• Collection
    Abram Chayes Personal Papers
    1964-1972

    Lawyer. Legal adviser, Department of State (1961-1964); campaign adviser (1968, 1972). Correspondence, memorandums, diary; material relating to the Task Force on Foreign Economic Policy (1964), to Robert F. Kennedy's 1968, and George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaigns.

  • Collection
    Deirdre Henderson Personal Papers
    1959-1961

    Research assistant in John F. Kennedy's Boston office (1959-1960); campaign aide to John F. Kennedy (1960). Correspondence, memorandums, speeches, and other campaign materials relating to John F. Kennedy and the Cambridge, Massachusetts academic community.

  • Collection
    Frank Mankiewicz Personal Papers
    1962-1978

    Papers 1962-1978 Journalist, author, political figure. Peace Corps Country Director, Peru (1962-1964), Peace Corps Regional Director, Latin America, (1964-1966); press secretary to Robert Kennedy (1966-1968); manager of George McGovern's Presidential campaign (1972); author, Perfectly Clear (1973), U.S. vs. Nixon (1975), and Remote Control (1978)....

  • Oral History
    Elie Abel Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 4/10/1970
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection10 April 1970

    Abel discusses his 1966 book The Missile Crisis, and the role the media played during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Lucius D. Battle Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 7/9/1968
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection9 July 1968

    Battle discusses time as special assistant to the Secretary & Executive Secretary, roles of key administrators in the State Department, relations between the White House and State Department, and the fallout from the Bay of Pigs invasion.

  • Oral History
    Lucius D. Battle Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 10/31/1968
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection31 October 1968

    Battle discusses United Nations Educational, Scienfitic and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); staffing issues and changes in the State Department, particular after the Bay of Pigs invasion; and initiatives of the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.

  • Oral History
    Orren Beaty Oral History Interview - JFK #10, 1/9/1969
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection9 January 1969

    Beaty discusses conflicts of interest between current and former government employees and industry; public works projects including desalinization, dams, and tidal power; relations between the U.S. and Mexico over water rights to the Colorado River, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    John A. Blatnik Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 12/4/1966
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection4 December 1966

    Blatnik discusses John F. Kennedy’s time in the House of Representatives, Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1960 presidential bid, and changes to the House Rules Committee under the leadership of Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Chester B. Bowles Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 7/1/1970
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection1 July 1970

    Bowles discusses U.S. ambassadors, his attempts to reorganize the State Department, the Kennedy administration’s failure to support liberal reform movements around the world, and Bowles’ conflicts with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Abram J. Chayes Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 5/18/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection18 May 1964

    Chayes discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) vice presidential candidacy at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, an advisory group to JFK of Harvard academics that Chayes helped form in 1958, loyalty oaths and McCarthyism, and the 1960 Democratic National Convention, among other issues.

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