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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LWH-01
In this interview, Lord Harlech discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] early opinions on disarmament; dealings with Nikita S. Khrushchev and the Soviet Union; the Cuban crisis; issues with selling and testing American missiles; how JFK’s relationship with British Prime Minister M. Harold Macmillan developed over time and how they worked together on specific issues; how JFK’s interest in politics and foreign affairs developed; difficulties with France over their nuclear program in 1962; JFK’s skills and character; JFK’s different circles of friends; and JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ approaches to life in the public eye, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PRP-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] relationship with the press prior to and during his presidency, among other topics.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-22-C
KN11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-22-B
ST07, KN11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-22-A
ST07, KN11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-21-C
ST07, KN11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-21-B
ST07, KN11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-21-A
ST07
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. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Bermuda. Materials consist of a letter to the President from Governor of Bermuda Sir Julian Gascoigne, and correspondence between the President and Speaker of the Bermuda House of Assembly John W. Cox.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19788
President John F. Kennedy (at left, holding hat) inspects troops upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne stands at left (next to President Kennedy, wearing red coat). Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19787
President John F. Kennedy (at left, holding hat) inspects troops upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne stands at left (next to President Kennedy, wearing red coat). Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19786
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) addresses crowd upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan stands at left; Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne stands at right; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh stands in background at right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19785
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) inspects troops upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne walks at left (wearing red coat). Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19784
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) inspects troops upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne walks at left (wearing red coat). Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19783
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) inspects troops upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Governor of Bermuda Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne stands at left (wearing red coat). Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19782
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy and the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, stand to the right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19781
Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan addresses crowd upon President John F. Kennedy’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. President Kennedy and the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, stand to the right. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19780
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, upon the President’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. Lady Joyce Gascoigne (wife of the Governor) stands at right with Air Force One in the background. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19779
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) steps off Air Force One upon his arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. US Secretary of State Dean Rusk stands in doorway of airplane. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19778
President John F. Kennedy (holding hat) speaks with Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne, upon the President’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. L-R: Unidentified; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan; British Ambassador to the United States Sir David Ormsby-Gore; President Kennedy; Governor Gascoigne. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19777
President John F. Kennedy speaks with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan upon the President’s arrival in Bermuda from Palm Beach, Florida. L-R: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Lady Joyce Gascoigne (wife of the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne), partially hidden; unidentified; Prime Minister Macmillan; President Kennedy; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home; British Ambassador to the United States Sir David Ormsby-Gore. Kindley Air Force Base, St. David’s Island, Bermuda.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19792
President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan (center) receive porcelain figurines from the Governor of Bermuda, Major General Sir Julian Gascoigne (right), at Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. President Kennedy’s figurine shows a Spanish Hog-Fish and a Sergeant Major fish swimming around a piece of coral; a silver plaque on the base reads: "The Bermuda Meeting 1961/John F. Kennedy/President of the United States/From the Governor and People of Bermuda."
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19798
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan inside Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. L-R: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19797
President John F. Kennedy meets with Prime Minister of Great Britain Harold Macmillan inside Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. L-R: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; President Kennedy; Prime Minister Macmillan; British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Earl of Home Alec Douglas-Home.