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Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye: A Memoir Co-Written by O'Donnell
The image displays the front cover of Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye, a memoir written by White House staff members Kenneth O'Donnell and David Powers (with reporter Joe McCarthy).
Black and White Photograph of Evelyn Lincoln
"Personal Secretary to the President Evelyn Lincoln at her desk in the President’s Secretary’s Office, White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Black and White Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell
"Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell. White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Black and White Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell Accepting Scroll On Behalf of JFK
"Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell Accepts Scroll from Democratic Committee of Orange County, New York" - JFK Library
Example of a Memorandum from O'Donnell to All White House Staff
"This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Appointment Secretary and Special Assistant to the President. Topics include details of the President's…
Kenneth O'Donnell Describes JFK's Legacy
Ten years after the assassination, Kenneth O'Donnell describes what he considers to be JFK's lasting legacy: "he brought young people intimately into politics."
Kenneth O'Donnell FBI Witness File (NARA)
This is a 61-page FBI folder from Johnson's Commission on the Assassination of JFK. It contains various witness statements of the Secret Service agents and other White House staff that relate to O'Donnell as a key witness.
Kenneth O'Donnell Gives LBJ Permission to Leave Dallas
According to Emory Roberts in his witness testimony, while at Parkland Memorial Hospital, LBJ was reluctant to leave Dallas without permission and sent Roberts to acquire permission from O'Donnell to leave aboard AF1.
Man of the House: The Life and Political Memoirs of Speaker Tip O'Neill
O'Neill's memoir recounts his experience interacting with political figures.
News Script: Marvin Love, Hotel Texas Waiter, Serves JFK His Last Breakfast
"Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marvin Love who served President Kennedy his last meal, breakfast." - UNT Digital Library
O'Donnell Social Network Analysis
I created this social network analysis graph by using 50-60 pairs of names from the Kenneth O’Donnell FBI folder and inputting them into Palladio. Kenneth O’Donnell was the Special Assistant to the President (JFK). O’Donnell’s node is the largest in…
Photograph of JFK's Birthday 1963
"President's Birthday Party, given by White House Staff. President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Dave Powers, Kenneth O'Donnell, others. White House, Navy Mess Hall." - National Archives
Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell and White House Army Signal Agency Staff Member
"Presidential Aide Kenneth P. O’Donnell (left) speaks with an unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer outside the South Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Secret Service Agents: ZeeMap
A map created through the ZeeMaps tool. A combination of addresses from the Secret Service FBI folders found on the NARA Catalogue. (Some of the addresses that were more "irrelevant" to the Secret Service group were removed.) The first close-up…
Waiter Marvin Love Recalls Serving JFK's Final Meal
Marvin Love describes the contents of JFK's final breakfast at Hotel Texas the morning of the assassination.
WCH Testimony Excerpt: O'Donnell At Hotel Texas
In his Warren Commission Hearing Testimony, O'Donnell recalls an assassination discussion with JFK and Jackie on that fateful morning.
WCH Testimony Excerpt: O'Donnell's Order to Flee Parkland
In Volume VII of the Warren Commission Hearings, pages 452-453, Kenneth O'Donnell recounts his decision to flee Parkland with JFK's body - without permission from the hospital.
WCR Excerpt: O'Donnell's Bubbletop Instructions
On page 45 of the Warren Commission Report, O'Donnell makes the decision to leave off the bubbletop if the weather is good.