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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-06-11-A
ST11
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-057-001
This diary, kept by Kathleen Kennedy, contains handwritten entries detailing her daily activities for the year 1935. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Day by Day Diary.” Pages contain pre-printed ruling and text, including entry dates, as well as manuscript entries in blue and black ink and pencil, both on dated pages as well as on other pre-printed pages at the end of the diary. Entries cover a variety of topics, including her education at the Noroton School of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Noroton Heights, Connecticut, and at the Holy Child School in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; her relationships with family and friends; and films, parties, dances, and other social events that she attended. Other locations she spent time in include Palm Beach, Florida; New York City, Saratoga, and Southampton, New York; and Paris, France.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-053-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. "Jack" Kennedy, documents his time at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, from 1933 to 1935. The front cover features the school seal stamped in gold. The title page reads, “The National Memory and Fellowship Book,” with a nameplate reading, “John F. Kennedy / West Wing - Choate School / Wallingford, Conn / 1933.” The first half of the scrapbook consists of pre-printed pages with space for signatures and messages from classmates, photographs and printed ephemera, and Jack’s notes on his academic and athletic endeavors, social activities, and daily life. Many of these pages are pre-printed with topical titles, including “Faculty and Campus,” “Student Hall of Fame,” “Comparative Athletic Record,” “Clubs and Societies,” “School and Social Functions,” “My Favorites,” “Entertainments, Lectures, Plays,” and “Memorable Trips.” Topical pages are followed by monthly dated calendar pages, some of which contain original handwritten entries in black and blue ink and pencil. The second half of the scrapbook consists of blank leaves that contain newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; printed ephemera, including invitations, tickets, membership cards, pamphlets, business cards, and programs; and other items pertaining to Jack’s education at Choate and his activities during that time. Of note are photographs of Jack and his classmates who formed the “Muckers” club, including Ross Edwards Allen; Roy Oliver “Bob” Beach, Jr.; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Paul J. “Boogie” Chase; Ralph D. “Rip” Horton; Charles Edward Marsh II; Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr.; John Whiting Morse; Charles “Butch” Schriber II; Maurice Arthur “Maure/Moe” Shea, Jr.; and James DeWitt “Smoky/Smokey” Wilde III. Also included are invitations to events at the White House; handwritten birthday messages in black and blue ink to Jack from his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; an autograph from the writer Gertrude Stein; a handwritten letter in black ink from star Harvard University football player Huntington Reed “Tack” Hardwick; a receipt for a $2.50 fine paid to the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida; autographed photographs from members of the Choate football team, including Gordon Thayer Barlow, Bob Beach, Hugh De Neufville “Bud” Wynne, Lem Billings, Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr., William Joseph “Bill” Albinger, and Moe Shea; and a postcard sent to Jack by his mother from aboard the S.S. Bremen. Also featured in photographs, clippings, and other materials in the scrapbook are Jack’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, and brother, Robert F. Kennedy; his grandfather, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Choate School headmaster, George Clair St. John; English teacher, Harold L. Tinker; members of Choate yearbook (“The Brief”) committee, for which Jack was the Business Manager; and other classmates and friends, including Ruth Marian Quigley (later Moffett), Ruth Moffett (later Johnson), Olive Cawley, Thomas Morgan Schriber, Charles Nelson “Charlie” Hoyt, Adelaide Moffett, Gloria Baker, Eleanor Young, Katherine Barker, and Helen Barker. Locations pictured in photographs include the Choate School campus and the Kennedy family home and surrounding area in Palm Beach. The scrapbook contains a selection of loose materials that were enclosed in an envelope adhered to the inside back cover; many of these items pre- and post-date the scrapbook itself and represent dates from 1929 through 1950. Original handwritten entries, captions, and inscriptions are written in black and blue ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 88 newspaper clippings, 78 photographic prints, and 74 other items, including correspondence and printed ephemera.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-50-62
President John F. Kennedy and President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold (left), walk to the stage prior to commencement exercises at Yale University. Battell Chapel is visible in the background. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-45-62
President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University. President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold, reads the citation at right; University Secretary, Dr. Reuben A. Holden, stands right of Dr. Griswold. University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy (left), and University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles, stand behind President Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (partially hidden), stands at left in background. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-44-62
President John F. Kennedy receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University. President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold, reads the citation at right; University Secretary, Dr. Reuben A. Holden, stands right of Dr. Griswold. University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy (left), and University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles, stand behind President Kennedy. Also pictured (at left in background): White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Roy Kellerman. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers] [Blemishes on image are original to the negative.]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-43-62
President John F. Kennedy walks across the stage during commencement exercises at Yale University, prior to receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree; President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold (right), and University Secretary, Dr. Reuben A. Holden, applaud at far right. Also pictured (at left in background): University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-42-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated on stage in background) applauds as former Secretary of State, Dean Acheson (left of President Kennedy), stands to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, during commencement exercises at Yale University; honorary degree recipient and former Senator Prescott Sheldon Bush of Connecticut sits left of the President. Also pictured: University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy; University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles. An unidentified campus police officer stands at left in foreground. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-41-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold (right), after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree during commencement exercises at Yale University; University Chief Marshal, Dr. Richard L. Purdy (left), and University Corporation Marshal, Dr. Frederick W. Hilles, stand behind President Kennedy. Also pictured (at left in background): honorary degree recipient and former Secretary of State, Dean Acheson; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-40-62
President John F. Kennedy (center right, at lectern) delivers an address during commencement exercises at Yale University; Harkness Tower is visible in the background. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-39-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree as part of the ceremony. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-38-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) delivers the commencement address. Durfee Hall is visible at left in background. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-35-62
President John F. Kennedy and President of Yale University, Dr. Alfred Whitney Griswold (right), depart the stage following commencement exercises at Yale University. University Provost, Kingman Brewster, Jr. (far right), and White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring, walk behind. Old Campus, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
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White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-34-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (left, in background) delivers the commencement address. Durfee Hall is visible at left in background. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-33-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree as part of the ceremony. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-32-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (center left, in background) delivers the commencement address. Durfee Hall is visible at left in background. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-23-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) steps into the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) outside Woolsey Hall at Yale University, following commencement exercises. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jack Warner, Tony Sherman, and Roy Kellerman. Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-22-62
President John F. Kennedy (center left) walks toward the presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) outside Woolsey Hall at Yale University, following commencement exercises. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Jack Warner, Tony Sherman, and Roy Kellerman. Grove Street, New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-17-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (seated on stage, in background) delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree as part of the ceremony. Durfee Hall is visible at left in background. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-268-16-62
Wide-view of the Old Campus at Yale University during commencement exercises; President John F. Kennedy (seated on stage, in background) delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree as part of the ceremony. Durfee Hall is visible at left in background. New Haven, Connecticut. [Photograph by Harold Sellers]