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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-017-025
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-016-023
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-003-030
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Ira Kapenstein Personal Papers
IKPP-008-003
This folder contains correspondence and drafts concerning an article written by Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien for Playboy magazine, which was ultimately not published.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0937-015
This folder contains a letter, newspaper article, and memorandum from Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy, concerning a speaking engagement invitation in Indiana for Robert F. Kennedy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0936-005
This folder contains memoranda from Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy, concerning the budget for Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign headquarters in Indiana.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0954-002
This folder contains telegrams, a newspaper article, and correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy; Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator Kennedy; and various individuals concerning expressions of general support and Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign efforts in New Hampshire.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0953-023
This folder contains memoranda, a newspaper article, and correspondence between Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy; Bernard Boutin, Democratic National Committeeman from New Hampshire; and various individuals concerning the budget for Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign efforts in New Hampshire.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0953-022
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, and correspondence between Senator John F. Kennedy; Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator Kennedy; Bernard Boutin, Democratic National Committeeman from New Hampshire; and various individuals concerning Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign efforts in New Hampshire and the state’s delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-008
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, press releases, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Congressional representatives, and individual citizens concerning Executive Order 11063, Equal Opportunity in Housing, prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing. The folder also contains reports on cases of discrimination against visiting African diplomats.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0371-006
Materials in this folder include telegrams, memoranda, and correspondence between President John F. Kennedy, Assistant Special Counsel to the President Lee C. White, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, various members of the White House staff, and individual citizens concerning incidents of discrimination against visiting African diplomats, the activities of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and a proposed executive order prohibiting discrimination in federally assisted housing (later issued as Executive Order 11063).
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation appear throughout. Topics include education, foreign aid, tax reform, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "11/63 Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include a press release concerning agriculture, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and a letter from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dean Rush concerning American exports to the Soviet Union. Memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation are found throughout. Topics include education, agriculture, tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and veterans' pensions. The folder was originally titled "10/63 Military pay, Veterans pensions, Wheat, CIA."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and Kermit Gordon, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include health, education, tax reform, social services, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "9/63 Child welfare, Budget."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-007
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include press releases concerning tax and foreign aid legislation, summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien, and David E. Bell, Administrator of the Agency for International Development, concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include tax reform, foreign aid, the national debt, and the nuclear test ban treaty. The folder was originally titled "8/13/63-8/26/63 Budget, Taxation, Civil Service Commission, Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include summaries of Senate legislative activities, overviews of legislative items recommended by the President, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include foreign aid, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "8/2/63-8/12/63 None."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include a summary of Senate legislative activities, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien. Topics include tax reform, civil rights, foreign aid, and labor disputes in the railroad industry. The folder was originally titled "7/63 Railroad strikes, Taxation, Civil rights, Foreign aid."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies and memoranda from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien. Topics include education, mass transit, and mental health, but the majority of materials concerns pending civil rights legislation. The folder was originally titled "6/63 Civil rights."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include a report of Senate activities, a report on economic policies during the 1958 and 1960 recessions, statistical data on federal expenditures, and reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies. Memoranda from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield, Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation appear throughout. Topics include feed grain, civil rights, education, and the national debt. The folder was originally titled "5/63 Economy, cotton."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-053-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include a press release concerning campaign finance legislation, copies of a proposed campaign finance report bill, a report on financing the United Nations, reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include mass transit, political campaigns, youth employment, and salaries for federal employees. The folder was originally titled "4/63 Federal salaries, Political campaign financing, Republican committee."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-017
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies and memoranda from Special Assistant Council to the President Lee C. White, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include tax reform, public works, international relations, youth employment, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "3/63 Public works, McNamara."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0927-021
This folder contains materials concerning Senator John F. Kennedy’s trips to California during his 1960 presidential campaign, including telegrams, memoranda, newspaper articles, a press release, and correspondence between Senator Kennedy; Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien, Assistant to Senator Kennedy; and other members of the Senator's staff.
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Bernard L. Boutin Personal Papers
BLBPP-MF05-027
This folder contains an alphabetical file of political correspondence related to John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in New Hampshire. Most of the correspondence is with Larry O'Brien.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-011
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, a report on the McClellan-Jensen Bill for a Joint Budget Committee, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman, Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. Topics include cotton, poultry, and the federal budget. The folder was originally titled "2/63 Cotton, Poultry, Budget, Mills, Cooley, Cannon."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-052-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning legislative activities and efforts to enact the Kennedy Administration's legislative program. Items include reports on the legislative efforts of individual government agencies, a copy of H.R. 3139, an amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and memoranda from Deputy Special Counsel to the President Myer Feldman (with handwritten notations by the President), Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, and Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien concerning individual congressmen and pieces of legislation. The folder was originally titled "1/63 Wool, Education, Civil rights, Mansfield."