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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RR-01
This interview focuses on the United States’ and Belgium’s policies towards issues in the Congo, the United States’ policies regarding Europe, and the Belgium government’s view of the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-168-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s toast to Prince Albert of Belgium at a luncheon held in the State Dining Room of the White House. In his speech the President discusses the importance of economics for the prosperity and strength of all nations, and urges the United States and Western Europe to adjust its economic relations so that other countries may be improved.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-04-B
AR40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-09-A
KN18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-F
AR29
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-021
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC1162N, KFC1163N, KFC1445N, KFC1461N, KFC1462N, KFC1463N, KFC1464N, KFC1465N, KFC1466N, KFC1467N, KFC1468N, KFC1469N, KFC1470N, KFC1474N, KFC1475N, KFC1476N, KFC1478N, KFC1516N, KFC1517N, KFC1520N, KFC1521N, KFC1524N, KFC1525N, KFC1526N, KFC1528N, KFC1547N, KFC1551N, KFC1552N, KFC1553N, KFC1554N)
Textual folder
Robert T. Murphy Personal Papers
RTMPP-028-005
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and telegrams, primarily from the United States Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), regarding negotiations for a charter air services agreement between the United States and Yugoslavia (then known as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Also included in this folder are position papers concerning charter negotiations between the United States, Belgium, and Yugoslavia.
Textual folder
Robert T. Murphy Personal Papers
RTMPP-028-004
This folder contains correspondence and memoranda, primarily from the United States Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), regarding negotiations for a charter bilateral agreement between the United States and Yugoslavia (then known as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and possible charter violations by Yugoslavian air carrier JAT (Jugoslovenski aerotransport). Also included in this folder are position papers concerning charter negotiations between the United States, Belgium, and Yugoslavia.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-224-006
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and nuclear weapons programs including an agreement with France for mutual defense, Belgium and NATO forces, Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community) membership and plutonium, and the Atomic Cooperation Agreement.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-213-005
This folder contains Department of State telegrams regarding tariff negotiations; the TEA (Trade Expansion Act) and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade); agricultural trade negotiations; a friendship treaty between France and Germany (also known as the Élysée Treaty); and discussions between Belgium, the Netherlands, and others on Great Britain’s entry into the Common Market (also known as the European Economic Community).
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-079-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, chronicles her service as a Staff Assistant for the American Red Cross in London, England, during World War II, from 1943 to 1944. The scrapbook contains pre-printed ruled pages, with the first section including alphabetical tabs along the right edge. It contains newspaper and magazine clippings and other pieces of printed ephemera that relate to a wide range of topics, including British involvement in World War II; Kathleen’s arrival in London; her brother John F. Kennedy’s service in the United States Navy and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, in the Solomon Islands; William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (formally referred to as “Lord Hartington”), and his candidacy for the West Derbyshire by-election of 1944; Kathleen’s marriage to Billy Hartington; and society and entertainment news and events. In addition to Kathleen, those pictured in photographs and identified in original captions include American Red Cross volunteer Mildred “Mid” Eberle; United States Navy Lt. Oren Root; Lady Anne Cavendish; Deborah Vivien "Debo" Freeman-Mitford Cavendish; Billy; Anthony “Tony” St. Clair-Erskine, the 6th Earl of Rosslyn; Sir John Charles Peniston “Buffles” Milbanke; Sheila Milbanke; Lady Elizabeth Cavendish; Lord Edward Norman “Ned” Fitzmaurice; Hon. Charles Richard Strutt; British jockey and member of the British Guards Armoured Division, Major Peter Cazalet; British steeplechaser and member of the Welsh Guards, Captain Anthony Mildmay; Lady Jean Ogilvy Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd; members of the American Red Cross Hans Crescent Golf Team; American golfer Howard Scoggins; member of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Lt. Richard F. Wood; and British rugby player and Member of Parliament, William Wavell Wakefield. Other items of note include an “Artiste’s salary voucher” for Kathleen’s role as an extra in the film “English Without Tears”; correspondence with the American Red Cross regarding her violation of wartime censorship rules and her potential violation of Red Cross policies regarding political activities; a souvenir golf scorecard for a match between the Hans Crescent Golf Club and the Muswell Hill Golf Club; documentation allowing Kathleen to vote in the Parliamentary bi-election; a typed account sent to Kathleen from the Regimental Headquarters of the British Army’s Coldstream Guards that details the activities of her husband Billy’s regiment in the weeks prior to his death during a military campaign in Belgium on September 9, 1944; a draft of remarks given by Kathleen at a Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes exhibition; magazine clippings featuring Fred and Adele Astaire; and photographic postcards featuring Levens Hall and Chatsworth House, both in England, and Lismore Castle in Ireland. A final item of note is a contact print of a strip of six 35mm black and