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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-E
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-A
KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-26-G
ST26, KN37
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-28-I
ST26, KN37
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-071-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life from 1938 to 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, "Scrap Book." It contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to trips to Europe in 1938 and 1939; his election as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his enrollment at Harvard Law School in 1940; and time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and on trips to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the French Riviera, including at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Mexico, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, and California. Of note are photographs of the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, which Joe, Jr., visited before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War, as well as a photograph of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy christening the Esso Richmond, a new tanker ship, alongside her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, and her daughter, Eunice Kennedy. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including an event at Buckingham Palace; fliers for discussions, rallies, and debates featuring Joe, Jr., that were held by organizations including College Men for Defense First, Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom, and the Young Democrats of Massachusetts; Spanish paper currency; and telegrams regarding political events and rallies sent by representatives of both State and National Democratic Committees. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Torbert Macdonald; Hugh Fraser; Tom Killefer; Tom Egerton; and Diana Maria Gerli. Loose materials include a photographic postcard from Sofia, Bulgaria and Shawmut Bank promotional material, possibly a bookmark. The scrapbook contains 133 photographic prints (including a contact print of a strip of three 35mm black and white negatives, and one photo fragment); 32 photographic postcards; and 62 pieces of ephemera, including invitations, correspondence, telegrams, tickets, newspaper clippings, calling cards, advertisements, programs, and fliers.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-067-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the travels of the Kennedy family in 1938 and 1939 during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Of note are photographs of the family's trans-Atlantic voyage from the United States to London, England, aboard the S.S. Washington; their residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London; a Changing of Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace, including photos taken by Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy with his box camera; members of the Life Guards regiment of the British Army; the Serpentine recreational lake and Kensington Gardens in London; "Barroc End," the home the Kennedy family rented in Ascot, England; Paris, Fontainebleau, Barbizon, Cannes, Mougins, and Antibes, France; Interlakken, the Rhone Glacier, Lucerne, and the Little Scheidegg mountain pass in Switzerland; Cologne and Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany, as well as views from aboard a steamship on the Rhine River; Marken and Volendam, Holland (the Netherlands); Blarney and Cork, Ireland; Vatican City; and Rome, Italy. Those pictured include Rose; Joseph, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Ted; Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Governess to the Kennedy children, Elizabeth Dunn (referred to as “Dunn” in original captions); and nurse to the Kennedy children, Luella Hennessey. Many leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black and blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 150 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-064-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, contains newspaper and magazine clippings from 1938 and 1939 that document a wide range of activities of the Kennedy family during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Of note are clippings related to the family’s trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the S.S. Washington and arrival in London, England; their residence at 14 Prince’s Gate in London; Kathleen Kennedy's purported relationship with J. Peter Grace, son of W.R. Grace and Company president, Joseph Peter Grace, Sr.; Ambassador Kennedy’s first speech in his diplomatic role; Rose and Viscountess Nancy Astor’s attendance at a luncheon at the American Women's Club; Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy, Jr.’s participation on the Harvard University rugby team; Kathleen and Rosemary Kennedy’s presentation at the Court of St. James’s; dances and parties attended and hosted by Ambassador Kennedy and Rose, including one attended by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; Edward M. “Teddy” Kennedy’s assistance at the ribbon cutting of London’s Children’s Zoo; Ambassador Kennedy’s arrival in London with Joe, Jr., and John F. “Jack” Kennedy, following a trip back to the United States; Ambassador Kennedy’s receipt of an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland; the family’s vacations in France and Ireland; winter activities including skating and skiing in St. Moritz, Switzerland; Jack's impressions of Europe after a month abroad in England, Germany, and France; Kathleen's relationship with William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; the family’s audience with Pope Pius XII at his coronation in Vatican City; Kathleen and Joe, Jr.’s visit to Madrid, Spain; Eunice Kennedy’s presentation at the Court of St. James’s; and Billy Hartington’s coming of age party. This scrapbook contains 417 newspaper and magazine clippings.
