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(#3) POF: Series 7. Departments and Agencies

Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview


List of Series
Series 1. General Correspondence
Series 2. Special Correspondence
Series 3. Speech Files
Series 4. Legislative Files
Series 5. Press Conferences
Series 6. Staff Memoranda
Series 7. Departments and Agencies
Series 8. Subjects
Series 9. Countries
Series 10. Personal Secretary's Files
Series 11. Special Events through the Years
Series 12. White House Signal Agency
Series 13. Presidential Recordings (White House Meetings and Telephone Recordings file)
ADDITIONS
Addition of June 2005

Collection Description

Series 7. Departments and Agencies.
Boxes 68-94

Twenty-seven boxes [11.3 linear shelf feet] of the Departments and Agencies series were opened to research in December 1973. At that time six and one-tenth boxes [2.54 linear shelf feet] were closed due to donor restrictions or national security classification. Four-tenths of a box [0.16 linear shelf foot] of valuable original documents was removed and replaced with electrostatic copies.

Originally referred to by the President's personal secretary as the "Departmental" files, the Departments and Agencies series was reorganized by the Kennedy Library staff to include documents found in a small group of files entitled "Cabinet Meetings" and the files on miscellaneous government boards and commissions found among the "Subjects" and "Special Topics" files of the original file scheme.

The Departments and Agencies series is divided into three subseries: major departments and agencies (alphabetically arranged); a small subseries of items left behind in the Cabinet Room after meetings and collected there by the personal secretary (arranged chronologically by date of Cabinet Meeting); and a subseries of minor executive branch committees, boards, commissions and offices (arranged alphabetically).

The series is manifestly not a complete record of transactions between the President and the elements of the Executive Branch. Not all departments and agencies, boards and commissions, etc. are represented in these files, as a comparison of the folder title list with the U.S. Government Organization Manual readily shows. However, many highlights of the President's relations with various elements of the federal bureaucracy are highlighted in this series.

Researchers should also consult the papers of various Cabinet and sub-cabinet officials that have been donated to the Kennedy Library. They should also refer to the White House Central Subject Files FG series and to the papers of White House staff members responsible for various departments and agencies, particularly the Myer Feldman Papers, the Lee White Papers, the Theodore Sorensen Papers, and (when they can be declassified and made available) the National Security Files.

