in this folder include a press copy of the President's remarks (with responses from the honorees and Senator Allen Ellender) and a list of invited guests.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18849-A
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. (L-R) General Enrique Ciriani, Chief of the Military Household of President Prado; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru; unidentified woman; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (on platform); Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; President John F. Kennedy. Members of the United States Marine Band stand on platform in background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18372
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. (L – R): Robert Woodward; President John F. Kennedy; deLesseps Morrison (taking oath); John Randolph "Randy" Morrison; Frank K. Sanderson, White House Administrative Officer; Florida Senator George Smathers (back right, behind two men wearing glasses); others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18371
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. John Randolph "Randy" Morrison (held by deLesseps Morrison) shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy; Florida Senator George Smathers (back right, behind two men wearing glasses); others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18370
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Robert Woodward, shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy; deLesseps Morrison (left, wearing white suit and red tie); John Randolph "Randy" Morrison (held by unidentified man); others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18369
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. deLesseps Morrison, shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy; John Randolph "Randy" Morrison (between deLesseps Morrison and President Kennedy); Florida Senator George Smathers (back right, between President Kennedy and a man wearing glasses); others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18368
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; Virginia Woodward; Robert Woodward (taking oath); Frank K. Sanderson, White House Administrative Officer. deLesseps Morrison (wearing white suit and red tie); Florida Senator George Smathers (back right, behind two men wearing glasses); others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18367
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. (L – R): Robert Woodward; Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey; Virginia Woodward. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6547-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with US ambassadors before they depart the United States for their posts. L-R: US Ambassador to Chile, Robert F. Woodward; US Ambassador to Togo, Leon B. Poullada; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles; US Ambassador to Luxembourg, James W. Wine. Oval Office White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M34-3-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Argentina, Arturo Frondizi, at the home of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Seated (L-R): Foreign Minister of Argentina, Dr. Miguel Angel Cárcano; President Kennedy; President Frondizi; Argentine Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Emilio Donato del Carril. Standing (L-R): Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward; Dr. Carlos Ortiz de Rosas and Dr. Oscar Camilión, both from the Argentine foreign office.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M34-2-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Argentina, Arturo Frondizi, at the home of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Seated (L-R): Foreign Minister of Argentina, Dr. Miguel Angel Cárcano; President Kennedy; President Frondizi; Argentine Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Emilio Donato del Carril. Standing (L-R): Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward; Dr. Carlos Ortiz de Rosas and Dr. Oscar Camilion, both from the Argentine foreign office.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M34-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with President of Argentina, Arturo Frondizi, at the home of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Seated (L-R): Foreign Minister of Argentina, Dr. Miguel Angel Cárcano; President Kennedy; President Frondizi; Argentine Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Emilio Donato del Carril. Standing (L-R): Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward; Dr. Carlos Ortiz de Rosas and Dr. Oscar Camilion, both from the Argentine foreign office.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C290-2-61
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy addresses the audience in Spanish at La Morita Resettlement Project in La Morita, Venezuela, at a ceremony granting farmers titles to land under the Agrarian Reform Program. President John F. Kennedy stands to the right of Mrs. Kennedy; President of Venezuela Rómulo Betancourt sits to the right of President Kennedy in the front row. US State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes, stands to the left of Mrs. Kennedy. Also seated in the group at right: United States Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Chester B. Bowles, President Kennedy's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin-American Affairs; US Ambassador to Venezuela, Teodoro Moscoso; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert F. Woodward; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-9-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform (L-R): President Prado; President John F. Kennedy; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer (partially hidden behind Under Secretary Bowles). Standing left of platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing pink suit); First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden behind Mrs. De Prado); Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Claribel Berckemeyer (far left), wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer. Members of the United States Marine Band stand in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-6-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform (L-R): President Prado; President John F. Kennedy; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer (partially hidden behind Under Secretary Bowles); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb; United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (at bottom right, saluting) stands next to the platform. Standing left of platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing pink suit); First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden behind Mrs. De Prado); Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Claribel Berckemeyer (far left), wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer. Members of the United States Marine Band stand in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-5-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform are: (L-R) Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; President Prado; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia Walter Tobriner. Standing in audience behind platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden); Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-4-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand near the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. Audience includes: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); General Enrique Ciriani, Chief of the Military Household of President Prado; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward; Virginia Rusk, wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Claribel Berckemeyer, wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer. Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru and Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles stand on the platform. Members of the United States Marine Band stand in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-3-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform (L-R): President Prado; President John F. Kennedy; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (turned away from camera); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer (partially hidden behind Under Secretary Bowles); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb; United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (at bottom right, saluting) stands next to the platform. Standing left of platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing pink suit); First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden); Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Claribel Berckemeyer (far left in audience), wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer. Members of the United States Marine Band stand in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-2-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. (L-R) First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden behind Mrs. de Prado); President Prado; President John F. Kennedy; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer (partially hidden behind Under Secretary Bowles); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb. Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (at bottom right) stands next to the platform.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-10-61
President John F. Kennedy speaks at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform are: (L-R) Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru; President Prado; Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer; President Kennedy; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia Walter Tobriner. Standing in audience behind platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers) Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden); and Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A30-1-61
Attendees at the arrival ceremony of President Dr. Manuel Prado Ugarteche of Peru stand at the reviewing platform at the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, Arlington County, Virginia. On platform (L-R): President Prado; President John F. Kennedy; Luis Alvarado Garrido, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru (turned away from camera); Under Secretary of State Chester Bowles; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Lemnitzer (mostly hidden behind Under Secretary Bowles); Ambassador to the United States from Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to Peru James Loeb; United States Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke. Military Aide to the President Chester V. Clifton (at bottom right, saluting) stands next to the platform. Standing left of platform: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (wearing pink suit); First Lady Clorinda Málaga de Prado of Peru (holding flowers); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Robert Woodward (partially hidden); Virginia Rusk (wearing gray suit), wife of Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Claribel Berckemeyer (far left in audience), wife of Ambassador Berckemeyer. Members of the United States Marine Band stand in the background.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6695-D
Swearing-in ceremonies for deLesseps S. Morrison as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Robert F. Woodward as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. Robert Woodward (far left); deLesseps Morrison (behind President Kennedy, wearing white suit); President John F. Kennedy; others unidentified. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.