The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is proud to present a new exhibit highlighting Mrs. Kennedy's 1964 oral history interview. Sealed for 47 years and published in September 2011, it is a series of wide-ranging conversations with historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., in which Mrs. Kennedy reveals her thoughts and impressions on topics spanning John F. Kennedy's early campaigns to the Cuban Missile Crisis. The conversations cover Mrs. Kennedy's impressions of world leaders and events, her role as First Lady, and her life as a wife and mother living inside the White House.
In the exhibit, excerpts from these conversations are presented alongside the objects, documents, and photographs that chronicle the events Mrs. Kennedy describes. This unique presentation, joining iconic treasures from the Kennedy Library with the words of Mrs. Kennedy, sheds new light both on the great events and personalities of the 20th century, as well as on the extraordinary sensibilities of the woman describing them.
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