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Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-053-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. "Jack" Kennedy, documents his time at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, from 1933 to 1935. The front cover features the school seal stamped in gold. The title page reads, “The National Memory and Fellowship Book,” with a nameplate reading, “John F. Kennedy / West Wing - Choate School / Wallingford, Conn / 1933.” The first half of the scrapbook consists of pre-printed pages with space for signatures and messages from classmates, photographs and printed ephemera, and Jack’s notes on his academic and athletic endeavors, social activities, and daily life. Many of these pages are pre-printed with topical titles, including “Faculty and Campus,” “Student Hall of Fame,” “Comparative Athletic Record,” “Clubs and Societies,” “School and Social Functions,” “My Favorites,” “Entertainments, Lectures, Plays,” and “Memorable Trips.” Topical pages are followed by monthly dated calendar pages, some of which contain original handwritten entries in black and blue ink and pencil. The second half of the scrapbook consists of blank leaves that contain newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; printed ephemera, including invitations, tickets, membership cards, pamphlets, business cards, and programs; and other items pertaining to Jack’s education at Choate and his activities during that time. Of note are photographs of Jack and his classmates who formed the “Muckers” club, including Ross Edwards Allen; Roy Oliver “Bob” Beach, Jr.; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Paul J. “Boogie” Chase; Ralph D. “Rip” Horton; Charles Edward Marsh II; Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr.; John Whiting Morse; Charles “Butch” Schriber II; Maurice Arthur “Maure/Moe” Shea, Jr.; and James DeWitt “Smoky/Smokey” Wilde III. Also included are invitations to events at the White House; handwritten birthday messages in black and blue ink to Jack from his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; an autograph from the writer Gertrude Stein; a handwritten letter in black ink from star Harvard University football player Huntington Reed “Tack” Hardwick; a receipt for a $2.50 fine paid to the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida; autographed photographs from members of the Choate football team, including Gordon Thayer Barlow, Bob Beach, Hugh De Neufville “Bud” Wynne, Lem Billings, Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr., William Joseph “Bill” Albinger, and Moe Shea; and a postcard sent to Jack by his mother from aboard the S.S. Bremen. Also featured in photographs, clippings, and other materials in the scrapbook are Jack’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, and brother, Robert F. Kennedy; his grandfather, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Choate School headmaster, George Clair St. John; English teacher, Harold L. Tinker; members of Choate yearbook (“The Brief”) committee, for which Jack was the Business Manager; and other classmates and friends, including Ruth Marian Quigley (later Moffett), Ruth Moffett (later Johnson), Olive Cawley, Thomas Morgan Schriber, Charles Nelson “Charlie” Hoyt, Adelaide Moffett, Gloria Baker, Eleanor Young, Katherine Barker, and Helen Barker. Locations pictured in photographs include the Choate School campus and the Kennedy family home and surrounding area in Palm Beach. The scrapbook contains a selection of loose materials that were enclosed in an envelope adhered to the inside back cover; many of these items pre- and post-date the scrapbook itself and represent dates from 1929 through 1950. Original handwritten entries, captions, and inscriptions are written in black and blue ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 88 newspaper clippings, 78 photographic prints, and 74 other items, including correspondence and printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-050-001
This photograph album, compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents events in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1946. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front cover 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." Those pictured in photographs include Eunice Kennedy; her parents, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and family friends, including Tom Killefer, former Boston Police Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty, Patricia “Pat” Skakel, Ethel Skakel, Hugh Fraser, Torbert “Torb” Macdonald, John J. "London Jack" Kennedy, John Jacob "Jakie" Astor, and Tom Egerton. Of note are photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag with his Harvard University football teammates; Rose, Jack, and Eunice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jack with his parents and grandparents on the night of his victory in the 1946 primary election for the Massachusetts 11th Congressional District; Joe, Jr., and Kathleen in Spain; the entire Kennedy family at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and other locations during a trip to the French Riviera; and the family at their residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Original handwritten captions are written in blue ink on the leaves beneath some photographs. This photograph album contains 58 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-048-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the lives of the Kennedy family from 1925 to 1937. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture their home life at their primary residences in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Bronxville, New York; time spent with family and friends at their secondary residences in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida; and other travels and events. The album also contains numerous portrait photos. Those pictured in photographs include Rose; her husband, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Sr.; her children, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her sister, Agnes Fitzgerald, and brother-in-law, Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; and family friends, Viscountess Nancy Astor, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, and Mary O’Keefe. Of note are photographs of Rose and Joe, Sr., aboard the S.S. Aquitania during their voyage to New York City from Europe in 1928; the wedding of Agnes and Joseph Gargan; Joe, Jr., and Jack with their football teams at the Dexter School in Brookline, Massachusetts; and Rose and Joe, Sr., with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black ink and pencil on the versos of some photographs. This photograph album contains 81 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-047-001
