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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-25-D
AR07, ST02
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-25-C
AR07, KN03
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WES-02
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s relationship with business, the effects of the Civil Rights movement on labor mediation, and distinctions between how the Kennedy and Johnson administrations handled strikes, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-22-C
AR23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-04-C
AR33
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-10-A
AR29, ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-20-B
AR17, KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-15-B
AR17, KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-20-F
AR16, ST08, KN12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-07-A
AR16
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20490
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the bill-signing for the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky); Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew J. Biemiller; Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20489
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands out pens after signing the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles S. Joelson of New Jersey (partially hidden); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew J. Biemiller; Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan (partially hidden); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman James G. O'Hara of Michigan (in back); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20488
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles S. Joelson (New Jersey); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Pat McNamara (Michigan); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20486
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the bill-signing for the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky); Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Senator Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. (New Hampshire); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Congressman Peter A. Garland of Maine (partially hidden); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew J. Biemiller; Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Abraham Ribicoff. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20485
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) delivers remarks at the bill-signing for the Manpower Development and Training Act (Public Law 415). Looking on (L-R): Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky); Congressman Neal Smith (Iowa); Congressman Charles E. Goodell (New York); Congressman Peter A. Garland of Maine (behind Goodell); Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew J. Biemiller; Congressman Carroll D. Kearns (Pennsylvania); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York); Congressman Elmer J. Holland (Pennsylvania); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Damage to lower portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18703
President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson with guests at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmen's Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. The guests pose beside an image of the commemorative stamp created for the occasion. (L-R) Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President Kennedy; Governor Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin; Vice President Johnson; Postmaster General J. Edward Day. White House Police Officer, Kenneth M. Burke, stands in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6763-B
President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and guests attend a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmen's Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. The guests pose beside an image of the commemorative stamp created for the occasion. (L-R) Former Wisconsin state Senator Theodore W. Brazeau (member of the 1911 Wisconsin legislature); Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; President Kennedy; Governor Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin; Vice President Johnson; Postmaster General J. Edward Day.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17909
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17908
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17907
Signing of a joint statement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. L-R: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of Lockheed Corporation, Courtlandt S. “Cort” Gross; President John F. Kennedy; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20550
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) hands a pen to Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg after signing the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act. Standing (L-R): Congressman James Roosevelt (California), Senator Jacob K. Javits (New York), Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (New York), Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota), Congressman Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. (New Jersey), Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Massachusetts), Secretary Goldberg, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon (behind Secretary Goldberg, in profile), Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20221
Mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry greets Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff (right) and his wife Ruth Ribicoff following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. President John F. Kennedy looks on from left; others in the audience include: Speaker McCormack; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Vice President Johnson; Harriet McCormack, wife of Speaker McCormack; Chief Justice Warren; Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency Najeeb Halaby; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; and Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A31-7-62
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anne Lindsay Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.