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 11. Special Events Through the Years.
Boxes 135-138
Four boxes 11.7 linear shelf feet] of the Special Events through the Years series were opened to research in January 1974. At that time one-tenth of a box [0.04 linear shelf foot] was closed due to restrictions by the donors. In addition, three-tenths of a box [0.12 linear shelf foot] of valuable original documents was removed and replaced by electrostatic copies.
"Special Events through the Years" is the title given by the personal secretary to this eclectic collection of materials about significant events in the life and career of John F. Kennedy. Some material from this series was transferred to more appropriate locations, including several items removed to the Kennedy Library museum. The files are arranged chronologically from 1939 through 1963.
There is little in the files to indicate what criteria were used in selecting its contents, and many significant events are obviously missing. The bulk of the material centers around the 1960 Democratic National Convention and the presidential election campaign of that year, and it includes campaign speeches, articles and news clippings, correspondence on the 1960 convention, and the convention acceptance speech, "The New Frontier," delivered by John F. Kennedy following his nomination. Also included are items relating to the inauguration in January 1961, to the President's trip to Vienna in June 1961, memoranda concerning the prospective 1964 campaign, and lists of gifts to the President forwarded through the White House Gift Unit.
The Special Events through the Years series focuses on isolated events, and there are few background memoranda or other documents to fill in the substance of the events and activities. Other files researchers should consult include the Personal Secretary's Files series, the Staff Memoranda series, the Subjects series, and the Countries series of the President's Office Files, and the Pre-Presidential Papers subcollection of the Papers of John F. Kennedy.
4.4 Boxes. 11.7 Linear Shelf Feet]
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Box 135
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1939 Letter written to his Father Following Trip to Palestine
1951 Radio Report on Trip to Middle and Far East, 11/14/51
1952 Senate Campaign, Miscellaneous
1952 Photo of Kennedy-Lodge Debate
1952 Congratulations on Election, 11/52
1953 Invitation to Eisenhower Inauguration
1953 Newsclips on Defense, NATO, 4/53-6/53
1954 Newsclips on Defense, NATO, 1/54-5/54
1954 Newsclips on Indochina, 7/53,2/54-5/54
1954 Speech to Executives' Club of Chicago, 2/28/54
1955 Correspondence re European Trip, 7/55-10/55
1955 Correspondence re John Mugford, Notre Dame, 7/55-10/55
1955 Correspondence re Poland, 9/55-12/55
1956 "Why Harvard Men Go Into Politics," Article for
Harvard Bulletin
, 5/56
1956 "America's Stake in Vietnam," Speech to Conference of American Friends of Vietnam, Washington, D.C. 6/1/56
1956 Harvard Commencement Speech, 6/56
1956 Conclusion for Remarks on Omnibus Tour of Harvard,
1956 Convention and Campaign Correspondence
1956 Convention and Campaign Thank You's from VIPs
1956 Kennedy for Vice President Correspondence,
1956 Meet the Press Congratulatory Letters, 10/56-11/56
1957 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Congratulations,
1957 Senate Reception Room
1957 Harvard Board of Overseers
1957 Awards
1957 Virginia Mardin Stories of Letters which Were Political Boners
1957 Photographs of Senator and Mrs. Kennedy from the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
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Box 136
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1958 Harvard Board of Overseers
1958 Awards
1958 Tucson, Arizona, Speech to "Saturday Evening Forum," 2/23/58
1958 Senate Campaign
1958 Meet the Press, 11/9/58
1958 Election Certificate, 12/4/58
1959 Speech on Coal
1959 Senate Reception Room, Portraits Unveiling, 3/12/59
1959 Gridiron Club Dinner, Washington, 3/14/59
1959 Gridiron Club Dinner, Milwaukee, Wisc., 4/9/59
1959 C.H. Cramer Letter re 1932 Campaign Anecdote re FDR and JPK
1959 RFK Speech re Select Committee on Labor-Management Practices
1959 Newsclips
1959 Campaign Correspondence, 4/48-12/59
1959 Correspondence re 1960 Convention
1959 Senate Stationery
1960 Press Club Speech, 1/14/60
1960 Announcement of Candidacy, 1/20/60
1960 Reception for Democratic National Committee, 1/22/60
1960 Campaign Correspondence, 1/60-7/60
1960 Campaign Correspondence, 8/60-9/60
1960 Contributions
1960 Telephone Lists |
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Box 137
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1960 Official Tally Sheet Used at the Convention, 7/13/60
1960 Statement Announcing LBJ as Vice Presidential Candidate
1960 Convention Acceptance Speech, "The New Frontier," 7/15/60
1960 Convention, Congratulatory Letters
1960 Kennedy-Johnson Meeting Agenda, 7/29/60-7/30/60
1960 Mike Mansfield Statement on Latin America, 8/8/60
1960 Senate Speech on Fair Labor Standards, 8/10/60
1960 Douglas Dillon Statement to Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 8/15/60
1960 Remarks re U-2 Activities by Special Counsel of House Space Committee to Annual Meeting of International Aeronautical Federation, Stockholm, 8/16/60
1960 Speech, Alexandria, Va., 8/24/60 (partial text)
1960 Campaign Correspondence and Memoranda, 8/60
1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debates: Letter Detailing Arrangements and Transcript of First Debate, 9/1/60
1960 Campaign Material Used in
Strategy of Peace
1960 Speech, Youngstown, Ohio, 10/9/60
1960 Quemoy and Matsu, Background on Issue from Clark Clifford, 10/11/60
1960 Correction Please Bulletins, 9/60-11/60
1960 Campaign Mementos
1960 Resignation from U.S. Senate, 12/22/60 |
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Box 138
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1961 Inauguration, Requests for Invitations
1961 Final Report of Inaugural Committee
1961 First Helicopter Trip of the President
1961 Presentation of National Geographic Society's Gold medal to Captain Cousteau, 4/19/61
1961 Correspondence re Chair and Sofa Used in Vienna Talks with Chairman Khrushchev
1962 Telephone Credit Cards
1962 Enrico Fermi Award
1963 Interim Report of President's Advisory Committee on Narcotics and Drug Abuse, 4/3/63
1963 Democratic National Committee Correspondence, 11/7/63-11/8/63
1963 Memoranda re State Organizations for Campaign 1964
1963 List of White House Employees as of 11/22/63
1963 Copy of Act to Provide Expenses for Mrs. Kennedy, 12/11/63
1964 Donation of President's Golf Club to U.S. Golf Association Hall of Fame, 4/15/64
Archives: Incomplete List of Gifts for President, Forwarded Through White House Gift Unit, Shipments |
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J - N
O - P
1 - 6 (1963) |
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