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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BLB-02
In this interview Boutin discusses New Hampshire politics; presidential elections and Democratic National Conventions from 1956 through 1968; various staff members of John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] presidential campaign from 1956 to 1960; JFK’s presidential campaign in several different states; the 1960 presidential primary in New Hampshire; working as the Administrator of the General Services Administration [GSA], including public works projects, federal buildings and sites, reorganization of GSA structure and personnel, and working with Congress and other federal agencies on GSA matters; the National Archives and Records Administration and presidential libraries; the Democratic National Committee during JFK’s Administration; Boutin’s memories of immediately following JFK’s assassination in 1963; tensions between Robert F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; and “Johnson people” versus “Kennedy people,” among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-07
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] and Marshall discuss the very limited proposal for voting rights legislation before the demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama; how civil rights groups did not always understand politics or how to get things through Congress; John F. Kennedy [JFK] trying to explain political difficulties to civil rights leaders; meetings on civil rights legislation and the strategy for getting the votes for a civil rights bill in both houses of Congress; RFK’s disagreements with Lyndon B. Johnson on civil rights legislation; RFK, the Justice Department, and the reapportionment cases; RFK’s meeting with James Baldwin and the subsequent attack on RFK in the press; JFK’s role in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963; speeches at the March on Washington; George Wallace, Alabama state troopers, and the investigation into the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, September, 1963; and JFK, James J. Delaney, and the issue of aid to church schools, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-RE-03
Eldridge discusses Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 presidential campaign and the Coalition for a Democratic Alternative in New York, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TGW-01
In this interview Wicker discusses early impressions of John F. Kennedy [JFK], 1952–1961; Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning for JFK in the South, 1960; Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge’s 1960 presidential campaign; JFK and Johnson in the August 1960 special session of Congress; Wicker’s first interview with President JFK for the New York Times, 1961; building a rapport with JFK’s staff; various Times articles, by Wicker and others, about the Kennedy Administration and White House reactions to them; Wicker’s arguments with Pierre E.G. Salinger over certain articles; year-end briefings in Palm Beach; and President JFK’s press conferences, among other issues.
Textual folder
Lawrence F. O'Brien Personal Papers
LOBPP-003-014
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-25-B
AR27, ST14
Collection
LOBPP
Papers 1960-1975 (#177). Democratic Party official, government official. Director of organization, Kennedy-Johnson Presidential campaign (1960); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations and Personnel (1961-1965); Postmaster General of the United States (1965-1968); chairman, Democratic National Committee (1968-1972); author No Final Victories (1974). Personal and professional papers relating to his years as a campaign adviser, White House staff member, Postmaster General, and chairman of the Democratic Party. 135 cubic feet. Open in full.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-399-1-62
View of the Rose Garden during a visit of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress; President John F. Kennedy (right, at microphones) delivers remarks to the group. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Also pictured: newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7486-C
President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to Democratic members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Standing behind President Kennedy (L-R): Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma (mostly hidden); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana). United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton, stands at right. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7486-A
President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks to members of the Burros Club, an organization of male secretaries and assistants to members of Congress, during a visit in the Rose Garden. Left to right: Senate Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield (Montana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Representative Hale Boggs (Louisiana); President Kennedy (at microphones); Representative Carl Albert (Oklahoma); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). White House, Washington, D.C.