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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-AUG-01
In this interview Heckscher discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as an “inspiration to cultural life”; Heckscher’s involvement in government affairs prior to becoming a Special Consultant to the President; the invitation of 168 artists to JFK’s 1961 inauguration and its impact; how Heckscher came to work for the White House; discussing Heckscher’s position with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; the reasoning behind the creation of the new position of Special Consultant on the Arts and the favorable public reaction to it; enlarging the definition of “The Arts,” especially regarding architecture; Arthur Goldberg; the establishment of the Freedom Medal; creating the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts through executive order; personal impressions of JFK; setting up Heckscher’s office and staff; how Heckscher was meant to advise JFK and what his position entailed; the Cultural Center [Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]; conversations with JFK; Mrs. Kennedy’s expansive work for the arts; the arts as part of national policy; working with other White House staff members and other Departments; designing special postage stamps; what the President’s role in the arts should be; and the Fine Arts Commission, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-27-C
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AL-01
Lincoln discusses Mrs. Kennedy’s relationship to staff and involvement with her children. There are several anecdotal stories about the President and Mrs. Kennedy.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MAL-01
In this interview Lasker discusses her work lobbying for different health and medical programs such as a presidential commission on strokes; her encounters with John F. Kennedy [JFK], both in the White House and socially; her friendship with Adlai E. Stevenson and his experience during the 1960 presidential campaigns; and her work on the National Cultural Center Board which she suggested be renamed as a memorial for JFK, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-03
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1962 steel crisis; some major issues and accomplishments of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidency; choosing the U.S. Ambassador to Russia; foreign aid and treaties; the military coup in Peru; the space race during the Kennedy Administration; the 1962 congressional and gubernatorial campaigns; JFK’s dinner for the Nobel Prize winners; the Polaris submarines; problems with the New York Herald Tribune; New York politics; various pieces of federal legislation, 1961–1963; the Dominican Republic; Department of Justice investigations under RFK; the difficulties of being Attorney General; congressional issues in early 1963; the Vietnam War escalation in 1963; American support of the coup in Vietnam; Henry Cabot Lodge as the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; the prisoners from the Bay of Pigs invasion; American actions in Cuba; unemployment and civil rights; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin; JFK’s trips to the South and speeches on civil rights; the nuclear test ban treaty; and JFK’s trip to Ireland and Rome, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CAN-01
This interview covers Norton meeting a young John F. Kennedy at John F. Fitzgerald’s birthday party and attending John F. Kennedy’s forty-sixth birthday party, among other topics.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JRR-03
This interview focuses on printed materials about the Kennedy Administration, Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] time as attorney general, and RFK’s efforts against organized crime, among other issues.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF016-003
This folder contains materials regarding a state visit to Mexico by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy including media coverage and the press pool, daily schedules for the President and First Lady, and a guest list for a luncheon held by President Kennedy in honor of President of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos at the Hotel María Isabel.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF038-026
This folder contains menus for numerous meals, including those in honor of foreign heads of state, and recipes for Saint-Honore cake, boula-boula soup, and cream of oyster soup. This folder contains French-language materials.
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF036-003
This folder contains copies of menus for luncheons and dinners held at the White House, including those honoring various heads of state.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-G
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-B
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-07-D
ST25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-29-L
ST24, KN35
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-31-C
KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-31-D
KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-04-E
ST22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-01-B
AR34, ST22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-12-D
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-18-J
ST19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-H
ST16, KN26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-12-B
AR30, ST17, KN27