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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-D
AR11
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-139-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the importance of electing Democratic representatives from Kentucky in order for the nation to progress in areas such as labor, education, natural resources, and area redevelopment. The President encourages his audience to elect Wilson Wyatt as Governor and re-elect Frank Burke as Senator.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-041-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky. In his speech the President discusses the importance of electing Democratic representatives from Kentucky for the nation to progress in areas such as labor, education, natural resources, and area redevelopment. He encourages his audience to elect Wilson Wyatt as Governor and re-elect Frank Burke as Senator. Materials in this folder include drafts by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, a reading copy, and a press copy of the speech. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-D
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Congressman Frank W. Burke (Kentucky); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky); unidentified man; President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Congressman Frank Stubblefield (Kentucky); Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6803-F
President John F. Kennedy signs the Teachers for the Deaf Act (S. 336) and Books for the Blind Act (HR 9030) in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Representative Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; Representative Frank W. Burke of Kentucky; Senator Lister Hill of Alabama; Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6406-A
Presentation of drawings for the White House to the First Lady's Social Secretary. Evalyne Burke; First Lady's Social Secretary and Chief of Staff, Letitia Baldrige; Congressman Frank W. Burke (Kentucky). Portrait of Emily Tennessee Jackson ("Mrs. Andrew Jackson Donelson, Hostess and Niece to the 7th President") hangs on wall. Diplomatic Reception Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17557
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson attend a Congressional Coffee Hour in the Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Representative Robert B. Chiperfield of Illinois; Representative Paul F. Schenck of Ohio; President Kennedy; Representative Jackson E. Betts of Ohio; Representative Robert T. Ashmore of South Carolina; Vice President Johnson; Representative Frank W. Burke of Kentucky.