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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RJH-01
In this interview Heffernan discusses his work as the Kennedy family doctor, including delivering several of the family’s children and operating on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-11-25-B
AR41, ST34
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-08-ND-B
ST04
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-PBF-02
Fay discusses Jacqueline Kennedy’s relationship with Ethel Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s personal friends, Lafayette Square, balance of payments, his relationship and opinions of Robert S. McNamara, and cost effectiveness and systems analysis in the Department of Defense, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-RWG-01
In this interview Greene discusses how she started working for the RFK Project; the process of obtaining an oral history, including how the interviewer should act and how to get the interviewee to speak more candidly; her relationship with Ethel Skakel Kennedy; the similarities and differences in the relationships among the Kennedy brothers; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and his work on the Kennedys; and the difficulties in an oral history project, among other issues.
Collection
PFC
Color transparencies documenting Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential primary campaign stops in Northern Indiana, including a visit to the University of Notre Dame; rallies in Elkhart, Gary, Hammond, Mishawaka, and South Bend; and images of the presidential primary election night at Kennedy headquarters in Indianapolis.
Collection
NBSTPC
Photographs, 1946-1963. Black-and-white prints and negatives of images published in the New Bedford Standard-Times newspaper of New Bedford, Massachusetts. The images feature John F. Kennedy at various events during his tenure as congressman, senator, and president, including many photographs of the Kennedy family at Hyannis Port.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
Moving image
President's Personal Pictures
JFKPPP-40
Silent motion picture containing informal footage of President John F. Kennedy's family weekend at Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, Squaw Island, Massachusetts, and the home of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Included is footage of President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Caroline Kennedy, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Rose Kennedy, Stephen E. Smith, Jean Kennedy Smith, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne) Billings, journalist Charles L. Bartlett, and others who are unidentified. Photographed by: Cecil W. Stoughton.
Source: Paul Fischer , White House, Box 17, Item 39.
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-002
Contains 51 photographic prints: (KFC-C4854P, KFC-C4855P, KFC-C4856P, KFC2954P, KFC4857P, KFC-C4858P, KFC-C4859P, KFC-C4860P, KFC-C4861P, KFC-C4862P, KFC4863P, KFC4864P, KFC2753N, KFC2754N, KFC2755N, KFC2756N, KFC2757N, KFC2758N, KFC4865P, KFC4866P, KFC4867P, KFC4868P, KFC4869P, KFC4870P, KFC4871P, KFC2159P, KFC4872P, KFC3101P, KFC4873P, KFC2765N, KFC2766N, KFC2767N, KFC2770N, KFC2772N, KFC2773N, KFC2775N, KFC2776N, KFC2777N, KFC2778N, KFC4874P, KFC2759N, KFC2760N, KFC2761N, KFC2762N, KFC2763N, KFC2764N, KFC-C4875P, KFC-C4876P, KFC-C4877P, KFC4878P, KFC-C4879P, KFC-C4880P)
Collection
TMPC
Photographic materials, 1964-1986 (bulk 1968-1982). Photographer Frank Teti documented the extended Kennedy family’s activities from 1964-1986. Many of these photographic images were used in the book Kennedy: The New Generation by Frank Teti, published in 1983.
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
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-088-001
This photograph album, likely compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1950 to 1953, particularly at their residence in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and at other locations on Cape Cod. An original typed inscription taped on the front pastedown 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." In addition to Eunice, those pictured include her parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, John F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; sister-in-law, Ethel Skakel Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis “Joe” Gargan, Jr.; and family friends, including Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, United States Senator Joseph “Joe” McCarthy, and journalist Frank Conniff. Of note are photographs of family members and friends aboard the “S.S. Hortense” off the coast of Cape Cod; birthday parties for Rose and Eunice; the christening of Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Robert and Ethel; Jean posing at the Takadip Bath House in Old Orchard Beach, Maine; Rose, with Joseph, Sr., and Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman, receiving a Catholic Youth Organization 1953 Club of Champions Medal framed certificate; and Joseph, Sr., and John with Cardinal Spellman at the unveiling of a portrait of Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., who was killed in action during a U.S. Navy aviation mission in 1944. Two loose items found between leaves of the album are a Washington Times-Herald newspaper clipping titled, “The Eisenhower Myth” and dated August 8, 1951, and an envelope containing original paper corners used for mounting photographs to album pages. This photograph album contains 59 photographic prints, one newspaper clipping, and one envelope containing paper photo mounting corners.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-086-001
This scrapbook, compiled to commemorate the establishment, construction, and dedication of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Home for Children in the Bronx, New York, documents the life and naval career of Lieutenant Kennedy and the early history of the Home for Children that was named in his honor. The cover displays the engraving, "Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. / Home for Children / Bronx, New York." Newspaper clippings cover Lieutenant Kennedy’s enlistment and commission as ensign in the United States Naval Reserve; his death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; his posthumous receipt of the Navy Cross; the launching of the U.S.S. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., naval destroyer; the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Foundation’s donation to the Archdiocese of New York for the establishment of the Home for Children; and the Home’s blessing and dedication on October 29, 1950. Photographs capture Lieutenant Kennedy posing in his Harvard University football uniform; receiving his wings from his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; wearing his flight jacket; and standing in flight gear with his airplane. Also pictured are interior, exterior, and aerial views of the Home for Children’s buildings; children and staff using the Home’s various facilities; Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Francis Spellman, and members of the Kennedy family at the blessing and dedication ceremony, including Joseph, Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy; the unveiling of a portrait of Lieutenant Kennedy and a bronze plaque bearing his citation for the Navy Cross; the groundbreaking for the Home’s new chapel-gymnasium on March 5, 1951; children participating in a radio broadcast charity campaign; the Home’s first graduates; and children meeting the Mayor of New York City, Vincent R. Impellitteri. Other items of note are an invitation to and a program for the Home’s dedication ceremony. This scrapbook contains 27 photographic prints, ten newspaper clippings, one invitation, and one program.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-085-001
