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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-08-B
KN06
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAMB-01
Burns discusses the assessments of John F. Kennedy that he made in his book, Kennedy and Theodore C. Sorensen’s critiques of the book, the authorship of Profiles in Courage, and whether or not Kennedy’s decision-making involved emotion, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-006-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate a new Democratic initiative to provide incentives for Americans of all ages to engage in community service. They comment on President John F. Kennedy's call for community service during his time in office and President George H. W. Bush's "thousand points of light" initiative. The episode aired on Wednesday, August 23, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-20-E
AR41, ST33
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-01-B
AR34, ST22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-11-18-C
ST06
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M10-2-61
President John F. Kennedy (left of the lectern) sits at the head table at a dinner given in his honor by the California Democratic Party at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. Sitting to the right of the lectern are dinner Chairman Edwin W. Pauley and Governor of California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0935-014-p0015
Photograph of Senator John F. Kennedy at the Second District Democratic rally in Lafayette, Indiana. The photo accompanies a letter sent to Senator Kennedy from John A. Merrell, Democratic chairman for the Second District in Indiana. Written on verso: "April 7th, 1960; 2nd District Democratic Rally, Lafayette, Indiana; John A. Merrell."
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-29-62
President John F. Kennedy (far left) stands by the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with bubbletop) outside the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York; President Kennedy attended an afternoon reception at the Krim residence for contributors to the Democratic Party. Also pictured: Special assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Mr. and Dr. Krim (behind car at right); White House Secret Service agents, Lubert “Bert” de Freese and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-212-4-62
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a fund-raising dinner and birthday salute in his honor at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-19-C
ST10
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-19-B
ST10
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0969-009-p0018
Photograph of (L-R) Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Senator John F. Kennedy; Mary Alice Tieche Smith; Hulett Smith, State Democratic Chairman for West Virginia; and an unidentified woman at a dinner honoring former President Harry S. Truman’s 75th birthday in Welch, West Virginia. Written on the verso of the photograph is, "Truman dinner."
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C410-4-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials and entertainers participating in a fundraising event for the Democratic Party, planned for January of 1964. Left to right: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; composer, Richard Adler; singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Lena Horne; Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC, Margaret B. Price; actor, Carol Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute, Sidney Salomon, Jr.; Secretary of the DNC, Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C410-3-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials and entertainers participating in a fundraising event for the Democratic Party, planned for January of 1964. Left to right: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; composer, Richard Adler; singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Lena Horne; Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC, Margaret B. Price; actor, Carol Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute, Sidney Salomon, Jr.; Secretary of the DNC, Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C410-2-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials and entertainers participating in a fundraising event for the Democratic Party, planned for January of 1964. Left to right: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; composer, Richard Adler; singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Lena Horne; Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC, Margaret B. Price; actor, Carol Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute, Sidney Salomon, Jr.; Secretary of the DNC, Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C410-1-63
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials and entertainers participating in a fundraising event for the Democratic Party, planned for January of 1964. Left to right: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; composer, Richard Adler; singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Lena Horne; Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC, Margaret B. Price; actor, Carol Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute, Sidney Salomon, Jr.; Secretary of the DNC, Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18548
President John F. Kennedy meets with Patrick J. Lucey, State Democratic Chairman of Wisconsin, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18547
President John F. Kennedy meets with Patrick J. Lucey, State Democratic Chairman of Wisconsin, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
ERGPP
Government official, California political figure. Democratic National Committeewoman from California (1956-1965); Treasurer of the United States (1961-1962); volunteer board member, Planned Parenthood (1965-1977). Correspondence, memorandums, speeches, reports, minutes, agenda, news clippings.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7794-B
President John F. Kennedy accepts an invitation to attend a Democratic Party fundraising dinner and birthday salute in his honor; the event, to be held in New York City, is sponsored by the President's Club of New York. Left to right: President of United Artists Corporation and chairman of the President's Club of New York, Arthur B. Krim; President of the Kordite Company and co-chairman of the New York Birthday Salute, Howard J. Samuels; President Kennedy; President of U.S. Industries, Inc., and co-chairman of the New York Birthday Salute, John I. Snyder, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7794-A
President John F. Kennedy accepts an invitation to attend a Democratic Party fundraising dinner and birthday salute in his honor; the event, to be held in New York City, is sponsored by the President's Club of New York. Left to right: President of United Artists Corporation and chairman of the President's Club of New York, Arthur B. Krim; President of the Kordite Company and co-chairman of the New York Birthday Salute, Howard J. Samuels; President Kennedy; President of U.S. Industries, Inc., and co-chairman of the New York Birthday Salute, John I. Snyder, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8252-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with officials and entertainers participating in a fundraising event for the Democratic Party, planned for January of 1964. Left to right: Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), John M. Bailey; composer, Richard Adler; singer, actor, and civil rights activist, Lena Horne; Vice-Chairwoman of the DNC, Margaret B. Price; actor, Carol Lawrence; President Kennedy; Chairman of the Third Inaugural Anniversary Salute, Sidney Salomon, Jr.; Secretary of the DNC, Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-212-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (left, back to camera) attends a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner and birthday salute in his honor at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Co-chairman of the birthday salute, Anna M. Rosenberg, stands in center. The President’s cake is visible in the background.