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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JJH-01
In this interview Holtz discusses his relationship with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; working on JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; comparisons between JFK and Henry Cabot Lodge during the 1952 Senate race; JFK, Holtz, and the Algerian crisis; JFK’s involvement with Holtz’s 1954 and 1956 congressional campaigns; discussing Senator Joseph McCarthy with JFK; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; and JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ wedding, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HGH-01
In this interview Hoffmann discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] campaign for the 1960 West Virginia [WV] presidential primary; JFK’s religion as a campaign issue in WV; WV press on JFK versus Hubert H. Humphrey; Hoffmann’s interactions with JFK during the WV campaign; President JFK’s continued interest in WV; reaction to the Kennedy Administration in WV; the national press’ treatment of WV during the 1960 primary; news reports on the results of the WV primary; and JFK’s lasting impact on WV, among other issues.