History 301

Devine

Fall 2013

 

Helpful Websites for Research on the Kennedy Years

  

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php

 

Access to Public Papers of the Presidents with keyword and date search functions. Numerous other resources including transcripts of press conferences, electoral statistics, and state of the union addresses.

 

 

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/medialist.php?presid=35

 

Audio and video of JFK speeches and press conferences

 

 

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/1960_election.php

 

Full text of all speeches and remarks delivered by John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon during the 1960 presidential election.

 

 

http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/kennedy

 

Full text documents from Foreign Relations of the United States for the Kennedy administration.

 

 

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/index.htm

 

George Washington University National Security Archive: 40th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis 

 

 

http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/govtrecords/civil_rights_kennedy_federal.htm#Other_fa

 

http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/1348_CivRtsKennedyPt%201-1.pdf

 

Microfilm guide to Civil Rights During the Kennedy Administration. The microfilm reels can be acquired through Interlibrary Loan at Oviatt Library.

 

 

http://www.foia.cia.gov/bay_of_pigs.asp

 

Declassified CIA documents on the Bay of Pigs

 

 

http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/cuban-missile-crisis.html

 

National Archives resources on the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis

 

 

http://www.archives.gov/research/foreign-policy/cold-war/1961-berlin-crisis/nara-documents.html

 

National Archives resources on the 1961 Berlin Crisis

 

 

http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/declass/cuban_missile_crisis/1962.shtml

 

National Security Agency Cuban Missile Crisis Document Archive

 

 

http://digilib.usm.edu/crmda.php

 

Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.

 

 

http://www.usm.edu/crdp/html/transcripts.shtml

 

Oral History transcripts from Mississippi Digital Archive

  

 

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Research.aspx

 

Introduction to research at the JFK Library

 

 

http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History.aspx

 

Overviews of various JFK-related topics and links to resources at the JFK Library

 

 

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/

 

National Security Archive Briefing Books

 

 

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB56/

 

Briefing Book for Berlin Crisis

 

 

www.cwihp.org

 

The Cold War International History Project – has recently written articles and recently declassified documents on foreign policy issues related to the Kennedy administration.

 

 

http://millercenter.org/president/kennedy

 

Information on JFK at the Miller Center