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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RJH-01
In this interview Heffernan discusses his work as the Kennedy family doctor, including delivering several of the family’s children and operating on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-C
ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Collection
NYTPC
Photographs, 1957–1970. Black-and-white prints of images made by New York Times photographers featuring John F. Kennedy and administration officials during the Kennedy Presidency; Robert F. Kennedy as Senate counsel, United States Attorney General, U. S. Senate candidate, United States Senator for New York, and 1968 Presidential candidate; and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library at the Federal Archives and Records Center in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
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-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
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-135-027
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, both during and prior to his Presidency, concerning Senator Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy's trip to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Materials in this folder include letters and photographs of Senator Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy at an unknown event.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30699
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with Under Secretary for Political Affairs for the United Nations (UN), Dr. Ralph Bunche. Also pictured: Managing Director of the United Nations Special Fund, Paul G. Hoffman; Ambassador of Brazil, Roberto de Oliveira Campos; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, João Augusto de Araújo Castro; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30697
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anastas Mikoyan. Also pictured: Ambassador of the Soviet Union, Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; Chief of the American Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Smirnovsky; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30695
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia, Petar Stambolić. Also pictured: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia, Koča Popović; Ambassador of Yugoslavia, Veljko Mićunović; Archbishop of Myra, the Most Reverend Egidio Vagnozzi. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30694
Jacqueline Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy shakes hands with Archbishop of Myra, the Most Reverend Egidio Vagnozzi. Also pictured: U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Red Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30678
Jacqueline Kennedy (center, back to camera) visits with Prime Minister of Great Britain, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) stands right of Mrs. Kennedy. Also pictured: Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security, McGeorge Bundy; Robin Chandler Duke, wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. Cross Hall, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-107-63
The funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy prepares to depart the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for Arlington National Cemetery; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Standing in foreground: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Peter Lawford; Steve Smith. Also pictured: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6281-E
President John F. Kennedy looks up from his seat in the balcony of the National Guard Armory at the Inaugural Ball, Washington, D.C. Seated near the President are Lady Bird Johnson; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; and the President's parents Rose Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Row above the President includes the President's brother Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy and his wife Joan Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR6281-C
President John F. Kennedy and party attend Inaugural Ball at the National Guard Armory, Washington, D.C. Party includes Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; President Kennedy; and the President's parents Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Row above includes the President's brother Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy and his wife Joan Kennedy.
Photograph
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-135-027-p0012
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy at an unknown event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The photograph was taken for the Berkshire Eagle. The photographer, Eugene Mitchell, sent photographs of the late President to Evelyn Lincoln with a letter dated February 12, 1964. A stamp on the verso of the photograph reads: "Eugene Mitchell, Photographer, Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass."
Collection
PERIODICAL
Periodicals, 1936-2009. Magazines and other serial publications that contain articles about John F. Kennedy, members of the Kennedy family, and the Kennedy administration.
Collection
BHIPC
Photographs 1953-1960. Photographic negatives and prints of three Kennedy family weddings: Eunice Kennedy and R. Sargent Shriver, Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford, and Jean Kennedy and Stephen Smith. The collection also contains images of a reception hosted by Grant Stockdale for Senator John F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-98-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Sydney Lawford; Peter Lawford; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; Steve Smith; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Joan Bennett Kennedy; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; President Lyndon B. Johnson; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; President Kennedy’s personal secretary, Evelyn Lincoln; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); President Kennedy’s valet, George E. Thomas; White House Secret Service agents, Walt Coughlin and Toby Chandler. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-85-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; honor guard pallbearers lift the casket flag. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Sydney Lawford; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Peter Lawford; Joseph P. Kennedy, II; President Lyndon B. Johnson; King Baudouin of Belgium; President of South Korea, Chung Hee Park; Queen Frederika of Greece; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); former Social Secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy, Letitia Baldrige; Special Assistant to President Kennedy, Kenneth P. O’Donnell; White House Secret Service agents, Paul A. Burns and Toby Chandler. Honor guard pallbearers stands at left, including: Lance Corporal Timothy F. Cheek (USMC), Sergeant Richard E. Gaudreau (USAF), Seaman Larry B. Smith (USN), and Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-83-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden); Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Peter Lawford; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; President Lyndon B. Johnson; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prince Gholam-Reza Pahlavi of Iran; President Kennedy’s valet, George E. Thomas; White House Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-117-63
Members of the Kennedy family walk to the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy upon arrival at Arlington National Cemetery for graveside services in the state funeral of President Kennedy. Walking in procession: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Sydney Lawford; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery, John C. Metzler. Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30746
Members of the Kennedy family and foreign dignitaries walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those pictured include: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Steve Smith; General Charles de Gaulle of France; Queen Frederika of Greece; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard; King Baudouin of Belgium; White House Secret Service agent, Paul Landis. Mourners line the North Lawn driveway. White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30743
Members of the Kennedy family and others walk in the funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy to the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Those pictured include: Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Jamie Auchincloss; President Lyndon B. Johnson. Mourners and members of the color guard line the North Lawn driveway. White House, Washington, D.C.