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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OUH-01
This interview focuses on the political situation in Czechoslovakia and the United States’ negotiations with the Czechoslovakian government, among other topics.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WAC-02
Crawford discusses Romania’s 1960s derussification campaign, Romania’s attitude towards the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Russia’s relationship with Czechoslovakia, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-13-C
AR41, ST33
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-061-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and other aspects of his life from 1936 to 1940. The scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, postcards, and printed ephemera related to his time at Harvard University; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; trips to various European countries; and social events and activities. Newspaper and periodical clippings cover a wide range of topics, including Joe, Jr.’s athletic career and involvement in student government at Harvard; the Kennedy family’s arrival in London, England, following Joe, Sr.'s appointment as ambassador; the prospect of British involvement in the global conflict that became World War II; Joe, Sr.'s opinions on and actions related to the war; and other political and society news and events. Others featured in clippings and pictured in photographs include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; his grandparents, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; his cousin, Joseph Francis Gargan, Jr.; and family friend, Hugh Fraser. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including a ball at Buckingham Palace; event programs; menus; tickets; and calling cards. Of note are a set of fingerprints that Joe, Jr., had taken during a visit to the Boston Police Headquarters; an envelope containing five bird feathers; photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag for a Harvard theater production; clippings related to his purported relationship with figure skater Megan Taylor; a letter from British Member of Parliament, Anthony Eden; photographic prints and postcards that capture a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; a photograph of Joe, Jr., aboard the R.M.S. Mauretania; clippings related to Joe, Jr.’s voyage from London to New York City, New York; Spanish paper currency; an unsent postcard addressed to Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy, nanny to the Kennedy children, signed by Joe, Jr.; a photographic postcard signed by Alois Lang, the actor who portrayed Jesus in the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; contact prints of strips of 35mm black and white negatives that capture scenes from Joe, Jr.’s 1939 trip to Spain with Kathleen following the end of the Spanish Civil War, including images of Spanish Loyalist tanks and damage from the siege of the Alcázar of Toledo; a photographic postcard featuring an image of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Hermann Göring; signed portrait photos of several unidentified women; and prints of four watercolor illustrations depicting scenes from the Spanish Civil War, credited to “Artillery Lieutenant Luis Serrano.” Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Warsaw, Poland; Cannes, France; Capri, Rome, Venice, Naples, and Amalfi, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark; Czechoslovakia; Killarney and other locations in Ireland; and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Original handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in black ink on some of the leaves. This photograph album contains 164 photographic prints and postcards, 134 newspaper and periodical clippings, 29 pieces of printed ephemera, six banknotes and two banknote fragments, four pieces of correspondence, and four prints of watercolor drawings.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-149-008
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-149-007
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-147-010
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-147-009
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-147-008
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-100-010
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-115a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Czechoslovakia. Materials include correspondence between President Kennedy and President of Czechoslovakia , Antonín Novotný regarding the disarmament conference in Geneva, Switzerland; a letter of recall for Czech Ambassador to the United States Miloslav Ruzek; and a letter of credence for new Czech Ambassador to the United States Karel Duda. This folder contains some foreign language material.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0413-011
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the Department of State. The materials concern a property claim filed by Joseph R. Budina of Boston, Massachusetts.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-002-001
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128a-013-p0027
Portrait of Dr. Miloslav Ruzek, Ambassador of Czechoslovakia and representative of Cuban interests in the United States. The photograph accompanies a report entitled, "Chiefs of Mission in Washington, 3/63." [Notes: The inscription on the verso of the photograph reads: "Ruzek - Czechoslovakia." Three holes are punched on the right side of the print.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30698
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) from Czechoslovakia, Jiri Hajek. Also pictured: Ambassador of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Karel Duda; Prince Bertil of Sweden; Prime Minister of Sweden, Tage Erlander; Minister without Portfolio of Sweden, Olof Palme; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR8239-A
President John F. Kennedy (at right, in rocking chair) meets with Ambassador of Czechoslovakia, Dr. Karel Duda; man in background is unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.