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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NH-01
In this interview Hobbs discusses setting up and staffing the Peace Corps; issues with the Peace Corps; Peace Corps relations and association with the CIA; the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; biological versus behavioral research; Panel organization and criticisms; Russian research and the possibilities for the United States; Panel recommendations; and the effect of the Panel on the field of study, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LHD-02
Hennessey-Donovan discusses living in England with the Kennedy family while Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. was ambassador to that country; attending the birth of all but one of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s grandchildren; John F. and Robert F. Kennedy’s assassinations; and founding the Kennedy-Donovan Center; among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-REC-02
Cooke discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the organization of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the creation of the Special Assistant to the President for mental retardation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-REC-01
Cooke discusses the creation of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, and debates over where the research emphasis in the field of mental retardation should lie, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJC-02
Celebrezze discusses mental health and mental retardation programs and legislation during the Kennedy administration, and John F. Kennedy’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJB-01
Begab discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the White House Conference on Mental Retardation, and legislation during the Kennedy administration on mental healthcare and research, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DLB-01
Bazelon discusses his work on the President’s Panel, including the Task Force on Law and Public Awareness, the fragmentation of services for mental illness and mental retardation, and the Panel’s recommendations, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ERB-02
Bayley discusses U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), the Peace Corps, including the staffing, controversies and scandals, the difficulties of getting Congress to allocate money for foreign aid, the Alliance for Progress, and R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., and mental retardation.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BSB-02
Brown discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, including its formation, competing interests, and the various interest groups represented by the members of the Panel, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BSB-01
Brown discusses his background in mental health research, his relationship with Dr. Janet G. Travell, and his introduction to R. Sargent Shriver, Jr. and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EMB-02
Boggs discusses the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, the different task forces, drafting its final report, the disciplines and personalities represented on the Panel, and the Panel’s investigative mission to the Netherlands, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EMB-01
Boggs discusses National Association for Retarded Children's (NARC) legislative and public policy goals during the 1950s and 1960s, frustration at John F. Kennedy's lack of action on mental retardation during his time in Congress, the inner workings of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JWM-03
This interview focuses on the President’s Committee on the Handicapped program to employ mentally handicapped individuals in the federal government, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJL-01
This interview focuses on the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation’s attempts to pass legislation concerning people with developmental and intellectual disabilities (referred to as "the handicapped" or "mentally retarded") and Lesser’s experiences working with the Kennedy family, among other topics.Content note: This folder contains records that use now-outdated language to describe people with intellectual disabilities. The material is available here in its original form to facilitate research of the historical record.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SYSK-01
Seymour S. Kety (1915-2000) was a member of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation. This interview focuses on Kety’s time on the panel and the panel’s difficulties with coming to a consensus on recommendations, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PJD-01
Doyle discusses mental retardation policy during the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson administrations, and inter-agency collaboration and conflict, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ED-01
Davens discusses his recollections of the Panel, its priorities and decision-making processes, and his impressions of President John F. Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MF-14
Feldman discusses developing a program on mental retardation, drafting legislation, and John F. Kennedy’s relationship with the Cabinet, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LWM-01
This interview focuses on the inner workings of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation and the drafting of the panel’s report, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RLM-01
This interview focuses on advances in the research of mental handicaps that were made during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GOT-01
This statement focuses on John F. Kennedy (JFK)’s compassion for people with intellectual disabilities, his commitment to improving public attitudes toward them, and the accomplishments of the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-EKS-01
Shriver discusses her lobbying efforts for mental retardation, development of task force on health and social welfare, the National Institute of Child Health, the 1963 White House Conference on Mental Retardation.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SLW-01
Warren discusses the mental retardation program John F. Kennedy [JFK] asked him to lead. He discusses his role, his staff, and the legislation that this program created, as well as the Kennedy family’s experience with mental retardation, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JHBW-01
White discusses his relationship with Kathleen Kennedy, her personality, and her relationship with her family. He also discusses his interactions with, and thoughts about, John F. Kennedy, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PGR-01
This interview focuses on the 1960 election in Florida and legislation on support for the mentally handicapped during the Kennedy administration, among other topics.