Interview with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, May 13, 1981
Project: John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis explains her first impressions of Judge John Sherman Cooper and says that he was a very fine man. She was friends with Lorraine, who would later become Copper's wife. Onassis remembers various social engagements with the Coopers. The Kennedys' first dinner party after John F. Kennedy was elected president was with the Coopers. The Coopers also came to dinner when Life Magazine did a feature on the Kennedys. Onassis describes John Sherman Cooper as a very wise man.Interview Accession
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John F. Kennedy John Sherman Cooper Charley Bartlett David Bruce Douglas Dillon Harlicks (England) Joe Alsop Lorraine Cooper Lincoln Room Lord Harall Social life Mark Shaw New York City (N.Y.) Socializing Queen's Room Robert Lovett Robert McNamara Senator Albert Gore Warren Commission White House Jackie Kennedy Friendships Relationships.Interview LC Subject
Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994--Interviews Politicians Politicians--United States Politics and government United States--Politics and government Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Cooper, LorraineInterview Rights
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Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 13 May. 1981. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Onassis, J.K. (1981, May 13). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. May 13, 1981, John Sherman Cooper Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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