Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-140-028
This folder is part of an addition to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, and consists of items that were recovered by the National Archives and Records Administration on behalf of the Kennedy Presidential Library from the estate of Robert L. White concerning President Kennedy's collection of scrimshaw and ship models. Materials in this folder include memoranda, summaries of individual models and engravings, photographs of specific models, and correspondence, including a letter from the President's friend Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings regarding the model of the USS Constitution given to Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev.