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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Materials include a letter to NASA Administrator James E. Webb from Vannevar Bush concerning the space program, a memorandum regarding a Reader's Digest article on the space program, and talking points for the President for a meeting with Webb.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C168-14-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper and his family on the walkway outside the Oval Office upon their arrival at the White House for Major Cooper’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) presentation ceremony. Standing behind Major Cooper are his wife, Trudy, and his daughters, Camala and Janita. Hattie Cooper, mother of Major Cooper, stands next to President Kennedy (back to camera). Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson stands in front of open door of presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard, and Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton, stand at right in foreground (backs to camera). Jewell D. Truscott and James J. Truscott, Major Cooper’s aunt and uncle, walk in front of Captain Shepard and General Clifton. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Sam Kinney and Roy Kellerman; United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton. South Lawn driveway, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28549
President John F. Kennedy (right) exits the White House with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper (center), after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured: White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton (left of doorway, holding up camera); White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns (behind Captain Stoughton). Unidentified members of the press observe. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28548
President John F. Kennedy (center right, back to camera) speaks with astronaut Major L. Gordon Cooper in the North Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C., after President Kennedy presented Major Cooper with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal (DSM). Also pictured (R-L, from doorway): White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; White House Photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; White House Correspondent for CBS News, Robert Pierpoint. Other unidentified members of the press observe.