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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-21-A
ST04
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RDOC-01
Campos discusses U.S.-Brazilian relations under the Brazilian presidential administrations of Jânio da Silva Quadros and João Goulart; the Alliance for Progress; Goulart’s state visit to the United States; and the Brazilian reaction to the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JMC-01
Cabot discusses Brazil’s involvement in the Alliance for Progress, U.S. foreign policy towards Poland and Eastern Europe during the John F. Kennedy Administration, and U.S.-China relations during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LIG-01
Gordon discusses JFK’s interest in Latin American Affairs, functions of the ambassador position, Latin and South American politics, and Brazilian government during the time of the 1964 coup, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-22-C
KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-06-D
ST08
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-112-013
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Brazil. Materials concern Brazil's financial situation, the political situation with the resignation of President Jânio Quadros, and the presentation of credentials by Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Roberto de Oliveira Campos.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-242-006
This folder contains telegrams from Department of State officials, including United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, regarding proposed trips to Brazil in July and November 1962 by President John F. Kennedy and subsequent postponements. Topics include a schedule for the advance security and planning teams; suggested itineraries for President Kennedy; staff designations for coordination between the White House and Brazil; and the form of scope, talking, position, and background papers in preparation for the President’s trip. Also included in this folder is a press release of an exchange of letters between President Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart regarding the postponement of the November 1962 trip due to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-242-005
This folder contains telegrams from Department of State officials, including United States Ambassador to Brazil Lincoln Gordon, regarding a proposed trip to Brazil by President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent postponement due to political unrest in the country. Topics include suggested itineraries, including stops in the cities of São Paulo, Recife, Natal, and Brasilia; meetings between President Kennedy and President of Brazil João Goulart; and potential security issues. Also included in this folder is a draft statement announcing the postponement and a memorandum to President Kennedy from White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger regarding Salinger’s trip to Brazil and meeting with President Goulart.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-066-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. Topics include candidates for ambassador to Italy, the Jasna Gora monastery in Poland, and a visit to the White House by members of the Brazilian National War College.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19179
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Ambassador of Brazil. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19178
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Ambassador of Brazil. Unidentified photographers and staff members, including Assistant Special Counsel to the President Richard "Dick" Goodwin (far right), stand in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-45-1-62
President John F. Kennedy meets with US Ambassador to Brazil, Lincoln Gordon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-236-3-61
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos (back to camera), Ambassador of Brazil. In background: Assistant Press Secretary; Jay W. Gildner; White House Secret Service agent, Mike Mastrovito; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; National Park Service (NPS) photographer, Abbie Rowe; White House photographer, Chief Robert L. Knudsen; other unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-213-2-61
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the United States Ambassador to Brazil, Lincoln Gordon, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-213-1-61
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with the United States Ambassador to Brazil, Lincoln Gordon, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6846-A
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Roberto de Oliveira Campos, Ambassador of Brazil. Standing in background (L-R): unidentified photographer; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard "Dick" Goodwin; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-20577
President John F. Kennedy meets with Brazilian Ambassador to Italy, Hugo Gouthier. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
JMCPP
Diplomat. Ambassador to Pakistan (1952-1953); Ambassador to Colombia (1957-1959); Ambassador to Brazil (1959-1961); Ambassador to Poland (1962-1965). The Diplomatic Papers of John Moors Cabot. Copies of diplomatic papers concerning Latin America, Europe, general political and diplomatic materials, and diaries. [Originals deposited in the Edwin Ginn Library, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts]. 22 rolls of microfilm.
Collection
LGPP
Papers, 1931-2007. Educator, economist, diplomat, government official. Member, John F. Kennedy's Task Force on Immediate Latin American Problems (1960); Ambassador to Brazil (1961-1966); Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1966-1967). Records from his service in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations; his teaching career at Harvard Business School; his World War II era work at the War Production Board, the Economic Cooperation Administration, and the Mutual Security Agency; his presidency of Johns Hopkins University; and his research projects as a scholar at several non-profit think tanks such as the Brookings Institution.