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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WAH-01
In this interview Harriman discusses early interactions with John F. Kennedy [JFK], from 1945 to 1956; the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions; helping get JFK the votes from New York state for the presidential nomination; traveling to Africa in 1960 and the problems with the Department of State’s work there; meeting with JFK and discussing various presidential appointments between JFK’s election and inauguration; and the religious demographics in New York state and how they impacted JFK’s 1960 victory, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-ROWK-05
In this interview Komer discusses working with McGeorge Bundy; the “inner circle” of the Bundy State Department; Komer’s major contacts; the intelligence system; the power and responsibilities of the State Department; how Bundy screened what President John F. Kennedy [JFK] would see; relations with other key officials; Robert F. Kennedy and foreign policy issues; the Bundy State Department and White House staff; the “little State Department” in the White House; the bureaucratic role of the State Department; U.S. foreign policy in Asia; relations with key U.S. Ambassadors; handling Arab-Israeli issues; domestic pressures of American-Jewish community on JFK; Arabists in the Kennedy Administration; working with Myer Feldman on Israeli issues; the United States, Saudi Arabia, and oil; filling the power vacuum left by the British; dealing with Congress on foreign aid matters; counterinsurgency; and looking back at programs during the Kennedy Administration, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-02-A
ST27, KN38
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-15-C
AR16, KN12
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29284
President John F. Kennedy walks through Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace during his visit to the Vatican to meet with Pope Paul VI. Majordomo of the Apostolic Palace, Monsignor Federico Callori di Vignale, walks left of President Kennedy. Visible at far left in background: U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard. Members of the Swiss Guard observe. Vatican City. [Blemish on right side of image is original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C231-23-63
President John F. Kennedy departs the Vatican following a visit with Pope Paul VI. In foreground (L-R): Naval Aide to President Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Majordomo of the Apostolic Palace, Monsignor Federico Callori di Vignale; President Kennedy; U.S. Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Ceremonies, Archbishop Gennaro Verolino (shaking hands with Secretary Rusk). Also pictured: White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (walking down stairs). Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20171
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Bishop John Wesley Lord (United Methodist Church); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell, Executive Director of the Department of International Affairs of the NCC; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC; President Kennedy; Archbishop Iakovos, one of the six presidents of the World Council and head of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Chairman of the Central Committee of the WCC and an officer of the NCC; Bishop B. Julian Smith (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church); Bishop J. Brooke Mosley (Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Delaware); Judge J. M. Tunnell; and Dr. Roswell P. Barnes, Executive Secretary of the United States Conference for the WCC.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20170
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell, Executive Director of the Department of International Affairs of the NCC; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC; President Kennedy; Archbishop Iakovos, one of the six presidents of the World Council and head of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Chairman of the Central Committee of the WCC and an officer of the NCC; Bishop B. Julian Smith (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church); and Bishop J. Brooke Mosley (Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Delaware).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20169
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell, Executive Director of the Department of International Affairs of the NCC; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC; President Kennedy; Archbishop Iakovos, one of the six presidents of the World Council and head of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Chairman of the Central Committee of the WCC and an officer of the NCC; and Bishop B. Julian Smith (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church).
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7047-B
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Bishop John Wesley Lord (United Methodist Church); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell, Executive Director of the Department of International Affairs of the NCC; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC; President Kennedy; Archbishop Iakovos, one of the six presidents of the World Council and head of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Chairman of the Central Committee of the WCC and an officer of the NCC; Bishop B. Julian Smith (Christian Methodist Episcopal Church); Bishop J. Brooke Mosley (Protestant Episcopal Church, Bishop of Delaware); Judge J. M. Tunnell; and Dr. Roswell P. Barnes, Executive Secretary of the United States Conference for the WCC.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7047-A
President John F. Kennedy visits with delegates from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC) in the Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Bishop John Wesley Lord (United Methodist Church); Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Dr. Kenneth L. Maxwell, Executive Director of the Department of International Affairs of the NCC; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the WCC; President Kennedy; Archbishop Iakovos, one of the six presidents of the World Council and head of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America; and Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Chairman of the Central Committee of the WCC and an officer of the NCC.