33.5 Boxes. [14.0 Linear Shelf Feet]
  

Box 68 JFK Memos to Depts. and Agencies
AEC-Budget
CAB-Defense
FAA-Justice
Labor-Navy
OCDM-State
Treasury-VA
Agency for International Development (AID)
1961
1962: January-June
1962: July-December
Coffin Paper, "Cultism in Foreign Aid" 10/25/62
Proposed Program FY 63
1/63-4/63
5/63-8/63
9/63-11/63
Agriculture
Congressional Reports, 1958-1959
1/61-3/61
4/61-5/61
6/61-8/61
9/61-12/61
Commodity Price Tables, 1/61-9/62
1/62-4/62
Press Transcripts, 5/62
5/62
Box 69 6/62
7/62-12/62
1/63-4/63
EEC Trade Problems, 2/9/63
5/63
6/63-7/63
8/63
9/63-11/63
Rural Electrification Administration
Air Force
1961
1/62-6/62
Counterinsurgency, 1962
Box 69a 7/62-12/62
"Failsafe" Issue, 10/62
1963
Area Redevelopment Administration (APA)
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA)
Army
1961
1962
Corps of Engineers, Oahe Dam, 1962
Engineers Civil Works Program FY 63
Special Warfare Articles, 1962
1963
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1961
1962
1963
Panel on High Energy Accelerator Physics, 4/26/63
Box 70 Bureau of the Budget
1/61-4/61
5/61-7/61
8/61
9/61
Interservice Utilization of Aeronautical Equipment, 9/61
Employment in the Executive Branch, 9/61
10/61-11/61
12/61
1961 Reorganization Program, Part I
1961 Reorganization Program, Part II
1/62-4/62
CAB Decision Docket No. 13150, 2/26/62
5/62-6/62
Box 71 7/62
8/62
9/62
Holifield Hearings on "Bell Report," 9/21/62
10/62-12/62
1/63-3/63
CAB Decision Docket No. 13833, 3/4/63
4/63
5/63
6/63
Advisory Panel on Federal Salary Systems, 6/12/63
7/63
8/63
1965 Proposed Planning Figures, 8/8/63, Part I
1965 Proposed Planning Figures, 8/8/63, Part II
9/63
10/63-11/63
Business Advisory Council (BAC) (See Commerce, BAC)
Box 72 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
1955, New Headquarters Building
1/61-5/61
5/25/61
6/61-12/61
1962
1963
Civil Aeronautics Board, 1961-1963
Civil and Defense Mobilization (See Office of Emergency Planning)
Civil Service Commission, 1961-1963
Commerce
T.V. Quiz Hearings, 12/16/59
"Boost the Economy" Program, 1961, Part I
"Boost the Economy" Program, 1961, Part II
1961
1/62-5/62
Box 72a 6/62-8/62
9/1/62-10/16/62
10/17/62-12/31/62
Civilian Technology Report, 12/3/62
1/63-4/63
5/63-7/63
8/63-11/63
Part I, Committee for the Alliance for Progress Report, 12/20/62
Part II, Committee for the Alliance for Progress Report, 12/20/62
Committee for the Alliance for Progress, 12/62, Report
Business Advisory Council (BAC)
Commodity Credit Corporation
Box 73 Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
1/61-3/61
Testimony, 3/6/61
4/61-5/61
Nation's Business Article, 5/61
6/61
7/61
8/61
9/61
10/61
11/61
12/61
Box 74 1/62-2/62
3/3/62-3/15/62
3/16/62-3/31/62
4/62
5/1/62-5/5/62
5/6/62-5/15/62
5/16/62-5/31/62
6/1/62-6/15/62
6/16/62-6/30/62
7/1/62-7/6/62
7/7/62-7/15/62
7/16/62-7/25/62
7/26/62-7/31/62
Summaries of Ways and Means Testimony, 7/62
Box 75 8/1/62-8/7/62
Draft Testimony for Patman Committee, 8/3/62
8/8/62-8/9/62
8/10/62-8/20/62
8/21/62-8/31/62
9/62
10/1/62-10/9/62
Progress Report on Consumers Advisory Council, 10/8/62
10/10/62-10/31/62
11/1/62-11/6/62
11/7/62-11/14/62
Committee on Corporate Pension Funds, 11/15/62
11/15/62
Box 75a 11/16/62-11/26/62
12/1/62-12/31/62
1/63
2/1/63-2/18/63
2/19/63-2/28/63
3/63
4/1/63-4/7/63
4/8/63-4/14/63
Committee on Financial Institutions, 4/11/63
4/15/63-4/30/63
Ackley Speech: "The Economic Policies of the Kennedy Administration," 4/26/63
5/1/63-5/10/63
5/11/63-5/31/63
Box 76 6/1/63-6/13/63
6/14/63-6/30/63
7/1/63-7/16/63
7/17/63-7/30/63
Statement to the Banking and Currency Committee, 7/25/63
8/1/63-8/7/63
8/8/63-8/31/63
9/63
International Monetary Reform (Treasury Report), 9/24/63
10/1/63-10/7/63
10/8/63-10/31/63
Employment and Manpower Testimony, 10/28/63
11/63
Box 77 Defense
1/61-3/61
FY 61 and FY 62 Military Programs and Budgets, 2/21/61
Proposal on Excess Installations, 3/1/61
Appraisal of Capabilities of Conventional Forces, [undated]
4/61-6/61
7/61-8/61
9/61-12/61
1/62-3/62
4/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
Strategic Forces, 12/62
1/63-6/63
McNamara Press Conference on Cuba, 2/6/63
McNamara Testimony on TFX 3/13/63
McNamara Speech to ASNE, 4/20/63
Box 78 Armed Services Committee Interim Report on the Cuban Military Build-up, 5/9/63
7/63-11/63
McNamara Economic Club Speech, 11/18/63
District of Columbia
Export-Import Bank
Executive Office of the President
Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)
1961
1962
Hanger Sessions with Pilots, 1962
Halaby Press Conference, 4/20/62
International Air Transport Policy Report, 1/63
1963
Supersonic Transport, FY 64 Budget Message (A)
Supersonic Transport, FY 64 Budget Message (B)
Supersonic Transport, FY 64 Budget Message (C)
Supersonic Transport, 1963, Documents
