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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-005
This folder contains material pertaining to a news story about confidential license plate numbers for government vehicles, including copies of relevant General Services Administration regulations (1958-1962).
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-002
This folder contains copies of speeches by Bernard L. Boutin, Administrator of the General Services Administration. It also includes a letter to Boutin from President Kennedy regarding Lafayette Square.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-001
This folder contains press releases issued by the Office of Information at the General Services Administration containing the text of remarks made by Administrator Bernard L. Boutin. Also included are other copies of Boutin's speeches.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-005
This folder contains material pertaining to feedback provided by the General Services Administration on proposed Executive Orders.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-004
This folder contains material pertaining to General Services Administration recommendations on proposed reorganization plans for the federal government.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF16-003
This folder contains material pertaining to proposed legislation involving the General Services Administration (GSA). Types of items include correspondence, copies of bills, Congressional reports, memoranda, drafts, and Congressional testimony of Bernard Boutin and other GSA officials. There is also a copy of "A Report to the President Containing A Proposal by the National Historical Publications Commission."
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF15-001
This folder contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and news clippings pertaining to the Ad Hoc Committee on Space, which was created to assess the federal government's immediate and long-term office space needs. Items include a copy of the committee's final report; various calculations concerning the current and projected office space needs of the General Services Administration (GSA); a map of public (government) buildings in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.; a report by the GSA titled "Semi-Annual Report on Utilization of Federal Space in the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Area as of June 30, 1961"; and a report titled "A Policies Plan for the Year 2000: The Nation's Capital" by the National Capital Planning Commission and the National Capital Regional Planning Council.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF11-001
This folder contains memoranda and orders for implementing a manpower utilization plan at the General Services Administration. It followed a directive from President Kennedy for increased productivity and efficiency in the federal government so that essential services could be carried out by a minimum number of personnel.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JEB-03
Byrne discusses press relations at the General Services Administration; construction of government buildings, including the Executive Office Building in Lafayette Park; and scandals during and criticisms of the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JEB-02
Byrne discusses how he became an advance man for John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) November 1963 trip to Texas, arrangements in Fort Worth, Texas for a short public appearance and a Chamber of Commerce breakfast for JFK, and JFK’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JEB-01
Byrne discusses the history of Maine politics and the Democratic Party in Maine during the 1950s, visits that John F. Kennedy (JFK) made to Maine in 1959 and 1960, Maine Governor Clinton A. Clauson’s death in office, and the reasons that JFK lost to Richard Milhous Nixon in Maine in 1960, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BLB-02
In this interview Boutin discusses New Hampshire politics; presidential elections and Democratic National Conventions from 1956 through 1968; various staff members of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidential campaign from 1956 to 1960; JFK’s presidential campaign in several different states; the 1960 presidential primary in New Hampshire; working as the Administrator of the General Services Administration [GSA], including public works projects, federal buildings and sites, reorganization of GSA structure and personnel, and working with Congress and other federal agencies on GSA matters; the National Archives and Records Administration and presidential libraries; the Democratic National Committee during JFK’s Administration; Boutin’s memories of immediately following JFK’s assassination in 1963; tensions between Robert F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; and “Johnson people” versus “Kennedy people,” among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BLB-01
Boutin discusses the 1960 Democratic primary in New Hampshire; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; reforms that he made in the General Service Administration in personnel practices, bidding and contracting, and implementing equal opportunity programs; the stockpile investigation; and John F. Kennedy’s involvement in planning his presidential library, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WVE-01
Elder discusses the White House renovation project, the media attention, and the roles of JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, among other issues.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF02-003
This folder contains the final report of the General Services Administration (GSA) Small Business Task Force. The task force was created by Boutin in March 1962 to study the causes for a recent decline in GSA procurement from small businesses and to make recommendations on how to remedy the situation. It was chaired by the Assistant Commissioner for Procurement Policy in the Federal Supply Service.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-J
KN23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-17-D
AR28, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-17-C
AR19, KN15
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-008
This folder contains a scrapbook of news clippings and articles about Bernard L. Boutin, Administrator of the General Services Administration. There are also a few programs, press releases, and other ephemera.
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United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF18-006
This folder contains news clippings and articles about civil rights issues pertaining to the work of the General Services Administration, such as federal buildings and government contracting and hiring practices. It also includes a copy of an Executive Order extending the authority of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-012-004
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF42-019
This folder contains material related to the legislative plans of various agencies for the 87th Congress, 2nd Session, which began in January 1962. In addition to information from the Council of Economic Advisers, there are also proposed legislative programs submitted by the Post Office Department, Civil Service Commission, United States Information Agency, General Services Administration, Panama Canal Zone Government, Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Labor, and Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-012-001
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF23-004
This folder contains Walter W. Heller's correspondence with the General Services Administration. There are a few letters and memoranda about administrative matters.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-340-006
This file contains copies of National Security Action Memoranda number 220 (NSAM 220) titled, “U.S. Government Shipments by Foreign Flag Vessels in the Cuban Trade,” to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman, Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Administrator of the Agency for International Development (AID) David Bell, and Administrator for the General Services Administration (GSA) Bernard Boutin from McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.