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Photograph of a Marine Landing at Danang, Vietnam

Record Group 127: Records of the U.S. Marine CorpsSeries: Color Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam

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Advisors: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara alone in meeting room

Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office CollectionSeries: Johnson White House Photographs

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Statement Submitted by Timuel D. Black

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Civil Case FilesFile Unit: James William Webb, Jr. et al. v. the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and Benjamin C. Willis

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Acceptance Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy Democratic National Convention The New Frontier July 15, 1960

Collection JFK-2.3: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Pre-Presidential Papers: Senate FilesSeries: Files Related to Speeches and the PressFile Unit: John F. Kennedy Pre-presidential Papers; Senate Files; Speeches and the Press; Acceptance Speech of Senator Kennedy, Democratic National Convention

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Letter from Charles A. Geiser to the Honorable Emanuel Celler Opposing Voting Rights

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Bill Files of the Committee on the Judiciary

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DAMAGE DONE BY WIND TO COOLING TOWER ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 7 1965

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSeries: Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and PersonnelFile Unit: GRC 1965

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Photograph of Ceremony for National Head Start Day

Collection LBJ-WHPO: White House Photo Office CollectionSeries: Johnson White House Photographs

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Photograph 3 of Astronaut Edward H. White II’s Space Walk on Gemini IV

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSeries: Source Files on Project Gemini

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Memorandum for the Record Authored by Andrew J. Goodpaster

Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. RussellSeries: Alphabetical Subject FilesFile Unit: Intelligence Matters (15)

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H.R. 6400, the Voting Rights Bill

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of RepresentativesSeries: Bill Files of the Committee on the Judiciary

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Press Clipping - Nature of U-2 Crash

Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United StatesSeries: Miscellaneous FilesFile Unit: U-2 Incident - Press (1)

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Excerpt from Malinovsky Speech on May 9

Collection DDE-WHOSS: White House Office, Office of the Staff Secretary: Records of Paul T. Carroll, Andrew J. Goodpaster, L. Arthur Minnich, and Christopher H. RussellSeries: Alphabetical Subject FilesFile Unit: U-2 Incident [Vol. III] [July-August 1960] (2)

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Translation of Krushchev’s Letter to de Gaulle

Collection DDE-EPRES: Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United StatesSeries: John Foster Dulles and Christian Herter FilesFile Unit: Herter, Christian May 1960 (3)

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Poster: Aggression From the North

Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information AgencySeries: Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East

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The Religious Issue in American Politics April 21, 1960

Collection JFK-2.3: Papers of John F. Kennedy: Pre-Presidential Papers: Senate FilesSeries: Files Related to Speeches and the PressFile Unit: John F. Kennedy Pre-presidential Papers; Senate Files; Speeches and the Press; American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington DC

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