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Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-146-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller in the White House Rose Garden. In his speech President Kennedy proudly describes the United States as a haven for talented scientists, and discusses Dr. Teller’s contributions to thermonuclear research and the peaceful use of nuclear explosives.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-03-A
AR30, ST17, KN26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-23-B
KN13
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-138-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the presentation of the 1962 United States Atomic Energy Commission Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller. Materials in this folder include a guest list, an itinerary, a memorandum, background information on the award, a transcript of remarks by US Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr. Glen T. Seaborg, a suggested statement for President Kennedy, and a transcript of remarks from award recipient Dr. Teller.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-266-013
This folder contains the testimony of nuclear physicist Edward Teller before the Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services in the United States Senate, regarding the impact of a potential nuclear test ban treaty on military preparedness.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-041-037
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Edward Teller in the White House Rose Garden. In his speech the President proudly describes the United States as a haven for talented scientists, and discusses Dr. Teller's contributions to thermonuclear research and the peaceful use of nuclear explosives. The press copy includes remarks from Dr. Teller and Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20689
President John F. Kennedy visits the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. L-R: Director of the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory, Dr. John S. Foster, Jr.; Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg; President Kennedy; co-founder of the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Edward Teller. Berkeley, California.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20687
President John F. Kennedy visits the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. L-R: Director of the Lawrence Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Edwin M. McMillan; Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg; President Kennedy; co-founder of the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory, Dr. Edward Teller; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara. Berkeley, California.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25410
President John F. Kennedy (second from right) visits with physicist and 1962 Enrico Fermi Award recipient, Dr. Edward Teller (second from left), during the Fermi Award presentation; mathematician, Augusta Teller (with back to camera), stands at far left. Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at far right. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7613-G
President John F. Kennedy poses with Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Glenn T. Seaborg, and AEC commissioners, during the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to physicist, Dr. Edward Teller. Left to right: Dr. Leland J. Haworth; James T. Ramey; Robert E. Wilson; President Kennedy; Chairman Seaborg; John G. Palfrey. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7613-E
President John F. Kennedy (second from right) looks on as physicist, Dr. Edward Teller, delivers remarks upon receiving the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award during a presentation in the Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg, stands at far left; mathematician, Augusta Teller, stands at far right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7613-D
President John F. Kennedy (far right) looks on as Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg (far left), delivers remarks at the presentation of the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award to physicist, Dr. Edward Teller (second from left); mathematician, Augusta Teller, stands right of her husband. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7613-C
President John F. Kennedy (far right) looks on as Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Glenn T. Seaborg (far left), reads a citation for the 1962 Enrico Fermi Award, which was presented to physicist, Dr. Edward Teller (second from left); mathematician, Augusta Teller, stands right of her husband. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.