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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.
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.
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.
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
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers
ROFKPP-010-005
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.
Collection
BHIPC
Photographs 1953-1960. Photographic negatives and prints of three Kennedy family weddings: Eunice Kennedy and R. Sargent Shriver, Patricia Kennedy and Peter Lawford, and Jean Kennedy and Stephen Smith. The collection also contains images of a reception hosted by Grant Stockdale for Senator John F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-94-63
Members of the Kennedy family attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy (holding folded flag) and Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden), walk in center. Also pictured: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Steve Smith; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; honor guard pallbearer, Corporal Douglas A. Mayfield (U.S. Army). Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-75-63
Members of the Kennedy family and others attend graveside services in the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, Richard Cardinal Cushing, delivers a reading (at left in foreground). Those pictured include: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Kennedy family friend, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland; President Kennedy’s valet, George E. Thomas; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Steve Smith; Ethel Skakel Kennedy; White House Secret Service agent, Clint Hill. Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C289-3-63
Kennedy family and friends celebrate the 75th birthday of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. L-R: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (at edge of frame), Martha Buck Bartlett, unidentified woman, Charles Bartlett, R. Sargent Shriver, Christopher Lawford, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, Ethel Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (partially hidden), Edward M. Kennedy, Joan Kennedy (partially hidden), and President John F. Kennedy (seated).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C289-21-63
Kennedy family members celebrate Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s birthday at his and Rose Kennedy's home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Front row (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Back row (L-R): R. Sargent Shriver, Stephen Smith, Sr., Ethel Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith, Rose Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Edward M. Kennedy, Joan Kennedy.
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.