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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAC-04
In this interview Carver discusses dealing with a backlog at the National Park Service from the previous Administration; working with and around both preservation lobbies and commercial interests; the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission’s report (1962); the creation of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in the Department of the Interior; and the question of self-government in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAC-02
In this interview Carver discusses the transition from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Administration to John F. Kennedy’s [JFK]Administration in late 1960 through 1961; the process of and issues with staffing the various bureaus in the Department of the Interior; tensions between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture; and working with other federal agencies and interests, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OB-06
Beaty discusses appointments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and territorial administrations including Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-24-H
ST13
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111-009
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning American Samoa, and consists of a letter to the President from Secretary of Samoan Affairs Le'iato Tuli.
Textual folder
John A. Carver Personal Papers
JACPP-017-014
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-355-2-62
Mr. and Mrs. Salofi Sotoa (both in center), of Samoa, present a fabric for the White House. Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii) and Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado) stand at left; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Claude Desautels, and an unidentified man stand at right. East Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-355-1-62
Mr. and Mrs. Salofi Sotoa (both in center), of Samoa, present a fabric for the White House. Senator Oren E. Long (Hawaii) and Representative Wayne N. Aspinall (Colorado) stand at left; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Claude Desautels, and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Public Lands Management, John A. Carver, stand at right. East Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]