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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-A
AR41, ST34, KN40
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-12-B
KN21
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-08-15-A
AR25, ST12, KN21
Moving image
President's Personal Pictures
JFKPPP-53
Silent motion picture footage of President John F. Kennedy's visit to the Antietam National Battlefield site, Sharpsburg, Maryland. President Kennedy and his party, which includes Senator Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, Joan Kennedy, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne) Billings, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army Ralph Horton, and Under Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed, fly from Camp David by helicopter to the battlefield. Also included is footage of the Acting Superintendent of the Antietam National Battlefield site Robert L. Lagemann, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Maude Shaw, and others who are unidentified.Naval Photo Center #1211-24.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-ND-A
ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-27-A
AR27, ST14
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-15-A
ST14, KN22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-03-14-C
KN13
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-16-C
AR16, ST08, KN12
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-14-C
KN15
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-13-G
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-04-13-C
KN15
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-075-001
This guest book contains signatures and handwritten notations in black or blue ink and pencil from visitors to the Kennedy family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, from 1940 to 1947, including friends, family, and associates. The front cover features the engraved title, “Guest Log,” as well as a printed list titled, “Rules of This Tavern.” Those who signed the guest book include: George S. Seabury; Nancy Tenney; Cyrus R. “Cy” Taylor; Phyllis “Phyl” Childs; Blair Clark; Eben W. Pyne; Charlotte McDonnell; Marie Murray; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter; John “Johnny” Coleman, Jr. (also known as “Zeke”); Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Danuta Zoltowska; Nelson Macy, Jr.; Muriel “Mew” Macy; Torbert Macdonald; Frazier L. O’Leary, Jr.; David O. Puckett; Phil Perabo, Jr.; Tom Killefer; Lenore Conway; Max O’Rell Truitt; Rosalind M. Fitzgerald; Joseph F. “Joe” Timilty; Mary Jo Gargan; Paul J. Chase; Harriet “Etsie” Wells; Robert W. “Mac” Macnamara; Peggy Edgerton-Bird; Peter L. “Pete” MacLellan, Jr.; James A. “Jim” Reed; Leonard “Lenny” Thom; George H. R. “Barney” Ross; Julia Read; Catherine “Kay” Thom; Ewell Sale; Diana Mowrer; Mary Cremmen; Walter J. Cummings, Jr.; Lydia Langer; Louise Tinsley “Tinnie” Steinman; Edith “Edie” Klugh; Mark J. Dalton; Peter W. Hoguet; Dean F. Markham; Mila Leslie Carolan; Betsy Flynn; Leo M. Flynn; Marjorie Cummings; Leonard Cummings; Wallace J. “Wally” Flynn; Cleo A. O’Donnell; Nicholas “Nick” Rodis; Thomas H. “Chip” Gannon; Edward “Ned” “Wewey” Dewey; Helen Sullivan; James F. “Jim” Noonan; Kenneth P. “Ken” O’Donnell; Charles R. “Chuck” Glynn; Alison “Ally” Pyne; and John T. “Jack” Fallon.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20463
President John F. Kennedy visits with PT boat veterans during a reception at the White House. An unidentified man stands in center, speaking to President Kennedy; a man standing at right holds a box containing a glass PT 109 paperweight, preparing to present it to the President. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and former PT 109 crewmember, James A. Reed (far right); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. “Red” Fay (third from right). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.4859, “PT 109 Desk Paperweight”]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C20462
President John F. Kennedy visits with PT boat veterans during a reception at the White House. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and former PT 109 crewmember, James A. Reed (partially hidden at right in background); Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul B. “Red” Fay (third from right, leaning over). The group looks at a glass PT 109 paperweight on the President’s desk; the paperweight was presented to President Kennedy by the visiting veterans. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. [See also MO 63.4859, “PT 109 Desk Paperweight”]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-4-62
Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, shakes hands with former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, after Mr. Anslinger received an outstanding record citation. Others (L-R): Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary of Virginia (mostly hidden); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary to the Assistant Press Secretary, Barbara Gamarekian (in doorway). Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-2-62
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, upon presenting him with an outstanding record citation. Left to right: Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); President Kennedy; Mr. Anslinger; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary (Virginia); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-1-62
President John F. Kennedy presents an outstanding record citation to former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger. Left to right: Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); President Kennedy; Mr. Anslinger; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary (Virginia); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C55-3-62
