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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-E
ST22
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-04-20-B
ST22
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-206-1-63
President John F. Kennedy motions with his arm towards the proposed site of his future Presidential Library, along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. Standing with President Kennedy at right: Archivist of the United States, Dr. Wayne C. Grover; Administrative Vice President of Harvard University, Lewis Gard Wiggins; Edward B. Hanify, attorney for the firm of Ropes & Gray. Also pictured: Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Ron Pontius. Harvard University’s Eliot House and Dunster House are visible in the background. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-261-4-63
Aerial view of the proposed site of President John F. Kennedy’s future Presidential Library, along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. In foreground is Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvard Stadium is visible at right.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-261-1-63
Aerial view of the proposed site of President John F. Kennedy’s future Presidential Library, along the banks of the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. Harvard Business School and Harvard Stadium are visible at left center.