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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-04-29-A
AR06
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CWC-01
Cole discusses Teodoro Moscoso and Richard N. Goodwin’s 1962 mission to Chile, the 1964 Chilean Presidential election, socialist and communist influences in Chile, the Agency for International Development (AID), and U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SGO-01
Guitierrez discusses role as ambassador, the Alliance for Progress, and other Latin American policy, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0005-001-016
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate a resolution on democracy in Chile. The episode aired on Monday, November 24, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0003-001-033
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate World Bank loans to Chile and comment on the regime of the President of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet. The episode aired on Thursday, September 25, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0002-001-025
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate U.S. relations with Chile and the regime of the President of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet. The episode aired on Monday, August 4, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0002-001-001
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate entry of the Chilean tall ship "Esmeralda" into Independence Day celebrations in New York City. The episode aired on Tuesday, July 1, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-004-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate the military dictatorship of the President of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet, and the possibility of the United States imposing economic sanctions. The episode aired on Tuesday, March 24, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0006-001-009
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate U.S. relations with Chile and the regime of the President of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet. The episode aired on Friday, December 26, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-036-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate whether labeling indicating country of origin should be required on food products. They comment on a scare in the United States involving cyanide found in two grapes imported from Chile. The episode aired on Wednesday, March 22, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-155-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s toast to President Jorge Alessandri of Chile at a luncheon held in the White House State Dining Room. In his toast President Kennedy explains the historical relationship between the two countries, to which President Alessandri responds by noting the similarities between the countries’ political systems and their shared duty to preserve democratic ideals.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-155-004
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s welcome address to Chilean President Jorge Alesandri. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the mission of the Alliance for Progress, and thanks the Chilean citizens for their support during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Sound recording
United States Information Agency Audio Recordings Collection
USIAAU-068
Sound recording of an Spanish-language taped tribute to President John F. Kennedy from Santiago, Chile. The recording contains narration and excerpts from President Kennedy's remarks at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the Swearing-in Ceremony of John F. Kennedy as President and his Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961; other remarks by President Kennedy; and Spanish-language and Voice of America (VOA) broadcast clips covering President Kennedy's assassination. Accession MR-1965-079.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-009
Dan Diliberti served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from 1969 to 1971 as a home construction instructor. He trained in-country around Santiago. In the interview, he explains the training program and introduction to a new culture. Diliberti worked along with his wife in a home construction project that involved members of the local community. He talks about his friendships and relationships with the Chileans and the sense of working together to accomplish set goals. He also described the influence that the Peace Corps had on his later life and career. Interviewed and recorded by Paul Kinsley, February 1, 2011. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-007-002
Ann Diliberti served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from July 1969 to July 1971 as a community service worker. She attended training in and around Santiago, Chile, as part of a construction instructor team along with her husband Dan. Diliberti discusses the culture shock and differences in life experiences she witnessed. She was very involved in her community, making friends and starting various projects, and lived in the same manner as the people she worked with. Interviewed and recorded by Paul Kinsley, December 7, 2010. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2010-035-004
Charlotte (Kelso) Thompson served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from 1969 to 1971 on a housing project. She and her husband were recruited to participate in a self-help housing project for married volunteer couples. The husbands worked as architects and the wives worked as social workers in Chilean communities where government-supported self-help housing projects existed. Thompson's role as a social worker was ill-defined but she found other useful ways to be involved in her community. The project was terminated early before the end of the second year after the election of President Salvador Allende. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, August 14, 2010. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2004-002-018
Kenny Karem served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from 1966 to 1968. He trained at the University of Washington at Seattle. It was a very stressful training because over seventy-five trainees were reduced to only forty Peace Corps volunteers. The group was under constant scrutiny by psychologists. Karem spent one month in Puerto Rico before being assigned to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the south of Chile, working with Mapuche Indians. He had no defined job. After nine months, Karem transferred to the Hoof and Mouth Disease Treatment Program, under the Ministry of Health. He also discusses the effects of Vietnam and the draft. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, September 6, 2003. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2003-007-002
Carol Crew served in Chile with a cooperative development program. She received intensive language training at Notre Dame, and in Puerto Rico on an extended home-stay in a small village. Her assignment was initially uncertain, however Crew ended up in Santiago doing television production of educational programs about cooperatives. Interviewed and recorded by Robert Klein, September 24, 2002. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2002-016-014
Joan Powell served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from 1965 to 1967. She worked in the village of Tocopilla as a public health nurse. Interviewed by Mervin Adams, April 28, 1998, as part of a Northeastern University public history class. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file). An user's guide is available in Box 70, and one photograph has been transferred to the AV Department.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2019-101
Susan Selbin served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Chile from 1967 to 1968 on a community development project. She later served in Liberia (1982-1983) and Swaziland (2009-2010) as well. In Chile, Selbin was assigned to Nogales where she worked with a Mother's Club to arrange educational workshops for women. To help support the club, she organized film festivals and the construction of a building. After rejoining the Peace Corps in the 1980s, Selbin worked at a university in Monrovia, Liberia. For her third tour, she focused on teacher training work in Makayane, Swaziland. Selbin says that her Peace Corps service gave her a can-do attitude, which she has carried with her throughout her life. In between her time in the Peace Corps, she taught special needs and inner city children and then served in the Foreign Service for 20 years. Now retired, she continues to enjoy volunteering and putting on film festivals focusing on environmental and other social issues. Interviewed and recorded by Christeen Pusch, June 21, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-20-A
AR39, ST28
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-21-A
AR33, ST20, KN30
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-01-24-A
AR31
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-11-C
AR30, ST17
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-11-B
ST17, KN27