1960s Political Scrapbook Including Gus Grissom Signature and Kennedy Campaign Ephemera 

A ca 1960s political scrapbook compiled by a Southern Indiana democrat, containing campaign ephemera, correspondence, and clippings, mostly related to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and the space program, including a Virgil "Gus" Grisson TLS and several secretarially signed and autopen John F. Kennedy letters.

The Grissom TLS is dated June 5, 1961, on Project Mercury letterhead, thanking the collector for a letter of support.

JFK For President secretarially signed TLS and 8 x 10 in. publicity photo, accompanied by the original envelope;

JFK For President secretarially signed TLS thanking the collector for the "many courtesies extended to [JFK's] mother while she was in Louisville, accompanied by a Kodachrome portrait of Rose Kennedy;

JFK autopen thank you note, housed in the original 1961 White House envelope with a small American flag stick pin;

Ticket to Kennedy's inauguration;

Two Kodachrome photographs of JFK arriving at a presidential visit;

Louisville Courier-Journal press photograph of Kennedy visiting Louisville;

Homage to President John Fitzgerald Kennedy postcard booklet of scenes from his funeral, unused and in excellent condition;

Postcards of the assassination site;

10 x 13 in. JFK portrait by Fabian Bachrach;

TLsS on White House stationary from Kennedy's personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln (2) and special assistant Ralph Dungan;

10.5 x 13.25 in. Plastichrome portrait of RFK by Philippe Halsman;

Citizen's For Kennedy stamped RFK publicity photo with facsimile signature;

Program to a 1966 Indiana speech by RFK, accompanied by a press photo of the event; and more.

Many items are affixed to light construction paper pages. Pages are scuffed and chipped, but for the most part the items are very good.