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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ATH-01
In this interview Hatcher discusses working for Adlai E. Stevenson at the 1956 Democratic National Convention; his personal and working relationship with Pierre E.G. Salinger; working for Governor Edmund G. Brown, 1959–1960; how he came to work on John F. Kennedy's [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; various personalities both in the Democratic National Committee and on JFK’s 1960 campaign staff; press work, demonstrations, and delegations at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; and the discussion of the 1960 Democratic vice-presidential choice, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BJC-02
In this interview she discusses the White House photographers, Pierre Salinger’s policies, White House pressoperations, and the Kennedy family’s reaction to press coverage, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BJC-01
In this interview Coleman discusses Pierre Salinger’s press operations during the 1960 primaries and the presidential campaign, the Democratic National Convention, and Salinger’s relationship with the Kennedy administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CC-03
Camp discusses the staff and operations of the Office of the White House Press Secretary, daily White House press briefings, press coverage of the Kennedy family, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Collection
PFC
Color transparencies documenting Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential primary campaign stops in Northern Indiana, including a visit to the University of Notre Dame; rallies in Elkhart, Gary, Hammond, Mishawaka, and South Bend; and images of the presidential primary election night at Kennedy headquarters in Indianapolis.
Collection
LMPC
Photographs, 1957-1963. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by LOOK Magazine, Cowles Communications, Inc., featuring John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as Senator through his presidency. Members of the Kennedy family, Kennedy administration and foreign dignitaries also appear.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-09-A
ST28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-12-A
ST12, KN21
Moving image
President's Personal Pictures
JFKPPP-35
Silent motion picture containing informal footage of weekend activities of President John F. Kennedy and his guests at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Guests include Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne) Billings, Charles Spalding, British ambassador to the United States (William) David Ormsby-Gore, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President McGeorge Bundy, Stephen Smith, Jean Kennedy Smith, Stanislaus Radziwill, and Lee Radziwill. Also included is footage of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, and John F. Kennedy Jr.Photography by: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Moving image
President's Personal Pictures
JFKPPP-19
Silent motion picture containing candid footage of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., some of the children’s cousins, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne) Billings, and Press Secretary Pierre Salinger on vacation, staying on Squaw Island at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.Source: White House/Cecil Stoughton; Wolper 868A 91205B.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-31-E
KN25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-18-A
KN23
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17174
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and daughter Caroline Kennedy depart the White House for Glen Ora in Middleburg, Virginia. President John F. Kennedy carries his daughter Caroline across a cleared path on the snow-covered South Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Following behind: Jacqueline Kennedy follows with Nurse Maud Shaw (partially hidden); Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Naval Aide to the President Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; unidentified White House staff members.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6321-B
President John F. Kennedy watches his daughter Caroline as she touches a snowman made for her on the White House driveway, Washington, D.C. Chief Gardener of the White House Robert M. Redmond stands right of the snowman. White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger watches from behind Caroline.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C25-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (center right) and others stand on the deck of United States Coast Guard utility boat "Horsewhip II" off the coast of Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Left to right: Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. "Red" Fay; President Kennedy's sister, Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Naval Aide to the President, Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr. (in back); the President (in foreground); White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-2-63
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (center, back turned) addresses reporters at Otis Air Force Base following the death of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s newborn son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur, stands left of Salinger; all others are unidentified. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-1-63
Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (center left, back turned) addresses reporters at Otis Air Force Base following the death of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s newborn son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh, stands at far left; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur, stands left of Salinger. All others are unidentified. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.