![]() ![]() ![]() White House Central Name File, Box 290, Bradbury. Archivists found the telegram in a search for Bradbury-related documents in 2014. ![]() He was a member of the National Committee of Arts, Letters & Sciences for Kennedy for President (alongside writers like Rachel Carson, John Cheever, and one of Bradbury’s own literary favorites: Katherine Anne Porter), and later sent JFK a telegram urging collaboration with the United Nations. Wells.” On the anniversary of Bradbury’s birth, we’re sharing those books and other fascinating finds that made their way through the White House and into our archives.īy the time Bradbury sent his books to the President, he’d already had a few interactions with the Kennedy campaign and White House. delivered the books to JFK along with a note describing Bradbury as “the most interesting writer about the future since H.G. ![]() Presidential Adviser Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. By Stacey Flores Chandler, Reference ArchivistĪlmost ten years after Ray Bradbury published his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, a slew of his books arrived at the White House – a gift from Bradbury for President John F. ![]()
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