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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-WJH-01
In this interview Hartigan discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] for the first time; working with Kenneth P. O’Donnell on JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Democratic Party in Massachusetts; JFK as a Senator; JFK’s try for the vice presidential nomination in 1956; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the 1960 West Virginia and Wisconsin presidential primaries; traveling with JFK during his 1960 campaign; working in the White House and traveling with President JFK; moving over to the Post Office Department; and JFK’s assassination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-SB-01
Beer discusses John F. Kennedy''s place in the Democratic Party and relationship with Democratic politicians, social issues and social programs, his extramarital affairs and those of other politicians, and various academics involved with the Kennedy administration, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JFC-01
Cahill discusses Democratic politics in Massachusetts and nationally from the 1910s to 1960s, touching in particular upon John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald’s political career, John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) 1946 congressional campaign, and the 1956 Democratic National Convention at which JFK was nominated for vice president, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-GHB-01
Byrne discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) campaigns for the House of Representatives, Senate, and presidency; JFK’s relationships with other Massachusetts Democrats, including Foster Furcolo and John William McCormack; and JFK’s influence on Massachusetts political races, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JAMB-01
Burns discusses the assessments of John F. Kennedy that he made in his book, Kennedy and Theodore C. Sorensen’s critiques of the book, the authorship of Profiles in Courage, and whether or not Kennedy’s decision-making involved emotion, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-09
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] decision to enter politics right after WWII; JFK’s campaign for the House of Representatives and Kennedy family and supporters’ roles in it; JFK as a campaigner, strengths and weaknesses; traveling around the world with JFK in 1951 and meeting foreign leaders; JFK’s interest in foreign affairs while in Congress; JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; the Massachusetts Democratic Party; Adlai E. Stevenson; Paul A. Dever; the tea parties for JFK’s campaigns; the organization of JFK’s 1952 campaign; and the 1956 Democratic National Convention and the question of the vice-presidential nomination, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JZC-01
Curnane discusses John F. Kennedy’s (JFK) 1952 senatorial campaign in Everett, Massachusetts, JFK’s 1960 presidential campaign in Maryland, and JFK’s presidential debates with Richard M. Nixon, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0001-001-020
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Robert J. "Bob" Dole of Kansas debate Massachusetts Democratic Party state campaign rules. The episode aired on Monday, June 16, 1986, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-TPO-02
O'Neill discusses his work for the Democratic Party, Massachusetts politics, among other issues.
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-1962-05-21-D
ST10, KN17
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.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0894-031
This folder contains a draft of a speech given by Senator John F. Kennedy at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Boston, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the Presidency of Harry S. Truman, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration, and the upcoming elections. This draft contains notations made by the Senator.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0896-007
This folder contains a copy and a partial copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at the Tavern Club in Boston, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the results of the 1956 Presidential election and life on the campaign trail.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0896-006
This folder contains a copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech before the Worcester County Teachers Association in Worcester, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the foreign policy of the Soviet Union and the need for the United States to implement a strong foreign policy program to counter the growing threat of communism.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0895-023
This folder contains a draft of Senator John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the annual convention of the State Federation of Labor in Worcester, Massachusetts. In his address the Senator discusses labor issues, legislation, and the New England economy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0895-021
This folder contains copies and drafts of Senator John F. Kennedy’s address at the Harvard Alumni Association annual meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the shared histories of scholars and politicians, and the need for greater scholarship in politics. Of note are drafts with notations by Senator Kennedy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0895-020
This folder contains copies and drafts of Senator John F. Kennedy's commencement address at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the shared histories of scholars and politicians, and the need for greater scholarship in politics. Of note are drafts with notations by Senator Kennedy.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0895-012
This folder contains an incomplete copy of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. In his speech the Senator discusses the economy, United States military strength, and international relations.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21899
President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden) visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts. Democratic National Committee member and Massachusetts State Senator, Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Stanton, stands at center right with back to camera (wearing blue dress). All others are unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21898
President John F. Kennedy (partially hidden) visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts. Democratic National Committee member and Massachusetts State Senator, Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Stanton, stands at center right with back to camera (wearing blue dress). Also pictured: White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson. All others are unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21897
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts. Democratic National Committee member and Massachusetts State Senator, Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Stanton, stands at center right (wearing blue dress). All others are unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21896
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, stands at far right (back to camera). All others are unidentified. West Wing Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21895
President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the Democratic Women on Wheels of Massachusetts on the West Wing Lawn of the White House, Washington, D.C.