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Dowdy (Andrew H.) Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy
LSC.1118
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Contributing Institution:
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.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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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:
9942329523606533
[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.
Processed by George Chacon, July 1972. Revised by CCW, April 1983.
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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.
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)