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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-24-E
AR07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WDC-01
Coerr discusses the Bay of Pigs and its effect on White House-State Department relations, U.S. relations with the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, and the formation of the Alliance of Progress, among other issues.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2008-076
Diana Howard served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uruguay from 1965 to 1967 on a community development project. She participated in a Peace Corps training program during her junior and senior years of college. In Uruguay, Howard worked in the poor areas outside of the capital, Montevideo, and had to learn barrio Spanish. She enjoyed her experience and fell in love with the people, especially the children with whom she worked. Howard also met her husband, got married, and had her first child in Uruguay. Interviewed and recorded by Melanie Spence, March 10, 2008. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-12-B
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-06-A
KN19
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-29-B
AR18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-15-B
AR16, KN12
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128-004
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Uruguay. Materials in this folder include memoranda from Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon and Lucius D. Battle, Special Assistant to the Secretary and Executive Secretary, regarding possible meetings with the President of Uruguay and a conference for the Inter-American Economic and Social Council (IA-ECOSOC). This folder also contains correspondence between President Kennedy and Benito Nardone, Eduardo Victor Haedo, and Faustino Harrison (successive Presidents of Uruguay) regarding President Kennedy's inauguration, the transition of power in Uruguay, and the IA-ECOSOC conference. This folder contains some Spanish-language materials.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-290-020
This folder contains a Spanish-language copy of a report titled, “Alianza Para el Progreso: Documentos Oficiales Emanados de la Reunion Extraordinaria del Consejo Interamericano Ecnomico y Social al Nivel Ministerial,” concerning the Alliance for Progress, a comprehensive foreign aid initiative intended to encourage economic, social, and political prosperity and stability in Latin America.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Sanford L. Fox
JFKWHSFSLF-005-012
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20167
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Dr. David Stitchkin (Chile), Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Kenneth Holland, Dr. Carlos Lacalle (Uruguay), Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, unidentified, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and unidentified. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff. [Damage at upper left of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-B
President John F. Kennedy signs Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Standing, L-R: Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Otto Passman (Louisiana); Congressman Chester E. Merrow (New Hampshire); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); unidentified; former President Harry S. Truman (facing away); Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (California); Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, Wymberley Coerr. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6618-A
President John F. Kennedy speaks prior to signing Public Law 87-41, Inter-American Social and Economic Cooperation Program and the Chilean Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program Act. Others, L-R: Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Chairman of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) and Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow; unidentified man in back; Secretary General of the OAS, Dr. José Mora; Chairman of the Council of the OAS, Dr. Fernando Lobo; Congressman Silvio O. Conte of Massachusetts (in back); Congressman Joseph M. Montoya (New Mexico); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn (Texas); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Congressman Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Jr., of Michigan (in shadow); Congressman William H. Natcher of Kentucky (in back); Congressman Clarence Cannon (Missouri); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Congressman John J. Rooney (New York); former President Harry S. Truman; Senator George D. Aiken (Vermont); two unidentified men. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6608-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Ambassador of Uruguay, Carlos A. Clulow. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1030-020
This folder contains copies of a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy titled, “The President’s South American Tour,” given at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire and St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. In the speech Senator Kennedy remarks on President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s tour of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay and discusses challenges to development and growth, and economic struggles of the countries.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7046-B
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Dr. David Stitchkin (Chile), unidentified, Dr. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (El Salvador), Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Arturo Morales Carrión, Dr. Kenneth Holland, Dr. Carlos Lacalle (Uruguay), Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner (partly hidden), Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison (mostly hidden), Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and unidentified. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7128-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with Presidents of the National Research Councils of the Americas and other scientific representatives of American countries, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentina; Admiral Octacilio Cunha and Dr. Crodowaldo Pavan, Brazil; Dr. E.W.R. Steacie, Canada; Professor Samuel Middleton, Chile; Dr. Gustavo Hitzig, Colombia; Dr. Luis Garibay, Mexico; Professor Germán Villar, Uruguay; Dr. Marcel Roche, Venezuela; Dr. John de Abate, Costa Rica; Dr. Jesse Perkinson, Organization of American States (OAS); Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Harrison Brown, Dr. J. George Harrar, Dr. Walter G. Whitman, and Dr. Andre C. Simonpietri, United States; Special Assistant to the President on Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome Wiesner.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7128-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with Presidents of the National Research Councils of the Americas and other scientific representatives of American countries, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentina; Admiral Octacilio Cunha and Dr. Crodowaldo Pavan, Brazil; Dr. E.W.R. Steacie, Canada; Professor Samuel Middleton, Chile; Dr. Gustavo Hitzig, Colombia; Dr. Luis Garibay, Mexico; Professor Germán Villar, Uruguay; Dr. Marcel Roche, Venezuela; Dr. John de Abate, Costa Rica; Dr. Jesse Perkinson, Organization of American States (OAS); Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, Dr. Harrison Brown, Dr. J. George Harrar, Dr. Walter G. Whitman, and Dr. Andre C. Simonpietri, United States; Special Assistant to the President on Science and Technology, Dr. Jerome Wiesner.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-506-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) meets with newly-appointed Ambassador of Uruguay, Juan Felipe Yriart, in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. An unidentified person (mostly hidden, holding a motion picture camera) films in the foreground.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-22681
President John F. Kennedy meets with U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay, Wymberley DeRenne Coerr (right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20168
President John F. Kennedy poses with members of the Organization of American States (OAS) Task Force on Education, Science, and Culture in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified, Dr. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (El Salvador), Dr. Mario Báncora (Argentina), Dr. Kenneth Holland, Dr. Carlos Lacalle (Uruguay), Secretary General of the OAS Dr. José Mora, President Kennedy, Chairman of the Task Force Dr. Gabriel Betancur Mejía (Colombia), Executive Secretary of the Task Force Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner, Dr. Carlos Chagas (Brazil), Dr. Frederick H. Harbison, Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs Philip H. Coombs, unidentified, Dr. Carlos Cueto Fernandini (Peru), and unidentified. Also included in the President's schedule: Dr. Ismael Rodríguez Bou (Puerto Rico); Dr. Alberto Venancio, Assistant to Dr. Chagas of Brazil; Ovidio Deleon and Hugo Muñoz, members of the Technical Staff. [Damage at lower left of image is original to the negative.]