Here, we've highlighted archival collections and holdings at the JFK Library—starting with the most popular—that support research on White House restoration during the Kennedy presidency.
Textual and audiovisual materials that document the First Lady's early life, family, and marriage; her role in the White House (trips, state visits, White House restoration, social events, personal occasions, family events, and more); and her interests and concerns following her White House years.
Materials documenting Mrs. Kennedy's work with the interior decorating firm Parish-Hadley Associates, Inc. in decorating the White House and the First Family's personal residences, and the firm's working relationship with the White House after the Kennedy years.
Papers and records of Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and the White House Social Office under the direction of Letitia Baldrige and Pamela Turnure. Includes: correspondence with the general public (invitations, requests for photographs, etc.), and some correspondence documenting Mrs. Kennedy's activities and interests as First Lady.
Materials focus primarily on: William Walton's roles as a campaign worker for John F. Kennedy (1960) and Robert F. Kennedy (1964 and 1968); and his tenures as member and then Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts and as a Trustee of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
Part of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy that comprises the working files of President Kennedy as maintained by his personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, in the Oval Office of the White House (1961-1963). Digitized in full.
The main correspondence file for the Kennedy Administration, which contains letters from the general public as well as internal staff memoranda. Digitized in part.
This link displays a list of oral histories in the Library's John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection related to White House Restoration. Digitized in part.
