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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-011-029
Contains 13 photographic prints: (KFC2037N, KFC2038N, KFC2039N, KFC2040N, KFC2043N, KFC2044N, KFC2045N, KFC2047N, KFC2030N, KFC2032N, KFC2033N, KFC2034N, KFC2035N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-032
Contains 6 photographic prints: (KFC2042N, KFC2031N, KFC2029N, KFC2041N, KFC2046N, KFC2036N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-031
Contains 5 photographic prints: (KFC2007N, KFC2009N, KFC2008N, KFC2006N, KFC2010N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-080-001
This volume, compiled by Kathleen Kennedy, chronicles her service as a Staff Assistant for the American Red Cross in London, England, during World War II, primarily between May and July, 1943. A handwritten note in pencil on the front cover reads, “Kathleen Hartington / [Keep/Keys(?)] Keep RFK / July 1949.” Diary entries are inscribed directly on the pre-printed ruled pages in pencil and black ink, as well as typed on the back of American Red Cross notepaper sheets. In her diary entries, Kathleen writes about the completion of her Red Cross training; her preparations for and departure to England, including crossing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the R.M.S. Queen Mary, converted to a troopship; her work at American Red Cross service clubs in London; and dinners, parties, weekend trips, and other social events. Of note is an undated, unstamped, and blank telegram with a handwritten note in black ink signed, "Your loving brother : Kennedy," inserted at the front of the book. Also of note are three handwritten letters written in black or blue ink between Kathleen and her husband, William “Billy” Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, placed in an envelope addressed to “Capt. : The Marquess of Hartington : 5th Bn.: Coldstream Guards : British Liberation Army,” in Kathleen’s hand, postmarked July 17, 1944. This volume contains 30 telegrams, 10 typed diary entries, five handwritten letters, four newspaper clippings, three photographic prints, two magazine clippings, and various printed ephemera, including a schedule, vaccine card, matchbox, invitation, shipping ticket, menu, handwritten notes, and miscellaneous booklets and pamphlets.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-079-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, chronicles her service as a Staff Assistant for the American Red Cross in London, England, during World War II, from 1943 to 1944. The scrapbook contains pre-printed ruled pages, with the first section including alphabetical tabs along the right edge. It contains newspaper and magazine clippings and other pieces of printed ephemera that relate to a wide range of topics, including British involvement in World War II; Kathleen’s arrival in London; her brother John F. Kennedy’s service in the United States Navy and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, in the Solomon Islands; William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (formally referred to as “Lord Hartington”), and his candidacy for the West Derbyshire by-election of 1944; Kathleen’s marriage to Billy Hartington; and society and entertainment news and events. In addition to Kathleen, those pictured in photographs and identified in original captions include American Red Cross volunteer Mildred “Mid” Eberle; United States Navy Lt. Oren Root; Lady Anne Cavendish; Deborah Vivien "Debo" Freeman-Mitford Cavendish; Billy; Anthony “Tony” St. Clair-Erskine, the 6th Earl of Rosslyn; Sir John Charles Peniston “Buffles” Milbanke; Sheila Milbanke; Lady Elizabeth Cavendish; Lord Edward Norman “Ned” Fitzmaurice; Hon. Charles Richard Strutt; British jockey and member of the British Guards Armoured Division, Major Peter Cazalet; British steeplechaser and member of the Welsh Guards, Captain Anthony Mildmay; Lady Jean Ogilvy Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd; members of the American Red Cross Hans Crescent Golf Team; American golfer Howard Scoggins; member of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Lt. Richard F. Wood; and British rugby player and Member of Parliament, William Wavell Wakefield. Other items of note include an “Artiste’s salary voucher” for Kathleen’s role as an extra in the film “English Without Tears”; correspondence with the American Red Cross regarding her violation of wartime censorship rules and her potential violation of Red Cross policies regarding political activities; a souvenir golf scorecard for a match between the Hans Crescent Golf Club and the Muswell Hill Golf Club; documentation allowing Kathleen to vote in the Parliamentary bi-election; a typed account sent to Kathleen from the Regimental Headquarters of the British Army’s Coldstream Guards that details the activities of her husband Billy’s regiment in the weeks prior to his death during a military campaign in Belgium on September 9, 1944; a draft of remarks given by Kathleen at a Derbyshire Federation of Women's Institutes exhibition; magazine clippings featuring Fred and Adele Astaire; and photographic postcards featuring Levens Hall and Chatsworth House, both in England, and Lismore Castle in Ireland. A final item of note is a contact print of a strip of six 35mm black and white negatives featuring images of a cross marking the site near the town of Heppen, Belgium, where Billy was killed in action. Original handwritten captions are written in black and blue ink and pencil on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 175 pieces of ephemera, including newspaper and magazine clippings, letters, notes, invitations, and