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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF016-003
This folder contains materials regarding a state visit to Mexico by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy including media coverage and the press pool, daily schedules for the President and First Lady, and a guest list for a luncheon held by President Kennedy in honor of President of Mexico Adolfo López Mateos at the Hotel María Isabel.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF093-009
This file contains French-language menus for various luncheons and dinners held at the White House, including those in honor of foreign heads of state. Also included are Spanish-language menus for a luncheon held in Mexico City during President John F. Kennedy's trip to Mexico.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-071-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life from 1938 to 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, "Scrap Book." It contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to trips to Europe in 1938 and 1939; his election as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his enrollment at Harvard Law School in 1940; and time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and on trips to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the French Riviera, including at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Mexico, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, and California. Of note are photographs of the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, which Joe, Jr., visited before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War, as well as a photograph of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy christening the Esso Richmond, a new tanker ship, alongside her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, and her daughter, Eunice Kennedy. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including an event at Buckingham Palace; fliers for discussions, rallies, and debates featuring Joe, Jr., that were held by organizations including College Men for Defense First, Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom, and the Young Democrats of Massachusetts; Spanish paper currency; and telegrams regarding political events and rallies sent by representatives of both State and National Democratic Committees. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Torbert Macdonald; Hugh Fraser; Tom Killefer; Tom Egerton; and Diana Maria Gerli. Loose materials include a photographic postcard from Sofia, Bulgaria and Shawmut Bank promotional material, possibly a bookmark. The scrapbook contains 133 photographic prints (including a contact print of a strip of three 35mm black and white negatives, and one photo fragment); 32 photographic postcards; and 62 pieces of ephemera, including invitations, correspondence, telegrams, tickets, newspaper clippings, calling cards, advertisements, programs, and fliers.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-070-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his travels, family life, political work, and naval career between 1938 and 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Scrap Book.” It contains newspaper clippings, photographic prints and postcards, handwritten and typed letters, and printed ephemera related to his travels in the United States and Europe, including a 1939 visit to Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War; his involvement with the Democratic Party, including as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and his diplomatic work as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; his family's travels between the U.S. and England; his naval training at the Squantum Naval Air Station in Quincy, Massachusetts; and other news and current events of the time. Other Kennedy family members mentioned in clippings include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy; grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; aunt, Margaret L. Burke; uncle, Thomas A. Fitzgerald; cousins, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald and John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald; and his sister Kathleen's future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. Photographs feature Joe, Jr., attending unidentified events, with fellow trainees at the Squantum Naval Air Station, and holding a fish. An additional photograph shows an aerial view of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographic postcards feature images of canals in Xochimilco, Mexico, and of Joe, Jr., in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Senders of typed and handwritten correspondence include British politician Arthur Greenwood; politician and Democratic National Convention Chairman, James A. Farley; journalist Arthur Krock; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, J. W. Farley; and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Printed ephemera include a dance card with a pencil attached by string; a flier advertising a debate on Lend-Lease policy; a printed menu and seating chart for a dinner attended by Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, R. B. Pearson; a ticket book for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940; and a printed booklet published by the Squantum Naval Air Station titled, "Flight 62 / Knocks It Off," and dated August 7, 1941. Another item of note is a paper bag printed with Spanish text; bags of this type originally contained loaves of bread and were part of a campaign by General Francisco Franco in which airplanes dropped bread over Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Original notations are written in blue and black ink and pencil on the rectos and/or versos of some of the clippings. This scrapbook contains 75 newspaper and magazine clippings, nine photographic prints and postcards, six pieces of correspondence, and seven other pieces of printed ephemera.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-006
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Labor draft bill to amend Title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide, in connection with the employment of workers from Mexico, protection for the employment opportunities of agricultural workers in the United States.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-070
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on enrolled bill H.R. 2010, to amend Title V of Agricultural Act of 1949 in regards to Mexican laborers.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-011
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's statement upon signing the Agricultural Credit Agreement with Mexico, providing credit and technical assistance to farmers in order to increase income and productivity. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft, and press copy of the speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address at a luncheon held in his honor by the President of Mexico, Adolfo Lopez Mateos, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico. In his speech the President identifies the primary goals of the Alliance for Progress, and discusses Mexico and the United States' shared history of revolution. Materials in this folder include reading copies and a press copy of the speech.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-039-009
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks upon arriving at the Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico. In his speech the President thanks President Adolfo Lopez Mateos and the people of Mexico for their hospitality, and discusses the goals of the Alliance for Progress and the significance of Pan-American relations. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft, press copy, and reading copy of the speech. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-038-016
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's remarks to a group of visiting members of the Mexican Congress in the new flower garden of the White House.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-029-019
This folder consists primarily of Mexican newspaper clippings, mostly in Spanish with English translations, collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. Materials concern the proposed construction of the Reynosa-Mexicali (Mexican-American) pipeline, which would carry natural gas from fields in Texas to consumers in Los Angeles, California. The clippings were most likely sent by singer and Kennedy family friend Morton Downey. News clippings concerning President and Mrs. Kennedy's trip to Mexico are also included.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-319a-007
This folder contains memoranda by Chester Bowles, President John F. Kennedy’s Special Representative for Asian, African, and Latin American Affairs, regarding relations between Taiwan and Communist China, discrimination against private United States investments and industry by Mexico, and the need for a restriction on distribution of aid to Latin American countries. Also included in this folder are memoranda and a draft of a proposed speech for President Kennedy regarding U.S. policies towards Southeast Asia, particularly Laos and Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-024-016
This folder contains correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and consists primarily of memorandums from the Office of the Chief of Protocol. Materials principally concern recommendations for autographed photographs of President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to be given as gifts to dignitaries and officials during the President and Mrs. Kennedy's trip to Mexico. This folder contains some foreign language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's visit to Mexico City, Mexico. Materials in this folder include itineraries, a commemorative brochure, a press release announcing the President's schedule, a list of officials accompanying the President, guest lists for events and meetings, suggested remarks for the President to deliver upon arrival, a program from the Ballet Folklorico de Mexico, letters thanking those responsible for making administrative arrangements, and briefing papers concerning the Alliance for Progress, the current state of the Mexican economy, the salinity problem near the lower Colorado River, and possible joint ventures between Mexico and the United States. This folder contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-005
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's visit to Mexico City, Mexico. Materials in this folder include maps, a summary of diplomatic and foreign relations expectations for the visit, a summary of oil and gas properties in Mexico, and memoranda concerning a prospective canal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Mexico (officially known as the United Mexican States). Materials in this folder include memoranda regarding the President's interactions with Mexican officials, background information on Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos, correspondence between Presidents Kennedy and López Mateos, and a telegram summarizing the Mexican people's reaction to President Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to Mexico.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-003
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Mexico (officially known as the United Mexican States). Materials in this folder include an annotated bibliography on Mexican history, memoranda regarding the President's interactions with Mexican officials, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Mexican representatives, including President Adolfo López Mateos, on subjects such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Alliance for Progress, and the Chamizal border dispute. This folder contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-002
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Mexico (officially known as the United Mexican States). Materials in this folder include memoranda, a summary of the salinity problem near the lower Colorado River, a summary of tax legislation concerning foreign investments, and letters to President Kennedy from Mexican officials, including President Adolfo López Mateos, on subjects such as the Alliance for Progress, the Organization of American States' resolution on Cuba, and President Kennedy's recent visit to Mexico City with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. This folder contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-122-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Mexico (officially known as the United Mexican States). Materials in this folder include memoranda, newspaper articles, an article from the New England Journal of Medicine, telegrams from American Ambassador to Mexico Thomas C. Mann, a press release of a joint communique issued by President Kennedy and Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos, a summary of a prospective cooperative project to provide natural gas to an electric utility in Southern California, and correspondence between President Kennedy and Mexican officials, including President López Mateos. This folder contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-121b-013
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Mexico (officially known as the United Mexican States). Materials in this folder include press releases, a copy of a speech by Mexican President Adolfo López Mateos in honor of Freedom of the Press Day, a letter from United States Ambassador to Mexico Thomas C. Mann, correspondence between President Kennedy and Mexican officials, including President López Mateos, and memoranda regarding the quality of water in Mexico and President Kennedy's interactions with Mexican representatives. This folder also contains materials concerning meetings for the Mexican-American Interparliamentary Group, including itineraries and a list of representatives in attendance. This folder contains some Spanish-language material.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-088a-008
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Department of State. Topics include the schedule of state, official, and Presidential guest visits for 1963; Mexico; the expulsion of Cuba from the International Monetary Fund; a visit by Secretary General of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Thorkil Kristensen; press leaks at the Department of State; and trade of cotton textiles. Of note is a memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Rusk titled, "Arrangement Concerning the Stationing of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Outer Space." Also included in this folder is an issue of Lloyd's Bank Review.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0413-010
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the Department of State. It includes a request from Mayor John B. Hynes to open a Mexican consulate in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-028-002
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF016-004
This folder contains material related to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to Mexico, including publicity materials and sketches of dresses the First Lady planned to wear during the trip.
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John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-134
This folder contains letters to John F. Kennedy from a woman identified only as Vivi concerning her experiences in Mexico.