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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-034-008
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address to White House press correspondents at a dinner held at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Materials in this folder include various drafts of the President's remarks, including notations handwritten by the President.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-028
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's remarks at the annual White House Correspondents and News Photographers Associations dinner held at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his remarks the President discusses the new Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse in Hannibal, Missouri. Materials in this folder include a banquet program and name card, in addition to various memoranda and a draft of the President's speech written by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen. Of note are several items with handwritten notations by the President.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M11-2-61
Wide shot of Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C., showing two silver lanterns given to President John F. Kennedy by the White House Correspondents' Association. The lanterns are replicas of the lanterns hung in the Old North Church of Boston, Massachusetts on April 18 1775, and were made by William de Matteo, the silversmith from Colonial Williamsburg. The H.M.S. Resolute desk is at center.