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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-24-B
KN03
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-10-A
AR07
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include an application from the Dade County Port Authority; a quitclaim deed for property sold to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; a sale agreement with the United Auction Company; and advertising materials for the sale of "Golden Glades," the housing area of the property.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include quitclaim deeds for property sold to Elmer L. and Thelma I. Parker; Joseph and Constance Accurso; Mahlon B. and Phyllis Merchant; William A. and Ellen Jane McAllister; Juan and Carmen Agudo; and William M. and Eileen M. Wolf.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF09-002
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include quitclaim deeds for the sale of land to Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company and Joseph B. L. Vickers; a bill of sale of land to the City of Miami; reference copies of legal paperwork for the initial condemnation and transfer of land from Florida to the U.S. government (c. 1943-1945); and advertising material and bid instructions for the public sale of land.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF09-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include resolutions passed by the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce and the Dade County Board of Commissioners; a position paper by Metropolitan Dade County concerning disposition of the property; and a report by the Department of the Interior on a land transfer application submitted by Dade County. The file also contains various quitclaim deeds for the sale of land to John T. Wade; the City of Miami; the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company; Transport Realty Company, Inc.; and Adler-Built Industries, Inc.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-006
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include advertising material and bid instructions for the public sale of land, and an easement grant to Dade County Port Authority for the airport facility.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-005
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include a quitclaim deed for the transfer of property to the Dade County Board of Public Instruction; resolutions passed by the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida; and a purchase agreement with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-004
This folder contains letters, memoranda, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items include a report by the Metropolitan Dade County Planning Department titled "Land Use and Disposition Plan, U.S. Government Surplus Property - Opa Locka Area" (February 1962).
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF08-003
This folder contains letters, memoranda, news clippings, and forms regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former U.S. Naval Air Reserve Facility in Opa Locka, Florida, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial businesses. Items includes a bill of sale for equipment to O.K. Surplus, Inc.; an easement granted to Florida Power and Light Company; and copies of the disposal plan. The file also contains various quitclaim deeds for property sold to Edward V. Creel, Arthur D. Bishop, and John D. Shires, Jr.; John T. and Mary P. Wade; Jacob L. Freidman; the Land Corporation of Florida; and the Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LRC-01
Collins discusses the 1960 Democratic National Convention, John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and relationship with the South, and the broadcasting industry’s fight for free access to information for use in broadcasting, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAC-05
In this interview Carver discusses the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its Commissioner, Philleo Nash; federal claims to and use of Indian land; industries and commercial enterprises on or close to Indian reservations; problems working with Congress and other federal agencies on issues related to Indian affairs; the Miccosukee in Florida; and the Bureau of Land Management with Karl S. Landstrom as its Director, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-077-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address at a Democratic Party fundraising dinner honoring Senator George Smathers held at the Fontainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. In his speech President Kennedy praises Smathers’ congressional career, predicts the Senator’s reelection, and discusses the importance of Florida to the nation’s space programs.
Textual folder
Lawrence F. O'Brien Personal Papers
LOBPP-005-005
Textual folder
Lawrence F. O'Brien Personal Papers
LOBPP-005-004
Textual folder
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers
JBKOPP-SF007-002
This folder contains a copy of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s speech to members of the 2506 Cuban Invasion Brigade at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. This folder contains Spanish-language material.
Textual folder
Lawrence F. O'Brien Personal Papers
LOBPP-012-006
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-026-004
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the need to enact new federal protections against anti-abortion violence. They condemn the murder of a physician in Florida. The episode aired on Wednesday, March 24, 1993, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Lawrence F. O'Brien Personal Papers
LOBPP-017-011
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-16-A
ST33, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-07-B
AR22, ST11, KN18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-04-D
ST10
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-17-A
ST22