white negatives featuring images of a cross marking the site near the town of Heppen, Belgium, where Billy was killed in action. Original handwritten captions are written in black and blue ink and pencil on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 175 pieces of ephemera, including newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, notes, invitations, and political pamphlets, as well as 35 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-054-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life between 1932 and 1938. The title on the cover reads, “Album.” The scrapbook contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to his studies at the London School of Economics (1933-1934) and Harvard University (1934-1938), as well as time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residences in Bronxville in New York, Palm Beach in Florida, and Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and traveling in Europe. Destinations pictured include Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Bermuda, Georgia, and France. Of note are telegrams from Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy to their son; photographs of Joe, Jr., skiing with friends in Zermatt, Switzerland; two portrait cards from the Residenz Museum in Munich, Germany; photographic postcards featuring images of the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; an invitation from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Joe, Jr., for an event at the White House; materials related to Joe, Jr.’s athletic career at Harvard, where he participated in football, swimming, and rugby, including photographs of the 1936 Bermuda Rugby Week competition; a Bermuda Islands court summons issued to “Joseph Kennedy” and dated March 30, 1936; and telegrams sent to Joe, Jr., for his birthday. Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Sir James Calder; and economist Harold Laski. Handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in blue and black ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 224 photographic prints (including three tintypes), 53 newspaper and magazine clippings, and 36 photographic postcards, as well as telegrams, letters, invitations, menus, tickets, picture postcards, calling cards, and other types of printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-321-005
This folder contains memoranda of conversations between Henry Kissinger, consultant to the National Security Council (NSC), and various German and Belgian officials discussing nuclear weapons policies and the potential of a multilateral force (MLF) within NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-150-006
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-007
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium, and consists of a briefing book for the President in preparation for a visit by Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Topics include United Nations negotiations for the issue in the Congo regarding the Katanga uprising, and an informal visit and meeting between President Kennedy and Prince Albert of Belgium. Also included in this folder is correspondence between the President and Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Materials include a guest list for a luncheon held in honor of Prince Albert of Belgium, birthday greetings to President Kennedy from King Baudouin I, and a thank you letter to the President from Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak for an autographed picture. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Materials include a list of tariff concession items with restrictions by EEC (European Economic Community) countries and in violation of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), an atomic cooperation agreement for mutual defense purposes between the United States and Belgium, and an article by Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak titled, “How I See the Unification of Europe.” This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-003
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Belgium. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and Prime Minister of Belgium Theo Lefevre and a telegram from King Baudouin I expressing birthday greetings to the President. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-009-011
This folder contains memoranda and cables regarding the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs Paul-Henri Spaak’s views on the state of Europe including the EEC, agriculture, Great Britain, Germany, and France; and meetings between Spaak and United States Ambassador to Belgium Douglas MacArthur II. Also included in this folder is a memorandum of conversation for a meeting between Foreign Minister Spaak and President John F. Kennedy on the European Economic Community (EEC) and agricultural protectionism.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-029-053
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01552N
An unidentified man (wearing hat) stands outside the Grand Musée du Chemin Creux, a memorial museum on the Route du Lion, near the battlefield of Waterloo in Waterloo, Belgium. [Notes: See also ""My Ocean Trip," 18 July 1908-20 August 1909"; "Diary-style notes of touring in Europe with her father, 27 July-29 August 1908"; "Rose Kennedy's letters to her mother, [father and brothers]: From Blumenthal, 1908-1909, undated" (ROFKPP-001-001; ROFKPP-001-002; ROFKPP-012-004; ROFKPP-012-005), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers. Blurriness, darkness in image, and damage are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01551N
An unidentified man (wearing hat) stands outside the Grand Musée du Chemin Creux, a memorial museum on the Route du Lion, near the battlefield of Waterloo in Waterloo, Belgium. [Notes: See also ""My Ocean Trip," 18 July 1908-20 August 1909"; "Diary-style notes of touring in Europe with her father, 27 July-29 August 1908"; "Rose Kennedy's letters to her mother, [father and brothers]: From Blumenthal, 1908-1909, undated" (ROFKPP-001-001; ROFKPP-001-002; ROFKPP-012-004; ROFKPP-012-005), from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers. Blurriness, darkness in image, and damage are original to the negative.]
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-001-004