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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-021
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC1162N, KFC1163N, KFC1445N, KFC1461N, KFC1462N, KFC1463N, KFC1464N, KFC1465N, KFC1466N, KFC1467N, KFC1468N, KFC1469N, KFC1470N, KFC1474N, KFC1475N, KFC1476N, KFC1478N, KFC1516N, KFC1517N, KFC1520N, KFC1521N, KFC1524N, KFC1525N, KFC1526N, KFC1528N, KFC1547N, KFC1551N, KFC1552N, KFC1553N, KFC1554N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-019
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC3111P, KFC2197P, KFC1454N, KFC1458N, KFC1457N, KFC1483N, KFC1456N, KFC1455N, KFC1459N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-018
Contains 26 photographic prints: (KFC1430N, KFC1431N, KFC1432N, KFC1433N, KFC1434N, KFC1436N, KFC1437N, KFC1438N, KFC1439N, KFC1440N, KFC1441N, KFC1442N, KFC1443N, KFC1444N, KFC1446N, KFC1447N, KFC1449N, KFC1450N, KFC1452N, KFC1453N, KFC1519N, KFC1527N, KFC1555N, KFC1556N, KFC1557N, KFC1558N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-001-017
Contains 22 photographic prints: (KFC1165N, KFC1414N, KFC1415N, KFC1418N, KFC1419N, KFC1420N, KFC1421N, KFC1423N, KFC1424N, KFC1425N, KFC1426N, KFC1427N, KFC1428N, KFC1505N, KFC1506N, KFC1507N, KFC1508N, KFC1509N, KFC1510N, KFC1511N, KFC1512N, KFC1513N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-022
Contains 2 photographic prints: (KFC1606N, KFC1605N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-003
Contains 32 photographic prints: (KFC4881P, KFC4882P, KFC4883P, KFC4884P, KFC4885P, KFC4886P, KFC4887P, KFC4888P, KFC4889P (original negative is KFC2801N), KFC4890P, KFC4891P, KFC4892P, KFC4893P, KFC4894P, KFC4895P, KFC4896P, KFC4897P, KFC4898P, KFC4899P, KFC2620P, KFC4900P, KFC4901P, KFC2097P, KFC4902P, KFC4903P, KFC4904P, KFC2803N, KFC2801N, KFC2768N, KFC2769N, KFC2771N, KFC2774N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-002
Contains 51 photographic prints: (KFC-C4854P, KFC-C4855P, KFC-C4856P, KFC2954P, KFC4857P, KFC-C4858P, KFC-C4859P, KFC-C4860P, KFC-C4861P, KFC-C4862P, KFC4863P, KFC4864P, KFC2753N, KFC2754N, KFC2755N, KFC2756N, KFC2757N, KFC2758N, KFC4865P, KFC4866P, KFC4867P, KFC4868P, KFC4869P, KFC4870P, KFC4871P, KFC2159P, KFC4872P, KFC3101P, KFC4873P, KFC2765N, KFC2766N, KFC2767N, KFC2770N, KFC2772N, KFC2773N, KFC2775N, KFC2776N, KFC2777N, KFC2778N, KFC4874P, KFC2759N, KFC2760N, KFC2761N, KFC2762N, KFC2763N, KFC2764N, KFC-C4875P, KFC-C4876P, KFC-C4877P, KFC4878P, KFC-C4879P, KFC-C4880P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-015-017
Contains 18 photographic prints: (KFC430N, KFC432N, KFC433N, KFC442N, KFC2155P, KFC2405P, KFC4725P, KFC4726P, KFC4727P, KFC4305P, KFC4728P, KFC4729P, KFC4730P, KFC4731P, KFC4732P, KFC4733P, KFC4734P, KFC4735P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-024
Contains 15 photographic prints: (KFC1145N, KFC1146N, KFC1147N, KFC1149N, KFC1150N, KFC1151N, KFC1152N, KFC1153N, KFC1155N, KFC1156N, KFC1157N, KFC1158N, KFC1161N, KFC1154N, KFC2161P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-020
Contains 31 photographic prints: (KFC674N, KFC675N, KFC672N, KFC719N, KFC665N, KFC682N, KFC681N, KFC680N, KFC720N, KFC679N, KFC678N, KFC677N, KFC676N, KFC669N, KFC671N, KFC673N, KFC662N, KFC663N, KFC666N, KFC667N, KFC721N, KFC664N, KFC668N, KFC670N, KFC3392P, KFC3393P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-019
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC3390P, KFC656N, KFC660N, KFC658N, KFC657N, KFC655N, KFC659N, KFC661N, KFC3391P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-007
Contains 15 photographic prints: (KFC589N, KFC580N, KFC579N, KFC575N, KFC576N, KFC578N, KFC585N, KFC204N, KFC583N, KFC577N, KFC584N, KFC582N, KFC587N, KFC581N, KFC586N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-026
Contains 4 photographic prints: (KFC164N, KFC110N, KFC150N, KFC2882P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-023
Contains 19 photographic prints: (KFC143N, KFC156N, KFC149N, KFC144N, KFC165N, KFC157N, KFC300N, KFC171N, KFC317N, KFC148N, KFC152N, KFC111N, KFC151N, KFC135N, KFC305N, KFC154N, KFC160N, KFC172N, KFC139N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-016
Contains 6 photographic prints: (KFC128N, KFC323N, KFC322N, KFC199N, KFC202N, KFC325N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-013
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC119N, KFC1014N, KFC1013N, KFC602N, KFC515N, KFC516N, KFC3N, KFC517N, KFC187N, KFC309N, KFC1015N, KFC346N, KFC1019N, KFC347N, KFC178N, KFC125N, KFC1016N, KFC1017N, KFC1020N, KFC1018N, KFC191N, KFC348N, KFC4N, KFC349N, KFC306N, KFC514N, KFC1012N, KFC123N, KFC201N, KFC298N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-049-002
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1933 to 1936. Photographs capture Rose and her family at their residences in Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, Bronxville in New York, and Palm Beach in Florida; at the beach at The Breakers Hotel and at the Sea Spray Club in Palm Beach; at the Ostrich-Alligator Farm & Zoo in Lantana, Palm Beach County; and at the West Beach Club on Cape Cod. Also of note are photographs of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter celebrations; birthday parties for Eunice Kennedy and Jean Kennedy; a Native American sun dance ceremony in Palm Beach; gymnastics exercises and boxing matches at the Sea Spray Club, in which Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy participated; Jean dressed for her First Communion and Confirmation in Bronxville; Ted’s picnic on the lawn of the family’s home in Bronxville with a friend identified as “Rita”; a visit to a warship in Provincetown, Massachusetts; Jean dressed in a Scottish tartan and kilt; and other activities including swimming, sailing, sledding, horseback riding, football, and other sports. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. “Jack” Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy (referred to as “Rose” in original captions); Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Rose’s parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; Rose’s sister, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and brother-in-law, Joseph F. Gargan, Sr.; Rose’s niece, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, and nephew, John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald (the children of her brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald); nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Betsey Cushing Roosevelt; Jean K. Webber; Eileen Morell; Frances “Sancy” Falvey; Mary O’Keefe; Olive Cawley; Nancy Tenney; and Jack’s Choate School classmate, Thomas Morgan Schriber. Others identified in original captions include, “Francis,” “Tommy,” “Gilbert,” “Miss Hood,” “Jean’s godmother” (“Mrs. Greene”), and “Mary.” All leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. This photograph album contains 322 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one photograph fragment.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-092-001
This scrapbook is a self-published work that documents John F. Kennedy’s political career from the perspective of the volume’s creator, 1960 presidential campaign volunteer, founder of the Allen Dental Medical Corporation, and Kennedy family friend, Frank Allen Orofino (known professionally as Frank Allen). A limited number of copies of the scrapbook were made for President Kennedy’s family, friends, and associates; the full list of recipients is included at the end of the scrapbook. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front free endpaper reads, “Dedicated in gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy who shared with this country and the world John Fitzgerald Kennedy." The handwritten inscription in black ink below the typed inscription reads, "In friendship to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Frank Allen Orofino / Vol I / '68." A typed preface written by Orofino is also included. The scrapbook contains materials related to President Kennedy’s United States Senate career, his 1960 presidential campaign, and his presidency. It contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and members of the Kennedy family, including Senator (later President) John F. Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford; Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy; and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy. It also contains facsimiles of correspondence between Orofino and various associates of the President and First Lady, including the President’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Jacqueline Kennedy’s personal secretary, Mary Gallagher; campaign aide and later Special Assistant to the President, Lawrence “Larry” O'Brien; White House housekeeper Anne Lincoln; White House Secret Service agent, John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary; Governor of Florida, Farris Bryant; Boston Secret Service agent, Frank V. McDermott; and Kennedy family financial advisor, Thomas J. Walsh. Photographs are accompanied by facsimiles of Orofino’s handwritten captions and notations. Those pictured in photographs include President and Mrs. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joseph, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia; Bob; Jean Kennedy Smith and Stephen E. Smith; Ted; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson; campaign aide and later White House Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and Nancy Joy Salinger; entertainer Frank Sinatra; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman; Mary and Ray Gallagher and their children, Christopher and Gregory Gallagher; Larry O’Brien; secretary to then-Senator Kennedy and later Mrs. Kennedy’s Press Secretary, Pamela Turnure; presidential campaign manager and later special assistant to President Kennedy, Timothy J. “Ted” Reardon, Jr., and Betty Jane Reardon; John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Evelyn Lincoln; democratic politician and Chairman of the Board of the Coca-Cola Export Corporation, James A. “Jim” Farley, Sr.; democratic politician, Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr.; Kennedy family friend and former Boston Police Commissioner, Joseph F. Timilty; Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; and various campaign and office staff members. Orofino also included photographs of himself and his family. Also pictured are presidential campaign items designed by Orofino, including a tie clip modeled after PT-109. Events pictured include the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California; the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.; and the Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. This scrapbook contains 115 photographic prints, 45 photocopied letters, five other printed items, and one oil painting reproduction.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-091-001
This photograph album documents the opening of the John F. Kennedy Library traveling exhibit in Athens, Greece, in February 1965. The exhibit, which toured locations throughout Europe, was a showcase of photographs, artifacts, and documents related to President John F. Kennedy and his time in office; a similar exhibit also toured cities throughout the United States. Those pictured include President Kennedy’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Prime Minister of Greece, Georgios Papandreou; U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Henry R. Labouisse; and various unidentified Greek and U.S. officials. Also pictured is Chrysanthemis "Memi" Papacotsis, a young girl from Greece who had undergone heart surgery at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in 1962; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy had helped to arrange the operation and Memi’s flight to the U.S. aboard an Air Force airplane. Pictured with Memi, among others, is her father, Spiridon Papacotsis. This photograph album contains 45 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-090-001
