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USSI
Microfilm copies of selected records created by the Smithsonian Institution during the administration of President John F. Kennedy.
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USFTC
Records 1958-1964. Microfilm copies of press releases. Paper files include published staff reports, decisions, annual reports, rules and regulations, press releases, news summaries, and speeches of Paul Rand Dixon.
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USTVA
Records 1960-1965 (bulk 1961-1963). Publications, scientific and technical reports, budget documents, correspondence, flood reports, forest inventory statistics, watershed resource summaries, press releases, photographs.
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USICC
Records 1960-1964. Microfilm copies of memorandums, Commission votes, discrimination case files, and publications. Papers include annual reports, hearings, decisions, statistics, publications, and speeches by commissioners.
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USCSC
Records 1961-1963. Chairman's speeches, press releases, monthly reports to the President, directories of key personnel, roster of Presidential appointees, seminars, legislation files, annual reports, Federal Employment Statistics Bulletin, Monthly Report of Federal Employment. RG146.
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USSSS
Microfilm copies of selected letters and memorandums between General Lewis Hershey and the President or White House staff. Hard copy consists of annual reports (1951-1963), management reports, photographs, and a study of the "Impact of Cuban Incidents 1961-1963 on Selective Service System in Florida."
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USFCC
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of selected speeches of Chairman Newton N. Minow; files of the General Counsel; the Legislative Division; and President's report file.
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USDL
Records 1953-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of records created by the Department of Labor during the Kennedy administration, consisting of reading files of correspondence by the Secretary of Labor and other department officials, reports, studies, briefing materials, speeches, press releases, and publications. Also includes records of the Under Secretary of Labor, the Solicitor of Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Office of Policy Planning and Research, the Women's Bureau, the Bureau of Employment Security, the Office of Manpower Automation and Training, and the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. Hard copy printed material includes publications, reports, periodicals, newsletters, statistics and data sets, speeches, press releases, articles, booklets and pamphlets, and promotional material.
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USCAB
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of records concerning reorganization and legislation. Papers consist of published CAB reports. RG197.
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USPRC
Records 1956-1963 (bulk 1960-1962). Drafts, proofs, and galleys of the Commission report, transcripts of proceedings of public hearings, employee exhibits, carrier exhibits, reports and trip surveys, studies and associated data collected from the railroads, news clippings, press releases, correspondence, administrative records, photographs, and reference publications.
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USHHFA
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of subject files, legislative proposals, weekly activity reports, minutes, memorandums, speeches, and publications. Paper records include reports, publications, press releases, hearings, legislation, and statistics concerning the Community Facilities Agency, Urban Renewal Administration, and Public Housing Authority; includes speeches by Robert C. Weaver, Sidney H. Woolner, William L. Slayton, Marie C. McGuire, and Neal J. Hardy.
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USPCSW
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, transcripts, and memorandums of the Commission and its seven subcommittees.
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USPCRVP
Records 1960-1964. Reports, studies, memorandums, printed material, correspondence with elected officials, and administrative files. Also includes compiled information on state election laws, with accompanying analyses.
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USNASC
Records 1961-1963. Microfilm copies of minutes of Council meetings, interagency staff meetings, general subject files, statements, articles, and speeches.
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USNASA
Records 1956-1966 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of speeches, biweekly reports to the White House, minutes of staff meetings, correspondence with the White House, and publications; includes records of the Office of the Administrator, Office for Legislative Affairs, Office of Manned Space Flight, Office of International Programs, Office of the General Counsel, and the Office of Administration. Hard copy includes historical studies, chronologies, reports, publications, scientific and technical publications, press releases, photographs, event programs for Presidential visits, and newsletters by NASA field facilities.
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USFAA
Records 1961-1964. Microfilm copies of subject files, outgoing correspondence of administrator N. E. Halaby, press releases, speeches, and articles on air transportation policy. Hard copy printed material consists of annual reports, task force reports, press releases, and miscellaneous publications.
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USDHEW
Records 1960-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of correspondence, memoranda, reports and publications, legislative files, presidential messages, executive orders, and committee and task force papers. Includes records from the Office of Education, the Social Security Administration, the Welfare Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration. Hard copy printed materials include reports, publications, and brochures issued by HEW.
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USSEC
Records 1961-1964. Selected memorandums, correspondence, and reports. Includes two serial publications: the Statistical Bulletin, and the Quarterly Financial Report for Manufacturing Corporations.
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USGSA
Records 1959-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of records of Administrator Bernard L. Boutin, and the subdivisions of the agency including the Defense Materials Service, Federal Supply Service, National Archives and Records Service, Public Building Service, Transportation and Communications Service, and Utilization and Disposal Service. Hard copy includes correspondence, a prospectus for alterations to the White House, and the Public Building Service's report on the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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USCIA
Records 1960-1963. Microfilm copies of news clippings on Cuba; hard copies and microfilm copies of Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.
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USIC
Records 1960-1961. Record Group 274. Records of the General Chairman, Executive Director, and various subcommittees responsible for staging the events and public ceremonies associated with the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Consists chiefly of correspondence, memorandums, reports, lists, minutes, press releases, plans, photographs, and memorabilia.
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USFMCS
Records 1961-1967 (bulk 1961-1963). Records pertaining to the mediation of labor disputes by Presidential boards of inquiry, special Presidential boards, and the National Labor Management Panel; also includes selected draft speeches and correspondence of William E. Simkin.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF14-008
This folder contains material pertaining to the United States National Cultural Center (later renamed the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) in Washington, D.C. It includes a draft memorandum of understanding between the trustees of the National Cultural Center and the General Services Administration regarding design and construction of the building, and a copy of Public Law 88-260.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF14-007
This folder contains memoranda and correspondence pertaining to the planned demolition of temporary government buildings along the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It also contains seemingly misfiled papers regarding Bernard Boutin's oral history interview for the Kennedy Library, and a list of General Services Administration records that were microfilmed for deposit in the Library.