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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JJH-01
In this interview Holtz discusses his relationship with John F. Kennedy [JFK]; working on JFK’s 1952 Senate campaign; comparisons between JFK and Henry Cabot Lodge during the 1952 Senate race; JFK, Holtz, and the Algerian crisis; JFK’s involvement with Holtz’s 1954 and 1956 congressional campaigns; discussing Senator Joseph McCarthy with JFK; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; and JFK and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis’ wedding, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JPH-01
In this interview Healey discusses meeting the Kennedy brothers at Harvard; John F. Kennedy’s [JFK] campaign for the House of Representatives in 1946; Healey’s political experience in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Michael J. Neville; Massachusetts politics in the postwar period; the “age factor” in the 1946 campaign; the development of JFK’s public speaking ability; engaging with the academic community in Cambridge during the 1946 campaign; Kennedy family members helping out on JFK’s campaigns; JFK’s worries after his election to his first term in Congress and his work once the term began; JFK on the House Labor Committee and the Hartley Bill in the House; the petition for the pardon of James Michael Curley and issues for JFK; Paul A. Dever; JFK’s 1952 campaign for Senate; Henry Cabot Lodge; speechwriting during the 1952 campaign; and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and JFK’s campaigns, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-29-A
KN08
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-JBH-01
This interview focuses on Hynes relationship with the Fitzgerald family, Hynes relationship with John F. Kennedy [JFK] during his campaigns, and Hynes role as National Committeeman, among other things.
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-1963-02-28-C
ST20
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-034-001
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning then President-elect Kennedy's address to the Massachusetts Legislature at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. In this speech, given eleven days prior to his inauguration, the President-elect quotes John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" sermon and highlights four qualities that he hopes to bring to his presidency: courage, judgment, integrity and dedication. Materials in this folder include a reading copy of the speech and a copy of a letter from the President-elect to an unknown recipient.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-JUR-01
This interview focuses on Russo’s campaign against John F. Kennedy [JFK] for Congress in 1946 and JFK’s 1952 campaign for Senate, among other topics.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18932
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18931
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18930
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18928
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18929
In an outdoor ceremony at Hammersmith Farm in Newport, Rhode Island, President John F. Kennedy presents Peter Princi with a commission naming Princi the Collector of Customs for the port of Boston. Princi’s wife, five children, and other relatives stand around him.
Collection
DHPP
Research assistant in John F. Kennedy's Boston office (1959-1960); campaign aide to John F. Kennedy (1960). Correspondence, memorandums, speeches, and other campaign materials relating to John F. Kennedy and the Cambridge, Massachusetts academic community.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-129-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, John F. Collins. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-129-1-63
President John F. Kennedy (in rocking chair) visits with Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, John F. Collins. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collection
BHNPC
Photographs, circa 1880-1972. Primarily 8” x 10” black-and-white prints. Images made by Boston Herald photographers and the Associated Press wire services, featuring John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family at various events during his tenure as Congressman through his presidency. Also included are historic family photographs as well as images of John F. Kennedy’s assassination and memorial services, Jacqueline Kennedy’s life through 1969, and the creation of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
Collection
BGNPC
Photographs, circa 1897-1962, created and collected for publication in The Boston Globe. Photographs include early images of the John F. Fitzgerald family, the Joseph P. Kennedy family, and John F. Kennedy from childhood through his tenure as Congressman.