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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AUG-01
In this interview Heckscher discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as an “inspiration to cultural life”; Heckscher’s involvement in government affairs prior to becoming a Special Consultant to the President; the invitation of 168 artists to JFK’s 1961 inauguration and its impact; how Heckscher came to work for the White House; discussing Heckscher’s position with Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; the reasoning behind the creation of the new position of Special Consultant on the Arts and the favorable public reaction to it; enlarging the definition of “The Arts,” especially regarding architecture; Arthur Goldberg; the establishment of the Freedom Medal; creating the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts through executive order; personal impressions of JFK; setting up Heckscher’s office and staff; how Heckscher was meant to advise JFK and what his position entailed; the Cultural Center [Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]; conversations with JFK; Mrs. Kennedy’s expansive work for the arts; the arts as part of national policy; working with other White House staff members and other Departments; designing special postage stamps; what the President’s role in the arts should be; and the Fine Arts Commission, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-20-F
AR16, ST08, KN12
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6287-E
Swearing in ceremony for Cabinet members, East Room, White House, Washington, D.C. Chief Justice Earl Warren swears-in President John F. Kennedy's Cabinet members. (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; United States Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai E. Stevenson; Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman; Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff. Back row: Military Aide General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide Colonel Godfrey T. McHugh; Naval Aide Commander Tazewell Shepard, Jr.
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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.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-17-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left) talks with mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. (L-R) Mrs. Kennedy, Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg (partially hidden, facing away), piano accompanist Charles Wadsworth (in profile), and Ms. Bumbry. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-249-10-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left) talks with mezzo-soprano opera singer Grace Bumbry and piano accompanist Charles Wadsworth (center) following Ms. Bumbry's performance at a dinner in honor of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives John W. McCormack, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren. Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg (in profile) stands to the right of Mrs. Kennedy. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19430
Cellist Pablo Casals bows to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. (L-R) Ruth Ribicoff; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Mary Louise Day; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Inés Mendoza de Muñoz; President John F. Kennedy; Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín; Mr. Casals; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Marta Casals; Rose Kennedy; Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York (second row); Dorothy Goldberg; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19428
Cellist Pablo Casals stands before the audience after a performance at a dinner in honor of the Governor of Puerto Rico. (L-R) Unidentified man; Ruth Ribicoff; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Mary Louise Day; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Inés Mendoza de Muñoz (mostly hidden behind Mr. Casals); Mr. Casals; President John F. Kennedy; Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Marta Casals (mostly hidden behind Rose Kennedy); Rose Kennedy; Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York (moustache, second row); Dorothy Goldberg; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C19427
Cellist Pablo Casals stands before the audience after a performance at a dinner in honor of the Governor of Puerto Rico. (L-R) Unidentified man; Ruth Ribicoff; Abraham Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Mary Louise Day; Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Mr. Casals; Inés Mendoza de Muñoz (partially hidden behind Mr. Casals); President John F. Kennedy; Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Marta Casals; Rose Kennedy; Representative Adam Clayton Powell of New York (second row); Dorothy Goldberg; Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7579-P
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy (face obscured); First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (face obscured); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Ambassador of Peru, Fernando Berckemeyer; United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Adlai Stevenson; Margaret Truman Daniel; Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig; White House Secret Service agent, Roy Kellerman.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7579-O
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Suzanne Perrin Roosevelt; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Margaret Truman Daniel; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Marian Cannon Schlesinger; Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7579-M
Funeral services for Eleanor Roosevelt in the rose garden on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Laura Franklin “Polly” Delano; Representative James Roosevelt (California); Gladys Irene Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Patricia Peabody Roosevelt; John Aspinwall Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt Halsted; James A. Halsted; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; former president, Harry S. Truman; former president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Earl Warren; Nina Warren; Supreme Court Justice, Arthur Goldberg; Dorothy Goldberg; Margaret Truman Daniel; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Washington Correspondent for the Guy Gannett Publishing Company of Maine, May Craig.