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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-01
In this interview Heath discusses her family and her childhood; how she reached her chosen career path; obstacles to her advancement because of her gender; studying at American University and at Syracuse University; myths of the “male chauvinists’ world”; taking a women’s studies course; working while in school; running a cost of living survey for the Department of Labor in Rochester, NY, and then in Richmond, VA; the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration; working with the disadvantaged during the Depression; the “great American dream”; the effectiveness of institutionalization and the rise in bureaucracy; the National Association of Deans of Women; stigmas attached to higher education; the Civil Service Commission; working during World War II with various organizations, including the Norden Company in Elmira, NY, at the bombsight plant and the United States Army; the attitude towards women in war work; and writing her dissertation and getting her doctorate, among other issues.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0897-016
This folder contains drafts and a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy's commencement speech at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. In his speech the Senator discusses the shared histories of scholars and politicians, and a need for greater scholarship in politics. Of note is a draft with notations by Senator Kennedy.
Sound recording
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-006
Audio recording of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Tanzanian official Nsilo Swai addressing the Tanzania X group at their training facility at Syracuse University in October 1965. Speakers include Senator Kennedy; Dr. Fred G. Burke, director of the East Africa Studies program at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University; and A. Z. Nsilo Swai, Tanzania Minister of Industries, Mineral Resources and Power, and former Permanent Representative of Tanzania to the United Nations. After his speech, Swai takes questions from the volunteers. The audience may also include individuals from the Somalia and Malawi groups that trained at Syracuse with Tanzania X in the fall of 1965. The recording was made by Ingrid Liedman, a member of Tanzania X.