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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-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-10-B
AR40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-26-B
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-11-B
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-03-23-B
AR04
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6669-C
President John F. Kennedy hands a pen to Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon) after signing H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Neuberger, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, unidentified man (partially hidden), Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, unidentified man, and Congressman William C. Cramer (Florida). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6669-A
President John F. Kennedy prepares to sign the H.R. 6713 Public Law 87-61 Federal Aid Highway Act, amending certain laws and other provisions regarding the Federal highway program. (L-R) Congressman John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin), Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), Congressman Noah M. Mason (Illinois), Congressman Gordon H. Scherer (Ohio), Congressman Thomas J. O’Brien (Illinois), Congressman Wilbur Mills (Arkansas), Senator Robert Kerr (Oklahoma), Senator Harry F. Byrd (Virginia), Congressman John McCormack (Massachusetts), Senator Francis Case (South Dakota), President Kennedy (seated at desk), Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan), Senator Dennis Chávez (New Mexico), Congressman John A. Blatnik (Minnesota), Congressman George H. Fallon (Maryland), Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon), Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges, two unidentified men, and Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8104-G
President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers an address to the luncheon meeting at the national conference of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963 held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Sitting behind table on stage (L-R): Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Reverend Frederick Brown Harris; unidentified; President of the Chase Manhattan Bank and Business Committee member, David Rockefeller; Under Secretary of the Treasury, Henry H. Fowler; Chairman of the Ford Motor Company and Co-Chairman of the Business Committee for Tax Reduction in 1963, Henry Ford II; President Kennedy (standing); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Chairman of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and Business Committee member, Frazar B. Wilde; unidentified. White House Secret Service agent Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey sits at table in front of stage, facing audience.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6450-C
Signing of the Instrument of Ratification for US Membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). President John F. Kennedy sits at desk. Standing (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6450-A
Signing of the Instrument of Ratification for US Membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). President John F. Kennedy sits at desk, signing document. Standing around President Kennedy are (L-R): Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Senator Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
USDT
Records 1960-1964 (bulk 1961-1963). Microfilm copies of memorandums, reports, budget documents, position papers on legislation, planning documents, briefings, publications; includes records of the Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, offices, bureaus and divisions of the Department, the personal papers of Robert A. Wallace, Seymour E. Harris, and John C. Bullitt, and records of the Bureau of Customs, the Director of the Mint, Bureau of Narcotics, Internal Revenue Service, Comptroller of the Currency, and the Treasurer of the United States. Hard copy includes publications, press releases, and speeches and statements of C. Douglas Dillon, Henry Fowler, James J. Saxon, and Robert Roosa.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-H
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified (in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-G
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan (North Carolina); Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); unidentified (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-E
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-C
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-B
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): unidentified; Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert (in back, mostly hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in shadow); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7535-A
President John F. Kennedy (seated) delivers remarks at the signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Chairman of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), Carl J. Gilbert; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; two unidentified (both in back); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-4-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative James C. Wright, Jr.; Representative Ray Roberts; former aides to the late House Speaker, Jack Neathery and Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr.; Representative Walter Rogers; former aides to the late House Speaker, Jack Neathery and Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Joe M. Kilgore; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Joseph W. Barr; Representative Graham Purcell; Representative John Dowdy; Representative Bob Casey (in back, mostly hidden); Federal Legislative Counsel of the American Bankers Association and former administrative assistant to the late House Speaker, John Holton; former aide to the late House Speaker, D. B. Hardeman; Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Representative Ray Roberts; Representative Walter Rogers; former aide to the late House Speaker, Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Representative John Young (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage; Representative Olin E. Teague; Representative Jack Brooks (in back, mostly hidden); Representative O. C. Fisher; Representative Albert Thomas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-403-1-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks upon signing a Senate Joint Resolution to authorize a commemorative medal in honor of late Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas). Standing (L-R): Representative Joe M. Kilgore; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Joseph W. Barr; Representative Graham Purcell; Representative John Dowdy; Federal Legislative Counsel of the American Bankers Association and former administrative assistant to the late House Speaker, John Holton; former aide to the late House Speaker, D. B. Hardeman; Representative Clark W. Thompson; Representative James C. Wright, Jr. (in back, partially hidden); Representative Ray Roberts; Representative Walter Rogers; former aide to the late House Speaker, Lorraine Kimbrough; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Robert A. Wallace; former aide to the late House Speaker, Bernice Frazier; long-time secretary to the late House Speaker, Alla Clary; Representative J. T. Rutherford; Representative Homer Thornberry; Representative John Young (in back, mostly hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough; Representative George H. Mahon; Representative W. R. Poage; Representative Olin E. Teague; Representative Jack Brooks (in back, mostly hidden); Representative O. C. Fisher; Representative Albert Thomas. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.