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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-27-H
ST16, KN26
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-013-014
Contains 34 photographic prints and one duplicate print: (KFC75N, KFC77N (2 copies), KFC4356P (original negative is KFC75N), KFC90N, KFC94N, KFC98N, KFC78N, KFC80N, KFC1791N, KFC1801N, KFC1818N, KFC93N, KFC1794N, KFC1804N, KFC72N, KFC76N, KFC87N, KFC70N, KFC1795N, KFC79N, KFC92N, KFC1793N, KFC1796N, KFC1792N, KFC85N, KFC86N, KFC1803N, KFC1802N, KFC1805N, KFC83N, KFC1817N, KFC218N, KFC10N, KFC223N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-027
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC1829N, KFC1807N, KFC1783N, KFC1716N, KFC1745N, KFC1748N, KFC1713N, KFC1714N, KFC1782N, KFC1816N, KFC1806N, KFC1824N, KFC1825N, KFC1826N, KFC1827N, KFC1828N, KFC1808N, KFC1809N, KFC1810N, KFC1811N, KFC1812N, KFC1813N, KFC1814N, KFC1815N, KFC1800N, KFC1799N, KFC1798N, KFC1797N, KFC1715N, KFC1712N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-022
Contains 2 photographic prints: (KFC1606N, KFC1605N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-019
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC3332P, KFC2883P, KFC524N, KFC522N, KFC521N, KFC523N, KFC1028N, KFC794N, KFC1599N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-088-001
This photograph album, likely compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1950 to 1953, particularly at their residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and at other locations on Cape Cod. An original typed inscription taped on the front pastedown reads, "I should appreciate it if no one remove pictures from this book. If you do so, it will not be so interesting for other people. Personally, I should like to keep all the pictures to look at myself, because as you know we lost all the moving pictures of you children. Many of these pictures have been lost in the past, due to the clamor of newspapermen, so please do not remove any more. Thank you. Rose Kennedy." In addition to Eunice, those pictured include her parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, John F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; sister-in-law, Ethel Skakel Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis “Joe” Gargan, Jr.; and family friends, including Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, United States Senator Joseph “Joe” McCarthy, and journalist Frank Conniff. Of note are photographs of family members and friends aboard the “S.S. Hortense” off the coast of Cape Cod; birthday parties for Rose and Eunice; the christening of Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Robert and Ethel; Jean posing at the Takadip Bath House in Old Orchard Beach, Maine; Rose, with Joseph, Sr., and Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman, receiving a Catholic Youth Organization 1953 Club of Champions Medal framed certificate; and Joseph, Sr., and John with Cardinal Spellman at the unveiling of a portrait of Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who was killed in action during a U.S. Navy aviation mission in 1944. Two loose items found between leaves of the album are a Washington Times-Herald newspaper clipping titled, “The Eisenhower Myth” and dated August 8, 1951, and an envelope containing original paper corners used for mounting photographs to album pages. This photograph album contains 59 photographic prints, one newspaper clipping, and one envelope containing paper photo mounting corners.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-072-001
This diary, kept by Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy as a 6- and 7-year old child, contains handwritten entries detailing his daily activities from January 1, 1939, through September 9, 1939, while residing at 14 Prince’s Gate in London, England, where the Kennedy family lived during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Diary / No. 28 / 1939.” Pages contain pre-printed ruling and text, including entry dates, as well as manuscript entries written in black ink. Most entries were not written by Ted, but most likely by Kennedy family nurse, Luella Hennessey, with Ted dictating. Ted’s handwriting appears in entries from July 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18. Entries cover a variety of topics, including Ted’s education at the Gibbs School and St. Thomas More School, both in London; various train and boat rides during the family’s travels; social events, including a party attended by the British royal family at which Ted danced with Princess Elizabeth; outings to parks, zoos, movies, and pantomime performances; and playtime and sports activities with family and friends. Specific events and experiences that Ted mentions include a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag speech; the death of Pope Pius XI; Ted’s seventh birthday, for which he received a new dog, named “Sammy”; the family’s trip to Rome in Italy, as well as the Vatican, during which he received his First Holy Communion from Pope Pius XII; bombings of London by the Irish Republican Army; a visit to the estate of family friend, Sir James Calder, in Norfolk, England; a family trip to Cannes and Antibes in France; events leading up to Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, including the relocation of members of the Kennedy family to financier John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.'s country estate in Hertfordshire, England, while awaiting transport back to America; and the sinking of the S.S. Athenia. Luella Hennessey and the Kennedy children's governess, Elizabeth Dunn, also feature prominently throughout the diary. About half of the pages for July and August do not contain entries. The last entry of the diary is September 9, 1939; the remaining pages dated through December 31, 1939, are blank. The diary also contains three loose photographs, one loose newspaper clipping, and one loose printed birthday invitation.