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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-27-C
ST26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-09-07-B
ST29
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-072-001
This diary, kept by Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy as a 6- and 7-year old child, contains handwritten entries detailing his daily activities from January 1, 1939, through September 9, 1939, while residing at 14 Prince’s Gate in London, England, where the Kennedy family lived during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Diary / No. 28 / 1939.” Pages contain pre-printed ruling and text, including entry dates, as well as manuscript entries written in black ink. Most entries were not written by Ted, but most likely by Kennedy family nurse, Luella Hennessey, with Ted dictating. Ted’s handwriting appears in entries from July 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18. Entries cover a variety of topics, including Ted’s education at the Gibbs School and St. Thomas More School, both in London; various train and boat rides during the family’s travels; social events, including a party attended by the British royal family at which Ted danced with Princess Elizabeth; outings to parks, zoos, movies, and pantomime performances; and playtime and sports activities with family and friends. Specific events and experiences that Ted mentions include a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag speech; the death of Pope Pius XI; Ted’s seventh birthday, for which he received a new dog, named “Sammy”; the family’s trip to Rome in Italy, as well as the Vatican, during which he received his First Holy Communion from Pope Pius XII; bombings of London by the Irish Republican Army; a visit to the estate of family friend, Sir James Calder, in Norfolk, England; a family trip to Cannes and Antibes in France; events leading up to Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, including the relocation of members of the Kennedy family to financier John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.'s country estate in Hertfordshire, England, while awaiting transport back to America; and the sinking of the S.S. Athenia. Luella Hennessey and the Kennedy children's governess, Elizabeth Dunn, also feature prominently throughout the diary. About half of the pages for July and August do not contain entries. The last entry of the diary is September 9, 1939; the remaining pages dated through December 31, 1939, are blank. The diary also contains three loose photographs, one loose newspaper clipping, and one loose printed birthday invitation.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-070-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his travels, family life, political work, and naval career between 1938 and 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Scrap Book.” It contains newspaper clippings, photographic prints and postcards, handwritten and typed letters, and printed ephemera related to his travels in the United States and Europe, including a 1939 visit to Spain at the end of the Spanish Civil War; his involvement with the Democratic Party, including as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and his diplomatic work as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom; his family's travels between the U.S. and England; his naval training at the Squantum Naval Air Station in Quincy, Massachusetts; and other news and current events of the time. Other Kennedy family members mentioned in clippings include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy; grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; aunt, Margaret L. Burke; uncle, Thomas A. Fitzgerald; cousins, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald and John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald; and his sister Kathleen's future husband, William "Billy" Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington. Photographs feature Joe, Jr., attending unidentified events, with fellow trainees at the Squantum Naval Air Station, and holding a fish. An additional photograph shows an aerial view of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach, Florida. Photographic postcards feature images of canals in Xochimilco, Mexico, and of Joe, Jr., in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Senders of typed and handwritten correspondence include British politician Arthur Greenwood; politician and Democratic National Convention Chairman, James A. Farley; journalist Arthur Krock; Executive Director of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, J. W. Farley; and Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby. Printed ephemera include a dance card with a pencil attached by string; a flier advertising a debate on Lend-Lease policy; a printed menu and seating chart for a dinner attended by Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, R. B. Pearson; a ticket book for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in July 1940; and a printed booklet published by the Squantum Naval Air Station titled, "Flight 62 / Knocks It Off," and dated August 7, 1941. Another item of note is a paper bag printed with Spanish text; bags of this type originally contained loaves of bread and were part of a campaign by General Francisco Franco in which airplanes dropped bread over Madrid, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Original notations are written in blue and black ink and pencil on the rectos and/or versos of some of the clippings. This scrapbook contains 75 newspaper and magazine clippings, nine photographic prints and postcards, six pieces of correspondence, and seven other pieces of printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-056-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents events from 1938 to 1939 while