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Frequency Bands for Space Communications, 5/17/61
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)
Federal Power Commission (FCP)
Federal Renegotiation Board
Federal Reserve Board
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food for Peace Program
Campaign Committee Report, 1/19/61
1/61-3/61
McGovern Report, 3/10/61
4/61-12/61
Box 79 1/62-7/62
8/62-11/63
General Services Administration (GSA)
1961-1962
1963
National Historical Publications Commission Luncheon, 6/17/63
Federal Buildings
Box 79a Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)
1961
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1962 Publications
1963
Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA)
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Interior
1961
Freeport Saline Water Conversion Plant Report, 10/27/61
1962
Udall Trip to USSR, 1962
Box 80 1/63-6/63
"The Conservation Challenge of the Sixties," 4/63
Udall Report on Robert Frost Trip to USSR, 4/63
Sagamore Hill, 4/63
7/63-11/63
JFK Western Trip, Fall 1963
Udall Book, The Quiet Crisis (uncorrected proofs)
International Cooperation Administration (ICA)
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
1961
Berlin, JCSM 486-61, 7/18/61
1962-1963
Justice
1961
Counterinsurgency (U.S. Army Report), 5/61
Presidential Disability Opinion (undated)
1/62-3/62
Levine Report on FBI, 1/23/62
4/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1/63-3/63
4/63-6/63
Interstate Oil and Gas Report, 5/16/63
Defense Procurement Trends, 6/63
7/63-11/63
Box 81 Defense Production Act (1950) Reports, 1961
Defense Production Act (1950) Reports, 1962
Defense Production Act (1950) Reports, 1963
Labor
1/61-3/61
4/61-5/61
Conference on Economic Progress, 5/61
"Hire Now" Campaign Kit (A), 5/18/61
"Hire Now" Campaign Kit (B), 5/18/61
"Hire Now" Campaign Kit (C), 5/18/61
6/61-7/61
8/61-9/61
10/61-12/61
Report on Corporate Pension Funds, 11/21/61
1/62-2/62
3/62-4/62
Labor 5/62-6/62
7/62-8/62
9/62-12/62
Box 82 1/63-4/63
Youth Employment Committee Report, 4/63
5/63-11/63
Wirtz Press Conference, 10/10/63
Manpower Conservation Report, 11/1/63
Non-Government Reports
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
1/61-3/61
4/61-12/61
Draft Paper on Nuclear Power, 11/6/62
Budget Estimates for FY 1964, Volume I
Box 83 Budget Estimates for FY 1964, Volume II
Budget Estimates for FY 1964, Volume III
Budget Estimates for FY 1964, Volume IV
Box 84 President's Report on 1961 Space Activities
1962
Field Installations, 2/62
Space Center Proposal, University of Pittsburgh [1962]
President's Report on 1962 Space Activities
1963
Review of Space Effort, 5/63
National Aeronautics and Space Council
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
National Mediation Board
Navy
1961
"The President's Desk" 7/61
1/62-4/62
Box 84a 5/62-7/62
8/62-12/62
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute [1962]
1/63-6/63
USS THRESHER Condolence Letters, 4/19/63
7/63-11/63
Office of Emergency Planning (OEP)
Basic Report, 2/61
Box 85 1/61-3/61
4/61-6/61
7/61-12/61
Civilian vs Military Control, 7/61
Draft Federal Emergency Plan C, 12/61
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
Stockpile Disposal Report, 1/21/63
1963
Office of Science and Technology (OST)
1962
1963
Planning for International Scientific Cooperation, 8/2/63
National Policy Statement, 8/2/63
Peace Corps
Shriver Report and Recommendations (A), [1961]
Shriver Report and Recommendations (B), 2/61
1/61-6/61
Shriver Trip to Guinea, 6/61
7/61-12/61
1/62-3/62
Box 86 4/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
First Annual Report, 7/62
1/63-4/63
5/63
6/63-11/63
Post Office
1961-1962
1963
President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC)
Federal Funds for Science, FY59-FY61, 12/60
1/61-4/61
Box 86a Development Assistance Panel, 3/7/61
Ad Hoc Mercury Panel Report, 4/12/61
5/61-12/61
1962
1962 B, Report on Civil Defense, 7/16/62
FDA, Citizens Advisory Report, 10/62
Meeting Manpower Needs in Science and Technology, 11/9/62
Meeting Manpower Needs in Science and Technology, Supplement,
11/15/62
Meeting Manpower Needs in Science and Technology, 11/19/62
Box 87 Draft Report on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan, Chapter 1
Draft Report on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan, Chapters 2-4
Draft Report on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan, Chapter 5
Draft Report on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan, Chapter 6
Draft Report on Waterlogging and Salinity in West Pakistan, Ch. 7 and
Appendix
Wiesner Speech to Federation of American Scientists, 4/21/63
Pesticides Report, 5/15/63
National Oceanographic Plan, 1963-1972
Public Printer
