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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-24-B
AR41
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-22-C
KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MF-13
Feldman discusses becoming involved with assisting depressed areas, developing a poverty program, and the relationship between the Area Redevelopment Administration and other agencies, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PS-01
This interview focuses on Southwick’s role in the Area Redevelopment Administration (ARA), his responsibilities as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy (JFK), and his evaluation of JFK’s presidency, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-11-D
AR40, ST31, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-17-F
AR40, ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-12-B
AR22, ST11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-11-B
AR23
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-18-B
AR28, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-11-B
AR28, ST14, KN24
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-04-B
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-28-B
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-20-F
AR16, ST08, KN12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-12-05-B
KN11
Collection
USDCP
Photographs and descriptive material, 1957-1963. Activities and programs of the United States Department of Commerce during the Administration of President John F. Kennedy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0958-009
This folder contains a memorandum from Robert F. Kennedy, a newspaper article concerning Texas Senator Lyndon Johnson’s presidential campaign efforts in North Carolina, and a list of contributors to North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges 1956 campaign.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1006-001
This folder contains correspondence sent to Senator John F. Kennedy and members of his staff from various individuals concerning the role of religion in the 1960 campaign, the prospect of a Catholic president, the distribution of anti-Catholic materials, and support for the Senator’s campaign. Also included is correspondence with North Carolina Governor Luther H. Hodges.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6763-E
Postmaster General J. Edward Day speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmen's Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. Postmaster General Day stands beside an image of the commemorative stamp created for the occasion. Seated in front of the audience are (L-R): Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman; Governor of Wisconsin Gaylord Nelson; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, Ivan A. Nestingen; and the only living members of the 1911 Wisconsin legislature, former Wisconsin state Senator Theodore W. Brazeau and Judge Edward T. Fairchild.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6763-C
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the first state Workmen's Compensation Law, enacted in Wisconsin in 1911, on the South Lawn driveway at the White House, Washington, D.C. Secretary Goldberg stands beside an image of the commemorative stamp created for the occasion. Seated in front of the audience are (L-R): Governor Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin (on far left edge of frame); Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (left of Secretary Goldberg); Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges; Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Ivan A. Nestingen; and the only living members of the 1911 Wisconsin legislature - former Wisconsin state Senator Theodore W. Brazeau and Judge Edward T. Fairchild.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-F
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in Cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-D
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. President John F. Kennedy speaks during the swearing-in ceremony for his Cabinet. (L-R) Front row: Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff; Chief Justice Earl Warren. Back row: Military Aide General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-C
Swearing in ceremony and reception for Cabinet members and their families, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Newly sworn-in cabinet members and their families pose with President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Photo includes: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and wife Margaret McNamara; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and wife Ethel Kennedy; Postmaster General J. Edward Day and wife Mary Louise Day; Erma Lee Udall with husband Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; Jacqueline Kennedy and President Kennedy; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges and wife Martha Hodges. Children seated in foreground include: Joseph P. Kennedy II (second from left); Tom Udall (third from right); Scott Udall (fourth from right).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6378-N
Head table at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Press Secretary Pierre Salinger; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; New York Herald Tribune reporter Donald Wise; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; editor of the Washington Star and president of the Associated Press Benjamin M. McKelway; Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20825
President John F. Kennedy presents an “E-for-Export” certificate of excellence (as part of the Export Expansion Program) for the Industrial National Bank of Rhode Island to the bank’s president, John Simmen. Left to right: Congressman Emanuel Celler (New York); Congressman William F. Ryan (New York); Mr. Simmen; Secretary of Commerce, Luther H. Hodges; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Affairs, Jack Behrman; President Kennedy; Senator Clair Engle (California); White House Secret Service agent, Charlie Kunkel; Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); two unidentified men. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C.