This photograph album was first compiled by Rosemary Kennedy as a birthday gift for her sister, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, in 1929, with later photographs added by Kathleen. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” An original handwritten inscription on the inside front cover reads, "Kathleen, From Rose happy birthday Feb. 1929," in white ink. Original captions are written in white ink and pencil in both Rosemary’s and Kathleen’s hand. Photographs document the family life, travels, and social activities of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1936. In addition to Rosemary (referred to as “Rose” in original captions) and Kathleen, those pictured include their parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; their siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. "Jack" Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia "Pat" Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted/Teddy" Kennedy; their aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and her husband Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governesses to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill and Elizabeth Dunn; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; family friends, Edward E. “Eddie” Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Mary O’Keefe, Mary Veronica “Von” Rice, and Mary Frances "Sancy" Falvey; and family dogs, Buddy and Skippy. Of note are photographs of Kennedy family members and friends at the family’s residences in Bronxville in New York, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Palm Beach in Florida; a visit to the Hippodrome Theatre in New York City, where the children posed with a baby elephant; Joseph, Sr., and Rose with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California; and Kathleen and other campers and counselors at Sargent Camp in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Other locations and historic sites featured in photographs include the White House and United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.; the National Monument to the Forefathers and Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts; the Potomac River; and George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 154 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one contact print of a strip of four 35mm black and white negatives.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-352-011
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01022N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., swims in the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Fogging along bottom edge of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00806N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (right), stands in a field with his father-in-law, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (holding a cane), and mother-in-law, Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, in Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01157N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy pose with their children outside the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Seated (L-R): Jean Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (seated behind his mother, wearing sailor costume), Mrs. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy (foreground), Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy. Standing (L-R): John F. Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-068-001 reads, "The Group." Fogging is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01156N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., dines with his family in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Clockwise from center: Mr. Kennedy (foreground); Rosemary Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; John F. Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; an unidentified boy; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; Robert F. Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01155N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., dines with his family in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Clockwise from center: Mr. Kennedy (foreground), Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, an unidentified boy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy. [Notes: Fogging at left is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01154N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., sits with his wife, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and their children, on the stairs outside the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Front row (L-R): Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (wearing sailor costume), Kathleen Kennedy. Back row (L-R): Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Mr. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy. [Notes: Image is also represented by copy negative KFC2161P. Spotting is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01152N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy pose with their children in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Front row (L-R): Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (wearing sailor costume), Mrs. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy. Back row (L-R): Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Rosemary Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Mr. Kennedy. [Notes: Fogging is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01146N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., dines with his family in the courtyard of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Clockwise from center: Mr. Kennedy (foreground), Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, an unidentified boy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy (partially obscured), Edward M. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy (facing away). [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-068-001 reads, "Xmas '37."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01145N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., sits with his wife, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and their children, on the stairs outside the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida, during the Christmas holiday. Front row (L-R): Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy (wearing sailor costume), Kathleen Kennedy. Back row (L-R): Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Mr. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy. [Notes: Spotting on left portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C72-46-62
Caroline Kennedy hands a baby Jesus doll to her grandfather, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., after performing in a Nativity play put on by the Kennedy family children; Eunice Kennedy Shriver sits in center. Residence of C. Michael Paul, Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C72-15-62
