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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-NH-01
In this interview Hobbs discusses setting up and staffing the Peace Corps; issues with the Peace Corps; Peace Corps relations and association with the CIA; the President’s Panel on Mental Retardation; biological versus behavioral research; Panel organization and criticisms; Russian research and the possibilities for the United States; Panel recommendations; and the effect of the Panel on the field of study, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-02-12-A
AR32, ST20, KN30
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-05-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-11-22-D
AR13, KN10
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-030-011
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning the Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, President of the University of Notre Dame, member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and Vatican City representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Of note is a memorandum from Special Assistant Harris L. Wofford to President Kennedy concerning Father Hesburgh, which includes several attachments relating to Father Hesburgh's activities on the Commission on Civil Rights and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Material relating to the presentation of the 1961 Laetare Medal to President Kennedy by the University of Notre Dame is also included.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0719-022
This folder contains correspondence between members of the White House staff and individual citizens regarding honors awarded to President John F. Kennedy, including the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, and includes correspondence from the President of the University of Notre Dame, Theodore Hesburgh. The folder also contains materials related to honors President Kennedy awarded to others, including the award for Outstanding Reporting in the Field of Physical Recreation.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19543
President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), delivers remarks at the presentation of the Laetare Medal for 1961 to President John F. Kennedy (center). Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce (left), looks on. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19542
President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), presents the Laetare Medal for 1961 to President John F. Kennedy (center). Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce (left), looks on. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19541
President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), presents the Laetare Medal for 1961 to President John F. Kennedy (center). Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce (left), looks on; two unidentified men (partially visible) stand in the background. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19540
President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh (right), presents the Laetare Medal for 1961 to President John F. Kennedy (center). Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce (left), looks on. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26717
President John F. Kennedy (center) delivers remarks upon receiving a bound volume of the United States Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," presented to him and autographed by officers and members of the Commission, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, mostly hidden); Robert G. Storey, Commission Vice Chairman and President of the Southwestern Legal Center; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26716
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, hidden); Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26715
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26714
President John F. Kennedy (center) delivers remarks upon receiving a bound volume of the United States Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," presented to him and autographed by officers and members of the Commission, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, partially hidden); Robert G. Storey, Commission Vice Chairman and President of the Southwestern Legal Center; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26713
President John F. Kennedy (center) holds a bound volume of the United States Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," presented to him and autographed by officers and members of the Commission, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, mostly hidden); Robert G. Storey, Commission Vice Chairman and President of the Southwestern Legal Center; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C26712
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-6-63
View of the Oval Office during President John F. Kennedy's meeting with officers and members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, at which the President (back center) received a bound volume of the United States Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free." Those pictured include: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information; Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer; Robert G. Storey, Commission Vice Chairman and President of the Southwestern Legal Center; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University; National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe (right, back to camera), and other unidentified photographers. White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratches are original to the negative]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-5-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) delivers remarks upon receiving a bound volume of the United States Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," presented to him and autographed by officers and members of the Commission, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back); Robert G. Storey, Commission Vice Chairman and President of the Southwestern Legal Center; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University; an unidentified cameraman (mostly hidden) films at lower left. [Horizontal line at bottom of image and scratches are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-4-63
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center, in profile) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; Vice Chairman Storey; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-3-63
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back); Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University; an unidentified cameraman (mostly hidden) films at lower left. [Scratches are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-2-63
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, partially hidden); Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-96-1-63
Robert G. Storey, Vice Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and President of the Southwestern Legal Center, presents President John F. Kennedy (center) with a bound volume of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' report, "Freedom to the Free," during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. The report was autographed by officers and members of the Commission. Left to right: Robert S. Rankin, Chairman of the Political Science Department at Duke University; William L. Taylor, Commission Assistant Staff Director for Liaison and Information (in back, partially hidden); Berl I. Bernhard, Commission Staff Director; M. Carl Holman, Commission Information Officer (in back, partially hidden); Vice Chairman Storey; Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr., Commission General Counsel (in back); President Kennedy; Spottswood W. Robinson, III, Dean of Howard University Law School; Erwin N. Griswold, Dean of Harvard Law School; and Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President of Notre Dame University.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6906-D
President John F. Kennedy is presented the Laetare Medal for 1961 from the University of Notre Dame. Attending the presentation (L-R): Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce; President Kennedy; President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh; unidentified; Director of Public Information for the University of Notre Dame, James E. Murphy; two unidentified men (one in background); Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6906-C
President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh, delivers remarks at the presentation of the Laetare Medal for 1961 from the University of Notre Dame to President John F. Kennedy. Attending the presentation (L-R): Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce; President Kennedy; Reverend Hesburgh; unidentified; Director of Public Information for the University of Notre Dame, James E. Murphy; unidentified; Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6906-B
President John F. Kennedy is presented the Laetare Medal for 1961 from the University of Notre Dame. Attending the presentation (L-R): Vice President of the University of Notre Dame, Father Edmund P. Joyce; President Kennedy; President of the University of Notre Dame, Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh; unidentified; Director of Public Information for the University of Notre Dame, James E. Murphy; unidentified; Representative John Brademas (Indiana). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.