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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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JCPW-01
In this interview they discuss their article in Look magazine; personal recollections of President John F. Kennedy's [JFK] assassination; working on JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK’s campaigning style; JFK’s relationship with the press, White House staff, and his family; and JFK’s trips to Nassau, Europe, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, 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.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-23-C
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-09-A
ST25
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-05-A
ST25, KN36
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-A
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-01-B
ST12, KN19
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-085-001
This photograph album documents the wedding of Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel on June 17, 1950. The title on the front cover reads, “Ethel and Bob / June 17, 1950.” Photographs capture the couple, bridal party, family, and friends before, during, and after the wedding ceremony that was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, as well as at the reception at the Skakel family estate, both in Greenwich, Connecticut. Members of the wedding party who are pictured include brothers of the groom, John F. Kennedy (best man) and Edward M. Kennedy (usher); sisters of the groom, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy (bridesmaids); brothers of the bride, George Skakel, Jr., James Skakel, and Rushton Skakel (ushers); sisters of the bride, Patricia Skakel Cuffe (matron of honor), Ann Skakel (maid of honor), and Georgeann Skakel Dowdle (bridesmaid); sister-in-law of the bride, Joan Patricia Corroon Skakel (bridesmaid), and friends of the couple, William J. Brady, Jr., William Finkenstadt, Nicholas Rodis, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Cleo A. O'Donnell, Jr., David L. Hackett, Charles D. Roche, Charles R. Glynn, James F. Noonan, George Terrien, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, and Celeste Pinto, who also served as attendants. Also pictured are Bob’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; and Ethel’s parents, George Skakel and Ann Brannack Skakel. This photograph album contains 65 photographic prints.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29240
President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) stands in an open convertible after departing the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), where he attended mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer, stands left of President Kennedy; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), sits in car in foreground. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; West German Ambassador to the United States, Karl Heinrich Knappstein; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29239
President John F. Kennedy (center left, descending stairs) departs the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) after attending mass. Chancellor of West Germany, Konrad Adenauer (partially obscured), walks ahead of President Kennedy; Mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of Cologne, Theo Burauen, walks right of the President. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell (back to camera), stands at far right in foreground. Also pictured: Director of the United States Secret Service, James J. Rowley; White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn and Roy Kellerman. Cologne, West Germany (Federal Republic).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22666-X
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with clergymen following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Those visiting with President and Mrs. Kennedy include: Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; Superior of the Guadalupe Missionaries, Bishop Alonso Escalante, M.M. (mostly hidden). Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Payne, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Clint Hill, and Morgan Gies. The Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) is visible in the foreground.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C206-30-63
President John F. Kennedy (walking at center, holding sunglasses) and others proceed to Makalapa Chapel at Naval Station Pearl Harbor to attend Mass; spectators line the road. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Dick Johnsen, Roy Kellerman, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, and Tony Sherman. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C1-18-62
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with clergymen following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Those visiting with President and Mrs. Kennedy include: Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; Superior of the Guadalupe Missionaries, Bishop Alonso Escalante, M.M. Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Greer, Bill Payne, Dick Johnsen, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Morgan Gies. The Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) is visible in the foreground.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22575
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visit with clergymen following mass at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) in Mexico City, Mexico. Those visiting with President and Mrs. Kennedy include: Archpriest of the Basílica, Monsignor Gregorio Aguilar; Archbishop of Mexico City, Miguel Darío Miranda y Gómez; Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, Archbishop Luigi Raimondi; Superior of the Guadalupe Missionaries, Bishop Alonso Escalante, M.M. (mostly hidden). Also pictured: General Cristóbal Guzmán Cárdenas; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O'Donnell; U.S. State Department interpreter, Donald Barnes; White House Secret Service agents, James J. Rowley, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, Bill Payne, Dick Johnsen, Mike Mastrovito, Lubert “Bert” de Freese, Arthur L. “Art” Godfrey, and Clint Hill. The Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental with bubble-top) is visible in the foreground.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29280
Members of President John F. Kennedy’s party walk through Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace during President Kennedy’s visit to the Vatican to meet with Pope Paul VI. Those pictured include: Special Assistant to the President for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agent, James J. Rowley. Members of the Swiss Guard observe. Vatican City.