Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-006-010
This folder consists of correspondence between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and individuals and organizations both known and unknown to the President. Materials are mainly expressions of and responses to public opinion. Of note is material relating an umbrella sent to President Kennedy by a group of German students, accompanied by an open letter, in protest of the reaction of the West to the construction of the Berlin Wall and to symbolize the consequences of a policy of appeasement like that of Neville Chamberlain; a fictional response to the students’ letter by German writer Peter von Zahn published as “Thanks for an Umbrella”; several promotional leaflets for Bernard Zufall, “The Mental Magician; and an original crayon drawing sent to Mrs. Lincoln entitled “An April Fool.”