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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0941-011
This folder contains correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy; Sam Tarleton, Commissioner of Public Health and Safety for Lake Charles, Louisiana; and various individuals concerning expressions of general support, the political climate of Louisiana, and Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign efforts in the state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-005
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks at a civic reception in New Orleans, Louisiana during which the President was named an honorary citizen of the state.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-101-025
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the state of Louisiana. Materials include memoranda of preparatory information on transportation programs and pending tidelands negotiations for President Kennedy's meeting with Governor Jimmie H. Davis from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer "Mike" Feldman and Special Assistant Counsel to the President Lee C. White.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1104-010
This folder contains a list of members from the Democratic State Central Committee in Louisiana who voted against a ticket containing Senator John F. Kennedy and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson for the 1960 presidential campaign.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0904-018
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech before the Radio and T.V. News Directors Association in New Orleans, Louisiana discussing the important role news media plays in educating citizens and shaping public opinion.
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Bernard L. Boutin Personal Papers
BLBPP-MF20-011
This folder contains material pertaining to federal public works projects in Louisiana. Topics include federal buildings in Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Bienville, Lafayette, and New Orleans.
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Clark Clifford Personal Papers
CCPP-MF03-011
This folder contains an executive order and House Concurrent Resolution from the State of Louisiana seeking President-elect Kennedy's opinion on state sovereignty as it relates to school integration. There are also handwritten notes on Hale Boggs.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6336-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Queen of Mardi Gras and her court, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. President Kennedy talks with the United States National Forestry Queen (holding Smokey Bear doll). Founder of the Mystick Krewe of Louisianians (governing authority of Washington D.C. Mardi Gras) Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana stands partially hidden behind and left of the President. Senator Long's daughter Rita Katherine Long is the 1961 Mardi Gras Queen. Chairman of the Mardi Gras Ball, Congressman Edwin E. Willis of Louisiana stands right of the President, behind the Forestry Queen. Also present is Congressman Willis's wife Estelle Willis.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6412-B
Swearing-in ceremony, Frank B. Ellis, Director of Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM). L-R: Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); President John F. Kennedy; Alice Grima Ellis; Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Frank B. Ellis; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court, John B. Fournet; Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana), no glasses; Senator C. Estes Kefauver (Tennessee), in back; Herman Kohlmeyer, in front. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6412-A
Swearing-in ceremony, Frank B. Ellis, Director of Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM). L-R: Frank B. Ellis; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy; Alice Grima Ellis; Congressman Hale Boggs (Louisiana). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A14-2-61
Presentation ceremony of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. L-R: Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, Najeeb Halaby; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh; Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Commander Shepard; Renza (Emerson) Shepard and Lieutenant Colonel Alan B. Shepard, Sr. (parents of Commander Shepard); astronaut Major Donald K. “Deke” Slayton; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17764
Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; astronaut Captain Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom; President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (behind); Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C17761
Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Administrator of NASA, James E. Webb; President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; White House Secret Service agent, Jim Johnson (far right edge of frame). Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17759
Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Louise Brewer Shepard (wife of Commander Shepard); Renza (Emerson) Shepard (mother of Commander Shepard); Deputy Administrator of NASA, Hugh L. Dryden; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Commander Shepard; President John F. Kennedy; Congressman Overton Brooks (Louisiana); astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right, L-R: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Under Secretary of State, Chester B. Bowles; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin. Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6656-C
Signing the Social Progress Trust Fund Agreement with the Inter American Development Bank. (L-R) Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); José Mora, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS); unidentified man; Felipe Herrera, President of the Inter-American Development Bank; Congressman Otto E. Passman (Louisiana); unidentified man; and Edwin M. Martin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Seated at the desk is President John F. Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6656-B
Signing the Social Progress Trust Fund Agreement with the Inter American Development Bank. (L-R) Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); José Mora, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS); unidentified man; Senator J.W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Eleanor C. McDowell, Attorney Adviser, Department of State Treaty Affairs; Congressman Otto E. Passman (Louisiana); Edwin M. Martin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; unidentified man. Seated at the desk are Felipe Herrera, President of the Inter-American Development Bank, and President John F. Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6656-A
Signing the Social Progress Trust Fund Agreement with the Inter American Development Bank. (L-R) Unidentified man; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); unidentified man; Senator Carl Hayden (Arizona); Senator Styles Bridges (New Hampshire); José Mora, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS); unidentified man; Under Secretary of the Treasury Henry Fowler; unidentified man; Congressman Otto E. Passman (Louisiana); Edwin M. Martin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs; unidentified man; T. Graydon Upton, Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank; Eleanor C. McDowell, Attorney Adviser, Department of State Treaty Affairs; and two unidentified men. Seated at the desk are Felipe Herrera, President of the Inter-American Development Bank, and President John F. Kennedy. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6634-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with deLesseps S. Morrison, United States Ambassador-designate to the Organization of American States (OAS) and Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-E
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (behind Rayburn); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan); Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman William H. Natcher (Kentucky); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-D
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with former President Harry S. Truman after signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr. (Michigan); unidentified; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-B
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman (facing away); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Wymberley Coerr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-C
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-B
President John F. Kennedy signs amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. Looking on, L-R: Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Congressman Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR6599-A
President John F. Kennedy hands out pens after signing amendment to Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. L-R: Congressman Robert A. “Fats” Everett (Tennessee); President Kennedy; Congressman John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Allen Ellender (Louisiana); Congressman E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas). Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-105-9-62
Members of the 1962 Mardi Gras Royal Court and guests gather in the Rose Garden to visit with President John F. Kennedy. The United States National Forestry Queen (holding Smokey Bear doll) stands in front of group. White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]