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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JRL-01
In this interview Lewis discusses President John F. Kennedy on civil rights; Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] as Attorney General and civil rights; working on RFK’s 1968 presidential campaign; RFK’s assassination, 1968; J. Edgar Hoover and FBI investigations of the civil rights movement; discrimination, hatred, and violence; and the march from Selma to Montgomery and “Bloody Sunday,” 1965, among other issues.
Photograph folder
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-001-027
Contains 24 black and white negatives. One image is currently digitally available (06 February 2018).
Photograph folder
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-001-026
Contains 35 color negatives. Three images are currently available digitally (09 July 2014).
Photograph folder
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-001-022
Contains 34 color negatives. Six images are currently digitally available (14 August 2014).
Photograph folder
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-001-021
This folder contains 47 color negatives. Five are currently digitally available (14 August 2014).
Photograph folder
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-001-020
Contains 68 color negatives. Six images are currently digitally available (03 July 2014).
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
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-024-011
Senator Robert F. Kennedy Speaking During a Campaign Stop in the Los Angeles Area.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C020-010
Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivers remarks to a crowd in the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C019-010
Ted Sorensen, one of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's advisors, at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C018-005
Senator Robert F. Kennedy speaks at the Ambassador Hotel.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C010-008
Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivers his speech to a Los Angeles Valley College crowd.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C010-001
A crowd awaits the departure of Robert F. Kennedy's after his remarks at Los Angeles Valley College.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C009-012
Members of the crowd react to Robert F. Kennedy's speech at Los Angeles Valley College.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C009-011
A crowd listens to Robert F. Kennedy's remarks at Los Angeles Valley College.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C009-005
Senator Robert F. Kennedy speaks to the Los Angeles Valley College crowd.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C008-011
Senator Robert F. Kennedy prepares to speak at Los Angeles Valley College while campaigning in California.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C007-008
Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivers his speech at San Fernando Valley State College.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C007-002
A crowd gathers, awaiting the arrival of Senator Robert F. Kennedy to give his speech at San Fernando Valley State College, California.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C006-008
A crowd gathers, awaiting the arrival of Senator Robert F. Kennedy to give his speech at San Fernando Valley State College. The sign reads "I'd Rather Switch Than Fight -RFK '68"
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C005-004
During his 1968 Presidential Campaign Senator Robert F. Kennedy delivers his speech to a large crowd at San Fernando Valley State College.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C004-003
Senator Robert F. Kennedy addresses a crowd at San Fernando Valley State College, California during his 1968 presidential campaign.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C022-007
Senator Robert F. Kennedy greets a crowd during a campaign stop at a Los Angeles area.
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Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C022-001
A man awaits for the arrival of Senator Robert F. Kennedy during a campaign stop in a local Los Angeles area.
Photograph
Sven Walnum Photograph Collection
SWPC-RFK-C021-011
A crowd awaits the arrival and remarks of Senator Robert F. Kennedy during a campaign stop in the Los Angeles area.