(PRESIDENTS 1963) Collection of speeches and programs from

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(PRESIDENTS--1963.) Collection of speeches and programs from New York City memorial services for John F. Kennedy. 21 items, various sizes and conditions, laid into a contemporary folder. New York, 1963-1964

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Illustrated program for the "Memorial Service for John Fitzgerald Kennedy" at City Hall Plaza, 2 December 1963. 4 pages, 11 x 8½ inches, on one folding sheet.

4 copies of the illustrated program for the "Candlelight Procession and Tribute in Memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy" at 71st Regiment Armory, sponsored by the America's Conscience Fund, 22 December 1963. 4 pages, 10 x 7 inches, on one folding sheet.

Typescript speech, apparently delivered at the above "Candlelight Procession," possibly by Paul Screvane who was on the program as a speaker. 4 pages, marked up by the speaker with emphasis points in red pencil.

Typescript speech by City Council president Paul R. Screvane, "John F. Kennedy--In Memoriam." 2 pages, heavily annotated, lacking part of final page; dated 19 December.

Rev. Gardner Taylor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ, Brooklyn. "Sermon: Some Spiritual Reflections on the John Kennedy Era." 4 printed pages, 10 x 7 inches, on one folding sheet, with a typescript carbon acknowledgement from Paul Screvane dated 2 January 1964. This sermon was anthologized in 1969, but we find no examples of this separate printing.

Nathaniel Spector, manager of the Millinery Workers Union. "A Tribute to the Memory of our Martyred President, John F. Kennedy." One photocopied page. Undated, but with a transmittal envelope to Screvane dated 11 February 1964.

Issue of "The Staten Island Banner: The Fastest Growing Democratic Club on Staten Island." 4 pages, 11 x 8½ inches, on one folding sheet; features a cover portrait of Kennedy and 8 tributes, including one by Screvane. With two clippings on the assassination from the New York Post laid in. January 1964.

9 John F. Kennedy trading cards, worn.