Discussion of sources for data collection

JFK ON TWITTER + other slightly less exciting but equally useful links!

The JFK presidential library in Boston have set up a twitter account to chronicle Kennedy's 1000 days in office. The tweets are a mixture of photos, his own words, and explanations of his actions.  There seems to be 2 or 3 tweets a day (sometimes more on busy days!) so this is likely to become an invaluable research source.   Similarly, the presidential library have very very recently digitalised every artifact they possess,which I hope can all be accessed through their website (I need to check that!) - convenient timing or what! 

Useful links relating to the amazing JFK presidential library-  

http://twitter.com/#!/jfklibrary      Twitter account for the library (lots of tweets relating Kennedy to today- useful for legacy maybe ?!)

http://www.jfk50.org/      Website created specifically for 50th anniversary of his inauguration -  includes a really useful interactive time line of major events in his presidency and how this "will shape the world to come". This looks like it will be helpful for getting an overview of major events he was involved in, but I would have to look into his success in such events elsewhere as the site is really biased.

http://www.jfklibrary.org/    The library's website, with access to the digital archive- loads of primary sources which will be useful not only for research into the way he dealt with events, but also for specific propaganda examples

http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=1197     This is the most useful website I have found so far with regard to finding a starting point. It is an education message board where lots of history teachers or general enthusiasts have offered their opinion on why Kennedy is so highly regarded, and provided other links to websites relating to this idea
http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=1115  more from the same site here, a thread about how Kennedy is portrayed in film. It provides lots of suggested sources for research

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/01/20/jfk_dallek_anniversary/index.html
Article written in January 2011 on why do we admire JFK when he did so little. This is pretty perfect for initial research and ideas. The author has also written a book ,   "An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963" which could be useful.

http://www.clovisnews.com/trails/greatest.html    President related opinion polls to use as suggestions for figures on Kennedy, and possibly suggest other president to look into. The polls are now 10 years old though, so quite outdated.