Close
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please contact the Archives research staff.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0008-011-002
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming discuss Chinese scientist and dissident physicist Fang Lizhi, who received the 1989 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. The episode aired on Monday, November 27, 1989, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Collection
LMPC
Photographs, 1957-1963. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by LOOK Magazine, Cowles Communications, Inc., featuring John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as Senator through his presidency. Members of the Kennedy family, Kennedy administration and foreign dignitaries also appear.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-08-A
AR22, KN18
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-ND-A
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-27-A
AR27, ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-31-A
AR28
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C17760
Presentation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. On platform, L-R: Commander Shepard; astronaut Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; astronaut Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr.; President John F. Kennedy; astronaut Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter. Standing on colonnade at right: Postmaster General, J. Edward Day; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Assistant Special Counsel to the President, Richard Goodwin; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Massachusetts). Reporters and photographers unidentified. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-4-62
Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, shakes hands with former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, after Mr. Anslinger received an outstanding record citation. Others (L-R): Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary of Virginia (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian (in doorway). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-3-62
Presentation of an outstanding record citation to former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger. Left to right: Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); Mr. Anslinger; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary (Virginia); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis] [White spot in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M9-5-61
Audience members at the presentation of the National Security Medal to Allen W. Dulles, retiring director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Seated in the first row (L-R): three unidentified women; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Ethel Kennedy, wife of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; and the Attorney General. Seated in the second row (L-R): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup (wearing glasses). J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seated in the third row, to the right of General Lemnitzer. CIA headquarters, Langley, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C28212
President John F. Kennedy (center) greets Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, at a military reception in their honor. Also pictured: Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; White House Secret Service agents, Win Lawson and Sam Sulliman. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22180
President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. President Kennedy presents the medal to Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); President Kennedy; Gerald Lee Davis; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Representative James Harvey (Michigan); Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan (partially hidden). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22179
President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. President Kennedy presents the medal to Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; unidentified; Representative Al Ullman of Oregon (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon; Representative James Harvey of Michigan (in back); Ms. Kingry; medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan (partially hidden); Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22178
President John F. Kennedy and others listen as Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (at microphones), delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); unidentified (partially hidden); President Kennedy; Representative Al Ullman of Oregon (partially hidden); medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Attorney General Kennedy; Representative James Harvey of Michigan (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan; medal recipient, Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (right of column), stands in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22177
President John F. Kennedy and others listen as Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (right of microphones), delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana (partially hidden); unidentified; President Kennedy; medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Attorney General Kennedy; Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan (in back, mostly hidden); medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan; medal recipient, Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22176
President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, stand with attendees of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service presentation ceremony. Those pictured include: medal recipients, Mary Ann Kingry (Saginaw, Michigan), Gordon Bernard Kilmer (Reed City, Michigan), and Gerald Lee Davis (Ontario, Oregon); Representative James Harvey (Michigan); Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); Representative Al Ullman (Oregon); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Mark D. Seath (rescued by Gordon Bernard Kilmer). Also listed in the President's schedule: Mr. and Mrs. Loren G. Davis; Janie Davis; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kilmer; Vincent P. Kingry; Ann C. Kingry; Dora L. Shaver (teacher of Gerald Lee Davis); Edward E. Seath; Dorothy T. Junghans, of the Department of Justice. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22175
President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks at the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. Left to right: Representative Al Ullman of Oregon (mostly hidden on edge of frame); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); President Kennedy; Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Representative James Harvey (Michigan); medal recipient, Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon; Senator Maurine Neuberger (Oregon); medal recipient, Mary Ann Kingry, of Saginaw, Michigan. Presidential Assistant, John J. McNally (in doorway), stands at right in background. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C. [Blemish in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22174
President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. President Kennedy (at microphones) shakes hands with Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan, after presenting him with the medal. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Representative Al Ullman (Oregon); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); the President; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Gordon Bernard Kilmer; Representative James Harvey (Michigan); Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C22173
President John F. Kennedy attends the presentation ceremony of the Young American Medals for Bravery and Service. President Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks after presenting the medal to Gordon Bernard Kilmer, of Reed City, Michigan. Left to right: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover; Representative Al Ullman (Oregon); Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); the President; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Senator Philip A. Hart (Michigan); Gordon Bernard Kilmer; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Mark D. Seath (rescued by Kilmer); medal recipient, Gerald Lee Davis, of Ontario, Oregon (mostly hidden); Senator Maurine Neuberger of Oregon (partially hidden on edge of frame). Rose Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28418
View of the South Lawn of the White House, as President John F. Kennedy (far right, back to camera) and others watch the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, perform during a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Those pictured include: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr.; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28417
President John F. Kennedy (center right, mostly hidden) attends a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Julia Ann Shepard, wife of Captain Shepard; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Zola Shoup, wife of General Shoup; Air Force Aide to the President, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell L. Gilpatric; First Lady’s Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial are visible in the distance. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28414
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: unidentified woman; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary McNamara; Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup (in back, partially hidden); President Kennedy; unidentified woman; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (mostly hidden); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; three unidentified persons; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-28413
President John F. Kennedy and others attend a military reception in honor of recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Left to right: several unidentified persons; Margaret McNamara (wearing black coat), wife of Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense; Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth (in back); Secretary McNamara; unidentified man (in back); Madelin T. Gilpatric, wife of Roswell L. Gilpatric, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Phyllis Chess Ellsworth, wife of C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; Deputy Secretary Gilpatric; Zola Shoup (in back), wife of General David M. Shoup, Commandant of the Marine Corps; President Kennedy; unidentified; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral George W. Anderson, Jr. (in back); Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy; several unidentified persons; White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson (in back); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; unidentified. National Park Service (NPS) Photographer, Abbie Rowe, takes photographs from stairs in background. South Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.