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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RFK-04
In this interview Robert F. Kennedy [RFK] discusses American aid to Argentina; American, British, and French involvement in Africa; the 1962 executive order about segregation in federally-funded housing; appointing African-American judges; changes John F. Kennedy [JFK] was contemplating in the Alliance for Progress; the Dominican crisis; the wheat sale to the Soviet Union; the Bobby Baker case; preparing for JFK’s 1964 campaign; RFK’s return to work after JFK’s assassination and disagreements among the Cabinet members and under President Lyndon B. Johnson; changes in White House staff and the Democratic Party; RFK’s political plans for after 1964; and JFK’s opinions of his staff and appointees, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-RLG-01
Goldfarb discusses the Department of Justice during the John F. Kennedy administration, working with Robert F. Kennedy [RFK], trying organized crime cases in various locations across the country, and personal interaction with RFK, among other issues.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-LFO-02
This interview covers involvement in Robert F. Kennedy’s [RFK] 1964 campaign, RFK’s plans for the future after John F. Kennedy’s death, and RFK’s Africa trip, among other topics.
Oral history
Robert F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
RFKOH-JKJ-01
In this interview Javits discusses initial encounters with and impressions of Robert F. Kennedy [RFK]; RFK as Attorney General and judicial appointments; RFK’s 1964 Senate campaign; working with Senator RFK and issues between RFK and Javits in the Senate; the “many capacities” of RFK; RFK’s public speaking ability; and Bedford-Stuyvesant, among other issues.
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-010
Contains 13 photographic prints: (KFC55N, KFC60N, KFC57N, KFC59N, KFC536N, KFC537N, KFC984N, KFC542N, KFC56N, KFC58N, KFC909N, KFC534N, KFC535N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-009
Contains 5 photographic prints: (KFC994N, KFC343N, KFC339N, KFC345N, KFC340N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-008
Contains 6 photographic prints: (KFC342N, KFC65N, KFC64N, KFC338N, KFC63N, KFC341N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-007
Contains 8 photographic prints: (KFC3322P (original negative is KFC993N), KFC3323P (original negative is KFC992N), KFC991N, KFC989N, KFC988N, KFC993N, KFC992N, KFC990N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-001
Contains 19 photographic prints: (KFC1000N, KFC999N, KFC3280P, KFC2880P, KFC3281P, KFC3282P, KFC337N, KFC333N, KFC68N, KFC335N, KFC334N, KFC62N, KFC979N, KFC336N, KFC978N, KFC67N, KFC61N, KFC69N, KFC66N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-004-041
Contains 4 photographic prints: (KFC628N, KFC629N, KFC627N, KFC1597N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-004-036
Contains 7 photographic prints: (KFC996N, KFC3061P, KFC2888P, KFC2889P, KFC3270P, KFC2886P, KFC3333P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-021
Contains 7 photographic prints: (KFC633N, KFC631N, KFC632N, KFC986N, KFC630N, KFC995N, KFC328N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-003
Contains 21 photographic prints: (KFC3246P, KFC3247P, KFC3248P, KFC3249P, KFC1031N, KFC266N, KFC1032N, KFC1030N, KFC188N, KFC267N, KFC263N, KFC977N, KFC975N, KFC976N, KFC265N, KFC264N (copy negative), KFC997N, KFC1001N, KFC1029N, KFC261N, KFC1903N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-002
Contains 10 photographic prints: (KFC1006N, KFC1010N, KFC1011N, KFC1005N, KFC1007N, KFC1008N, KFC1009N, KFC1003N, KFC1004N, KFC967N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-017
Contains 5 photographic prints: (KFC327N, KFC331N, KFC330N, KFC558N, KFC561N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-014
Contains 6 photographic prints: (KFC2736N, KFC2735N, KFC2734N, KFC2733N, KFC2732N, KFC2731N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-013
Contains 8 photographic prints: (KFC2729N, KFC2730N, KFC2725N, KFC2726N, KFC2727N, KFC2728N, KFC2723N, KFC2724N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-040
Contains 7 photographic prints: (KFC611N, KFC614N, KFC610N, KFC612N, KFC609N, KFC615N, KFC613N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-039
Contains 13 photographic prints: (KFC573N, KFC569N, KFC567N, KFC572N, KFC571N, KFC568N, KFC987N, KFC605N, KFC607N, KFC608N, KFC606N, KFC574N, KFC570N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-032
Contains 5 photographic prints: (KFC566N, KFC564N, KFC562N, KFC565N, KFC563N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-031
Contains 16 photographic prints: (KFC553N, KFC554N, KFC557N, KFC82N, KFC985N, KFC983N, KFC981N, KFC980N, KFC982N, KFC559N, KFC332N, KFC543N, KFC560N, KFC329N, KFC555N, KFC556N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-021
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC526N, KFC525N, KFC531N, KFC530N, KFC529N, KFC533N, KFC527N, KFC146N, KFC532N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-049-002
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1933 to 1936. Photographs capture Rose and her family at their residences in Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, Bronxville in New York, and Palm Beach in Florida; at the beach at The Breakers Hotel and at the Sea Spray Club in Palm Beach; at the Ostrich-Alligator Farm & Zoo in Lantana, Palm Beach County; and at the West Beach Club on Cape Cod. Also of note are photographs of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter celebrations; birthday parties for Eunice Kennedy and Jean Kennedy; a Native American sun dance ceremony in Palm Beach; gymnastics exercises and boxing matches at the Sea Spray Club, in which Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy participated; Jean dressed for her First Communion and Confirmation in Bronxville; Ted’s picnic on the lawn of the family’s home in Bronxville with a friend identified as “Rita”; a visit to a warship in Provincetown, Massachusetts; Jean dressed in a Scottish tartan and kilt; and other activities including swimming, sailing, sledding, horseback riding, football, and other sports. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. “Jack” Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy (referred to as “Rose” in original captions); Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Rose’s parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; Rose’s sister, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and brother-in-law, Joseph F. Gargan, Sr.; Rose’s niece, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, and nephew, John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald (the children of her brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald); nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Betsey Cushing Roosevelt; Jean K. Webber; Eileen Morell; Frances “Sancy” Falvey; Mary O’Keefe; Olive Cawley; Nancy Tenney; and Jack’s Choate School classmate, Thomas Morgan Schriber. Others identified in original captions include, “Francis,” “Tommy,” “Gilbert,” “Miss Hood,” “Jean’s godmother” (“Mrs. Greene”), and “Mary.” All leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. This photograph album contains 322 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one photograph fragment.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-087-001
This photograph album, compiled by the Siracusa Construction Co., Inc., contains photographs of cottages that the company built for the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Home for Children in the Bronx, New York, in 1950. The Home was named in honor of naval aviator Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Lieutenant Kennedy was killed in action in 1944, during World War II. The title on the front cover reads, “Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Home / Cottages / Bronx, New York,” with the additional inscriptions, “Architects / Ferrenz & Taylor / New York, N.Y.” and “Builders / Siracusa Construction Co., Inc. / New York, N.Y.” The photographs show exterior views of the cottages. This photograph album contains three photographic prints and a printed card that reads, “Presented with our compliments / Siracusa Construction Co., Inc.”
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.