This photograph album documents the wedding of Robert F. "Bob" Kennedy and Ethel Skakel on June 17, 1950. The title on the front cover reads, “Ethel and Bob / June 17, 1950.” Photographs capture the couple, bridal party, family, and friends before, during, and after the wedding ceremony that was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, as well as at the reception at the Skakel family estate, both in Greenwich, Connecticut. Members of the wedding party who are pictured include brothers of the groom, John F. Kennedy (best man) and Edward M. Kennedy (usher); sisters of the groom, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy (bridesmaids); brothers of the bride, George Skakel, Jr., James Skakel, and Rushton Skakel (ushers); sisters of the bride, Patricia Skakel Cuffe (matron of honor), Ann Skakel (maid of honor), and Georgeann Skakel Dowdle (bridesmaid); sister-in-law of the bride, Joan Patricia Corroon Skakel (bridesmaid), and friends of the couple, William J. Brady, Jr., William Finkenstadt, Nicholas Rodis, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, Cleo A. O'Donnell, Jr., David L. Hackett, Charles D. Roche, Charles R. Glynn, James F. Noonan, George Terrien, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, and Celeste Pinto, who also served as attendants. Also pictured are Bob’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; and Ethel’s parents, George Skakel and Ann Brannack Skakel. This photograph album contains 65 photographic prints.
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
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-010-005
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-032-018
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30676
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts), Jean Kennedy Smith, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Ethel Skakel Kennedy (all with backs to camera) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. The Attorney General shakes hands with Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), U Thant. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-M25-1-61
Composite of four separate family photographs of the Kennedy Family, set in front of the family house in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Front Row (L-R): Eunice Kennedy Shriver; David Kennedy; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Kerry Kennedy (in Ethel Kennedy’s lap); Courtney Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy (behind Courtney Kennedy); Michael L. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Timothy Shriver (grabbing his shoes); Robert Shriver (behind Timothy Shriver); Maria Shriver; John F. Kennedy Jr.; Caroline Kennedy (with toy gun); President John F. Kennedy; Victoria Lawford; Sydney Lawford (behind Victoria Lawford); Christopher Lawford; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Peter Lawford. Back row (L-R): Kara Kennedy; Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy Jr.; Joan Bennett Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Joseph P. Kennedy II; R. Sargent Shriver; First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy; Stephen Smith (behind President Kennedy); Stephen Smith Jr.; Jean Kennedy Smith; William Smith. [Note (excerpted from Cecil Stoughton’s “The Memories: JFK 1961-1963," p. 104): "The montage is made of four separate pictures – a master picture of most of the family members in front of the family house in Hyannisport, a picture of Teddy Kennedy and his two children taken at his Cape home, a picture of Stephen Smith and his family taken at yet another place in Hyannisport, and a final shot of Peter Lawford taken at Malibu Beach."]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-8-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and wives of administration officials listen as President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. First row (L-R): Helen Sullivan O’Donnell (wife of Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell); Martha Buck Bartlett (wife of journalist Charles Bartlett); Jacqueline Kennedy. Second row (L-R): Jane Shields Freeman (wife of Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman); Ethel Kennedy; Margaret Craig McNamara (wife of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara); Phyllis Chess Ellsworth (wife of Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon). House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-15-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and others guests listen as President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Front row includes: Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee (wife of journalist Benjamin Bradlee); Helen Sullivan O’Donnell (wife of Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell); Martha Buck Bartlett (wife of journalist Charles Bartlett); Jacqueline Kennedy; Lucy (later Luci) Baines Johnson; Lady Bird Johnson. Second row includes Erma Lee Webb Udall (wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); Jane Shields Freeman (wife of Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman); Ethel Kennedy; Margaret Craig McNamara (wife of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara); Phyllis Chess Ellsworth (wife of Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon). House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-9-11-62
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and wives of administration officials listen as President John F. Kennedy delivers his annual address to the Congress on the State of the Union. Front row (L-R): Unidentified; Helen Sullivan O’Donnell (wife of Special Assistant to the President Kenneth O’Donnell); Martha Buck Bartlett (wife of journalist Charles Bartlett); Jacqueline Kennedy. Second row (L-R): Erma Lee Webb Udall (wife of Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall); Jane Shields Freeman (wife of Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman); Ethel Kennedy; Margaret Craig McNamara (wife of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara); Phyllis Chess Ellsworth (wife of Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon). House of Representatives Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-215-9-61
Guests listen to a speech during the General Assembly of the United Nations at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, New York City, New York. First row (L-R): Jayne Wrightsman; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy Lawford. Second row (L-R): Nancy Salinger (wife of the Press Secretary); Ethel Kennedy; Virginia Rusk (wife of the Secretary of State); Eleanor Roosevelt.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02778N
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (center, seated at head of table), dines outdoors with his children and others at the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Edward M. Kennedy; John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); unidentified; Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Ethel Skakel; Jean Kennedy.