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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-21-C
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-24-B
KN03
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-01-B
KN06
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-018-009
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lawrence F. O'Brien
JFKWHSFLOB-018-008
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-07-A
AR40, ST30, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-03-E
ST30
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-25-A
ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-04-A
ST13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-05-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-02-B
AR18, ST09, KN14
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-003-013
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30112
President John F. Kennedy signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in the Treaty Room of the White House, Washington, D.C. Looking on (L-R): Deputy Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), Adrian S. Fisher; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, W. Averell Harriman; Senator George A. Smathers of Florida (mostly hidden); Senator J. William Fulbright (Arkansas); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Director of the ACDA, William C. Foster; Senator Howard W. Cannon (Nevada); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18506
Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. President John F. Kennedy observes. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; lawyer Oscar Cox; former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut; Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota (partially hidden); Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota (mostly hidden behind President Kennedy); former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama (hidden behind President Kennedy except shoulder and arm); Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18505
Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. President John F. Kennedy observes. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; lawyer Oscar Cox (mostly hidden); former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut (mostly hidden behind Senator Fulbright); Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota; Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota; former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama; Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18504
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) looks on from one step behind the President. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota; Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota; former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama; Edward Barrett of Columbia University’s School of Journalism; Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (partially hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18503
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) looks on from one step behind the President. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; lawyer Oscar Cox (mostly hidden); former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut; Representative Walter Judd of Minnesota (mostly hidden); Edward Barrett of Columbia University’s School of Journalism (mostly hidden); former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey; Representative John J. Rooney of New York; and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18502-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the Fulbright Exchange Program. Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas (creator of the Fulbright Program legislation) looks on from one step behind the President. Standing behind President Kennedy and Senator Fulbright are (L-R): Administrative Assistant to the President, Mike Manatos; former Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming; unidentified (mostly hidden); former Senator William Benton of Connecticut (partially hidden behind President Kennedy); Senator Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota; former Representative Carter Manasco of Alabama; Edward Barrett of Columbia University’s School of Journalism; Representative John J. Rooney of New York; former Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey (mostly hidden behind Representative Rooney); and Walter Reynolds. West Wing Colonnade, White House, Washington, D.C. [Black spot in upper left corner is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M13-12-61
State dinner in honor of President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan. (Clockwise from top): Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright; journalist Ève Curie Labouisse, wife of American Ambassador to Greece Henry R. Labouisse; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Naval Aide to the President Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Brigadier M. Sarwar, Physician to President Ayub Khan; Ohio Congresswoman Frances Bolton (back to camera). Marquee; Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17877
Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Mrs. Johnson and President John F. Kennedy stand in front. Others, L-R: unidentified; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan (in back); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn of Texas (in front); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); unidentified; Senator Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; President Kennedy’s brother-in-law, Stephen Smith (in back); Vice President Johnson; several unidentified; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17876
Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Mrs. Johnson, Vice President Johnson, and President John F. Kennedy stand in front. Others, L-R: unidentified; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); unidentified; Senator Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois; President Kennedy’s brother-in-law, Stephen Smith (in back); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind the President and Vice President); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17875
Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. Mrs. Johnson, President John F. Kennedy, and Vice President Johnson stand in front. Others, L-R: unidentified; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois; Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa (behind the President and Vice President); President Kennedy’s brother-in-law, Stephen Smith (in back); others unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17874
Welcoming ceremony upon the return of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson from their trip to Southeast Asia, during which they visited Vietnam, Laos, India, Formosa (Taiwan), and the Philippines. President John F. Kennedy speaks into microphones; photographers, reporters, and Secret Service agents stand by. Also pictured: Vice President Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Carl T. Rowan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Senator George A. Smathers (Florida); Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Illinois); Ambassador of Nicaragua and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa; Executive Secretary of National Aeronautics and Space Council, Edward C. Welsh; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Payne. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.