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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BAJ-01
In this interview Jacobson discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] at Harvard University in 1936 and interactions with him at the school; visiting the Cape with the Kennedy family, 1937–1938; JFK’s plans for after his Harvard graduation; JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign; flying back with JFK from the 1960 Democratic National Convention; interactions with the Kennedy boys at Harvard; social interactions with JFK; visiting JFK in Washington, D.C.; JFK’s distrust of Fidel Castro; and Jacobson’s long relationship with JFK and the Kennedy family, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-20-D
ST22
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.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); President of Boston College, Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S.J.; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; White House Secret Service agent, Jack Ready. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-6-63
President John F. Kennedy takes part in the processional walk from Roberts Center to Alumni Field at Boston College, prior to a convocation ceremony commemorating the school’s centennial anniversary. Walking (L-R): British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott (head turned); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (head turned); others unidentified. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-2-63
President John F. Kennedy delivers an address at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-1-63
President John F. Kennedy and other honored guests walk towards the stage on Alumni Field at Boston College, during a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Those walking with President Kennedy include: Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Georgetown University, Reverend Edward B. Bunn; British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; President of Boston College, Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S.J.; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-206-3-63
Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody (at lectern), speaks at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-205-3-63
President of Georgetown University, Reverend Edward B. Bunn, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts (face obscured); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-205-1-63
British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson, receives an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts (head turned); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.