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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AGF-01
Forbes discusses JFK’s political development and maturation, his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy, and his friendship with William David Ormsby-Gore Harlech, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CHS-01
This interview focuses on the inner workings of the Kennedy family, JFK’s early political career, and several of the key decisions that JFK was confronted with upon becoming President, among other issues.