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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-19-A
AR07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-05-28-B
AR37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-23-F
AR21
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-106-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the activities and operations of Recording for the Blind, Inc. (later known as Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic), a non-profit volunteer organization that produces, maintains, and provides access to recorded materials for people who cannot effectively read standard print due to visual impairment or other related disabilities. Materials in this folder include an annual report for the organization and a letter to Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O'Donnell regarding a White House visit for scholastic achievement award recipients.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-D
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: unidentified; Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl’s mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold; several unidentified. Also included in the President’s schedule: President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne; member of the Board of Directors, Henry C. Breck; member of the Board of Directors, Walker C. Buckner; Chairman of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Unit of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. John M. Deely; Chairman of the Detroit Unit, Godfrey Strelinger; National Director, Burnham Carter; Assistant for Recording for the Blind, Inc., Jeanne MacDaniels; Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Mary Switzer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-C
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl’s mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-B
On behalf of Recording for the Blind, Inc., President John F. Kennedy presents a Scholastic Achievement Award to Helen Vivian Aareskjold. Award recipient Cheryl Lynn Martin and her mother, Mrs. James Martin, stand by. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6595-A
Presentation of Scholastic Achievement Awards to three students graduating in June 1961, given by Recording for the Blind, Inc., and presented by President John F. Kennedy. L-R: two unidentified; Senator Kenneth B. Keating (New York); award recipient, Daniel R. Webber; President John F. Kennedy; award recipient, Cheryl Lynn Martin; Cheryl's mother, Mrs. James Martin; award recipient, Helen Vivian Aareskjold; several unidentified. Also included in the President’s schedule: President of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. Frederick B. Payne; member of the Board of Directors, Henry C. Breck; member of the Board of Directors, Walker C. Buckner; Chairman of the Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Unit of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Mrs. John M. Deely; Chairman of the Detroit Unit, Godfrey Strelinger; National Director, Burnham Carter; Assistant for Recording for the Blind, Inc., Jeanne MacDaniels; Director of Vocational Rehabilitation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Mary Switzer. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7263-B
Lady Bird Johnson presents three blind university students with Recording for the Blind, Inc. awards. (L-R): Nancy Patricia Bradley of Denison University; Mrs. Johnson; Otis H. Stephens of Johns Hopkins University; Janice Kay Hattendorf of Indiana University. Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7943-C
President John F. Kennedy visits with winners of the Recording for the Blind Scholastic Achievement Awards in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Left to right: three unidentified persons; award winner Jean Holland “Holly” Van Ormer and her mother, Jean Holland Van Ormer; award winner Charles Edwin Vaughan (in back) and his wife, Mrs. Vaughan (mostly hidden); award winner Patrick V. Peppe; President Kennedy; award winner Richard H. Fidler and his father, Wilbert C. Fidler (in back); two unidentified persons; National Director of Recording for the Blind, Inc., Burnham Carter. Also included in the President’s schedule: Joseph Peppe, father of award winner Patrick V. Peppe; President of the Board of Trustees of Recording for the Blind, Allen H. Merrill; Recording for the Blind Board members, Mary Howard de Liagre, Mary K. Knowles, and Peter B. Putnam; assistant from Recording for the Blind, M. B. Zerwick.
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7263-A
Lady Bird Johnson stands with three blind university students and their families before presenting the students with Recording for the Blind, Inc. awards. The students are: Nancy Patricia Bradley of Denison University (left of Mrs. Johnson); Otis H. Stephens of Johns Hopkins University (right of Mrs. Johnson); and Janice Kay Hattendorf of Indiana University (front row, second from right). Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C.