Presentation of an outstanding record citation to former Commissioner of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger. Left to right: Representative Frank M. Karsten (Missouri); Mr. Anslinger; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Representative J. Vaughan Gary (Virginia); Secretary of the Treasury, C. Douglas Dillon; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy. Fish Room, White House, Washington, D.C. [Photograph by Dan Lewis] [White spot in upper right portion of image is original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23996
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the first race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. President Kennedy (seated in center background, looking through binoculars) watches the race; Mrs. Kennedy (seated at left) visits with Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; John Forbes Kerry; Janet Jennings Auchincloss; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Nuala Pell, wife of Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Julia Ann Shepard; Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky); Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore; Anita Fay; Janet Auchincloss; Jamie Auchincloss; Barbara Mechem Smith, wife of Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Massachusetts); Hugh D. Auchincloss.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23995
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the first race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. President Kennedy (seated in center background, looking through binoculars) watches the race; Mrs. Kennedy (seated at left) visits with Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; John Forbes Kerry; Janet Jennings Auchincloss; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Nuala Pell, wife of Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Julia Ann Shepard; Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore; Anita Fay; Janet Auchincloss; Jamie Auchincloss; Barbara Mechem Smith, wife of Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Massachusetts); Hugh D. Auchincloss.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23994
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the first race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. President Kennedy (seated in center background, looking through binoculars) watches the race; Mrs. Kennedy (seated at left) visits with Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; John Forbes Kerry; Janet Jennings Auchincloss; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Nuala Pell, wife of Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Julia Ann Shepard; Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Governor of Rhode Island, John A. Notte, Jr.; Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore; Anita Fay; Janet Auchincloss; Jamie Auchincloss; Barbara Mechem Smith, wife of Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Massachusetts); Hugh D. Auchincloss.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C23991
President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attend the first race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. President Kennedy (seated in center background, looking through binoculars) watches the race; Mrs. Kennedy (seated at left) visits with Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Also pictured: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy, Paul "Red" Fay; John Forbes Kerry; Janet Jennings Auchincloss; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; Nuala Pell, wife of Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island); Julia Ann Shepard; Senator John Sherman Cooper (Kentucky); Senator John O. Pastore (Rhode Island); Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir David Ormsby-Gore; Sylvia Thomas Ormsby-Gore; Anita Fay; Janet Auchincloss; Jamie Auchincloss; Barbara Mechem Smith, wife of Senator Benjamin A. Smith II (Massachusetts); Hugh D. Auchincloss.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C21134
President John F. Kennedy (bottom left, wearing sunglasses), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shahanshah of Iran (left of President Kennedy), and other distinguished guests watch a demonstration of the Short Airfield for Tactical Support (SATS) at Bogue Field, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina. The Shahanshah, in the United States on a state visit, joined the President in North Carolina to inspect the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Those pictured include: Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Command (CINCLANT), Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT); Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General David M. Shoup; Congressman Carl Vinson (Georgia); Chief of Staff of the United States Army General George H. Decker; Ambassador of Peru Fernando Berckemeyer; Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke; Lieutenant General Robert B. Luckey, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic; Major General Richard C. Mangrum, Commanding General, Second Marine Aircraft Wing; Naval Aide to the President Captain Tazewell Shepard, Jr.; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James A. Reed; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. “Red” Fay; White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; Air Force Aide to the President Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh; Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O’Donnell; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell.