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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-10-B
AR37, ST25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-11-D
AR40, ST31, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-G
AR27, ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-04-C
AR33
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-18-A
AR31, ST19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-10-A
AR29, ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-14-A
ST07
Collection
USDLP
Photographs, 1961-1963. Black-and-white photographs from the United States Department of Labor made during John F. Kennedy’s Presidency, featuring John F. Kennedy, Secretaries of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg and W. Willard Wirtz, and others; and images used to illustrate Department of Labor programs and initiatives.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-007
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of and advisors to the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-006
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of and advisors to the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-005
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public. The folder also includes reports and other materials related to meetings of the Commission's committees.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-004
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-003
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public. The folder includes carbon copies of letters from Eleanor Roosevelt to members of committees within the Commission.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-002
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF75-006
This folder contains material pertaining to the Consumer Advisory Council, which was formally established by the Council of Economic Advisers in July 1962 in order to ensure that the government considered the needs of consumers. The information in this file mainly relates to the appointment of Esther Peterson as Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs. Items include correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, press releases, a biography of Peterson, and the text of a presidential message on consumer interests.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M6-1-61
President John F. Kennedy meets with (L-R) Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Secretary of Labor, Arthur Goldberg; Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A31-7-62
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anne Lindsay Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Collection
EEPPP
Papers 1963. Government official. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards (1961-1969). Copies of personal correspondence with members of the White House staff.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-E
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. Members pictured include: Representative Jessica Weis of New York; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Margaret Hickey, Ladies' Home Journal editor; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Eleanor Roosevelt; Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; President Kennedy; Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Dr. Richard A. Lester; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-459-2-63
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards and Executive Vice Chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Esther Peterson (left, back to camera), delivers remarks at the presentation of the final report of the Commission, titled “American Women,” to President John F. Kennedy. Also pictured: Vice Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Richard A. Lester; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height; Director of the New School for Social Research, Dr. Henry David; President of Radcliffe College, Dr. Mary I. “Polly” Bunting; Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Representative Edith Green (Oregon); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon). East Room, White House Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-459-11-63
President John F. Kennedy receives the final report of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, titled “American Women,” from Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards and Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Esther Peterson. Left to right: Vice Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Richard A. Lester; President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height; unidentified; Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Viola Hymes; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Director of the New School for Social Research, Dr. Henry David; past president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC) and the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), Dr. Marguerite Rawalt; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Anthony J. Celebrezze; unidentified; Assistant Secretary Peterson; Assistant General Secretary for Program of the National Council of Churches, Dr. Cynthia C. Wedel (mostly hidden); President of Radcliffe College, Dr. Mary I. “Polly” Bunting; technical advisor in community development and cultural affairs for the United Nations (UN), Dr. Caroline F. Ware (face obscured); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont). East Room, White House Washington, D.C. [Horizontal line along bottom of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-459-10-63
President John F. Kennedy stands with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women after receiving the Commission’s final report, titled “American Women.” Left to right: Vice Chairman of the Commission, Dr. Richard A. Lester; President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height; unidentified; Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Viola Hymes; Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz; President Kennedy; Director of the New School for Social Research, Dr. Henry David; two unidentified women; Assistant General Secretary for Program of the National Council of Churches, Dr. Cynthia C. Wedel; President of Radcliffe College, Dr. Mary I. “Polly” Bunting; technical advisor in community development and cultural affairs for the United Nations (UN), Dr. Caroline F. Ware; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards and Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Esther Peterson. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.