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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SLC-01
Sidney discusses the 1960 Democratic primary campaign in West Virginia, and John F. Kennedy’s impact on West Virginia during his presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WWB-01
Barron discusses programs on the state and national level to improve economic and living situations for West Virginia, John F. Kennedy (JFK) and Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1960 primary campaigns in West Virginia, and Barron’s relationship with JFK, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-VJG-01
Gabriel discusses the 1960 Democratic primary campaign in Harrison County and Clarksburg, West Virginia, the impact that John F. Kennedy (JFK) had on the people of West Virginia, and how West Virginians responded to JFK’s domestic programs as president, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RAD-01
Dungan discusses Theodore C. Sorensen’s role during the Senate years; Senate Labor Committee, Landrum-Griffin Act, John F. Kennedy's relationship with labor leaders; 1960 presidential campaign, primaries in West Virginia and Oregon and the 1960 Democratic National Convention, among other issues.
Collection
LMPC
Photographs, 1957-1963. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by LOOK Magazine, Cowles Communications, Inc., featuring John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as Senator through his presidency. Members of the Kennedy family, Kennedy administration and foreign dignitaries also appear.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-20-D
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-20-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-27-G
AR27, ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-30-C
KN14
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6352-A
Meeting with the Governor of West Virginia, Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) President John F. Kennedy; Governor William W. Barron; Curtis B. Trent, Jr., assistant to Governor Barron.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6571-A
Meeting with Appalachian Governors. L-R: Governor of North Carolina, Terry Sanford; Governor of Virginia, J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.; Governor of Tennessee, Buford Ellington; Governor of Kentucky, Bert T. Combs; President John F. Kennedy; Governor of Pennsylvania, David L. Lawrence; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Alabama, John Patterson; Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-I
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Congressman Ken Hechler (West Virginia); unidentified man; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Area Redevelopment Administrator, William L. Batt, Jr. (in back); Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges (in back); President John F. Kennedy; Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), in back; Congressman John M. Slack, Jr. (West Virginia); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-G
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President John F. Kennedy; Senator Paul H. Douglas (Illinois); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky) and Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky), behind Douglas; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky); Congressman Carl Albert (Oklahoma). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-E
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Area Redevelopment Administrator, William L. Batt, Jr.; Congressman Albert Rains (Alabama); President John F. Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-C
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. President John F. Kennedy sits at desk, signing bill. Looking on (L-R): Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey (West Virginia); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Frank Stubblefield (Kentucky); Senator Paul H. Douglas (Illinois); Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), behind Chelf; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-B
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. L-R: Two unidentified men; Congressman Ken Hechler (West Virginia); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee (West Virginia); Area Redevelopment Administrator, William L. Batt, Jr. (behind Kee, in front of flag); Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Secretary of Commerce, Luther Hodges; President John F. Kennedy; Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota), in back; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Paul H. Douglas (Illinois); Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky); Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), behind Chelf; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6550-A
Bill Signing – S.1 Public Law 87-27 Area Redevelopment Act. President John F. Kennedy sits at desk. Looking on (L-R): Congressman Daniel J. Flood (Pennsylvania); Congressman Cleveland M. Bailey (West Virginia); Senator Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Frank Stubblefield (Kentucky); Senator Paul H. Douglas (Illinois); Congressman Frank Chelf (Kentucky), behind Douglas’ shoulder; Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky), in back; Congressman Brent Spence (Kentucky); Senator Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia); Senator Joseph S. Clark (Pennsylvania); unidentified man; Congressman Carl D. Perkins (Kentucky). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-17844
Congressional Coffee Hour (House of Representatives). L-R: Congressman John M. Slack, Jr. (West Virginia); Congressman Odin Langen (Minnesota); Congressman Daniel Flood (Pennsylvania); Congressman Dominick V. Daniels (New Jersey); President John F. Kennedy; Congressman John B. Anderson (Illinois); Congressman Thomas J. Lane (Massachusetts). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Irregularities on right side of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0969-009-p0018
Photograph of (L-R) Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia; Senator John F. Kennedy; Mary Alice Tieche Smith; Hulett Smith, State Democratic Chairman for West Virginia; and an unidentified woman at a dinner honoring former President Harry S. Truman’s 75th birthday in Welch, West Virginia. Written on the verso of the photograph is, "Truman dinner."
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-002-001-p0002
Photograph of state Governors at the Area Redevelopment Advisory Policy Board Conference of Appalachian Governors. Seated (L-R): William L. Batt, Administrator of the Area Redevelopment Administration; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; President John F. Kennedy; Robert C. Weaver, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency; and Secretary of the Interior, Stewart L. Udall. Standing (L-R): Unidentified man; James Webb, Administrator for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Secretary of Agriculture, Orville Freeman; unidentified man; Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes; Governor of Tennessee, Frank G. Clement; Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron; Governor of Virginia, Albertis S. Harrison; Governor of Kentucky, Bert T. Combs; Under Secretary of Commerce, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; and two unidentified men. Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Verso is stamped: “27912, 9 April 1963.”
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C219-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (left) attends a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, stands left of lectern. Also pictured: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia (behind Governor Barron); Representative Harley O. Staggers of West Virginia (behind lectern, in background); White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C219-34-63
President John F. Kennedy and Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron (right), exit the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia; the President visited the Capitol Building to attend a celebration commemorating the state’s centennial. Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia) walks behind the Governor; White House Secret Service agent, Frank Yeager, stands at far left. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C219-19-63
President John F. Kennedy (left) attends a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Charleston, West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron, speaks from behind lectern at right. Also pictured: Senators from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd (right of President Kennedy) and Jennings Randolph (mostly hidden behind lectern); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C219-15-63
Members of a choir (foreground) sing during a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia, attended by President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured: Governor of West Virginia, William W. Barron; Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); White House Secret Service agents, Ken Giannoules and Dick Johnsen. State Capitol Building, Charleston, West Virginia. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C219-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (left center, standing under green umbrella) greets crowds in the rain in Charleston, West Virginia; the President attended a celebration commemorating the centennial of West Virginia at the State Capitol Building. Opal Wilcox Barron, wife of Governor William W. Barron of West Virginia, sits in the back seat of the Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible with a bubble-top) in the foreground. Also pictured: Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman, Ken Giannoules, Dick Johnsen, and Ron Pontius. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]