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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WMB-02
Blair discusses the Danish reaction to John F. Kennedy’s death, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WMB-01
Blair discusses Adlai E. Stevenson’s relationship to John F. Kennedy in 1956 and 1960, the debate over which position Stevenson would be appointed to in the Kennedy administration, and Blair’s appointment as ambassador to Denmark, among other issues.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-042
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s greetings to the citizens of Denmark on their 50th observance of the United States’ Independence Day (Fourth of July). The remarks were recorded on June 23, 1962, for the July 4, 1962, Rebild festival in Denmark. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the contributions of Danish-American citizens, and explains the countries’ common democratic traditions, sense of individualism, and purpose in the Atlantic community. Accession MR-1965-076.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-194-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s taped remarks to Danish-Americans to be played at their 4th of July celebration in Rebild, Jutland, Denmark. In his address the President expresses his gratitude for the friendship between the United States and Denmark.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-108-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s greetings to the citizens of Denmark on their 50th observance of the United States’ Independence Day. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the contributions of Danish-American citizens, and explains the countries’ common democratic traditions, sense of individualism, and purpose in the Atlantic community.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-04-E
AR30, KN26
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-222-006
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Subjects include NATO strategic and defense planning; a NAC (North Atlantic Council) meeting discussing nuclear testing, disarmament, and the situation in Berlin; and relations between the Soviet Union and Denmark.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-061-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and other aspects of his life from 1936 to 1940. The scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, postcards, and printed ephemera related to his time at Harvard University; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; trips to various European countries; and social events and activities. Newspaper and periodical clippings cover a wide range of topics, including Joe, Jr.’s athletic career and involvement in student government at Harvard; the Kennedy family’s arrival in London, England, following Joe, Sr.'s appointment as ambassador; the prospect of British involvement in the global conflict that became World War II; Joe, Sr.'s opinions on and actions related to the war; and other political and society news and events. Others featured in clippings and pictured in photographs include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; his grandparents, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; his cousin, Joseph Francis Gargan, Jr.; and family friend, Hugh Fraser. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including a ball at Buckingham Palace; event programs; menus; tickets; and calling cards. Of note are a set of fingerprints that Joe, Jr., had taken during a visit to the Boston Police Headquarters; an envelope containing five bird feathers; photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag for a Harvard theater production; clippings related to his purported relationship with figure skater Megan Taylor; a letter from British Member of Parliament, Anthony Eden; photographic prints and postcards that capture a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; a photograph of Joe, Jr., aboard the R.M.S. Mauretania; clippings related to Joe, Jr.’s voyage from London to New York City, New York; Spanish paper currency; an unsent postcard addressed to Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy, nanny to the Kennedy children, signed by Joe, Jr.; a photographic postcard signed by Alois Lang, the actor who portrayed Jesus in the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; contact prints of strips of 35mm black and white negatives that capture scenes from Joe, Jr.’s 1939 trip to Spain with Kathleen following the end of the Spanish Civil War, including images of Spanish Loyalist tanks and damage from the siege of the Alcázar of Toledo; a photographic postcard featuring an image of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Hermann Göring; signed portrait photos of several unidentified women; and prints of four watercolor illustrations depicting scenes from the Spanish Civil War, credited to “Artillery Lieutenant Luis Serrano.” Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Warsaw, Poland; Cannes, France; Capri, Rome, Venice, Naples, and Amalfi, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark; Czechoslovakia; Killarney and other locations in Ireland; and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Original handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in black ink on some of the leaves. This photograph album contains 164 photographic prints and postcards, 134 newspaper and periodical clippings, 29 pieces of printed ephemera, six banknotes and two banknote fragments, four pieces of correspondence, and four prints of watercolor drawings.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Denmark. Materials pertain to a luncheon held in honor of the Prime Minister of Denmark Viggo Kampmann and a call on President Kennedy by Danish Foreign Minister Per Christian Haekkerup.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-148-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Denmark. Materials include correspondence between United States Ambassador to Denmark William McCormick Blair and Evelyn Lincoln and President Kennedy; a visit to the United States by Prime Minister of Denmark Viggo Kampmann; and a condolence letter from the President to Mrs. Niels Bohr on the death of her husband. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-029-004
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-002-003
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-007-009
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25428
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Per Hækkerup. Ambassador of Denmark, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt, sits at far left. An unidentified photographer stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25427
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Per Hækkerup. Ambassador of Denmark, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt, sits at far left. An unidentified photographer stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25426
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Per Hækkerup. Ambassador of Denmark, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt, sits at far left. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6346-A
Luncheon honoring Prime Minister of Denmark. President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Denmark Viggo Kampmann stand together in the Green Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-33-63
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with Prince Georg Valdemar of Denmark. Also pictured: Prime Minister of Denmark, Jens Otto Krag; Ambassador of Denmark, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt; Prince Jean of Luxembourg; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Eugène Schaus; Ambassador of Luxembourg, Georges Heisbourg; Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco (mostly hidden); Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco, Ahmed-Réda Guedira; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-78-2-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to Denmark William McCormick “Bill” Blair, Jr. and Catherine “Deeda” Gerlach (later “Deeda” Blair) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-78-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to Denmark William McCormick “Bill” Blair, Jr. and Catherine “Deeda” Gerlach (later “Deeda” Blair) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7620-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Per Hækkerup. Ambassador of Denmark, Count Kjeld Gustav Knuth-Winterfeldt, sits at far left. An unidentified photographer stands in background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6459-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassadors before the Ambassadors depart for their respective posts, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: US Ambassador to Ireland, Edward G. Stockdale; US Ambassador to Finland, Bernard Gufler; US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Aaron S. Brown; President Kennedy; US Ambassador to the Netherlands, John Rice; US Ambassador to Sweden, J. Graham Parsons; US Ambassador to Denmark, William Blair; US Ambassador to Guinea, William Attwood.