her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. An original handwritten inscription in blue ink taped to the front cover reads, “Garden Party / London 1939 / St. Moritz 1938 / Kathleen Jean + Bobby / Embassy.” An original typed inscription that was once taped to the inside front cover but has become detached 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." Of note are photographs of a garden party that the couple hosted at the Ambassador's residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London, England, on July 4th, 1939; of a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland, following the Christmas holiday in 1938; and of the Kennedy children at the Prince's Gate residence. Those pictured include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; and Jean Kennedy. Others pictured attending the Prince's Gate garden party, as identified in original captions and contemporary newspaper accounts, include Phyllis G. Seymour-Holm; actress Fanny (also spelled "Fannie") Ward; and sisters Mary Carolyn "Marylyn" Bruner and Betty Bruner. Original handwritten captions are written in white ink on the leaves beneath some of the photographs. This photograph album contains 46 photographic prints and photographic postcards.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-27-62
President John F. Kennedy (center) attends an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York. Also pictured: Mr. Krim; singer, Harry Belafonte; Julie Robinson Belafonte; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; actor and singer, Diahann Carroll.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-2-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with comedian, Jack Benny (left), and Eunice Kennedy Shriver (center) during an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York. Also pictured: Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien; comedian, Mike Nichols; composer, Richard Adler.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-15-62
President John F. Kennedy visits with actor and singer, Diahann Carroll, during an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York. Eunice Kennedy Shriver stands at far left in background.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-10-62
Entertainer, Eddie Jackson, performs during an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York. Also pictured: Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Jean Kennedy Smith; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President for Congressional Relations, Larry O'Brien; First Lady of New York City, Susan Wagner; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Bob Lilley.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-33-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland; his second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan (in flowered dress), stands on his right. Also pictured: President Kennedy's sisters, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (in green outfit) and Jean Kennedy Smith (mostly hidden, in blue checkered outfit); Mary Ryan's daughters, Josephine "Josie" Ryan (mostly hidden, in blue dress) and Mary Ann Ryan (partially hidden, in pink dress); newsreel photographer for United Press Movietone, Thomas J. Craven, Sr.; and White House Secret Service agents Jerry Blaine and Emory Roberts.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-32-63
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, sisters of President John F. Kennedy (not pictured), pose with their second cousins once removed at a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mrs. Shriver; Mary Ryan; Mrs. Smith; and Margaret Kirwan. The Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (wearing hat), stands at far left; Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey, stands on the far right at the edge of the frame.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A7-1-63
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, sisters of President John F. Kennedy (not pictured) pose with their second cousins once removed at a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Standing in foreground (L-R): Mrs. Shriver; Mary Ryan; Mrs. Smith; and Margaret Kirwan. Another cousin, Margaret Whitty (in black coat), stands at far right; the Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (wearing hat), stands at far left.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-073-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life, travels, and social activities from 1939 to 1942. Photographs document time spent at the Kennedy family’s residences in Palm Beach in Florida, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Bronxville in New York; aboard the S.S. Washington en route to New York City, New York, from Europe; at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; in Sainte-Marguerite-du-lac-Masson in Quebec, Canada; at the Maryland Hunt Cup near Reisterstown, Maryland; at the Berkshire Music Festival (now called the Tanglewood Music Festival) in Lenox, Massachusetts; at Bailey’s Beach in Newport, Rhode Island; as a bridesmaid in the wedding of Kennedy family friend, Anne McDonnell, to Henry Ford II, in Southampton, New York; at the Edgartown Regatta on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; on a camping trip in Wise River, Montana; on a trip to England; at the Beachcomber Lounge in Boston, Massachusetts; at Club Waikiki in New York City; at the Scranton family estate in Scranton, Pennsylvania; on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota; at the Coleman and Schweppe family estates in Lake Forest, Illinois; and at parties at both Kathleen’s apartment and the apartment of Kennedy family friend Inga Arvad in Washington, D.C. Other locations pictured include Narragansett, Rhode Island; Greenwich, Connecticut; Lexington and Chatham, Massachusetts; Seminole, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Charleston, South