Dowdy (Andrew H.) Collection of Material about John F. Kennedy, circa 1959-1969

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Summary

Title:
Andrew Dowdy collection of material about John F. Kennedy
Dates:
circa 1959-1969
Creators:
Dowdy, Andrew Hunter
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.
Extent:
8 boxes (4.0 linear feet) and 6 oversize boxes
Language:
Materials are in English.
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.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dr. Andrew H. Dowdy, 1972.
Processing information:

Processed by George Chacon, July 1972. Revised by CCW, April 1983.

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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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Periodicals.
Names:
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by George Chacon, July 1972, revised by CCW, April 1983; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-23 09:44:21 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

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.

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.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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