KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION. POWERS, DAVID. 1912-1998. A collection of manuscripts and photographs fr...

KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION. POWERS, DAVID. 1912-1998. A collection of manuscripts and photographs from Kennedy aide Dave Powers, including: 1. Typed Manuscript, 'Dave Powers Remembers November 21, 1963,' 5 pp, 4to, n.p., after 1963, organizing the notes Powers took after the assassination into memoir. 2. Mimeographed manuscript, 'Texas Trip,' 2 pp, 4to, November 21, 1963, outlining recent poll results between Kennedy and Barry Goldwater. 3. Index card handwritten by Dave Powers, 'The President's Engagements,' 11/21/63, listing the appointments in DC before Kennedy flew to Texas. 4. Color polaroid print of JFK and Jackie in limo, 3.25 x 3.25 in, annotated 'Mrs. Olga Laruzi ... Syracuse, N.Y.' 5.Gelatin silver print portrait of Kennedy seated in rocker with two aides, 5 x 7 in. 6. Photostat of Kennedy's November 21, 1963 speech, taken from Library files. 7. Color print of the Kennedys in car with Connellys, 8 x 10 in. With Kennedy Library stamp to verso. 8. Gelatin silver print photo of Kennedy and Connolly beneath sign that says, 'Thank you,' 8 x 10 in. 9. Gelatin silver print photo of Mrs. Kennedy and the Johnsons at the LULAC dinner, with AP squib reproduced in image and AP stamp on verso dated Nov. 25, 1963. 10. Gelatin silver print photo of the Kennedys and Mrs. Johnson at Houston airport, 8 x 10 in. With AP squib visible in print and AP stamp on verso dated Nov. 23, 1963. 11. Color print of Kennedys exiting AF1, 11/21/63, 5 x 7 in, later printing. 12. Color print of Kennedys greeting at airport, 11/21/63, 5 x 7 in, later printing. 13. Color snapshot of the Kennedys in San Antonio motorcade before theater, 3.5 x 5 in. Ink notations and photographer's label to verso. 14. Gelatin silver print photo of the Kennedys in a receiving line at airport, 11/21/63, 8 x 10 in. WITH: 3 x 4 in negative of image, in sleeve stamped Jun 7, 1966. 15. Gelatin silver print photo of the Kennedys in car in San Antonio, 7 x 5 in. 16. Gelatin silver print image of Mrs. Kennedy at LULAC dinner shaking hands with Mariachi bandmember, 8 x 10 in. WITH: negative of image in annotated sleeve. 17. Color print of Mrs. Kennedy in receiving line at airport, 5 x 7 in. 18. Gelatin silver print photo of the Kennedys at LULAC dinner, 8 x 10 in. Provenance: estate of Dave Powers; sold McInnis Auctions, Presidential Sale, February 17, 2013, lot 482. Footnotes: David Powers (1912-1998) served in the Kennedy Administration as Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to President John F. Kennedy. Powers grew up in the Charlestown section of Boston and first met JFK when the latter was running for Congress. Powers soon became a member of the 'Irish Mafia' and remained close to JFK throughout his political career. According to historian Robert Dallek, Powers responsibilities were to tend to the President's needs: he 'was always with him on trips around the country and abroad. He usually was the first to see the President in the morning, and the last to see him at night. He was less a political adviser than simply a friend with whom Kennedy could relax. They would swim together in the White House pool, where Powers would use a breaststroke in order to keep up a steady chatter of amusing conversation that Kennedy enjoyed.' In the years after the Kennedy assassination, Powers was heavily involved in the Kennedy Library. In 2013, many of his manuscripts and memorabilia were sold at public auction. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing