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Textual folder
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.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-075-001
This guest book contains signatures and handwritten notations in black or blue ink and pencil from visitors to the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, from 1940 to 1947, including friends, family, and associates. The front cover features the engraved title, “Guest Log,” as well as a printed list titled, “Rules of This Tavern.” Those who signed the guest book include: George S. Seabury; Nancy Tenney; Cyrus R. “Cy” Taylor; Phyllis “Phyl” Childs; Blair Clark; Eben W. Pyne; Charlotte McDonnell; Marie Murray; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter; John “Johnny” Coleman, Jr. (also known as “Zeke”); Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Danuta Zoltowska; Nelson Macy, Jr.; Muriel “Mew” Macy; Torbert Macdonald; Frazier L. O’Leary, Jr.; David O. Puckett; Phil Perabo, Jr.; Tom Killefer; Lenore Conway; Max O’Rell Truitt; Rosalind M. Fitzgerald; Joseph F. “Joe” Timilty; Mary Jo Gargan; Paul J. Chase; Harriet “Etsie” Wells; Robert W. “Mac” Macnamara; Peggy Edgerton-Bird; Peter L. “Pete” MacLellan, Jr.; James A. “Jim” Reed; Leonard “Lenny” Thom; George H. R. “Barney” Ross; Julia Read; Catherine “Kay” Thom; Ewell Sale; Diana Mowrer; Mary Cremmen; Walter J. Cummings, Jr.; Lydia Langer; Louise Tinsley “Tinnie” Steinman; Edith “Edie” Klugh; Mark J. Dalton; Peter W. Hoguet; Dean F. Markham; Mila Leslie Carolan; Betsy Flynn; Leo M. Flynn; Marjorie Cummings; Leonard Cummings; Wallace J. “Wally” Flynn; Cleo A. O’Donnell; Nicholas “Nick” Rodis; Thomas H. “Chip” Gannon; Edward “Ned” “Wewey” Dewey; Helen Sullivan; James F. “Jim” Noonan; Kenneth P. “Ken” O’Donnell; Charles R. “Chuck” Glynn; Alison “Ally” Pyne; and John T. “Jack” Fallon.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-068-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family between 1922 and 1944, with most materials dating between 1931 and 1944. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture Kathleen with family and friends at the Kennedy family’s residences in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Bronxville, New York; and Palm Beach, Florida. Other photographs capture family members and friends in Plymouth, Massachusetts; at the American Embassy in London, England; aboard an ocean liner traveling from England to the United States; and at various other locations. In addition to Kathleen, those pictured include her parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. "Jack" Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; her aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and uncle, Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; her cousins, John F. “Jackie” Fitzgerald, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, Mary Jo Gargan, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr., and Ann Gargan; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kicko/Kiko” Conboy; governesses to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill and Elizabeth Dunn; nurse to the Kennedy children, Luella Hennessey; and Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore, Sally Bottomley, Anne McDonnell, Mary Frances "Sancy" Falvey, Grover Loening, Tom Killefer, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Max O’Rell Truitt, Paul Jerome "Boogie" Chase, Harriet “Etsie” Wells, David L. “Dave” Hackett, and Michael J. “Mike” Egan. Other friends identified in original captions and inscriptions include Mary Louise Ghert, Mary Hubbard, Donald “Donny” Cobb, Tommy Dean, Joey Crowley, Jean Duff, “Rita,” “Jimmy,” “Frances,” “Frankie,” and “Barbara,” as well as a woman named “Mrs. Greene,” identified as Jean’s godmother. Also pictured are horses and other animals, including two of the Kennedy family’s dogs, Fury and Spooky, as well as boats, including Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s yacht, the “Davilis.” Original handwritten captions are written in blue and black ink and pencil on many of the leaves and on the versos of some photographs. This photograph album contains 191 photographic prints and three photographic postcards.