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.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-058-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life during the years 1935 to 1937, when she spent time abroad attending the Holy Child School in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and traveling with family and friends before returning to the United States to complete her education at the Noroton School of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Noroton Heights, Connecticut. The stamped title on the cover reads, “Pictures.” Photographs capture her time spent in Gstaad, Switzerland, for the 1935 Christmas holiday; sightseeing in Paris, France; a tour of Italy with friends from March to April 1936; a trip to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and Moscow, Russia, with her mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in May 1936; a visit to England with friends in June 1936; sailing on Cape Cod in the summer of 1936; Christmas in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1936; and a trip to Ireland and Scotland with her brother, Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy, Jr., in August 1937. Also included are numerous photographs of Kathleen and her classmates at both the Holy Child School and the Noroton School. Of note are photographs of Prime Minister of Italy, Benito Mussolini; Nazi soldiers marching in Berlin, Germany; Michelangelo’s David statue at its original location in Florence, Italy; Mt. Vesuvius and the ruins at Pompeii, Italy; and Kathleen kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland. Other Kennedy family members, friends, and classmates of Kathleen’s pictured include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Alexander William Guy “Alex” de Pourtales; Eleanor “Ellie” Hoguet; Derek Richardson; Frederick Sinclair “Freddy” Carson; Lawrence “Larry” Wilkinson; Anne McDonnell; Charlotte McDonnell; Torbert “Torb” Macdonald; Sir James Calder; Lady Mildred Calder; Jim McColl; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Ralph “Rip” Horton; Elizabeth “Betty” Rice; Mary Veronica “Von” Rice; Sonio Coletti-Petrucca; Allison Garver; and Edith Garver. This photograph album contains 331 photographic prints.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29325
President John F. Kennedy (left) greets Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne, upon arriving at Wexford Park, Wexford, Ireland. President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (wearing green, partially hidden) and Jean Kennedy Smith (wearing blue), stand in the background at left.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C231-5-63
President John F. Kennedy (left, at microphones) delivers remarks after receiving an Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, during a ceremony at St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Members of the Dublin City Council (wearing blue and green robes) sit in front of the stage; also pictured (seated in front row of audience): U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; President Kennedy's sisters, Jean Kennedy Smith (wearing yellow) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver (wearing white).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29361
President John F. Kennedy (right, with back to camera) greets members of the Dublin City Council after receiving an Honorary Freedom of the City of Dublin, during a ceremony at St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Also pictured: Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alderman Seán Moore (right of President Kennedy); the President's sisters, Jean Kennedy Smith (partially hidden behind the Lord Mayor) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver (far right).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29380
Welcoming ceremony for President John F. Kennedy at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland. President Kennedy (center right) stands at front of the speakers' platform with Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne (right of lectern, wearing red robe), and an unidentified man; also pictured (seated on platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith; and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland. The President delivered an address and received an Honorary Freedom of the City of Wexford during the ceremony.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29379
President John F. Kennedy (center, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at Redmond Place in Wexford, Ireland, during a welcoming ceremony in his honor. Also pictured (seated on speakers' platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; United States Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew H. McCloskey; Lord Mayor of Wexford, Councillor Thomas F. Byrne; President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith; and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29391
President John F. Kennedy (left, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at New Ross Quay in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, the port from which his great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, emigrated to the United States. Reporters and photographers observe from below speakers' platform; also pictured (seated on speakers' platform): Vice Chairman of the New Ross Urban District Council, Gerald Donovan; President Kennedy's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany; and U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29327
President John F. Kennedy (left, at lectern) delivers an address before the crowd gathered at New Ross Quay, in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, the port from which his great-grandfather, Patrick Kennedy, emigrated to the United States. Reporters and photographers observe from below speakers' platform; also pictured (seated on speakers' platform): Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Chairman of the New Ross Urban District Council, Andrew Minihan; Vice Chairman of the New Ross Urban District Council, Gerald Donovan; President Kennedy's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; and President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), George Meany.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29326
President John F. Kennedy and other distinguished guests attend a welcoming ceremony for President Kennedy at New Ross Quay in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing on speakers' platform, front row (L-R): President Kennedy's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; unidentified; the President's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; two unidentified; Vice Chairman of the New Ross Urban District Council, Gerald Donovan; the President; Chairman of the New Ross Urban District Council, Andrew Minihan; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Chairman of the New Ross Harbor Commissioners, Patrick Dolan; and unidentified (mostly hidden behind lectern).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-32-63
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, sisters of President John F. Kennedy (not pictured), pose with their second cousins once removed at a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mrs. Shriver; Mary Ryan; Mrs. Smith; and Margaret Kirwan. The Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (wearing hat), stands at far left; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, stands on the far right at the edge of the frame.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A7-1-63
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, sisters of President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) pose with their second cousins once removed at a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mrs. Shriver; Mary Ryan; Mrs. Smith; and Margaret Kirwan. Another cousin, Margaret Whitty (in black coat), stands at far right; the Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (wearing hat), stands at far left.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C29287
President John F. Kennedy (center) shakes hands with the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Seán Lemass (partially hidden), upon his arrival at Dublin Airport; the President of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, stands right of President Kennedy. Those pictured include: the President's sister, Jean Kennedy Smith (second from left); Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (third from left); Irish Minister of External Affairs, Frank Aiken (fourth from left); the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (right of President de Valera); U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (right of Shriver); and the President's sister-in-law, Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland (right of Duke, in white coat). Also pictured, descending the stairs of Air Force One (front to back): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn; Special Assistants to the President, Dave Powers and Kenneth P. O'Donnell; and Secret Service agent Roy Kellerman. Dublin, Ireland. [Blue streaking and spots in lower portion of image, yellow streaking near top left of image, and tear near top right edge of image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) poses with relatives during a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousins once removed, Mary Ryan and James "Jim" Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the President); the President; his third cousin, Mary Ann Ryan; cousin, Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; several unidentified persons; the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and an unidentified man.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) poses with relatives during a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousins once removed, Mary Ryan and James "Jim" Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the President); the President; his third cousin, Mary Ann Ryan; cousin, Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; and several unidentified persons. The President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (mostly hidden), stands behind an unidentified man on the far right. U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands in the background at the far right edge of frame.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-24-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception with relatives at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; his sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan (partially hidden); the President; his second cousin once removed, James "Jim" Kennedy; third cousins, Patrick Kirwan (mostly hidden) and Mary Ann Ryan; cousin Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; several unidentified persons; the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and an unidentified man. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]