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Selective Service System
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Federal Handbook for Small Business, 1962
Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
State
1/61
2/1/61-2/15/61
2/16/61-2/28/61
3/61
Briefing for Meeting with Otto Passman, 3/16/61
Box 88 4/61-5/61
Kennedy-Macmillan Meeting, 4/61
6/61-7/61
8/61-9/61
10/61-12/61
1/62-3/62
4/62-5/62
6/62-7/62
8/62-12/62
Box 88a 1/63
French Aid to Africa, 1/28/63
2/63-3/63
Chiefs of Mission Review, 3/63
4/63-5/63
6/63-7/63
8/63-11/63
Balance of Payments Paper, 9/63
Louis E. Frechtling (A) & (B)
Supreme Court
Tariff Commission
Treasury
1/61-2/61
3/61-5/61
Box 89 6/61
7/61-8/61
9/61
10/61-12/61
1/62-2/62
3/62-4/62
Balance of Payments Report, 3/12/62
5/62
Revenue Act of 1962, Senate Finance Committee Hearings, Part 10, 5/10/62-5/11/62
6/62
7/1/62-7/15/62
Box 89a 7/16/62-7/31/62
International Liquidity, Roosa Memo, 7/20/62
8/1/62-8/20/62
Depreciation Revision Reaction Survey, 8/3/62
The New Convertible Gold-Dollar System, 8/9/62
Interim International Monetary Agreement, 8/9/62
Report of Subcommittee on Gold and Monetary Agreement, 8/10/62
8 21/62-8/31/62
Report on 3/61-9/62 Foreign Exchange Operations
Box 90 9/62
10/62
11/62-12/62
1/63
2/63
Balance of Payments Report, 2/13/63
3/63
Long Range International Payments Committee, 3/12/63
4/63
Balance of Payments, "President's Reading," 4/17/63
5/63
6/63
7/63
Statement on Balance of Payments, American Bankers Association,
7/14/63
Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 7/19/63
8/63
Dillon Ways and Means Testimony, 8/12/63
9/63
Tax Reduction Business Committee, 9/63
Box 91 10/63-11/63
U.S. Information Agency (USIA)
1960 and 1/61-6/61
7/61-12/61
1/62-6/62
7/62-12/62
1/63-2/63
3/63
Review of USIA Research, 3/4/63
4/63-6/63
Alianza Opinion Survey, 6/63
7/63
Worldwide Survey, 7/63
8/63-11/63
Veterans Administration
"A Program for Veterans"
1961-1962
1963
Box 92 Cabinet Meetings
Chronology
Miscellaneous Notes from Evelyn Lincoln's "Daily Reports" Files
1/26/61
2/2/61
2/16/61
4/20/61
6/15/61
8/4/61
9/14/61
10/26/61
2/8/62
Inter-Cabinet Briefing Book, 3/12/62, Covering Memo
Inter-Cabinet Briefing Book, 3/12/62:
Agriculture
Commerce
Defense
HEW (Health, Education & Welfare)
Interior
Justice
Labor
Post Office
State
Treasury
Miscellaneous
4/3/62
5/24/62
6/11/62
7/26/62
10/18/62
4/25/63
6/19/63
7/3/63
9/23/63
10/29/63
Miscellaneous Reports, etc.
Box 93 Commission on the Airlines Controversy
Commission on Campaign Costs
Commission of Fine Arts
Commission on the Status of Women
Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped
Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity
Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime
Committee on National Medal of Science
Committee on Physical Fitness
Correspondence with State Education Officials, 7/19/63
Committee on Traffic Safety
Committee on Youth Employment
Consulting Group on Nursing
Consumer Advisory Council
Council on Aging
Report, 10/31/63
Box 94 Council on Youth Fitness
Survey (undated)
"The Soft American"
Misc. Reports
Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Board
Economic Policy Committee
Emergency Planning Committee
1962
NSAM 127
Task Group Report on Survivable Communications, 8/62
Committee on Assumptions for Non-Military Planning, etc.
Protection of Facilities, 8/1/63
Report on Assignments 1, 8 & 9, 9/18/64
1962-1964 Documents Transferred to Kennedy Library in 1970
Federal Council for Science and Technology
Fine Arts Committee for the White House
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (FIAB)
1960-1961
Briefing Material, 5/61
Interdepartmental Steering Committee on Air Transport Policies
National Advisory Committees
National Capital Planning Commission
National Science Foundation
President's Panel on Mental Retardation (A)
President's Panel on Mental Retardation (B)
Pullman Conductors Emergency Board
Railroad Commissions
Textile Advisory Committee

 

 
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POF,The Presidential Papers (1961-1963) of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States (1961-1963). President's Office Files is a subcollection of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy consisting of the working files of President Kennedy as maintained by his personal secretary, Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln, in the Oval Office of the White House. Series include: general correspondence, special correspondence, speech files, legislative files, press conferences, staff memorandums, departments and agencies, subjects, countries, personal secretary's files, special events through the years, White House Signal Agency, and Presidential recordings. 81 feet, 28 rolls of microfilm, 127 audiotapes, 73 dictabelts.,