This October 28, 2024 conference for teachers of grades 3 - 8 and school librarians will explore how literature can help students to understand what it means to live in and participate in a democracy. Join keynote speaker Heather McGhee and award-winning authors Alice Faye Duncan, Kekla Magoon, and Traci Sorell to discuss how children’s literature, critical thinking, and tested classroom strategies can help educators develop and implement effective and relevant social studies teaching.
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Heather McGhee - Keynote Speaker Heather McGhee is the author of the book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together , which explores the societal costs of racism and
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The Department of Education and Public Programs of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum provides professional development opportunities for elementary and secondary school educators.
Acclaimed Irish broadcaster and Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridyand Ireland's current laureate for children's literature, illustrator P.J. Lynch, discussed President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe journalist Kevin Cullen.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
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This interview focuses on the internal operations of the State Department and the United States’ relations with the Soviet Union and Europe, in particular over issues such as the Berlin Wall, the Common Market, and multilateral force, among other topics.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Portrait of Karim Bangoura, Ambassador of Guinea. The photograph accompanies a report entitled "Chiefs of Mission in Washington, 3/63." [Notes: The inscription on the verso of the photograph reads: "Bangoura - Guinea." Three holes are punched on the right side of the print.]
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
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Model of the sod-buster plow in a display case. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall, Willis G. Scholl, President of the Farm Equipment Institute, Chicago, and C.R. Gutermuth, Chairman of the Public Domain Sesquicentennial Commission, Washington, D.C., presented the model to President John F. Kennedy to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act. A news release dated February 13, 1962, from the Department of the Interior declared that the commemoration launched a year-long national observance of the Homestead Act and other land anniversaries of 1962.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of Jacqueline Kennedy and an unidentified man. The photograph contains an inscription of, "Warmest regards, T. Gh[]."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of a John F. Kennedy memorial exhibit in the lobby of the Worcester Federal Savings in Worcester, Massachusetts. The photograph accompanies a letter sent to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis from Raymond P. Harold.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of the Biblioteca [Library] John F. Kennedy in Chayanta, Bolivia. The photo accompanies a letter sent to Jacqueline Kennedy from Robert H. Stebbins. Written on margin of transparency is, "31, APR 67 N6, Chayanta Library."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of the Biblioteca [Library] John F. Kennedy in Chayanta, Bolivia. The photo accompanies a letter sent to Jacqueline Kennedy from Robert H. Stebbins. Written on margin of transparency is, "32, APR 67 N6, Chayanta Library."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of Kimberly Ann and Bobby McCabe of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The photograph accompanies a letter sent to Jacqueline Kennedy by Leola McCabe, mother to Kimberly Ann and Bobby. Verso contains handwritten note of, "To Mrs. John F. Kennedy with great admiration, Bobby and Kim McCabe."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of visitors at President John F. Kennedy's gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery with Washington, D.C. in the background. The photograph accompanies a letter sent to gravesite architect John Carl Warnecke from Lieutenant Colonel Carlyle H. Charles, the project officer for construction of the gravesite.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of Reverend Oscar L. Huber, a Roman Catholic priest who administered last rites to President John F. Kennedy. The photograph accompanies a letter and Christmas card sent to Jacqueline Kennedy from Reverend Huber. Written on the recto of the photograph is, "Oscar L. Huber, C.M.," and on the verso is, "To John Kennedy, Jr."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of Reverend Oscar L. Huber, a Roman Catholic priest who administered last rites to President John F. Kennedy. The photograph accompanies a letter and Christmas card sent to Jacqueline Kennedy from Reverend Huber. Written on the recto of the photograph is, "Oscar L. Huber, C.M.," and on the verso is, "To Caroline Kennedy."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of Reverend Oscar L. Huber, a Roman Catholic priest who administered last rites to President John F. Kennedy. The photograph accompanies a letter and Christmas card sent to Jacqueline Kennedy from Reverend Huber. Written on the recto of the photograph is, "Oscar L. Huber, C.M.," and on the verso is, "To Mrs. John F. Kennedy."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy stands with her dog, Clipper, near the walkway outside the Oval Office. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of the ceremony for the admission of a portrait of Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th Duke of Alba, by portraitist Michael A. Werboff to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. The photograph accompanies a letter Mr. Werboff sent to Pamela Turnure, Press Secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Caption in the top margin of photograph reads, "The ceremony of admission of the portrait of the XVIIth Duke of Alba to the Prado Museum of Madrid, Spain, December 13, 1960." Identifications of individuals in the photograph are written in the margin (L-R): "Sr. [Modesto] Lopez Otero, President of the Academy of Spain; F.J. Sánchez Cantón, Director of Prado Museum; [Michael] Werboff; U.S. Ambassador [to Spain] John D. Lodge; Cultural Attache U.S. Embassy Mr. [Jacob] Canter." Verso of photograph contains handwritten caption of, "This portrait of the XVIIth Duke of Alba was painted in Madrid in 1951 by Michael Werboff," and is stamped, "469."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Photograph of a portrait of Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, the 17th Duke of Alba, by portraitist Michael A. Werboff. The photograph accompanies a letter Mr. Werboff sent to Pamela Turnure, Press Secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Verso of photograph contains handwritten caption of, "XVIIth Duke of Alba by Michael Werboff, Madrid (1951), Prado Museum, Madrid."
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
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Color transparency of the Armorial Ensigns of the Arms and Crest of the Kennedy family. The crest consists of an armed arm holding a sheaf of arrows, between two olive branches, and placed above a helmet. The mantling descends from the helmet and frames the coat of arms, consisting of a shield with three helmets.
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Burke Marshall Personal Papers
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Photograph of Senator Harrison A. Williams of New Jersey, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Burke Marshall, and Joe Hutnyan of United Press International (UPI) seated together behind a table with name placards.
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Burke Marshall Personal Papers
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Photograph of an unidentified man standing in front of a billboard on United States Route 1 near Richmond, Virginia. The billboard was erected by the Virgina Council on Human Relations and reads, "Be color blind, hire the best man."
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Ernest Hemingway Collection. Photographs
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Ernest Hemingway (left, holding gun) stands with an unidentified man and dog in front of a car in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
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Photograph of Byron H. “Cappy” Rix of Nevada, a supporter of Senator John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign, standing in front of a pick-up truck adorned with “Kennedy for President” posters. The photograph accompanies newspaper clippings sent by Mr. Rix. Verso reads: “After 5,400 miles at my own expence [sic] in Nev. and Southern Calif. I got this press release. ‘Enclosed’ I don [sic] not need gob [sic] for monitary [sic] means. Cappy Rix”