political pamphlets, as well as 35 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-042-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents her travels as a young woman, specifically a 1911 Boston Chamber of Commerce trip to Europe, as well as later social activities and family vacations during the first several years of her marriage to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Photographs of the Boston Chamber of Commerce trip, on which Rose and her sister, Agnes, accompanied their father, then-Mayor of Boston, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, capture the trans-Atlantic voyage aboard the R.M.S. Franconia, as well as numerous travel destinations, including Ireland, England, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Cities that are pictured include London, England; Paris, France; Hamburg, Dresden, Nuremberg, and Berlin, Germany; and Vienna, Austria. Other locations and landmarks pictured include the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Loreley Rock in Germany, the Rhine River, and the Alps. Later photographs, dated between 1916 and 1923, document Fitzgerald and Kennedy family vacations in Palm Beach, Florida, and Poland Spring, Maine, as well as other events and activities. Of note are photographs of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., as a baby at the Kennedy family home on Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts; of Rose's brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald, posing in military dress; and of a Cecilian Guild picnic in June 1921. Others who appear in the album include Rose's mother, Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her brothers, John F. Fitzgerald, Jr., and Frederick H. Fitzgerald; and family friends and associates, including Sir Thomas Lipton; John Hays Hammond, Sr.; Francis Abott Goodhue, Jr.; Lillian M. "Lilla" Morrison; and Hugh Nawn. Original handwritten captions are written in white ink on the leaves beneath many photographs, or in black ink and pencil on the rectos of some photographs. Some photographs, including five full panoramic views, were printed on postcard stock. This photograph album contains 171 photographic prints.
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-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.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02047N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02045N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Blemishes are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02044N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England. The royal procession (on horseback) is visible at center; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02043N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground. [Partial double exposure and spotting are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02040N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02039N
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (seated on viewing platform at right, wearing hat and gloves) observes as regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; the royal procession (on horseback) is visible at center.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02038N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02035N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England. The royal procession (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02033N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England. The royal procession (in background, on horseback) is visible at center right; spectators observe in foreground. [Notes: Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02030N
Regiments of the Household Cavalry participate in Trooping the Colour, a ceremonial celebration to honor the official birthday of King George VI, held on the Horse Guards Parade, London, England; spectators observe in foreground.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02046N
Members of the King's Life Guard are visible in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; Life Guards appear on foot at left (seen from behind) and mounted on horseback at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02042N
Edward M. Kennedy (second from left, wearing coat and hat) and Jean Kennedy (fourth from left, partially visible) observe members of the King's Life Guard, in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; Life Guards appear on foot at left (carrying sabers) and mounted on horseback at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02041N
The King's Life Guard (on horseback, carrying sabers), stand at attention in the courtyard of the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders are visible in background.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02036N
Two members of the King's Life Guard (on horseback, carrying sabers), proceed in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard; bystanders observe at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02031N
A trumpeter leads the King's Life Guard (all on horseback), in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02029N
The Leader of Horse (right, carrying saber) and the King's Life Guard (all on horseback), stand at attention at the Horse Guards building on Whitehall road in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02010N
The King's Guard (background, visible through fence) stand at attention in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, during the changing of the Royal Guard. [Notes: Photograph by Edward M. Kennedy. See also vintage print in album KFC-066-001. Obstruction in front of lens.]