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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-OLH-01
In this interview Father Huber discusses hearing about John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] assassination and heading to Parkland Memorial Hospital; administering the last rites to JFK and speaking with Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis immediately after; and Catholic beliefs about death and the soul, “apparent death” versus “real death,” and the reason behind giving the last rites, 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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LBH-01
In this interview Hays discusses early interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; obstacles to becoming an Assistant Secretary of State and his work in that position; Hays’ trip abroad to visit the Pope; moving over to the White House and his work as a Special Assistant to the President; Federal-State intergovernmental relations; visiting Africa and various Peace Corps installations; the relationship between JFK’s Administration and different African countries; JFK and humor; making speeches and acting as a spokesman for the Kennedy Administration; and Hays’ last interaction with JFK before the assassination, among other issues.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-004
This folder contains letters and related material regarding uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. The majority of correspondents express opposition to the discounted sale of land to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items include a quitclaim deed conveying land to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-191-031
This folder contains memoranda regarding relations between the United States and the Catholic Church, and the Church’s attitude towards the Jewish faith. Of note is a memorandum by journalist Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review, discussing his recent trip to Rome and Moscow, including a meeting between himself and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-191-025
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Poland; the health of Pope John XXIII; and a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum titled, “Change in the Church,” discussing the Pope’s position and attitude towards Christianity, social and economic issues, and political issues in relation to the Soviet Union and other communist states.
Textual folder
Anthony Thomas Comella Personal Papers
ATCPP-002-001
Textual folder
Ralph A. Dungan Personal Papers
RADPP-011-002