Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-B
AR41
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-22-F
ST34
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GAS-04
This interview focuses on the relationship between John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), JFK’s political career before his election to the presidency, and LBJ’s discomfort regarding his position as vice-president, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
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-AR8255-1O
The casket of President John F. Kennedy arrives at the Capitol Building, following a funeral procession from the White House; the flag-draped casket is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Jacqueline Kennedy stands at right with her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stand behind Mrs. Kennedy. Riderless horse, Black Jack (led by Private First Class Arthur A. Carlson), stands in center. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-F
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in Cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-C
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Photo includes: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and wife Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6280-C
Presidential Inauguration of John F. Kennedy at East Portico, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. Jacqueline Kennedy talks with Lady Bird Johnson as they await arrival of President-elect John F. Kennedy and Vice President-elect Lyndon B. Johnson. Behind them: John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver; her husband R. Sargent Shriver; and Attorney General-designate Robert F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19301
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy is on the far left of the photograph, facing the camera. Seated facing away from the camera (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President Truman, and Lady Bird Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19300
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Seated between the candelabra and facing the camera (L-R): Unidentified man, Ethel Kennedy, Clifton Daniel, former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, Margaret Truman Daniel, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Seated facing away from the camera (L-R): Unidentified woman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President Truman, and Lady Bird Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19297
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. Seated between the candelabra and facing the camera (L-R): Unidentified man, Ethel Kennedy, Clifton Daniel, former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, Margaret Truman Daniel, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Seated facing away from the camera (L-R): Unidentified woman, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, President Truman, and Lady Bird Johnson. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19046
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (mostly hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19045
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; unidentified color guard officer. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-251-10A-61
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. President Truman (left) standing with pianist Eugene List (right). Seated, First Row (L-R): Congressman Richard W. Bolling (Missouri), former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Second Row (L-R): Margaret Truman Daniel, an unidentified man and woman, Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. Also included in the photograph are Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford (to the right of Vice President Johnson’s head) and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (standing in the back). East Room, White House, Washington, D.C
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6833-A
White House reception for Judicial Branch. Front row (L – R): President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Chief Justice Earl Warren; Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon Johnson; Nina Warren, wife of Chief Justice Warren; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy. Second row (L – R): Supreme Court Associate Justice William O. Douglas; Mercedes Douglas, wife of Justice Douglas; Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black; Elizabeth Black, wife of Justice Black (partially hidden behind Vice President Johnson). Other guests unidentified. Grand Staircase, Entrance Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0017
Photograph of Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Seated in the front row are President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson (both wearing light-colored coats). Also in attendance are Reverend Philip M. Hannan; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "145," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF053-009-p0015
Photograph of President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson at the groundbreaking ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. First row (standing, L-R): Reverend Philip M. Hannan (wearing wide-brimmed hat), Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy, President Johnson, and the First Lady. Also in attendance are Arthur M. Schlesinger, Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy; White House Secret Service Agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; and Roger L. Stevens, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center. Verso contains, "243," handwritten in pencil, and a stamp of, "Credit Photo By, City News Bureau, CO. 5-2000, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington 8, D.C."
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-12-63
Members of the Kennedy family, officials, and dignitaries attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers fold the casket flag. Standing at right in foreground (partially hidden): Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts). Also pictured: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Peter Lawford; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Lucy Baines Johnson; Lynda Bird Johnson; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Vice President of Liberia, William R. Tolbert, Jr.; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; President of France, General Charles de Gaulle; President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prince Bertil of Sweden; Secretary-General of the Presidency of France, Étienne Burin des Roziers; Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Maurice Couve de Murville; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of France, General Charles Ailleret; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Aram; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Walter W. Heller; former Social Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for Congressional Relations, Larry O’Brien; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Ralph Dungan; Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; White House doorman, Preston Bruce; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler; White House Secret Service agents, Paul A. Burns, Walt Coughlin, Toby Chandler, and Clint Hill. Pallbearers include: Lance Corporal Jerry J. Diamond (USMC), Yeoman George A. Barnum (USCG), Lieutenant Samuel R. Bird (U.S. Army), Seaman Hubert Clark (USN), Sergeant James L. Felder (U.S. Army), Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-11-63
The late President John F. Kennedy lies in repose in the East Room of the White House; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy sits at left, prior to a funeral procession to the Capitol Building. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Jamie Auchincloss; Hugh D. Auchincloss; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Peter Lawford; Nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw; Kennedy family friend, Charles Spalding; Berenice Roth Spalding. Members of the honor guard stand at attention. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C421-10-63
The late President John F. Kennedy lies in repose in the East Room of the White House; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy sits at left, prior to a funeral procession to the Capitol Building. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy and her children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Steve Smith; Jamie Auchincloss; Janet Auchincloss; Hugh D. Auchincloss; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Kennedy family friend, Charles Spalding; Peter Lawford. Members of the honor guard stand at attention. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8255-2N
Members of the Kennedy family and others walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those walking include: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Jamie Auchincloss (partially hidden); Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Steve Smith; President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Lady Bird Johnson; Lucy Baines Johnson; White House Secret Service agents, Clint Hill, Paul Landis, Toby Chandler, Stu Stout, and James J. Rowley. Mourners and members of the color guard line the North Lawn driveway. White House, Washington, D.C.