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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PMS-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s early political career, Stern’s advocacy for education on tax policies, and JFK’s political legacy, among other issues.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-07-A
AR40, ST30, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-07-C
AR25, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-30-A
AR26, ST13, KN21
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-11-B
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-02-B
AR18, ST09, KN14
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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.
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JFKWHP-AR6618-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; unidentified man in back; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (in back); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in shadow); Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C23506
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Philippines War Damage Claims Bill. Standing (L-R): Representative George P. Miller (California); Representative William T. Murphy (Illinois); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden); Chargé d'Affaires of the Philippines, Dr. Jose F. Imperial; Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield of Montana (very back); Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Committee, Edward D. Re; Filipino Senator, Rogelio de la Rosa; unidentified; Representative Clement J. Zablocki (Wisconsin); Representative Thomas F. Johnson (Maryland); Senator John J. Sparkman (Alabama); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Representative Walter H. Judd (Minnesota); Representative Harris B. McDowell, Jr. (Delaware); Representative William S. Broomfield (Michigan); Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, W. Averell Harriman (in back, face obscured); Representative Barratt O’Hara (Illinois); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
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JFKWHP-ST-116-6-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller, Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (facing away). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-5-62
President John F. Kennedy (standing right of the H.M.S. Resolute desk, in profile) and others watch as Assistant Executive Clerk of the White House Herbert L. Miller (left) swears in members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) five unidentified persons (including two cameramen), National Park Service (NPS) Photographer Abbie Rowe (in back, wearing glasses), Assistant Executive Clerk Miller (in front), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner (face obscured), former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, President Kennedy (in front), Herman Phleger (mostly hidden, over the President's shoulder), Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back), Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (partially hidden), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (back to camera). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-3-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden on far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-ST-116-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster (partially hidden at far edge of image), President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back), Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20817
President John F. Kennedy (center) and others attend the swearing-in ceremony for members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (L-R) unidentified (mostly hidden at far edge of image), Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) William C. Foster, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) George Meany, Dean A. McGee, former Assistant Secretary of the United States Air Force for Research and Development Trevor Gardner, former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White, Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles (in back, mostly hidden), President Kennedy, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough (in back, mostly hidden), Herman Phleger, Ralph E. McGill, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J. (in back, mostly hidden), Dr. Herbert F. York, Dr. Isidor I. Rabi, Senator J. W. Fulbright (Arkansas), Secretary of State Dean Rusk (in back, partially hidden), and Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota). The President's H.M.S. Resolute desk is visible in the foreground. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-C20813
President John F. Kennedy (left), Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota (first from right), Senator J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas (second from right), and Secretary of State Dean Rusk (fourth from right, in back) stand with members of the General Advisory Committee of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency during the swearing-in ceremony for the committee. Members of the committee include (L-R): Former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force General Thomas D. White (mostly hidden at far edge of image), Dr. James Perkins, John Cowles, Committee Chairman John J. McCloy, Robert A. Lovett, Roger M. Blough, Herman Phleger, Reverend Edward A. Conway, S.J., Ralph E. McGill, Dr. Herbert F. York, and Dr. Isidor I. Rabi. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23105
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson, prior to presenting him with the award; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (mostly hidden), stands behind Ambassador Thompson. Looking on (L-R): Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver (partially hidden); award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23104
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy presents the award to Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson (center right). Looking on (L-R): award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (mostly hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-23103
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks prior to presenting the award to Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson (center); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, stands left of Ambassador Thompson. Standing in background (L-R): New York Times photographer, George Tames (partially hidden on far edge of frame); award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey; Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); astronaut Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr. (very back); award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance (in back, partially hidden); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark (face obscured); Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg (partially hidden on edge of frame). West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-O
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) and others listen as Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. (far right), reads the citation for award recipient and Medical Officer for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (center). Standing in background (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (partially hidden on edge of frame); two unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Tony Sherman (in back); New York Times photographer, George Tames; Virginia Lyon (accepting the award on behalf of her husband, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, Head of the Submarine and Arctic Research Branch of the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams (in back); Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; award recipient and Chief of the Department of Cardiorespiratory Diseases at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Dr. Donald E. Gregg (in back); Secretary of the Army, Cyrus R. Vance; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll of Colorado (mostly hidden); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas (in back, partially hidden); Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (very back, standing in West Wing Colonnade); Assistant Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; Member of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Secretary of Labor, Arthur J. Goldberg. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7400-G
Presentation ceremony of the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. President John F. Kennedy presents the award to Career Ambassador, Llewellyn E. Thompson (center left). Looking on (L-R): Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; award recipient and Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth (in back); Associated Press (AP) photographer, Henry Burroughs; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver; award recipient and President of the Federal National Mortgage Association of the HHFA, J. Stanley Baughman (partially hidden); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Kenneth A. Roberts (Alabama); Senator Estes Kefauver (Tennessee); Senator John A. Carroll (Colorado); Chairman of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Senator Frank Carlson (Kansas); Executive Secretary of the Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board and Chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-24491
President John F. Kennedy (seated) attends signing of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (partially hidden on edge of frame); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; unidentified (partially hidden); Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back); Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia (shaking hands with President Kennedy); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (partially hidden, on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-KN-24487
President John F. Kennedy (seated) distributes pens after signing the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges (back to camera); Senator B. Everett Jordan of North Carolina (mostly hidden); Executive Director of the Committee for a National Trade Policy (CNTP), John W. Hight; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Chairman of the CNTP, Carl J. Gilbert (in back, partially hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany (in back); Representative Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas (receiving a pen from President Kennedy); Senator Harry Flood Byrd (Virginia); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long of Louisiana (partially hidden); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota (partially hidden); Representative Cecil R. King of California (facing away); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back, face obscured); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (partially hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen (on edge of frame). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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JFKWHP-AR7535-E
President John F. Kennedy (seated) signs the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Standing (L-R): Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; unidentified; Representative John J. Flynt, Jr. (Georgia); Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana (partially hidden); Representative Wilbur D. Mills (Arkansas); Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Robert S. Kerr (Oklahoma); Representative John W. Byrnes (Wisconsin); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Russell B. Long (Louisiana); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Secretary of State, Dean Rusk (in back); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Cecil R. King (California); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon (in back, mostly hidden); Representative Howard H. Baker (Tennessee); Representative Eugene J. Keogh of New York (in back, mostly hidden); Special Assistant to the President for International Trade Policy, Howard C. Petersen; Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freeman; Under Secretary of State, George Ball. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.