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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-COC-01
Casey discusses her trip to Uganda, interactions with African dignitaries and State Department officials in the United States, and a meeting with John F. Kennedy about Uganda, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-XXA-2
Sound recording of a telephone conversation between Angela Novello, Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Novello arranges to give briefing papers to Attorney General Kennedy prior to his meeting with Prime Minister A. Milton Obote of Uganda.[White House Operator?] ends the call and machine noise follows the conversation.
Transcript included. This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt XXA, which contains additional sound recording(s) preceding this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-XXA, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt XXA.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-XXA
Dictation Belt XXA contains two sound recordings. Item XXA.1 is a brief telephone exchange between Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln and Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner. Wiesner asks to speak to John A. McCone. Machine noise precedes and follows the exchange. Item XXA.2 is a telephone conversation between Angela Novello, Personal Secretary Evelyn Lincoln, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Novello arranges to give briefing papers to Attorney General Kennedy prior to his meeting with Prime Minister A. Milton Obote of Uganda. [White House Operator?] ends the call and machine noise follows the conversation. Transcript included. Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-025-007
Kay Clifford served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda from 1969 to 1971 as a teacher. She applied to the Peace Corps after reading about and seeing pictures of John F. Kennedy in her hometown of Ann Arbor. Her group was the first to train in Uganda. Clifford's assignment as a teacher in an all girls' gated boarding school was difficult. Idi Amin came into power during her second year. After a Peace Corps volunteer was murdered, everyone left Uganda. In the interview she speaks about her experience in the school and as a teacher and gives an account of the process of leaving the country. Note: Interview ends abruptly. Interviewed and recorded by Ernest Zaremba, August 26, 2004. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-014-007
Part of a series of research interviews conducted by Jonathan Zimmerman for his article "Beyond Double Consciousness: Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, 1961-1971." Dr. David Closson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda from 1966 to 1968. Interviewed by phone, February 1, 1994. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-012
Cathy Olson served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uganda from June 1970 to October 1972 in a education program, then transferred to Ethiopia where she worked as a pharmacist from October 1972 to August 1973. She and her husband Alan served together. In Uganda, she taught in a girl's secondary school and helped the Dutch Catholic Mission Hospital in Kalisizo organize their pharmacy. The couple ended up being evacuated from Uganda due to the threat of violence under the regime of Idi Amin. Olson discusses the violence in Uganda and the evacuation process, as well as their travels to Zanzibar. She completed her service in Ethiopia as a professional pharmacist and taught in a medical assistant school. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, August 24, 2018. 3 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2018-034
Jennifer Mamola was a Peace Corps Volunteer in an education program in Gulu, Uganda, from November 2012 until April 2013 when she was hit by a car and seriously injured. She discusses the circumstances of her accident, the role that Peace Corps played in her evacuation first to Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and then to Pretoria, South Africa, where she spent about a month in the hospital before returning home. Although Mamola praises the Peace Corps for her rapid evacuation and treatment while overseas and the help she received from the Peace Corps Advocate, she faults the agency and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for insensitivity to her needs and the poor medical coverage she has had since her return. (DOL is the agency that administers the Federal Employees Contribution Act (FECA) disability program, which covers Peace Corps volunteers.) Mamola discusses legislation pending in 2018 to address some of the medical issues faced by Peace Corps volunteers. In addition, she talks about Peace Corps training as well as her brief work in rebuilding a library in Uganda, which had been used as a safe space for children during the guerrilla attacks associated with Joseph Kony. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, 6 July 2018. 3 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-20
