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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SLU-03
This interview focuses on Robert Frost’s relationship with President Kennedy, Advisory Council on the Arts cultural evenings, the reorganization of the Department of Interior, and the role of the Cabinet, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-234-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-234-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address during a ceremony at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In his speech President Kennedy explains the importance of public service from educated citizens, and describes the role of an artist in society, noting Frost’s contributions to American arts, culture, and ideology. The President discusses the nature of strength and power, famously stating, “When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-082-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks in the White House Fish Room upon presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-076-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks recorded for the television program “Robert Frost: American Poet.”
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-26-B
AR18
Textual folder
Theodore C. Sorensen Personal Papers
TCSPP-072-009
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-037-032
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks upon presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the White House Fish Room. The press copy also includes Frost's response.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-029a-009
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning poet Robert Frost. Materials include correspondence from Frost friend and colleague Hyde Cox, a letter from Frost concerning his upcoming trip to Russia, a copy of Frost's poem "The Prophet's Really Prophesy as Mystics the Commentators Merely by Statistics," and a petition signed by Frost protesting the proposed industrialization of the Indiana Dunes near Chicago.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-047-041
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address during a ceremony at Amherst College granting the President an honorary degree and for the ground-breaking of the Robert Frost Library. In his speech the President describes the role of an artist in society, noting Frost's contributions to American arts, culture, and ideology. He discusses the nature of strength and power, famously stating, "When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." Materials in this folder include note cards and drafts of the speech by Special Assistant to the President and speechwriter Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., in addition to a program for the ceremony and correspondence from the Syracuse University Library. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0008-001
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and the public regarding books, publications, and other writings. The folder also contains correspondence with and about various writers, including poet Robert Frost.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0928-004
This folder contains correspondence related to President John F. Kennedy's remarks regarding the poet Robert Frost at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, as well as his address upon receiving an honorary degree from Amherst College on the same day.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0928-003
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks regarding the poet Robert Frost at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Robert Frost Library at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-042-032
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's statement on the death of poet Robert Frost. Materials in this folder include a press copy of the statement and an announcement from Nathan Marsh Pusey, President of Harvard University.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7118-C
President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative James A. Burke of Massachusetts; Erma Lee Udall (mostly hidden; wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); President Kennedy; Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts; Robert Frost; Secretary Udall (mostly hidden behind Frost).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7118-A
President John F. Kennedy presents a Congressional Gold Medal to poet Robert Frost in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. Standing behind President Kennedy are (L-R): Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia (partially hidden).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-141-5-62
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere; an unidentified man (left) stands at lectern. Seated in front row (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); Lady Bird Johnson; Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost; Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring); unidentified; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); Grete Koht; and Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling; former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; and Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Lester B. Pearson. Also pictured: Dorothy Léger; Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; and Broadway producer, Arthur Cantor. White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratches on image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-141-32-62
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy (center left) visits with Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center right) visits with poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost. Also pictured: Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; Nobel Prize-winning biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; Sandra Leverant Goodwin; Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring); literary critic, Diana Trilling; and Nobel Prize-winning chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-141-24-62
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. Seated in front row (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall), mostly hidden; Lady Bird Johnson (mostly hidden); Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost; Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring); unidentified; writer, Mary Welsh Hemingway (widow of Nobel Prize-winning author, Ernest Hemingway); Grete Koht; and Ambassador of Norway, Paul Koht. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Linus Pauling; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; and chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey. Also pictured: Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; and Broadway producer, Arthur Cantor. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21228
Actor Fredric March (left) performs a reading of excerpts from the works of the late Nobel Prize winners, former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall, and authors, Sinclair Lewis and Ernest Hemingway, during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. Seated in front row (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (partially hidden); Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of General Marshall); Lady Bird Johnson; Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost; and Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring). Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; and chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey. Also pictured: Dorothy Léger; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; author, Van Wyck Brooks; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; and Sandra Leverant Goodwin. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21220
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. Seated in front row (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); Lady Bird Johnson; Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost; and Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring). Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; and chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey. Also pictured: Dorothy Léger; President of Atlanta University, Dr. Rufus E. Clement; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; author, Van Wyck Brooks; Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; author, John Dos Passos; literary critic, Diana Trilling; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; Sandra Leverant Goodwin; and composer, Alexei Haieff. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21219
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy (center left) visits with Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center right) visits with poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost. Lady Bird Johnson (left) and Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring) sit in front row. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: former director of the Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University, Dr. Selman A. Waksman; Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud; Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey; and Director of the Research Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Dr. John F. Enders. Also pictured: Dorothy Léger; President of Atlanta University, Dr. Rufus E. Clement; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; author, Van Wyck Brooks; literary critic, Lionel Trilling; Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; author, John Dos Passos; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; Sandra Leverant Goodwin; and composer, Alexei Haieff. White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21218
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. Seated in front row (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Katherine Tupper Marshall (widow of Nobel Prize winner and former Secretary of State, General George C. Marshall); Lady Bird Johnson; Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost; and Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring). Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: physicist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Emilio Segré; poet, Alexis Léger (Saint-John Perse); Gerhard Gade University Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Edward M. Purcell; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; Director of the Department of Pediatrics and Contagious Diseases at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, Dr. Frederick C. Robbins; and chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Harold C. Urey. Also pictured: Dorothy Léger; President of Atlanta University, Dr. Rufus E. Clement; Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; literary critic, Lionel Trilling; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; Sandra Leverant Goodwin; and composer, Alexei Haieff. White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21216
President John F. Kennedy and others gather in the East Room to attend a reading by actor Fredric March of excerpts from the works of late American Nobel Prize winners during a dinner in honor of Nobel laureates from the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy (center left) visits with Nobel Prize-winning author, Pearl S. Buck; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center right) visits with poet and Nobel Prize nominee, Robert Frost. Lady Bird Johnson (left) and Agnes Charlier Jarring (wife of Ambassador of Sweden, Gunnar Jarring) sit in front row. Other Nobel Prize winners pictured include: Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud; biochemist from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Melvin Calvin; and Director of the Research Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Dr. John F. Enders. Also pictured: Steve Smith (brother-in-law of President Kennedy); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; author, Van Wyck Brooks; Genevieve Jemtegaard Calvin; literary critics, Lionel Trilling and Diana Trilling; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Richard N. Goodwin; Sandra Leverant Goodwin; and composer, Alexei Haieff. White House, Washington, D.C.