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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-03
In this interview Heath discusses the Office of Education during the transition from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to President John F. Kennedy [JFK]; JFK’s task force for education; problems when a new leader comes in; working with Congress; the National Defense Education Act and other education legislation; JFK and the Church-State issue in education; Abraham A. Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW; leadership within the Office of Education; Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of HEW; Wilbur Cohen in HEW; reorganization of HEW; various education projects; new HEW programs under JFK and President Lyndon B. Johnson; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and how it intersected with education programs; and the transformation in how Americans viewed education, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-25-D
AR07, ST02
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-08-D
AR07
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-05-02-D
AR06, KN03
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJC-02
Cohen discusses Health, Education, and Welfare Secretaries Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Anthony J. Celebrezze, Estes Kefauver’s drug bill, and John F. Kennedy’s civil rights message of 1963, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-02
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses the 1961 Berlin crisis; American forces, military and diplomatic, in Germany; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] recommendation for Americans to have fallout shelters; nuclear testing; problems with the Department of State; the start of the conflict in Vietnam, 1961; the Department of Justice under RFK and organized crime; RFK’s difficult relationship with J. Edgar Hoover; the wiretapping bill; new federal judgeships in 1961 and other presidential appointments; the Alliance for Progress; Red China; crises during JFK’s presidency and how he was an optimist; RFK’s move for an income tax increase during the Berlin crisis; RFK’s disagreements with President JFK; indecisiveness over picking JFK’s running mate, 1960; the missile gap; fighting and UN operations in the Congo; Nikita S. Khrushchev’s speeches; RFK’s 1962 trip to Japan, Indonesia, Germany, and other countries; the release of Allen L. Pope; Dutch disputes in Southeast Asia; the 1961 crisis in the Dominican Republic and the assassination of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina; the 1962 disarmament conference in Geneva; Edward M. Kennedy’s 1962 campaign for U.S. Senate; the Kennedy family national and political reputation; the Justice Department under RFK and civil rights; and the 1962 steel crisis, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-01
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses beginning John F. Kennedy's [JFK] presidential Administration with no political obligations; carefully picking Cabinet members, specifically Secretaries of State, Defense, and Treasury; RFK’s decision on what role to play in JFK’s Administration; JFK’s unhappiness with Dean Rusk as Secretary of State; JFK’s advisers and other presidential appointments; Cabinet meetings; Department of Justice organization under RFK; the first 100 days of the Kennedy Administration; the role of the Vice President, according to RFK; JFK’s relationship with Lyndon B. Johnson and why JFK put Johnson on the ticket in 1960; what JFK was most concerned with as President; domestic programs versus foreign affairs in the Kennedy Administration; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s role during JFK’s presidency; the Bay of Pigs, the aftermath, and its effect on JFK; how JFK approached problems as President; dealing with Georgi Bolshakov; negotiating with the Soviet Union in Vienna, over Laos and Cuba, etc.; JFK’s relationship with foreign heads of state; State Department staff and U.S. Ambassadors; the military coup in Vietnam; the Berlin crisis of the summer of 1961 and the Berlin Wall; RFK’s 1961 trip to the Ivory Coast; and Soviet and American nuclear testing, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-140-003
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at a Democratic rally held in Waterbury, Connecticut. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the importance of electing Democratic representatives from Connecticut in order for the nation to progress in areas such as labor, education, and social services. The President encourages his audience to re-elect Governor John N. Dempsey, re-elect Congressman John S. Monagan, and elect candidates Bernard Grabowski and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-140-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the Bridgeport Municipal Airport in Stratford, Connecticut. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the importance of electing Democratic representatives from Connecticut in order for the nation to progress in areas such as labor, education, and social services. The President encourages his audience to re-elect Governor John N. Dempsey, re-elect Congressman John S. Monagan, and elect candidates Frank Lennon and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-C
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-24-B
AR41, ST32
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-24-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-07-16-A
AR39, ST27
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-31-B
AR21, ST11
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-20-A
ST10
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-07-17-C
AR24, ST12, KN20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-01-B
AR20, ST10, KN16
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-10-E
AR20
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-10-17-C
ST15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-08-B
AR34, ST22, KN33
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-15-B
AR17, KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-27-A
AR18, KN14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-21-B
ST08
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-20-F
AR16, ST08, KN12
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0895-017
This folder contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy's introduction of Governor of Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff at the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts. In his introduction the Senator discusses Governor Ribicoff's career and the Democratic Party.