Motion picture covering the visit of Prime Minister A. Milton Obote of Uganda to the United States (narration throughout the film). Prime Minister Obote and other Ugandan officials arrive by plane. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams makes remarks greeting the Prime Minister and his party at the airport, and the Prime Minister also makes remarks; U.S. Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke is also present to greet the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister visits the White House, Washington, D.C., and meets President John F. Kennedy in the White House Cabinet Room. At Blair House, the Prime Minister stands with Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy outside and discusses Uganda with the press inside. The Prime Minister visits the Lincoln Memorial. At the United Nations (UN) in New York the Prime Minister observes the raising of Uganda's flag and addresses the UN General Assembly. Source: United States Information Agency (USIA); Onscreen credit reads: "Presented by United States Information Service" (USIS). Produced by: Hearst Metrotone Productions. Received from Paul Fisher, White House, 9/18/64.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-22-A
AR28, ST15
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-125-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Uganda. Materials in this folder include memoranda, a copy of the Current Intelligence Weekly Review entry for Uganda, correspondence between President Kennedy and Ugandan Prime Minister A. Milton Obote, an itinerary of Prime Minister Obote's visit to the United States, and press releases concerning the Prime Minister's visit and announcing Uganda's independence from the United Kingdom.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-014-016
Part of a series of research interviews conducted by Jonathan Zimmerman for his article "Beyond Double Consciousness: Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, 1961-1971." Marie Gadsden served on Peace Corps staff in Kenya and Uganda from 1965 to 1967; as training coordinator in Washington, D.C., from 1968 to 1970; and as country director in Togo from 1970 to 1972. Interviewed in person, January 13, 1994. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-014-019
Part of a series of research interviews conducted by Jonathan Zimmerman for his article "Beyond Double Consciousness: Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Africa, 1961-1971." Yvette Hunt served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda in the 1960s. Interviewed by phone, March 2, 1994. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-167-008
This folder contains cables, memoranda, and correspondence regarding Uganda and the visit of its Prime Minister, Milton Obote, to the United States for meetings with President John F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6843-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister of Uganda. (L – R): H.I. Obonyo, member of the Uganda Legislative Council (later known as the National Assembly of Uganda); Chief Minister Kiwanuka; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6843-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister of Uganda. (L – R): H.I. Obonyo, member of the Uganda Legislative Council (later known as the National Assembly of Uganda); Chief Minister Kiwanuka; President Kennedy (in rocking chair). Standing in background are Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs (far right), and two unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6843-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister of Uganda. (L – R): H.I. Obonyo, member of the Uganda Legislative Council (later known as the National Assembly of Uganda); President Kennedy; Chief Minister Kiwanuka; E.B. Bwambali, member of the Uganda Legislative Council. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6843-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Benedicto Kiwanuka, Chief Minister of Uganda. (L – R): H.I. Obonyo, member of the Uganda Legislative Council (later known as the National Assembly of Uganda); President Kennedy; Chief Minister Kiwanuka; E.B. Bwambali, member of the Uganda Legislative Council. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0932-011-p0003
Photograph of hippopotami in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The photograph accompanies a letter to Senator John F. Kennedy from Time magazine correspondent Lee Griggs.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7556-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Uganda, A. Milton Obote, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Minister of Finance and Economics of Uganda, James Simpson; Minister of Justice of Uganda, Grace Ibingira; Prime Minister Obote; Secretary General of the Uganda People's Congress, John Kakonge; President Kennedy; Representative-designate to the United Nations (UN) from Uganda, Apollo Kironde (in back, mostly hidden).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7556-B
President John F. Kennedy escorts Prime Minister of Uganda, A. Milton Obote (left), to a car following a meeting at the White House; photographers and reporters observe. Also pictured: Minister of Justice of Uganda, Grace Ibingira; Minister of Finance and Economics of Uganda, James Simpson; White House photographer for the Associated Press (AP), John Rous; United Press International (UPI) Photographer, Frank Cancellare; White House Secret Service agent, Jerry Blaine. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7556-A
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Prime Minister of Uganda, A. Milton Obote (standing right of open car door), upon Prime Minister Obote's departure from the White House; photographers and reporters observe. Also pictured: Secretary General of the Uganda People's Congress, John Kakonge; Minister of Justice of Uganda, Grace Ibingira; Minister of Finance and Economics of Uganda, James Simpson; United Press International (UPI) Photographer, Frank Cancellare. West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.