This photograph album documents a memorial mass for President John F. Kennedy at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1964. Those pictured include Jacqueline Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver and R. Sargent Shriver; Edward M. Kennedy and Joan Bennett Kennedy; Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing, who presided over the mass; and members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who performed Mozart’s Requiem in D. Minor under the direction of conductor Erich Leinsdorf. This photograph album contains 11 photographic prints and the printed text of Cardinal Cushing’s memorial message.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-089-001
This photograph album documents Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s attendance at two events in Worcester, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1962. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy / Worcester, Massachusetts / February 15, 1962.” Photographs capture a luncheon at the Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association and a reception at Assumption College, where Rose delivered a lecture in French about her experiences traveling in France. Her daughter-in-law, Joan Bennett Kennedy, wife of Edward M. Kennedy, accompanied her to these events. Others pictured in photographs include president of the Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association, Raymond P. Harold; publisher of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette, Richard C. Steele; Assumption College President, Rev. Armand H. Desautels, A.A.; Assumption College Director of Development, Rev. Joseph A. Pelletier, A.A.; and Girl Scouts Michele Horgan and Jean Liddy, who presented Rose with a corsage to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Girl Scouts organization in the United States. This photograph album contains 21 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-088-001
This photograph album, likely compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1950 to 1953, particularly at their residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and at other locations on Cape Cod. An original typed inscription taped on the front pastedown reads, "I should appreciate it if no one remove pictures from this book. If you do so, it will not be so interesting for other people. Personally, I should like to keep all the pictures to look at myself, because as you know we lost all the moving pictures of you children. Many of these pictures have been lost in the past, due to the clamor of newspapermen, so please do not remove any more. Thank you. Rose Kennedy." In addition to Eunice, those pictured include her parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, John F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; sister-in-law, Ethel Skakel Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis “Joe” Gargan, Jr.; and family friends, including Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, United States Senator Joseph “Joe” McCarthy, and journalist Frank Conniff. Of note are photographs of family members and friends aboard the “S.S. Hortense” off the coast of Cape Cod; birthday parties for Rose and Eunice; the christening of Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Robert and Ethel; Jean posing at the Takadip Bath House in Old Orchard Beach, Maine; Rose, with Joseph, Sr., and Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman, receiving a Catholic Youth Organization 1953 Club of Champions Medal framed certificate; and Joseph, Sr., and John with Cardinal Spellman at the unveiling of a portrait of Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who was killed in action during a U.S. Navy aviation mission in 1944. Two loose items found between leaves of the album are a Washington Times-Herald newspaper clipping titled, “The Eisenhower Myth” and dated August 8, 1951, and an envelope containing original paper corners used for mounting photographs to album pages. This photograph album contains 59 photographic prints, one newspaper clipping, and one envelope containing paper photo mounting corners.
Textual folder
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.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-085-001
This photograph album documents the wedding of Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel on June 17, 1950. The title on the front cover reads, “Ethel and Bob / June 17, 1950.” Photographs capture the couple, bridal party, family, and friends before, during, and after the wedding ceremony that was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, as well as at the reception at the Skakel family estate, both in Greenwich, Connecticut. Members of the wedding party who are pictured include brothers of the groom, John F. Kennedy (best man) and Edward M. Kennedy (usher); sisters of the groom, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy (bridesmaids); brothers of the bride, George Skakel, Jr., James Skakel, and Rushton Skakel (ushers); sisters of the bride, Patricia Skakel Cuffe (matron of honor), Ann Skakel (maid of honor), and Georgeann Skakel Dowdle (bridesmaid); sister-in-law of the bride, Joan Patricia Corroon Skakel (bridesmaid), and friends of the couple, William J. Brady, Jr., William Finkenstadt, Nicholas Rodis, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Cleo A. O'Donnell, Jr., David L. Hackett, Charles D. Roche, Charles R. Glynn, James F. Noonan, George Terrien, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, and Celeste Pinto, who also served as attendants. Also pictured are Bob’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; and Ethel’s parents, George Skakel and Ann Brannack Skakel. This photograph album contains 65 photographic prints.
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.