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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJC-02
Celebrezze discusses mental health and mental retardation programs and legislation during the Kennedy administration, and John F. Kennedy’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJB-01
Begab discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the White House Conference on Mental Retardation, and legislation during the Kennedy administration on mental healthcare and research, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EMB-02
Boggs discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the different task forces, drafting its final report, the disciplines and personalities represented on the Panel, and the Panel’s investigative mission to the Netherlands, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EMB-01
Boggs discusses National Association for Retarded Children's (NARC) legislative and public policy goals during the 1950s and 1960s, frustration at John F. Kennedy's lack of action on mental retardation during his time in Congress, the inner workings of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJL-01
This interview focuses on the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation’s attempts to pass legislation concerning people with developmental and intellectual disabilities (referred to as "the handicapped" or "mentally retarded") and Lesser’s experiences working with the Kennedy family, among other topics.Content note: This folder contains records that use now-outdated language to describe people with intellectual disabilities. The material is available here in its original form to facilitate research of the historical record.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ED-01
Davens discusses his recollections of the Panel, its priorities and decision-making processes, and his impressions of President John F. Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LWM-01
This interview focuses on the inner workings of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation and the drafting of the panel’s report, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RLM-01
This interview focuses on advances in the research of mental handicaps that were made during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SLW-01
Warren discusses the mental retardation program John F. Kennedy [JFK] asked him to lead. He discusses his role, his staff, and the legislation that this program created, as well as the Kennedy family’s experience with mental retardation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PGR-01
This interview focuses on the 1960 election in Florida and legislation on support for the mentally handicapped during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DBR-01
This interview focuses on the efforts of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation to have legislation passed and their work with Congressmen and state governors to have it passed, among other topics.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-AW-02
Walinsky discusses the beginning of Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] senatorial career, the Appalachia and Elementary School Aid bills, and the process of writing RFK’s speeches, among other issues.