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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BBH-01
In this interview Hickenlooper discusses various meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on foreign relations; Soviet and American nuclear testing; the nuclear test ban treaty; the Bay of Pigs invasion; Laos and Vietnam; the Punta del Este Conference in 1962; the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Hickenlooper's 1962 reelection campaign; traveling with JFK to Costa Rica; the 1961 Berlin crisis; JFK's congressional relations; and social occasions at the Kennedy White House, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-06
In this interview Komer discusses U.S. aid to India and Pakistan and some problems involved with it, including the question of long-term U.S. aid and a shift in focus from Pakistan to India; problems with the Agency for International Development; oil and U.S. policy; U.S. involvement in the Congo; Komer’s meetings with President John F. Kennedy [JFK] and how Komer briefed him; the relations among JFK, Dean Rusk, John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai E. Stevenson, and McGeorge Bundy; JFK’s interest in India and Pakistan and his attempt at a mediation between the two on Kashmir; and JFK and Algeria and Morocco, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-06
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss civil rights legislation, and how it was innovative and yet inevitable; meetings between RFK and businessmen on civil rights legislation; RFK’s unintentional intimidation of the businessmen based on his history with Senate hearings on labor; attempting to put leadership in the community (North and South) to deal with the problem of segregation and other racial discrimination; hostile treatment of RFK in Alabama; working with the NAACP on school desegregation; the desegregation of the University of Alabama, and the question of if and how to bring in troops to help; and using the incident at the University of Alabama as a political stepping stone, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JKR-01
In this interview Ruina discusses the Nike-Zeus antiballistic-missile-missiles; briefing President John F. Kennedy [JFK] on the Nike-Zeus missiles; JFK’s comprehension of the briefing material and the type of questions he asked; Project Defender; the background and organization of the Advanced Research Projects Agency; the leadership and organization of the Department of Defense; interactions with Robert S. McNamara; competition between the military and the Defense Department on research and development and for resources and congressional funds; the period of new, advanced—but not always useful—technology; and Project AGILE and counterinsurgency efforts in Vietnam, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0005-001-015
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate Senator Dole's initiative to hang a POW-MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) flag in the U.S Capitol Building Rotunda in honor of missing U.S service members. The episode aired on Friday, November 21, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-01-A
ST30, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-23-A
AR24, ST12, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-12-C
AR24, ST12, KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-10-E
KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-15-A
AR25, ST12, KN21
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-14-E
ST12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-27-D
AR23, KN18
Moving image
United States Government Agencies Collection
USG-01-P
Motion picture covering the official state visit of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the Empress Farah, including welcoming ceremonies at Union Station in Washington, D.C., and visits to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) site at Cape Canaveral, Florida, military sites with President John F. Kennedy, the United States Capitol, and the White House and other sites in Washington, D.C., for meetings and gatherings involving President Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Also included is a visit to New York City and United Nations (UN) headquarters.Presented by: United States Information Agency (USIA)
Produced by: Van Praag Productions, Inc.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-10-D
AR28, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-11-A
AR30, ST17, KN27
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-03-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-029
Contains 25 photographic prints: (KFC4367P (original negative is KFC1734N), KFC1734N, KFC1749N, KFC1752N, KFC1753N, KFC1754N, KFC1755N, KFC1756N, KFC1757N, KFC1758N, KFC1759N, KFC1760N, KFC1731N, KFC1733N, KFC1732N, KFC1735N, KFC1736N, KFC1737N, KFC1738N, KFC1741N, KFC1739N, KFC1740N, KFC1742N, KFC1743N, KFC1744N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-028
Contains 20 photographic prints: (KFC1785N, KFC1787N, KFC1784N, KFC4366P, KFC1832N, KFC1762N, KFC1761N, KFC1763N, KFC1768N, KFC1769N, KFC1778N, KFC1779N, KFC1780N, KFC1781N, KFC1786N, KFC1788N, KFC1789N, KFC17980N, KFC1831N, KFC1830N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-027
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC1829N, KFC1807N, KFC1783N, KFC1716N, KFC1745N, KFC1748N, KFC1713N, KFC1714N, KFC1782N, KFC1816N, KFC1806N, KFC1824N, KFC1825N, KFC1826N, KFC1827N, KFC1828N, KFC1808N, KFC1809N, KFC1810N, KFC1811N, KFC1812N, KFC1813N, KFC1814N, KFC1815N, KFC1800N, KFC1799N, KFC1798N, KFC1797N, KFC1715N, KFC1712N)
Collection
USASCPC
Photographs, 1955-1964. Color and black-and-white prints with corresponding negatives made by United States Army Signal Corps photographers, featuring John F. Kennedy at various events in 1955 and from 1960 to 1963. Images include President Kennedy with administration officials, legislative leaders, and international dignitaries; in West Germany during his tour of Europe in June 1963; his funeral ceremonies; and photographs of fourteen state gifts received during his presidency.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-007-007
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A12-19-61
Arrival ceremonies for the President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou. President Youlou, an unidentified man, and President John F. Kennedy pass by the United States Color Guard. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18028
Arrival ceremonies for the President of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) Fulbert Youlou. President Youlou and President John F. Kennedy ride in the backseat of a Lincoln automobile (convertible). Honor guards for the United States Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Marines are in the background. White House Secret Service Agents James Rowley and Roy Kellerman stand at left and center (respectively) behind the car. Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17280
President John F. Kennedy (walking at left) and President of the Republic of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, review U.S. Army Honor Guard and Marine Corps Honor Guard troops with Commander of Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Murray, Jr., during arrival ceremonies in honor of President Nkrumah. Hangar #10, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Terminal, Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C.