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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-FTH-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s relationship with the United States Catholic Conference, Catholicism and aid to education under the Kennedy Administration, and programs such as the Peace Corps, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CHAH-02
In this interview Horsky discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] and the aesthetic development of the National Capital Area; JFK’s reaction to the January 1963 issue of the Architectural Forum magazine; new appointments to the Commission on Fine Arts; the development along the shores of the Potomac River; the problem of mass transportation within the District of Columbia; the National Capital Transportation Agency; the development of highways within the District; civil rights marches in Washington, D.C. during the summer of 1963; the attempt to better public higher education in the District; and D.C.’s high crime rates, among other issues.
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.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAPH-01
In this interview Hirsh discusses working at the White House as the French instructor for the Kennedy children; taking Caroline Kennedy on outings; interactions with President JFK; JFK’s secret French studies; the Kennedys’ pride in their children; difficulties for Caroline after JFK’s death; JFK’s effect on Hirsh; and JFK as a French student and his Boston accent, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-02
In this interview Heath discusses how she came to join the Office of Education; the leadership within the Office of Education and different ideas on how it should be run; other agencies within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare [HEW]; changes in the status and administration of HEW; various pieces of education legislation; the 1954 Supreme Court decision on separate but equal and segregation in schools; international education affairs; the reasons for pushing for general school aid over categorical aid; the 1955 White House conference on education; coalescing all the organizations within HEW into one voice for the Department; working with other Departments; the International Labor Organization and the United Nations; getting political support from the different presidential Administrations; the nationalization of the Suez Canal; the shift to considering social matters in a much broader context; the impact of the Sputnik launch on the Office of Education; and the National Defense Education Act, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-01
In this interview Heath discusses her family and her childhood; how she reached her chosen career path; obstacles to her advancement because of her gender; studying at American University and at Syracuse University; myths of the “male chauvinists’ world”; taking a women’s studies course; working while in school; running a cost of living survey for the Department of Labor in Rochester, NY, and then in Richmond, VA; the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration; working with the disadvantaged during the Depression; the “great American dream”; the effectiveness of institutionalization and the rise in bureaucracy; the National Association of Deans of Women; stigmas attached to higher education; the Civil Service Commission; working during World War II with various organizations, including the Norden Company in Elmira, NY, at the bombsight plant and the United States Army; the attitude towards women in war work; and writing her dissertation and getting her doctorate, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-E
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-22-D
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-21-C
AR11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-06-07-A
AR08, ST03, KN04
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-01-B
KN06
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-03-24-E
ST01, KN01
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-10-C
AR07, ST02, KN03
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-02-D
AR06, KN03
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-005
This folder contains material pertaining to the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Formats include maps, publications, notes, correspondence, reports on the disposition process, and press releases. Items include an issue of the Congressional Record (Vol. 109, No. 61, 26 April 1963); an application from Nassau Community College; a report by the Nassau County (N.Y.) Committee on Development of Mitchel Field titled "The Abandonment of Mitchel Field as an Air Force Base and Its Conversion to the Best Community Use" (August 1961); "A Report on Mitchel AFB, Hempstead, N.Y." by the Federal Aviation Agency, Eastern Region; a revised application for surplus land submitted by Nassau County; a report on a Nassau Community College student census; a booklet on "Community College Law" published by the State University of New York (SUNY); a State University of New York (SUNY) Summary Bulletin, 1961-1962; and a supplemental report by the Nassau County Committee on Development of Mitchel Field (July 1962).
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-002
This folder contains correspondence, memoranda, and news articles regarding the granting of land at the former Mitchel Air Force Base to Mitchel College of Long Island University. Items include a Mitchel College brochure for the Fall 1962 semester.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF07-001
This folder contains material pertaining to petitions in favor of granting surplus land at the former Mitchel Air Force Base to the East Meadow School District, Nassau County, New York, for construction of a public school building.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-003
This folder contains letters, memoranda, reports, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items includes a quitclaim deed conveying land to Long Island University, and draft purchase agreements for the sale of land to Nassau County, New York.
Textual folder
United States General Services Administration Records
USGSA-MF06-001
This folder contains letters, memoranda, press releases, and news clippings regarding the disposition of and potential uses for the former Mitchel Air Force Base in Hempstead, New York, which was deemed surplus federal property. Correspondents include local citizens, elected officials, other government agencies, and commercial developers. Items include a quitclaim deed conveying land to Nassau County, New York, for the use of Nassau Community College, and another quitclaim deed conveying land to Hofstra College.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-03
Cohen discusses the Department of Healh, Education, and Welare's (HEW) legislative division and its and staff, the naiveté of John F. Kennedy's (JFK) appointees, and the lack of legislative control during JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JSC-01
Clark discusses John F. Kennedy as a senator, Senate infighting, Kennedy Administration legislation, urbanization problems, and the 1960 Democratic convention, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AJC-01
Celebrezze discusses his appointment as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), federal aid to private schools, and HEW’s legislative program during the Kennedy administration, 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.