• Collection
    Montague Kern, Patricia Levering, and Ralph Levering Personal Papers
    1961-1979

    Papers 1961-1979. Co-authors of The Kennedy Crises (1983). Notes, correspondence, interviews, audiotapes, research materials, draft manuscript.

  • Oral History
    McGeorge Bundy Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 3/1964 & 5/2/64
    John F. Kennedy Oral History CollectionMarch 1964

    Bundy discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) thinking and decision making style; his relationship with other members of his administration, including his close working relationship with Theodore C. Sorensen; the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs invasion; the Cuban Missile Crisis; Laos and the Vietnam War; the threat of military conflict with the Soviet Unio...

  • Oral History
    Abram J. Chayes Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 6/23/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection23 June 1964

    Chayes discusses maritime labor laws and flags of convenience, the Satellite Communications Act of 1962, and other domestic and international issues surrounding U.S. satellites, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Abram J. Chayes Oral History Interview - JFK #4, 7/9/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection9 July 1964

    Chayes discusses John F. Kennedy’s 1961 meeting with Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, the 1961 Berlin Crisis, and the building of the Berlin Wall, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Lucius D. Clay Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 7/1/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection1 July 1964

    Clay discusses Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1961 visit to Berlin, the Berlin Wall crisis, and John F. Kennedy’s special committee to study foreign aid, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Max Freedman Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 5/25/1966
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection25 May 1966

    Freedman discusses JFK as a scholar, handling the Catholic question, and the Berlin trip, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    J. William Fulbright Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 4/11/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection11 April 1964

    Fulbright discusses advising John F. Kennedy (JFK) during the 1960 campaign; the Bay of Pigs invasion, Laos, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Berlin; and compares JFK’s ability as a communicator and negotiator to Lyndon B. Johnson’s abilities in those areas, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Theodore C. Sorensen Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 4/6/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection6 April 1964

    This interview focuses on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, staffing changes, the Vienna meeting with Nikita Khrushchev, the Berlin Wall, National Security Council members, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, among other issues.

  • Image
    Photograph, James Forrestal Touring the Reichskanslei in Berlin
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.1945

    Touring the Reichskanslei in Berlin. Also referred to as the New Reich Chancellery, the Reichskanslei was one of the main Nazi headquarters during World War II. Identified in the background of the photograph is a young John F. Kennedy. Walking in the foreground and standing left to right are: Commodore Henry A. Schade, Admiral Ghormley, unidenti...

  • Museum Artifact
    Replica of Freedom Bell
    Gifts from Heads of StateOctober 24, 1950

    Silver cast Freedom Bell, a symbol of American support for Berlin and German-American friendship. The bell is decorated in bas relief with five human torch bearers with arms out stretched, holding a torch in their left hands and grasping the adjacent torch with their right hands. The figures are bordered by a running leaf and berry pattern above...

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