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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ATH-01
In this interview Hatcher discusses working for Adlai E. Stevenson at the 1956 Democratic National Convention; his personal and working relationship with Pierre E.G. Salinger; working for Governor Edmund G. Brown, 1959–1960; how he came to work on John F. Kennedy's [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; various personalities both in the Democratic National Committee and on JFK’s 1960 campaign staff; press work, demonstrations, and delegations at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; and the discussion of the 1960 Democratic vice-presidential choice, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-BJC-01
Coleman discusses Stephen E. Smith’s running of the Democratic National Committee, Pierre E.G. Salinger’s 1964 California senate campaign, and working for Robert F. Kennedy’s senate staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Collection
NYTPC
Photographs, 1957–1970. Black-and-white prints of images made by New York Times photographers featuring John F. Kennedy and administration officials during the Kennedy Presidency; Robert F. Kennedy as Senate counsel, United States Attorney General, U. S. Senate candidate, United States Senator for New York, and 1968 Presidential candidate; and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library at the Federal Archives and Records Center in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-08-A
KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-E
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-D
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-06-B
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-23-A
KN13
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
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28965
President John F. Kennedy (seated in high-back chair near center left) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Those pictured include: Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Personal Secretary to President Kennedy, Evelyn Lincoln; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28945
President John F. Kennedy (center left, wearing sunglasses) and other distinguished guests watch U.S. Pacific Fleet demonstrations from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Seated in front row (left to right): Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (gesturing with right hand); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay (mostly hidden); Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (looking through binoculars); President Kennedy; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (back to camera); Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commander of the First Fleet, Vice Admiral Robert T. S. Keith. Also pictured: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Special Assistant to the President, Larry O'Brien; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19523
President John F. Kennedy prepares to board Marine One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on the way to a dinner in his honor. Sitting inside the helicopter is White House Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn. Standing outside the helicopter are (L-R) two unidentified officers, Attorney General of California Stanley Mosk (blue suit), Governor of California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, President Kennedy, and White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19520
President John F. Kennedy arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, to attend a dinner in his honor. (L-R) President Kennedy, Governor of California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown (gray suit, facing away from the camera), unidentified man, Representative Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio (wearing a hat), Attorney General of California Stanley Mosk (blue suit and glasses). White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger is on the far right. Air Force One is in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19517
President John F. Kennedy boards Marine One at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on the way to a dinner in his honor. Following behind the President is White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20700
President John F. Kennedy steps into a convertible during his visit to the University of California, Berkeley. Also pictured (L-R): White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley (next to car, back to camera); Presidential Assistants Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Berkeley, California.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20630
President John F. Kennedy greets various officials upon his arrival aboard Air Force One at Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. Left to right (from top of airplane stairs): Presidential Assistant, Dave Powers; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; unidentified; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; unidentified man saluting; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (saluting); unidentified man saluting; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Glenn Seaborg; Vice Admiral Robert Goldthwaite (partially hidden); Congressman Jeffery Cohelan (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Congressman George P. Miller (California); University of California regent, Edwin W. Pauley (face obscured); Senator Clair Engle (California); unidentified military officer; President Kennedy (back to camera); two unidentified military officers. Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher stands in background at right (in front of airplane engine).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-72-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses and shielding his eyes) views weapons demonstrations from his seat in the reviewing stand during his visit to Naval Air Facility (NAF) China Lake's Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) in China Lake, California. Left to right: unidentified (at edge of frame); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides; NOTS Technical Director, Dr. William B. McLean; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff (standing in back); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (in back, partly obscured); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; President Kennedy; Commander of NOTS, Captain Charles Blenman, Jr. (mostly obscured); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (partly obscured); United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (standing in back, holding camera); Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; unidentified (at edge of frame).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29116
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (right, saluting), stand on the reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of platform, from left to right, are: Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commanding Officer of USS Oriskany, Captain Herman J. Trum; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald "Jerry" Behn; Personal Secretary to the President Evelyn Lincoln; unidentified (in back); Assistant Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley; and two unidentified U.S. Navy officers; also pictured (standing left of platform): White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Special Assistants to the President Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and Larry O'Brien. [Spots on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29062
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (right, saluting), stand on the reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Standing right of platform (left to right): Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton; Commanding Officer of USS Oriskany, Captain Herman J. Trum; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; unidentified (in back); Personal Secretary to the President, Evelyn Lincoln; Assistant Physician to the President, Rear Admiral Dr. George G. Burkley; unidentified. Also pictured (standing left of platform): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and Larry O'Brien; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary to the Press Secretary, Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29057
President John F. Kennedy (center) and Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT), Admiral John H. Sides (right, saluting), stand on the reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California; Commander of Carrier Division One, Rear Admiral Paul Masterton (saluting), stands at far right. Also pictured (standing left of platform): Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, and Larry O'Brien; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Secretary to the Press Secretary, Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger. [Notes: Spots on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-71-63
View of guests standing left of reviewing platform aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) as ships from the task force perform a 21-gun salute in honor of President John F. Kennedy's visit to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, at sea off the coast of San Diego, California. Those pictured include: Special Assistants to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell and Dave Powers; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Secretary to the Press Secretary, Sue Mortensen Vogelsinger; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Senator Clair Engle (California); Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-44-63
President John F. Kennedy (center, wearing sunglasses) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; recruits (holding rifles) lie in prone positions on the ground at right. Also pictured: Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Representative Lionel Van Deerlin (California); Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29022
President John F. Kennedy (near center right) views combat training exercises during a visit to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California; two recruits (wearing helmets) spar with pugil sticks at center. Also pictured: Newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Dave Powers; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Assistant Press Secretary, Malcolm Kilduff; Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger; Senator Clair Engle (California); Commanding General of the MCRD, Major General Sidney S. Wade; Governor of California, Edmund G. "Pat" Brown; agents, Roy Kellerman and Toby Chandler; Commanding Officer of the MCRD recruit training regiment, Colonel Merrill M. Day; agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell T. Shepard, Jr.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-29135
President John F. Kennedy greets Los Angeles officials, after leaving the Hollywood Palladium where he attended a breakfast given by the Women's Division of the Democratic State Central Committee of California. Those pictured include: White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman (far left); Los Angeles City Councilmen, Thomas "Tom" Bradley (shaking hands with President Kennedy) and Billy G. Mills (left of Councilman Bradley); and acting Postmaster of Los Angeles, Leslie N. Shaw, Jr. (right of the President, wearing striped tie). White House Secret Service agent, Gerald “Jerry” Behn, and White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (both partially hidden on edge of frame), are visible at far right; all others are unidentified. Los Angeles, California.