Finding Aid for the Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy, ca. 1959-1969
Processed by George Chacon; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy, ca. 1959-1969
Collection number: 1118
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- George Chacon, July 1972; revised CCW April 1983
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé, May 2004
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2004
© 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1959-1969
Collection number: 1118
Creator:
Dowdy, Andrew Hunter, 1904-
Extent: 8 boxes (4.0 linear ft.)
6 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Andrew Dowdy (b.1904) was the chairman and professor of the Department of Radiology, and one of the five original founders
of the School of Medicine at the UCLA. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) started as a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area,
went on to the Senate in 1953, and was elected the 35th President of the U.S. in 1961. He was killed in Dallas, Texas, November
22, 1963. The collection consists primarily of miscellaneous magazines, books, memorabilia, and ephemera related to the life
and presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, and materials about members of the Kennedy family, including Robert Kennedy.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Andrew H. Dowdy, 1972.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy (Collection 1118). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Dowdy was born in Missouri, November 24, 1904; chairman and professor of the Department of Radiology and one of the five original
founders of the School of Medicine at the UCLA.
Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, May 29, 1917; graduated from Harvard (1940) and entered the Navy; started as
a Democratic Congressman from the Boston area and went on to the Senate in 1953; married Jacqueline Bouvier, September 12,
1953; wrote
Profiles in courage (1955) and won the Pulitzer Prize in history; Kennedy was elected the 35th President of the U.S. in 1961; the youngest man
elected President, he was killed in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
Scope and Content
Collection consists primarily of miscellaneous magazines, books, memorabilia, and ephemera related to the life and presidential
administration of John F. Kennedy. Also includes materials about members of the Kennedy family including Robert Kennedy.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Periodicals.
Container List
[Material
re John F. Kennedy]
Miscellaneous Magazines, 1960-1968
Box 1
July 1960-September 1966.
[Miscellaneous Books and Ephemera, n.d. and 1964]
Box 2
Bibliography, medical articles, photographs, and recordings.
Box 5
Books
re assasination.
Scope and Content Note
Included:
An Editorial History of the Administration of President Kennedy 1960-1964, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles.
Box 6
Ephemera
re assassination.
Scope and Content Note
Includes material on Oswald, Ruby, the Warren Report, the Manchester book, and miscellaneous items.
Box 7
Paperback books
re President Kennedy's assassination.
Box 7
President Kennedy's Inaugural Address, and ephemera.
[Photo News Magazines
re the Life and Administration of JFK, 1959-1970]
Box 9
Esquire Magazine: April 1959-April 1967 (miscellaneous issues) and May 1967-June 1967.
Box 10
Life Magazine: June 18, 1963-August 7, 1970 (miscellaneous issues).
Boxes 11-12
Look Magazine: January 2, 1962-November 26, 1968; March 4, 1969-August 10, 1971 (miscellaneous issues).
Box 12
Los Angeles Times West Magazine: November 27, 1966; December 4, 1966; March 6, 1967.
Box 12
McCall's: July 1966, August 1966.
Box 12
Parade: December 4, 1966.
Box 12
Paris Match: November 26, 1966; December 3, 1966.
Box 12
Saturday Evening Post: May 6, 1967-December 2, 1967 (miscellaneous issues).
Box 12
This Week Magazine: January 19, 1964.
Box 14
Newspapers, 1963-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Primarily the
New York Review of Books.
[Material
re Robert Kennedy, 1963-1970]
Books, Newspapers and Ephemera
Box 3
Books about Robert Kennedy, Sirhan trial transcript, memorial publication, and ephemera.
Box 14
Newspapers, 1963-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Primarily the
New York Review of Books.
Miscellaneous Magazines, 1966-1969
Box 3
[No titles given], September 1966-September 1968.
Box 13
Esquire Magazine: March 1963; July and November 1968.
Box 13
Life Magazine: July 3, 1964; April 9, 1965.
Box 13
Look Magazine: April 16, 1968-December 2, 1968 (miscellaneous issues).
Box 13
Los Angeles Times Advertisement Supplement: August 8, 1968.
Box 13
Los Angeles Times West Magazine: June 1 and 8, 1969.
[Material
re Members of the Kennedy Family]
Box 4
Miscellaneous magazines, 1966-1969.
Box 8
Memorabilia and ephemera.