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-070-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his travels, family life, political work, and naval career between 1938 and 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Scrap Book.” It contains newspaper clippings, photographic prints and postcards, handwritten and typed letters, and printed ephemera related to his travels in the United States and Europe, including a 1939 visit to Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War; his involvement with the Democratic Party, including as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and his diplomatic work as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; his family's travels between the U.S. and England; his naval training at the Squantum Naval Air Station in Quincy, Massachusetts; and other news and current events of the time. Other Kennedy family members mentioned in clippings include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy; grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; aunt, Margaret L. Burke; uncle, Thomas A. Fitzgerald; cousins, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald and John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald; and his sister Kathleen's future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. Photographs feature Joe, Jr., attending unidentified events, with fellow trainees at the Squantum Naval Air Station, and holding a fish. An additional photograph shows an aerial view of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographic postcards feature images of canals in Xochimilco, Mexico, and of Joe, Jr., in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Senders of typed and handwritten correspondence include British politician Arthur Greenwood; politician and Democratic National Convention Chairman, James A. Farley; journalist Arthur Krock; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, J. W. Farley; and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Printed ephemera include a dance card with a pencil attached by string; a flier advertising a debate on Lend-Lease policy; a printed menu and seating chart for a dinner attended by Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, R. B. Pearson; a ticket book for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940; and a printed booklet published by the Squantum Naval Air Station titled, "Flight 62 / Knocks It Off," and dated August 7, 1941. Another item of note is a paper bag printed with Spanish text; bags of this type originally contained loaves of bread and were part of a campaign by General Francisco Franco in which airplanes dropped bread over Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Original notations are written in blue and black ink and pencil on the rectos and/or versos of some of the clippings. This scrapbook contains 75 newspaper and magazine clippings, nine photographic prints and postcards, six pieces of correspondence, and seven other pieces of printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-056-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents events from 1938 to 1939 while her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. An original handwritten inscription in blue ink taped to the front cover reads, “Garden Party / London 1939 / St. Moritz 1938 / Kathleen Jean + Bobby / Embassy.” An original typed inscription that was once taped to the inside front cover but has become detached reads, "I should appreciate it if no one remove pictures from this book. If you do so, it will not be so interesting for other people. Personally, I should like to keep all the pictures to look at myself, because as you know we lost all the moving pictures of you children. Many of these pictures have been lost in the past, due to the clamor of newspapermen, so please do not remove any more. Thank you. Rose Kennedy." Of note are photographs of a garden party that the couple hosted at the Ambassador's residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London, England, on July 4th, 1939; of a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland, following the Christmas holiday in 1938; and of the Kennedy children at the Prince's Gate residence. Those pictured include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; and Jean Kennedy. Others pictured attending the Prince's Gate garden party, as identified in original captions and contemporary newspaper accounts, include Phyllis G. Seymour-Holm; actress Fanny (also spelled "Fannie") Ward; and sisters Mary Carolyn "Marylyn" Bruner and Betty Bruner. Original handwritten captions are written in white ink on the leaves beneath some of the photographs. This photograph album contains 46 photographic prints and photographic postcards.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25212
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (seated in center), opens gifts during a joint birthday party for him and his sister, Caroline Kennedy. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (kneeling) speaks with an unidentified woman at left; Eunice Kennedy Shriver crouches next to John, Jr. East Wing Corridor, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25209
John F. Kennedy, Jr., watches members of the United States Marine Band, including accordionist Sergeant Major Charles Vincent Corrado, play in the East Wing Corridor of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a joint birthday party for him and his sister, Caroline Kennedy. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (standing third from left) looks on.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25207
