Press secretary to Robert F. Kennedy (1965-1966).
Oral History Interviews (1969): Barthelmes completed three interviews for the Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Program of the John F. Kennedy Library; RFK#1 interview: 5/20/1969; RFK#2 interview: 6/2/1969; RFK#3 interview: 6/5/1969. Each interview comments upon Robert Kennedy's relationship with his staff, the press, and his constituents, trips to Latin America and Africa, the 1968 presidential campaign in Oregon, and juvenile delinquency legislation, among other issues.