Here, we've highlighted archival collections and holdings in all formats—starting with the most popular—that support research on the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961.
Part of the Presidential Files of John F. Kennedy, consisting of the working files of McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. It is the primary foreign policy file of the Kennedy White House (1961-1963). Digitized in part.
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Part of the Presidential Papers of John F. Kennedy, consisting of 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.
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Includes correspondence, desk diaries, speeches, trip files, and other material documenting Robert F. Kennedy's role as Attorney General (1961-1964). Digitized in part.
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Contains material related to Sorensen's role on John F. Kennedy's Senate staff (1952-60) and as speechwriter and Special Counsel to the President (1961-64); includes correspondence, legislative files, subject files, speech files, draft book manuscripts, personal papers and White House files.
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Papers 1959-1964 (#213). Journalist, government official. Press secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy (1959-1960); Press Secretary to the President (1961-1964). Includes Salinger's press briefings, interim reports, bound house and senate committee reports, and miscellaneous campaign information.
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The main correspondence file for the Kennedy Administration, which contains letters from the general public as well as internal staff memoranda. Digitized in part.
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Personal and professional papers consisting of letters, memos, research notes and drafts, writings, publications, photographs, and ephemera. Topics include World War II, Harvard University, the John F. Kennedy Library, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, civil rights, United States foreign policy, and atomic weapons development/control.
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Papers 1939-1969. Historian, government official, Special Assistant to the President for Latin American Affairs (1961-63); author, A Thousand Days (1965). Correspondence, reports, speeches, subject files, news clippings, research materials, book drafts, writings, diaries, White House files.
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Papers 1961-1963. Lawyer, government official. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1961); Under Secretary of State (1961-66). Subject files, transcripts of telephone conversations.
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Diplomat, government official, educator. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1961-1965); United States ambassador to NATO (1965-1969); author. Correspondence, appointment books, articles, drafts, meeting minutes, memoranda, press releases, reports, speeches, and telegrams.
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Lawyer. Assistant Special Counsel to the President (1961); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (1961-62); Director, International Peace Corps Secretariat (1962-64). Memorandums, reports, and correspondence.
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Consists of personal and professional correspondence, subject files, appointment calendars, campaign files, and audiovisual material created and maintained during Feldman's service as Deputy Special Counsel to the President (1961-1964).
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Contains material generated during John F. Kennedy's years as a Senator from Massachusetts (1953-1960). Digitized in part.
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Diplomat, government official. Correspondence, speech files, reports, studies, publications, clippings relating to Alliance for Progress programs and Latin American economic development.
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This link displays a list of related oral histories in the Library's John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection. Digitized in part.
