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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-D
ST22
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-054-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life between 1932 and 1938. The title on the cover reads, “Album.” The scrapbook contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to his studies at the London School of Economics (1933-1934) and Harvard University (1934-1938), as well as time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residences in Bronxville in New York, Palm Beach in Florida, and Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and traveling in Europe. Destinations pictured include Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Bermuda, Georgia, and France. Of note are telegrams from Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy to their son; photographs of Joe, Jr., skiing with friends in Zermatt, Switzerland; two portrait cards from the Residenz Museum in Munich, Germany; photographic postcards featuring images of the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; an invitation from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Joe, Jr., for an event at the White House; materials related to Joe, Jr.’s athletic career at Harvard, where he participated in football, swimming, and rugby, including photographs of the 1936 Bermuda Rugby Week competition; a Bermuda Islands court summons issued to “Joseph Kennedy” and dated March 30, 1936; and telegrams sent to Joe, Jr., for his birthday. Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Sir James Calder; and economist Harold Laski. Handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in blue and black ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 224 photographic prints (including three tintypes), 53 newspaper and magazine clippings, and 36 photographic postcards, as well as telegrams, letters, invitations, menus, tickets, picture postcards, calling cards, and other types of printed ephemera.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-8-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts (partially hidden); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); President of Boston College, Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S.J.; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; White House Secret Service agent, Jack Ready. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-6-63
President John F. Kennedy takes part in the processional walk from Roberts Center to Alumni Field at Boston College, prior to a convocation ceremony commemorating the school’s centennial anniversary. Walking (L-R): British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); chief of the Boston office of the United States Secret Service, Frank V. McDermott (head turned); President Kennedy; Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring (head turned); others unidentified. Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-2-63
President John F. Kennedy delivers an address at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Also pictured: British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing. Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C107-1-63
President John F. Kennedy and other honored guests walk towards the stage on Alumni Field at Boston College, during a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Those walking with President Kennedy include: Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Georgetown University, Reverend Edward B. Bunn; British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody; President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; President of Boston College, Reverend Michael P. Walsh, S.J.; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Military Aide to the President, General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Floyd Boring. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-206-3-63
Governor of Massachusetts, Endicott “Chub” Peabody (at lectern), speaks at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College. Those pictured include: President John F. Kennedy; British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson; Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Massachusetts); Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cardinal Cushing; Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-205-3-63
President of Georgetown University, Reverend Edward B. Bunn, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. of Massachusetts (face obscured); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-205-1-63
British economist and author, Lady Barbara Ward Jackson, receives an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree at a convocation ceremony commemorating the centennial anniversary of Boston College; President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) delivered an address for the occasion. Those pictured include: Representative Edward P. Boland (Massachusetts); Representative James C. Auchincloss (New Jersey); Representative Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr. (Massachusetts); President of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan M. Pusey; Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts (head turned); Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts). Alumni Field, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.