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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-029-013
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the proposal by Democratic presidential candidate Governor Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts to model a national health plan after the Massachusetts healthcare system. The episode aired on Thursday, October 20, 1988, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00908-007
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-00887-003
Textual folder
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-01037-031
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0894-021
This folder contains copies of a speech given by Senator John F. Kennedy at the United Cerebral Palsy convention held at the Statler Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator announces a new research initiative sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness into the causes of cerebral palsy .
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0411-014
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Topics include federal grants for Massachusetts schools and hospitals, and the fluoridation of the water supply in Springfield, Massachusetts. Publications include a copy of the Report of the Task Force on the Handicapped to the Chairman of the Manpower Policy Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization (January 1952); the 1952 Annual Report of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, a division of the Federal Security Agency; and Doing Something for the Disabled by Mary E. Switzer and Howard A. Rusk (Pamphlet No. 197), published by the Public Affairs Committee.