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Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-42-1
Sound recording of Senator John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his father Joseph P. Kennedy, probably in the summer of 1959. He talks about press reports and opinion polls concerning election prospects and about plans for upcoming trips.Machine noise precedes the dictation.
This sound recording was originally recorded on Dictation Belt 42, which contains additional sound recording(s) following this one. To hear all of the recordings on the Dictation Belt, see Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-TPH-42, Title: Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 42.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-42
Dictation Belt 42 contains two sound recordings. Item 42.1 is a recording of Senator John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his father Joseph P. Kennedy, probably in the summer of 1959. He talks about press reports and opinion polls concerning election prospects and about plans for upcoming trips. Machine noise precedes the dictation. Item 42.2 is a recording of John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. He talks about his weekend spent in Newport, Rhode Island, and time spent with his daughter Caroline Kennedy and others. A brief part of the recording is garbled.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-031-004
This folder consists of correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, with and concerning President Kennedy's father Joseph P. Kennedy. Materials mainly represent official matters, including general correspondence and presidential requests forwarded from the office of Kennedy by his assistant James A. Fayne. Items include a 1928 news clipping about the Kennedy family, a 1937 magazine article about Kennedy, a copy of a 1946 letter from Kennedy to F. H. McKelvey of the Lincoln, Massachusetts school department, and inquiries about the Kennedy family.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-136-011
This folder contains correspondence collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, both during and prior to his Presidency, concerning an anecdote regarding President Kennedy's father, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, and his involvement in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1932 presidential campaign.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-135-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, both during and prior to his Presidency, concerning a letter written by the President (then a student at Harvard University) to his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, of his impressions of the conflicts in Palestine between different religious and ethnic groups. Materials in this folder include copies of the letter and a memorandum from a member of New York Senator (and former Attorney General) Robert F. Kennedy's staff regarding the transcription of the letter.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-065-002
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Walt W. Rostow, Chairman of the Policy Planning Council, Department of State. Topics include the balance of payments, trade negotiations with Europe, and unity between Germany and Europe. Of note is a handwritten letter from Rostow to the President concerning Joseph P. Kennedy's recent illness.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-014-010-p0031
Portrait of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., circa 1913. Bernard T. Welky, a Valentine Seaver Originals Company sales representative, sent the photograph to President John F. Kennedy with a letter dated April 14, 1962.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-004-009-p0014
Coronation of Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, Rome. The photograph was sent to President John F. Kennedy with an undated note from James E. and Maggie O'Brien. Standing in the foreground, left to right, are Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Italy William Phillips, and United States Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-002-010-p0029
Coronation of Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, Rome. The photograph was sent to President John F. Kennedy with a letter from Oscar Garabedian, who indicated he was given the photograph by a friend. Standing in the foreground, left to right, are Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Italy William Phillips, and United States Ambassador to Great Britain Joseph P. Kennedy. The inscription on the verso of the photograph reads: "Mrs. Kennedy, Embassador [sic] Phillips, Kennedy boy, Mr. Kennedy. Coronation of Pope Pius. 3/10/1939. 3/12/39."