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (seated at center left), opens gifts during a joint birthday party for him and his sister, Caroline Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver crouches next to John, Jr. East Wing Corridor, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25205
Caroline Kennedy (center right, with back to camera) and John F. Kennedy, Jr. (left of Caroline), open gifts during a joint birthday party in their honor; Maria Shriver sits behind John, Jr. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center) stands in back with Eunice Kennedy Shriver. East Wing Corridor, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25203
Caroline Kennedy (center right, with back to camera) and John F. Kennedy, Jr. (left of Caroline), open gifts during a joint birthday party in their honor; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy crouches in back with her niece, Maria Shriver. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (leaning down) speaks with an unidentified girl at right. East Wing Corridor, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25192
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sits at the table with her daughter, Caroline Kennedy, during a joint birthday party for Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher, sits left of Caroline; Maria Shriver sits at left in foreground. Also pictured: White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Janet Auchincloss; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25181
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (seated at right in foreground), eats at a table in the President’s Dining Room (Residence) of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a joint birthday party for him and his sister, Caroline Kennedy. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (center left in background, leaning over) stands left of Caroline; nanny to the Kennedy children, Maud Shaw, stands right of John, Jr. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Janet Auchincloss; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; Maria Shriver; Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle; White House butler, John W. Ficklin.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25180
Caroline Kennedy (center) visits with guests during a joint birthday party for her and her brother, John F. Kennedy, Jr; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy sits left of her daughter. Also pictured: Maria Shriver; Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Janet Auchincloss; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25178
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visits with her daughter, Caroline Kennedy, during a joint birthday party for Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher, and Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle (both standing right of Caroline), unwrap their party favors. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25176
Caroline Kennedy visits with her grandmother, Janet Auchincloss, during a joint birthday party for her and her brother, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; several gifts sit on table in foreground. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Maria Shriver; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige. West Sitting Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25175
Caroline Kennedy visits with her grandmother, Janet Auchincloss, during a joint birthday party for her and her brother, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; several gifts sit on table in foreground. Eunice Kennedy Shriver (mostly in shadow) stands in doorway at right with her daughter, Maria Shriver; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige (center left), stands in background. West Sitting Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25168
Caroline Kennedy (right) eats at a table in the President’s Dining Room (Residence) of the White House, Washington, D.C., during a joint birthday party for her and her brother, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher, sits left of Caroline; Maria Shriver (left, facing away) sits across from Caroline. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Janet Auchincloss; First Lady's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige; White House photographer, Captain Cecil Stoughton.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25164
President John F. Kennedy stands behind his daughter, Caroline Kennedy, during a joint birthday party for Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr.; White House butler, Robert B. Thompson, Jr. (center left), serves food to Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (seated left of Caroline). Eunice Kennedy Shriver stands at far left in foreground. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C. [Scratch in center right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C25163
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (left, with back to camera) attend a joint birthday party for their children, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr. Caroline (center, with back to camera), sits at table in foreground with Avery Hatcher, son of Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher (seated right of Caroline); John Jr. (right of Mrs. Kennedy, partially hidden), sits at table in background with Kennedy family friend, Shawn Brittle (seated in front of window, facing away); Eunice Kennedy Shriver (center) stands behind her daughter, Maria Shriver. President’s Dining Room (Residence), White House, Washington, D.C.