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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-28-A
AR17
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-094a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the Railroad Commissions. Materials concern the appointment of members to the Railroad Marine Workers Commission and Railroad Lighter Captains' Commission, and correspondence regarding the report by the Presidential Railroad Commission established by Executive Order No. 10891.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6445-B
Swearing-in ceremony for Simon H. Rifkind as Chairman of the President’s Railroad Commission. President John F. Kennedy watches as White House Administrative Officer Frank K. Sanderson administers oath to Rifkind. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6445-A
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with Simon H. Rifkind at Rifkind's swearing-in ceremony as Chairman of the President’s Railroad Commission. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
USPRC
Records 1956-1963 (bulk 1960-1962). Drafts, proofs, and galleys of the Commission report, transcripts of proceedings of public hearings, employee exhibits, carrier exhibits, reports and trip surveys, studies and associated data collected from the railroads, news clippings, press releases, correspondence, administrative records, photographs, and reference publications.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7070-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with the Presidential Railroad Commission members in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Those present include: Vice Chairman of the Commission Dr. Russell A. Smith; Dr. John T. Dunlop; Dr. Charles A. Myers; Francis J. Robertson; B.B. Bryant; T. A. Jerrow; Guy W. Knight; James E. Wolfe; James W. Fallon; S.W. Holliday; S.C. Phillips; H.F. Sites; A.F. Zimmerman; Chairman of the Commission Judge Simon H. Rifkind; Executive Director Philip Arnow; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg.