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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-191-031
This folder contains memoranda regarding relations between the United States and the Catholic Church, and the Church’s attitude towards the Jewish faith. Of note is a memorandum by journalist Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, discussing his recent trip to Rome and Moscow, including a meeting between himself and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-191-025
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Poland; the health of Pope John XXIII; and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum titled, “Change in the Church,” discussing the Pope’s position and attitude towards Christianity, social and economic issues, and political issues in relation to the Soviet Union and other communist states.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-059-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Kathleen Kennedy, documents her life during the years 1935 to 1937, when she spent time abroad attending the Holy Child School in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and traveling with friends through Europe. Ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include dance and ball cards and tickets for events at Trinity College and Jesus College of the University of Cambridge in England; programs for rowing, lawn tennis, and ice hockey competitions at the University of Cambridge and a skiing event in Gstaad, Switzerland; periodical and newspaper clippings; embroidered cloth patches from the Royal Military College of Canada; and a Catholic devotional scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Telegrams are from Kathleen's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; brothers, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., and John F. Kennedy; aunt, Mary Loretta Kennedy Connelly; and friends, Derek Richardson, Frederick Sinclair “Freddy” Carson, Elizabeth “Betty” Rice, and Mary Veronica “Von” Rice. The scrapbook also contains photographic postcards, photographs of Kathleen with Derek Richardson and Freddy Carson, itineraries, maps, visitor pamphlets, train schedules, and menus from her travels to Venice, Florence, and Rome, Italy; Paris and Reims, France; and Moscow, Russia. This scrapbook contains 72 pieces of printed and three-dimensional ephemera and 19 photographic postcards.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0957-023
This folder contains memoranda, newspaper articles, a press release of a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, and correspondence between Senator Kennedy and various individuals concerning American-Israeli relations, American-Soviet relations, the prospect of a Catholic president, and Senator Kennedy’s presidential campaign trip to Rochester, New York.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0375-007
Materials in this folder include letters concerning the discrimination of Jewish people in the Soviet Union and the question of religious freedom in Poland.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-004
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Press Secretary Pierre Salinger. Topics include various media-related issues; a summary of a conversation between Salinger and the Soviet Ambassador to the United States Anatoliy Dobrynin; and Father Felix Morlion and Norman Cousins working for better relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin. Of note is a German newspaper clipping book amassing articles and editorials about the President's taped television Christmas message broadcast in Berlin, Germany. Also included in this folder is a transcript of a news conference dated March 19, 1964 announcing Salinger's resignation as press secretary. This folder contains some foreign language material.