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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-LUH-01
Hennessey discusses meeting the Kennedy family, her role as the family nurse, accompanying them to London, her memories of her time spent with the Kennedys, among other issues.
Sound recording
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-TPH-42
Dictation Belt 42 contains two sound recordings. Item 42.1 is a recording of Senator John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his father Joseph P. Kennedy, probably in the summer of 1959. He talks about press reports and opinion polls concerning election prospects and about plans for upcoming trips. Machine noise precedes the dictation. Item 42.2 is a recording of John F. Kennedy dictating a letter to his wife Jacqueline Kennedy. He talks about his weekend spent in Newport, Rhode Island, and time spent with his daughter Caroline Kennedy and others. A brief part of the recording is garbled.Each item listed above is also available individually as an excerpt derived from this full-length digitized recording. See Related Records for more information.
Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-08-14-A
ST28
Moving image
President's Personal Pictures
JFKPPP-39
Silent motion picture containing informal footage of President John F. Kennedy and his family and guests over Labor Day weekend, 1963, at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Squaw Island, Massachusetts. Included is footage of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. "Red" Fay, Jr., Anita Fay, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne) Billings, Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, and others who are unidentified. At President Kennedy's Hyannis Port residence, President Kennedy and CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) correspondent Walter Cronkite sit in chairs on the lawn as preparations are made for the filming of a television show.Photography by: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Source: Paul Fisher, White House, Box 17, Item 39.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-12-25-A
ST18
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
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-010-001
Textual folder
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-010-007
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-C72-44-62
President John F. Kennedy celebrates Christmas with his family at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (holding red ribbons); Eunice Kennedy Shriver; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Anna Christina Radziwill (in foreground); Caroline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (seated in armchair); Anthony Radziwill; President Kennedy (seated in rocking chair); Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland (at edge of frame). [Notes: Blemishes throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C72-38-62
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (seated on floor at center), holds a Christmas stocking during Christmas celebrations at the residence of C. Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. Also pictured (in background, left to right): Anna Christina Radziwill; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Gustavo Paredes (son of Mrs. Kennedy's assistant, Providencia "Provi" Paredes); Mrs. Kennedy's sister, Princess Lee Radziwill; Caroline Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C289-26-63
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and family members sit at a table during his 75th birthday celebration in his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Clockwise around table: Edward M. Kennedy (at edge of frame), Ann Gargan, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (mostly hidden), and Robert F. Kennedy (facing away from camera).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C289-21-63
Kennedy family members celebrate Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s birthday at his and Rose Kennedy's home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Front row (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Back row (L-R): R. Sargent Shriver, Stephen Smith, Sr., Ethel Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Rose Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Edward M. Kennedy, Joan Kennedy.
Collection
BHNPC
Photographs, circa 1880-1972. Primarily 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by Boston Herald photographers and the Associated Press wire services, featuring John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family at various events during his tenure as Congressman through his presidency. Also included are historic family photographs as well as images of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and memorial services, Jacqueline Kennedy’s life through 1969, and the creation of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
Collection
BGNPC
Photographs, circa 1897-1962, created and collected for publication in The Boston Globe. Photographs include early images of the John F. Fitzgerald family, the Joseph P. Kennedy family, and John F. Kennedy from childhood through his tenure as Congressman.