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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BAJ-01
In this interview Jacobson discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] at Harvard University in 1936 and interactions with him at the school; visiting the Cape with the Kennedy family, 1937–1938; JFK’s plans for after his Harvard graduation; JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign; flying back with JFK from the 1960 Democratic National Convention; interactions with the Kennedy boys at Harvard; social interactions with JFK; visiting JFK in Washington, D.C.; JFK’s distrust of Fidel Castro; and Jacobson’s long relationship with JFK and the Kennedy family, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0007-007-008
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas discuss the outlook for Boston sports teams, the Celtics and the Red Sox, and whether the Red Sox could face the Kansas City Royals later in the year in the Major League Baseball (MLB) playoffs. The episode aired on Friday, June 5, 1987, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-10-19-C
ST31
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-026
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC1416N, KFC1417N, KFC1422N, KFC1429N, KFC1502N, KFC1503N, KFC1504N, KFC1514N, KFC1515N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-022
Contains 23 photographic prints: (KFC3121P, KFC1222P, KFC1435N, KFC1490N, KFC1488N, KFC1487N, KFC1493N, KFC1489N, KFC1484N, KFC1486N, KFC1492N, KFC1485N, KFC1491N, KFC2069N, KFC1494N, KFC1495N, KFC2070N, KFC2068N, KFC1497N, KFC1496N, KFC1498N, KFC1499N, KFC1500N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-044-001
This photograph album, likely compiled by a Kennedy family member or friend, documents various moments in the lives of the Fitzgerald and Kennedy families between 1907 and 1947. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Those pictured include Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her siblings, Agnes Fitzgerald, Thomas A. Fitzgerald, John F. Fitzgerald, Jr., Eunice Fitzgerald, and Frederick H. Fitzgerald; and her children, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy. Of note is a photograph of John F. Kennedy celebrating his victory in the 1946 primary election for the Massachusetts 11th congressional district with family members, friends, and campaign volunteers, including his grandparents, Honey Fitz and Mary Fitzgerald; his sister, Eunice; family friends, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, and Helen Sullivan (later O’Donnell); deputy commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Francis X. Morrissey; and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty. Also of note are photographs of Honey Fitz ice skating on a frozen pond and standing in a theater lobby while holding a WCOP radio station microphone. Locations featured in photographic prints and postcards include Boston, Massachusetts; Hull, Massachusetts, where the Fitzgerald family owned a summer home; and Palm Beach, Florida. This photograph album contains 26 photographic prints, four photographic postcards, and one loose photographer’s address label.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-061-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and other aspects of his life from 1936 to 1940. The scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, postcards, and printed ephemera related to his time at Harvard University; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; trips to various European countries; and social events and activities. Newspaper and periodical clippings cover a wide range of topics, including Joe, Jr.’s athletic career and involvement in student government at Harvard; the Kennedy family’s arrival in London, England, following Joe, Sr.'s appointment as ambassador; the prospect of British involvement in the global conflict that became World War II; Joe, Sr.'s opinions on and actions related to the war; and other political and society news and events. Others featured in clippings and pictured in photographs include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; his grandparents, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; his cousin, Joseph Francis Gargan, Jr.; and family friend, Hugh Fraser. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including a ball at Buckingham Palace; event programs; menus; tickets; and calling cards. Of note are a set of fingerprints that Joe, Jr., had taken during a visit to the Boston Police Headquarters; an envelope containing five bird feathers; photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag for a Harvard theater production; clippings related to his purported relationship with figure skater Megan Taylor; a letter from British Member of Parliament, Anthony Eden; photographic prints and postcards that capture a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; a photograph of Joe, Jr., aboard the R.M.S. Mauretania; clippings related to Joe, Jr.’s voyage from London to New York City, New York; Spanish paper currency; an unsent postcard addressed to Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy, nanny to the Kennedy children, signed by Joe, Jr.; a photographic postcard signed by Alois Lang, the actor who portrayed Jesus in the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; contact prints of strips of 35mm black and white negatives that capture scenes from Joe, Jr.’s 1939 trip to Spain with Kathleen following the end of the Spanish Civil War, including images of Spanish Loyalist tanks and damage from the siege of the Alcázar of Toledo; a photographic postcard featuring an image of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Hermann Göring; signed portrait photos of several unidentified women; and prints of four watercolor illustrations depicting scenes from the Spanish Civil War, credited to “Artillery Lieutenant Luis Serrano.” Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Warsaw, Poland; Cannes, France; Capri, Rome, Venice, Naples, and Amalfi, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark; Czechoslovakia; Killarney and other locations in Ireland; and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Original handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in black ink on some of the leaves. This photograph album contains 164 photographic prints and postcards, 134 newspaper and periodical clippings, 29 pieces of printed ephemera, six banknotes and two banknote fragments, four pieces of correspondence, and four prints of watercolor drawings.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01497N
An unidentified boy (holding a tennis racket) stands behind the net on a tennis court in Dorchester, Massachusetts. [Notes: Chemical damage in left portion of image and striations throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01496N
An unidentified girl (holding a tennis racket in one hand and tennis balls in the other) poses outdoors in Dorchester, Massachusetts. [Notes: Fogging and spotting throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01491N
An unidentified girl stands between two unidentified boys beside the net on a tennis court; all three hold tennis rackets. [Notes: Image is partially underexposed; spotting throughout image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01485N
An unidentified boy (holding a tennis racket) poses behind the net on a tennis court in Dorchester, Massachusetts. [Notes: Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C349-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C349-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-6-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-9-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring, Jerry Blaine, and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-8-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-7-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-5-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) applauds during a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-3-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agent, Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-2-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Special Assistants to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell and Dave Powers; Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine); White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-11-63
President John F. Kennedy attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Lawrence O'Brien; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Jerry Blaine. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-473-1-63
Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, attends a football game between Harvard University and Columbia University. Harvard Stadium, Boston, Massachusetts.