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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-078-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, contains newspaper clippings and a photographic print documenting Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., receiving his commission as ensign in the United States Naval Reserve from his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., on May 5, 1942, in Jacksonville, Florida. The title on the front cover reads, “Ensign Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. U.S.N.R. / May 5, 1942”; the front cover also features a gold embroidered patch of the U.S. Naval Aviator insignia. This scrapbook contains 128 newspaper clippings and one photographic print.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-086-001
This scrapbook, compiled to commemorate the establishment, construction, and dedication of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Home for Children in the Bronx, New York, documents the life and naval career of Lieutenant Kennedy and the early history of the Home for Children that was named in his honor. The cover displays the engraving, "Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. / Home for Children / Bronx, New York." Newspaper clippings cover Lieutenant Kennedy’s enlistment and commission as ensign in the United States Naval Reserve; his death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; his posthumous receipt of the Navy Cross; the launching of the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., naval destroyer; the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation’s donation to the Archdiocese of New York for the establishment of the Home for Children; and the Home’s blessing and dedication on October 29, 1950. Photographs capture Lieutenant Kennedy posing in his Harvard University football uniform; receiving his wings from his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; wearing his flight jacket; and standing in flight gear with his airplane. Also pictured are interior, exterior, and aerial views of the Home for Children’s buildings; children and staff using the Home’s various facilities; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman, and members of the Kennedy family at the blessing and dedication ceremony, including Joseph, Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy; the unveiling of a portrait of Lieutenant Kennedy and a bronze plaque bearing his citation for the Navy Cross; the groundbreaking for the Home’s new chapel-gymnasium on March 5, 1951; children participating in a radio broadcast charity campaign; the Home’s first graduates; and children meeting the Mayor of New York City, Vincent R. Impellitteri. Other items of note are an invitation to and a program for the Home’s dedication ceremony. This scrapbook contains 27 photographic prints, ten newspaper clippings, one invitation, and one program.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-083-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the christening and launching of the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., on July 26, 1945, at the Bethlehem Steel Company’s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts; the United States Navy destroyer was named in honor of Rose’s son, Lt. Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., a naval aviator who was killed in action in 1944. The title on the front cover reads, “U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. / Launched July 26, 1945.” The cover also features a patch with two gold stripes and a gold star above the stripes. Newspaper clippings cover the events of the day, and photographs capture Kennedy family members who were present at the launch, including Rose; her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; and her children, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy (who served as the ship’s sponsor), and Edward M. “Teddy” Kennedy. Of note are photographs of Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin delivering remarks during the launching ceremony; Jean christening the destroyer by breaking a bottle of champagne against its bow; Jean with two “maids of honor,” her cousin, Mary Jo Gargan, and family friend, Mary Carroll Mann, who assisted her in her role as sponsor; and Rose, Joe, Sr., Eunice, Patricia, Jean, Teddy, and Robert F. Kennedy receiving an oil painting of the vessel from Edward C. Geehr, assistant general manager of the shipyard. Also of note is a color chromogenic print of Lieutenant Kennedy wearing his naval uniform. Loose materials found between the leaves of the album include a handwritten note in black ink to Teddy from Kennedy family friends, Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore; four sheets of blank letterhead from Le Domaine de Ranguin in Mougins, France; and a newspaper clipping about lend-lease aid. This scrapbook contains 83 newspaper clippings, 18 photographic prints, four sheets of letterhead, and one handwritten note.
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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
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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.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084a-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Navy. Topics include a visit to European shipyards by Chief of the Bureau of Ships Ralph K. James, the first sea trials of the USS Bainbridge, naming of ships, Cuban Komar class motor torpedo boats, and a request for research and development of an ASW ship. Of note is a handwritten letter to the President from Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay. Also included in this folder are numerous condolence letters from the President to families of deceased Navy personnel.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084a-006
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Navy. Topics include the percentage of publicly owned coastline of the western United States, the use of College Entrance Examination Board tests by Service Academies, and the specifications of a diesel launch. Also included in this folder are condolence letters from the President to families of deceased Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Of note is a draft of a resignation letter, presumably by Secretary of the Navy Fred H. Korth, with annotations by the President.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084a-005
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Navy. Materials consist of condolence letters from the President to families of deceased USS Thresher (SSN-593) personnel.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-084a-004
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the United States Navy. Topics include moving the USS Constitution; the first sea trials of Polaris submarine USS Andrew Jackson; and the appointment of Admiral Harold Page Smith as Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, upon the retirement of Admiral Robert L. Dennison. Also included in this folder are letters from the President to Navy personnel injured on the USS Constellation, numerous condolence letters from the President to families of deceased Navy and Marine Corps personnel, and a transcript of a press conference held by Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric concerning the Defense Industry Advisory Council. Of note is a newspaper clipping from The Chicago Sun dated September 13, 1942 with a picture of Navy personnel, including the President, recently chosen for torpedo boat service.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Central Subject Files
JFKWHCSF-0007-016
This folder contains between members of the White House staff and the public regarding the United States Navy bands and ensembles.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-023
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-022
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-021
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy. Most inquiries are from current members of the Navy or individuals seeking to join.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-020
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-019
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-018
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-017
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-016
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-015
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-014
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-013
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-012
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-011
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-010
This folder contains constituent correspondence received by Senator John F. Kennedy's office that pertains to the United States Navy. These items relate to H.R. 834, a bill for the relief of Arthur J. Boucher.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0412-009
This folder is closed due to donor or classification restrictions.