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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GAH-01
In this interview Harrison discusses his interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK] beginning when JFK was a congressman; the American Veterans Committee’s interest in JFK; JFK’s personal interactions with journalists; The New Republic’s support for Adlai E. Stevenson over the years and then for JFK in 1960; Stevenson’s position within JFK’s Administration; an article about the Bay of Pigs that Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., asked Harrison to pull; and Harrison’s opinion of JFK as President, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-23-B
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-22-A
AR21, ST10, KN17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-29-B
AR19, ST09, KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-10-A
AR29, ST15
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19249
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with Dr. Cheddi Jagan, Premier of British Guiana. In background: Special Assistant to the President, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian; unidentified photographers. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C415-5-63
Mourners observe as the late President John F. Kennedy lies in repose in the East Room of the White House. Those pictured include: Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Ralph Dungan, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, and Larry O’Brien; Assistant Special Counsel to President Kennedy, Richard N. Goodwin; Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events, Samuel L. King; Hugh D. Auchincloss; White House butler, John W. Ficklin. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-485-6-62
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, New York, aboard Air Force One to attend the funeral of Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Marian Cannon Schlesinger; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; White House Secret Service agents, Roy Kellerman and Clint Hill.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21229
Members of the United States Air Force Strolling Strings (right) perform in the Entrance Hall of the White House, Washington, D.C., as guests gather in Cross Hall at a dinner in honor of Nobel Prize winners from the Western Hemisphere. Also pictured: Nobel Prize-winning physicist from the Institute for Advanced Study, Dr. Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee; Jeannette Hui-Chun Chin Lee; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; and Special Assistant to the President, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-222-3-62
Visit of participants of the 1962 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women; President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand on platform (center). Also pictured: Vice-Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Margaret B. Price; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator George Smathers (Florida); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; First Lady's Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Correspondent for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Sander Vanocur; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe; Chief of White House Police, Major Ralph C. "Smokey" Stover; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Oscar N. Smith; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.