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Title
Photographs of John F. Kennedy visit to Amherst College, 1963 October 26
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Creation Information
Date Created
1963-10-26
Location
Note
Original 120 and 35mm (roll film) black and white negatives digitized positive.
Physical Description
238 photographs
Abstract
Photographs of President John F. Kennedy's visit to Amherst College for the groundbreaking ceremony for Robert Frost Library and a special convocation. Included are images of the Civil Rights vigil held with student and faculty attendees holding placards supporting Kennedy's Civil Rights program, the convocation at which President Kennedy and Archibald MacLeish were awarded honorary doctor of law degrees, the arrival of Kennedy and his entourage via helicopters on Memorial Field, media coverage of the events, the President's motorcade to the groundbreaking, and the groundbreaking for the library. Also included are images of a framed photograph from the convocation, the official groundbreakers posing together for a group portrait, and caricatures of Kennedy, football players, and a duck. A band, members of the media, State Police, Secret Service, and spectators can be seen in images. Specific individuals who can be seen in photographs include College President Calvin H. Plimpton (Calvin Hasting Plimpton), President Kennedy, Archibald Macleish, College Dean C. Scott Porter (Charles Scott Porter), College Librarian Newton F. McKeon, President of the Alumni Society Leonard P. Moore, Chairman of the Amherst Capital Program Harry W. Knight, President of the Amherst Student Council Harry W. Knight, Jr., Secretary of the College and Director of Publications Peter Schrag, and Trustees John J. McCloy, Kendall B. DeBevoise, and J. Alfred Guest. Photographs are taken in various locations including in Coolidge Cage of the Alumni Gymnasium, the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad), in front of the Alumni Gymnasium and Athletic Complex, and on the site where Frost Library currently stands. These photographs are assumed to have been taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). The name of the photographer is unknown.
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Shelf Location
Job 63-001-1 through 11
Finding Aid
Repository
List of All Images
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