Finding Aid for the Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy LSC.1118
Finding aid prepared by George Chacon, July 1972, revised by CCW, April 1983; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline
Cubé.
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Andrew Dowdy collection of material about John F. Kennedy
Creator:
Dowdy, Andrew Hunter
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1118
Physical Description:
8 boxes
(4.0 linear feet)
Physical Description:
6 oversize boxes
Date (inclusive): circa 1959-1969
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. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dr. Andrew H. Dowdy, 1972.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andrew Dowdy Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy (Collection 1118). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by George Chacon, July 1972. Revised by CCW, April 1983.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Periodicals.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
[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 Contents 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 Contents 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: (miscellaneous issues) and
April 1959-April 1967 May 1967-June 1967.
box 10
Life Magazine: (miscellaneous issues).
June 18, 1963-August 7, 1970
box 11, box 12
Look Magazine: (miscellaneous issues).
January 2, 1962-November 26, 1968; March 4, 1969-August 10, 1971
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: (miscellaneous issues).
May 6, 1967-December 2, 1967
box 12
This Week Magazine:
January 19, 1964.
box 14
Newspapers,
1963-1970.
Scope and Contents 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 Contents 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: (miscellaneous issues).
April 16, 1968-December 2, 1968
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.
