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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LHH-01
In this interview Hodges discusses the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions; the 1960 National Governors’ Conference; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign; the Department of Commerce, including reorganization, agencies within the Department, and relations with other groups; establishing the U.S. Travel Service; the Business Advisory Council; businessmen and government; the economic recession in 1960–1961; the Area Redevelopment Act; the 1962 rise in steel prices; balance of payments; and trips abroad, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJH-01
In this interview Hartigan discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] for the first time; working with Kenneth P. O’Donnell on JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Democratic Party in Massachusetts; JFK as a Senator; JFK’s try for the vice presidential nomination in 1956; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the 1960 West Virginia and Wisconsin presidential primaries; traveling with JFK during his 1960 campaign; working in the White House and traveling with President JFK; moving over to the Post Office Department; and JFK’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BAJ-01
In this interview Jacobson discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] at Harvard University in 1936 and interactions with him at the school; visiting the Cape with the Kennedy family, 1937–1938; JFK’s plans for after his Harvard graduation; JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign; flying back with JFK from the 1960 Democratic National Convention; interactions with the Kennedy boys at Harvard; social interactions with JFK; visiting JFK in Washington, D.C.; JFK’s distrust of Fidel Castro; and Jacobson’s long relationship with JFK and the Kennedy family, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DJR-01
In this interview Roberts discusses working with John F. Kennedy [JFK] on New England issues when he was a congressman and a senator; JFK and the American textile industry; JFK and other New England governors; the significance of New England solidarity at national political conventions; Adlai E. Stevenson and the 1956 Democratic National Convention; JFK’s bid for the vice-presidential nomination at the 1956 Convention and arguments against him; Stevenson’s reaction to JFK as a vice-presidential possibility; contact with JFK and his staff after 1956; dealing with the religious issue when gathering support for JFK; meeting at Hyannis Port in October 1959; JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; JFK’s reception in Rhode Island; interactions with President JFK and working with his Administration; and JFK’s political legacy, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-06-B
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-20-A
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-19-D
ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-23-C
KN32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-23-B
KN32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-03-23-A
KN32
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-070-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his travels, family life, political work, and naval career between 1938 and 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Scrap Book.” It contains newspaper clippings, photographic prints and postcards, handwritten and typed letters, and printed ephemera related to his travels in the United States and Europe, including a 1939 visit to Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War; his involvement with the Democratic Party, including as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and his diplomatic work as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; his family's travels between the U.S. and England; his naval training at the Squantum Naval Air Station in Quincy, Massachusetts; and other news and current events of the time. Other Kennedy family members mentioned in clippings include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy; grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; aunt, Margaret L. Burke; uncle, Thomas A. Fitzgerald; cousins, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald and John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald; and his sister Kathleen's future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. Photographs feature Joe, Jr., attending unidentified events, with fellow trainees at the Squantum Naval Air Station, and holding a fish. An additional photograph shows an aerial view of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographic postcards feature images of canals in Xochimilco, Mexico, and of Joe, Jr., in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Senders of typed and handwritten correspondence include British politician Arthur Greenwood; politician and Democratic National Convention Chairman, James A. Farley; journalist Arthur Krock; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, J. W. Farley; and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Printed ephemera include a dance card with a pencil attached by string; a flier advertising a debate on Lend-Lease policy; a printed menu and seating chart for a dinner attended by Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, R. B. Pearson; a ticket book for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940; and a printed booklet published by the Squantum Naval Air Station titled, "Flight 62 / Knocks It Off," and dated August 7, 1941. Another item of note is a paper bag printed with Spanish text; bags of this type originally contained loaves of bread and were part of a campaign by General Francisco Franco in which airplanes dropped bread over Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Original notations are written in blue and black ink and pencil on the rectos and/or versos of some of the clippings. This scrapbook contains 75 newspaper and magazine clippings, nine photographic prints and postcards, six pieces of correspondence, and seven other pieces of printed ephemera.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27455
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified law enforcement officer outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, following a civic luncheon; White House Secret Service agent Dave Grant stands left of President Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27454
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with an unidentified law enforcement officer outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, following a civic luncheon; White House Secret Service agent Paul A. Burns (center) stands behind the officers.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-B464-7-62
President John F. Kennedy receives a painting by John Morris, at the Sheraton Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; Jeanne Barrett (right) presented the painting as a gift for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Also pictured: Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley; Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois); Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Larry O’Brien, and Dave Powers. [See also MO 63.440, “Nun with School Children”]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-B464-9-62
President John F. Kennedy sits in a convertible upon arrival at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip. Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, sits in jump seat of car; White House Secret Service agent, Bill Greer, opens driver’s side door. Crowds stand in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-B464-8-62
Crowds line barriers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, for the arrival of President John F. Kennedy; President Kennedy traveled to Chicago as part of a congressional campaign trip.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-B464-5-62
President John F. Kennedy greets three young boys upon his arrival at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip. Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; LOOK Magazine photographer, Stanley Tretick; White House Secret Service agent, Win Lawson. Crowds line barrier in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-6-62
View of a fireworks display welcoming President John F. Kennedy to Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-5-62
President John F. Kennedy stands with three young children outside of McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, prior to attending a Cook County Democratic dinner during a congressional campaign trip.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-4-62
President John F. Kennedy attends a Cook County Democratic dinner at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip. Mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, and Representative Sidney R. Yates (Illinois) stand at right; three young children stand at center left.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-2-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with Governor of Illinois, Otto Kerner (right of President Kennedy), and others at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip. White House Secret Service agent, Joe Paolella, stands at right in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A6-1-62
View of a Cook County Democratic dinner at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois; President John F. Kennedy attended the dinner during a congressional campaign trip.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-B452-34-62
President John F. Kennedy prepares to press a button to inaugurate a Masonic meeting in Chicago, Illinois, during a congressional campaign trip to Muskegon County Airport in Muskegon, Michigan. Also pictured: Congressional candidate from Michigan, Neil Staebler (standing at right, partially out of frame); newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; White House Communications Agency (WHCA) officer, Joe Taylor; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Bill Duncan. Air Force One is visible in the background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27441
President John F. Kennedy (center) and the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, Richard J. Daley (center right), depart from the main entrance of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, following a civic luncheon; Mayor Daley’s son, Richard M. Daley, walks behind President Kennedy and the Mayor. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Dave Grant (left foreground, facing away from camera), Rob Pontius (center left foreground), and Bill Greer (right foreground, back to camera).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-27439
President John F. Kennedy (center left) and the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, Richard J. Daley (center right), depart from the main entrance of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, following a civic luncheon. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents Ron Pontius (center left foreground), Art Godfrey (left of President Kennedy), and Bill Greer (right foreground, back to camera).