• Digitized Collection
    Arthur M. Schlesinger Personal Papers
    1939-1969

    Papers 1939-1969. Historian, government official, Special Assistant to the President for Latin American Affairs (1961-63); author, A Thousand Days (1965). Correspondence, reports, speeches, subject files, news clippings, research materials, book drafts, writings, diaries, White House files.

  • Oral History
    Wesley Barthelmes Oral History Interview - RFK #1, 5/20/1969
    Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection20 May 1969

    Barthelmes discusses relations between Robert F. Kennedy's (RFK) senate office and different news outlets and reporters, RFK’s personality and eccentricities, and his rapport with different groups that he spoke to, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    William C. Battle Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 3/2/1970
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection2 March 1970

    Battle discusses the internal politics of the Virginia delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1956 and 1960; his appointment as ambassador to Australia; conflicts, both active and political, that arose in the South Pacific during his tenure as ambassador, including West New Guinea (West Irian), Malaysian independence, and the Vietnam W...

  • Oral History
    William C. Battle Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 3/23/1970
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection23 March 1970

    Battle discusses the effect of racism and John F. Kennedy's (JFK) Catholicism on the 1960 primary and presidential elections in West Virginia and Virginia; JFK’s presidential campaigns in those states; Howard W. Smith’s control of the House Rules Committee; and Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign.

  • Oral History
    James L. Farmer Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 3/10/1967
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection10 March 1967

    Farmer discusses the 1960 presidential campaign; the relationship between Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the John F. Kennedy (JFK) administration, interactions with Robert F. Kennedy and the Justice Department, the Freedom Rides and other civil rights actions; and JFK’s impact on civil rights, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Edward M. Gallagher Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 1/8/1965
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection8 January 1965

    Gallagher discusses first impressions of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the Kennedy household, impressions of Rose Kennedy, the relationship between Joe Kennedy and John F. Fitzgerald, and Joe Kennedy's influence on John F. Kennedy, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Hubert H. Humphrey Oral History Interview - RFK #1, 3/30/1970
    Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection30 March 1970

    Humphrey discusses the potential candidates for vice president in 1964, Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK) 1964 Senate campaign, the 1968 presidential campaign, and RFK’s assassination and its political aftermath, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    John W. McCormack Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 3/30/1977
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection30 March 1977

    McCormack discusses his memories of Congress, his close working relationship with Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, and the relationship between the legislative and executive branches of government during the John F. Kennedy administration, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Walter Sheridan Oral History Interview - RFK #6, 6/12/1970
    Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection12 June 1970

    Sheridan discusses Robert F. Kennedy's staff during his Senate years, the Jimmy Hoffa jury tampering case, the Bobby Baker case, Jim Garrison’s investigations in Louisiana of President Kennedy's assassination, and the Organized Crime Division of the Justice Department.

  • Oral History
    Jack J. Valenti Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 5/25/1982
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection25 May 1982

    This interview focuses on Lyndon Johnson’s relationships with John and Robert F. Kennedy, his role as vice president, President Kennedy’s trip to Texas, and the plane ride following the assassination, among other issues.

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