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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BG-01
Gamarekian discusses the operation of the Press Office, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-VJG-01
Gabriel discusses the 1960 Democratic primary campaign in Harrison County and Clarksburg, West Virginia, the impact that John F. Kennedy (JFK) had on the people of West Virginia, and how West Virginians responded to JFK’s domestic programs as president, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-FOF-01
Furcolo discusses working with John F. Kennedy [JFK] in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the gubernatorial relationship with JFK during the 1960 campaign and his presidency, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LAHF-01
Fuchs discusses his first meeting with John F. Kennedy (JFK) and his role in the 1960 presidential campaign, his relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt, her opinions of JFK, Adlai Stevenson, and Lyndon Baines Johnson, and the establishment of the Peace Corps in the Philippines, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MAF-01
Freedman discusses JFK as a scholar, handling the Catholic question, and the Berlin trip, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-DRL-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s time [JFK] as a congressman and a senator, JFK’s professional relationships while in the Senate, and his 1956 vice presidential bid, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AK-01
Arthur Krock (1886-1974) was a journalist for the New York Times from 1927 to 1967 and an associate of the Kennedy family. This interview focuses on Joseph P. Kennedy’s time as an ambassador, recollections of John F. Kennedy [JFK] as a young man, and the coverage of JFK’s 1960 political campaign and presidency, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PHMK-01
Philip M. Klutznick (1907-1999) was the United States representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from 1961 to 1963. This interview focuses on the 1960 presidential campaign, the feelings of the Jewish American community towards John F. Kennedy, and Klutznick’s time serving the United Nations, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KT-01
Harvey Kitzman (1906-1977) was the regional director of Hubert Humphrey for President in Wisconsin during the 1960 Democratic primary campaign. This interview focuses on the 1960 primary campaign in Wisconsin, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MJK-01
Michael J. Kirwan (1886-1970) was a Congressional representative for Ohio from 1937 to 1970. This interview focuses on the 1960 Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia and John F. Kennedy’s interest in conservation while in office, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-CAK-01
Carroll Kilpatrick (1913-1984) was a journalist for the Washington Post. This interview focuses on the press’s coverage of John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential election and during his presidency, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RK-01
Roger Kent (1906-1980) was a California political figure in the Democratic Party who serviced as vice-chairman and chairman of the California State Democratic Central Committee from 1954 to 1965. This interview focuses on the 1960 Democratic primary race and the 1960 presidential election in California, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-08
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] Cabinet and appointing the various secretaries; problems in and JFK’s wariness of the Department of State; the ideal State Department organization; problems with Dean Rusk; Maxwell D. Taylor’s Cuba investigation; the Bay of Pigs and its effect on U.S. action in Laos; John McCone’s prediction of missiles in Cuba; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and foreign policy; JFK’s vice-presidential choice at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; Johnson’s hesitant acceptance of the vice-presidential slot; RFK’s appointment as Attorney General; RFK’s involvement in staffing the White House for JFK and other presidential appointments; Lord Harlech (William David Ormsby-Gore); and State Department staff, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-05
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss how John F. Kennedy [JFK] and RFK grew increasingly more involved with and concerned about civil rights; getting Martin Luther King out of jail during JFK’s 1960 campaign; civil rights advisers during JFK’s 1960 campaign; RFK becoming Attorney General amidst the civil rights battle and the transitional period in the Department of Justice [DOJ]; how Marshall got his position in the DOJ; the struggle over school desegregation; the New Orleans school crisis of February 1961; the Freedom Riders and violence against them; sending federal marshals to Alabama; trying to find a bus driver to get the Freedom Riders out of Birmingham, Alabama; criticism of RFK’s response to the Freedom Riders; how Freedom Riders were arrested and threatened in Mississippi; African-American voting rights in the South and DOJ authority; difficulties with judges; Supreme Court appointments; the FBI and organized crime; reorganization of the DOJ; RFK’s interactions with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover after JFK’s death; Hoover’s allegations about JFK and the Kennedy family; the alleged FBI wiretapping of officials; JFK’s opinion of Hoover; FBI press releases; connecting the civil rights movement with communism to discredit it; FBI involvement in civil rights matters; issues with the FBI as having civilian control of a police force; JFK’s communication with King and other civil rights leaders; civil rights legislation; the issue of equal employment; the Civil Rights Commission; and violence against African Americans in Birmingham in the spring of 1963, 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-EMK-01
Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009) was the brother of President Kennedy and a Senator from Massachusetts (1962-2009). In this interview Kennedy discusses his early memories of his brother John F. Kennedy, and the various political campaigns he was involved in, including the 1952, 1956 and 1958 and Senatorial campaigns and the 1960 Presidential campaign among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JOHK-01
John Kelso was a reporter for The Boston Post who travelled with John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign. This interview focuses on the 1960 campaign, coverage of JFK during his time as senator, and JFK’s relationship with the press, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KM-01
Mary Kelly was a campaign worker for the John F. Kennedy for President Organization in Jackson County, Oregon. This interview focuses on the 1960 presidential campaign in Oregon and the anti-Catholic sentiment JFK faced during his campaign, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SSK-01
Sidney Kellam (1903-1986) was a political figure in Virginia. This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential election in Virginia, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RWK-01
Kastenmeier (1925-2015) was a Democratic Congressman from Wisconsin from 1959 to 1991. This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 election in Wisconsin, the formation of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Committee, and JFK’s civil rights proposals, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-IK-01
Kapenstein discusses Wisconsin political press coverage, and the Wisconsin state primary of 1960, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JHK-01
Kamlowsky, was Chairman, Citizens for Kennedy, Ohio County, West Virginia (1960). This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] 1960 presidential campaign in West Virginia, anti-Catholic sentiment against him in West Virginia, and the opposition of local politicians to his presidential run, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-REJ-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] time in the House of Representatives, personal relations with JFK, and involvement in JFK’s 1960 campaign, among other things.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HOJ-01
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s Presidential campaign in Nebraska, the election of 1960, and agricultural legislation, among other things.