White House - Staff, 1961

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 20

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Photographs in this collection are images of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area (D.C., Maryland and Virginia suburbs) from the photo morgue of Nation’s Business, a publication of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The collection provides visual documentation of the District’s well-known federal and commercial architecture, scenes from the Kennedy and Truman administrations, and other images from events and life in Washington, D.C. from the 1920s to the 1980s.

Included in the collection are a unique selection of candid photographs depicting 1920s passengers on streetcars and images taken by photographers Robert Phillips and Jacques Lowe during the first six months of President John F. Kennedy’s administration.

The collection consists of 333 black and white gelatin silver prints arranged alphabetically into 41 subject headings with dates. Headings are for the most part of building names (Union Station), types (Gasoline Stations), subjects (Pedestrians), locations (Glen Echo, MD), or specific events (U.S. Chamber of Commerce-Meetings-1951). The majority of the photographic images are by contract photographers. Many photographs have hand-written notations indicating when the image was published.

Dates

Creation: 1961

Extent

22.0 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Three exterior White House views of Marine helicopter arriving on South Lawn of White House; President Kennedy accompanying visiting unidentified dignitary on South Lawn; motorcade procession (used November 1964, p. 34). All photos credited New York Times; Five candid photographs taken by Robert Phillips (Washington, DC) during the first 6 months of President John F. Kennedy’s administration. Used June 1961, pages 63-74 (see Appendix). All interior office photos. Those identified include: Desautels, Claude, Dungan, Ralph (Staffer), Dutton, Fred (Policy Coordinator), Feldman, Myer (Assistant), Goodwin, Richard N. (Assistant), Manatos, Mike, O’Brien, Lawrence (Patronage & Congressional Liaison Aide), Ostrow, Lenore (Secretary), Salinger, Pierre (Press Secretary), Sorensen, Theodore (Special Counsel), Thomas, Helen (UPI), White, Lee C. (Assistant), Wilson, Henry; Nine candid photographs taken by Robert Phillips (Washington, DC) during the first 6 months of President John F. Kennedy’s administration. Not published. All interior office photos. Individuals not identified but some identities could be determined based on other photographs in category; Six candid photographs taken by Jacques Lowe (New York, New York) during the first 6 months of President John F. Kennedy’s administration. Two used June 1961, p. 68 (see Appendix). All interior office photos. Those identified include O’Donnell, P. Kenneth (Appointment Scheduler), Wiesner, Jerome B. (Science Adviser); Two 8 ½ x 11 typed sheets are included, one reading “Mickey: Please contact these and send over to Mr. Paterson at Nations Business. Thank you. Hold negatives for printing.” The other is apparently the descriptive log of the aforementioned contact sheets, listing 7 rolls of film and a brief description of who appears in individual frames