President John F. Kennedy (lying on floor) plays with his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. (right), and nephew, Anthony Radziwill (left), on Christmas. Seated in background (L-R): Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland. Residence of C. Michael Paul, Palm Beach, Florida.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-073-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life, travels, and social activities from 1939 to 1942. Photographs document time spent at the Kennedy family’s residences in Palm Beach in Florida, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Bronxville in New York; aboard the S.S. Washington en route to New York City, New York, from Europe; at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; in Sainte-Marguerite-du-lac-Masson in Quebec, Canada; at the Maryland Hunt Cup near Reisterstown, Maryland; at the Berkshire Music Festival (now called the Tanglewood Music Festival) in Lenox, Massachusetts; at Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island; as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Kennedy family friend, Anne McDonnell, to Henry Ford II, in Southampton, New York; at the Edgartown Regatta on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; on a camping trip in Wise River, Montana; on a trip to England; at the Beachcomber Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts; at Club Waikiki in New York City; at the Scranton family estate in Scranton, Pennsylvania; on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota; at the Coleman and Schweppe family estates in Lake Forest, Illinois; and at parties at both Kathleen’s apartment and the apartment of Kennedy family friend Inga Arvad in Washington, D.C. Other locations pictured include Narragansett, Rhode Island; Greenwich, Connecticut; Lexington and Chatham, Massachusetts; Seminole, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Charleston, South Carolina. Family members pictured in photographs include Kathleen’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob/Bobbie” [sic] Kennedy; Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted/Teddy” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and cousin, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr. Over one hundred friends and acquaintances also appear in photographs, many of whom are identified in original captions. Those who appear more than once within the album include: Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Tom Killefer; Torbert "Torb" Macdonald; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter, Jr.; Nancy Van Vleck; Beverley A. “Bev” Bogert; C. Z. “Cizzie” Cochrane; John “Zeke” Coleman, Jr.; Nancy Tenney; Charlotte McDonnell; Francis Huger “Mac” McAdoo, Jr.; Cynthia “Cynth” McAdoo; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem/Leem” Billings; Thomas Henry “Harry” Dixon; John “Johnny” Pyne; Appie Whitney; Eben Pyne; Alison “Allie/Ally” Pyne; Cammann “Cam” Newberry; Constance “Connie” Shepard; James Ayer “Jim” Rousmaniere; Helen MacDonald; Marie Murray; Cyrus Robinson “Cy” Taylor; Nelson Macy, Jr.; William Fuller “Bill” Borland; George Morris Cheston; William Warren “Bill” Scranton; Abbott Widdicombe; Gaspard d’Andelot “Don” Belin; Harriet Bundy “Hattie” Belin; Stanley Rogers “Stan” Resor; Anne Reed; Charles Alfred “Chuckie/Chucky” Pillsbury; Jane "Pil" Pillsbury; Muriel Macy; Demarest "Demi" Lloyd, Jr.; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Richard R. “Dick” Flood; Elizabeth Wayne “Betty” Coxe; Charles “Chuck” Spalding; Inga Arvad; and Mary Dickey. Also pictured are industrialist Henry Ford, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill. Original handwritten captions are written in black ink on many of the leaves. This photograph album contains 636 photographic prints and two photo fragments.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00583N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., swims with his family in the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Robert F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Edward M. Kennedy (seated on his father's shoulder), Jean Kennedy (foreground), Patricia Kennedy, family friend Mary O'Keefe, Rosemary Kennedy, and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Bob, Mr. K., Ted, Jean, Pat, Mary O'K, Rose, Mrs. K."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00129N
Edward M. Kennedy (kicking in the water) swims with the help of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (holding his son afloat), in the shallow end of the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00126N
Edward M. Kennedy swims with the help of his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (holding his son afloat), in the shallow end of the pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Palm Beach March 1935, Mr. K., Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00109N
Edward M. Kennedy (right) jumps into the swimming pool at the Kennedy family home as his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left, standing in the pool with arms outstretched), prepares to catch him. Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-049-002.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00108N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (left), poses with his son, Edward M. Kennedy, in the shallow end of the swimming pool at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Palm Beach March 1935, Mr. K., Ted."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00317N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (center, standing behind a retaining wall), poses with his arms around his sons, Robert F. Kennedy (seated on wall at left) and Edward M. Kennedy (seated on wall at right), at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida; a toy car sits atop the wall at far right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00144N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy pose with their children alongside a retaining wall at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Rosemary Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy (seated on wall); Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (with his arms around his sons); Edward M. Kennedy (seated on wall); Patricia Kennedy; Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. A toy car sits atop the wall at far right. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-049-002 reads, "Palm Beach, Jan. 1, 1935, Rose, Jean, Eunice, Bob, Mr. K., Ted, Pat, Mrs. K."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00143N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., poses with his children alongside a retaining wall at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Jean Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy (seated on wall); Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (with his arms around his sons); Edward M. Kennedy (seated on wall); Patricia Kennedy. A toy car sits atop the wall at right.