Carolina. Family members pictured in photographs include Kathleen’s parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob/Bobbie” [sic] Kennedy; Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted/Teddy” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and cousin, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr. Over one hundred friends and acquaintances also appear in photographs, many of whom are identified in original captions. Those who appear more than once within the album include: Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Tom Killefer; Torbert "Torb" Macdonald; Richard J. “Dick” Cotter, Jr.; Nancy Van Vleck; Beverley A. “Bev” Bogert; C. Z. “Cizzie” Cochrane; John “Zeke” Coleman, Jr.; Nancy Tenney; Charlotte McDonnell; Francis Huger “Mac” McAdoo, Jr.; Cynthia “Cynth” McAdoo; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem/Leem” Billings; Thomas Henry “Harry” Dixon; John “Johnny” Pyne; Appie Whitney; Eben Pyne; Alison “Allie/Ally” Pyne; Cammann “Cam” Newberry; Constance “Connie” Shepard; James Ayer “Jim” Rousmaniere; Helen MacDonald; Marie Murray; Cyrus Robinson “Cy” Taylor; Nelson Macy, Jr.; William Fuller “Bill” Borland; George Morris Cheston; William Warren “Bill” Scranton; Abbott Widdicombe; Gaspard d’Andelot “Don” Belin; Harriet Bundy “Hattie” Belin; Stanley Rogers “Stan” Resor; Anne Reed; Charles Alfred “Chuckie/Chucky” Pillsbury; Jane "Pil" Pillsbury; Muriel Macy; Demarest "Demi" Lloyd, Jr.; George Houk Mead, Jr.; Richard R. “Dick” Flood; Elizabeth Wayne “Betty” Coxe; Charles “Chuck” Spalding; Inga Arvad; and Mary Dickey. Also pictured are industrialist Henry Ford, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Clementine Ogilvy Spencer Churchill. Original handwritten captions are written in black ink on many of the leaves. This photograph album contains 636 photographic prints and two photo fragments.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-A47-28-62
Entertainer, Jimmy Durante, performs during an evening reception at the residence of Arthur B. Krim and Dr. Mathilde Krim in New York City, New York; President John F. Kennedy stands at left in background. Also pictured: Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Julie Robinson Belafonte; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Mr. Krim; dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; actor and singer, Shirley MacLaine.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-05-19-C
ST10
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-31-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right, standing in front of table: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (holding teacup); President Kennedy; Minister for External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken (mostly obscured, behind the President); unidentified (mostly obscured); the President's third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan; third cousins, Kitty Kennedy and Mary Ann Ryan; unidentified; and third cousin, Patrick Kirwan. The President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (in green outfit), stands behind the table; the President's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan (in red dress), stands right of Mrs. Shriver.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-9-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) poses with relatives during a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousins once removed, Mary Ryan and James "Jim" Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the President); the President; his third cousin, Mary Ann Ryan; cousin, Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; several unidentified persons; the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and an unidentified man.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-4-63
President John F. Kennedy (center) poses with relatives during a reception at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousins once removed, Mary Ryan and James "Jim" Kennedy (mostly hidden behind the President); the President; his third cousin, Mary Ann Ryan; cousin, Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; and several unidentified persons. The President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (mostly hidden), stands behind an unidentified man on the far right. U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands in the background at the far right edge of frame.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-3-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception with relatives at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's third cousin, Mary Ann Ryan, and second cousin, Mary Ryan (both behind floral arrangement); third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan (behind Mary Ryan); the President; his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; and third cousins, Kitty Kennedy (holding teapot) and Joan Kirwan.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-24-63
President John F. Kennedy (center left) attends a reception with relatives at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Left to right (in foreground): President Kennedy's second cousin once removed, Margaret Kirwan; his sister, Jean Kennedy Smith; third cousin, Josephine "Josie" Ryan; second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan (partially hidden); the President; his second cousin once removed, James "Jim" Kennedy; third cousins, Patrick Kirwan (mostly hidden) and Mary Ann Ryan; cousin Margaret Whitty; third cousin, Joan Kirwan; several unidentified persons; the President's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver; and an unidentified man. [Scratches throughout image are original to the negative.]
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C232-2-63
President John F. Kennedy (center right, drinking tea) attends a reception with relatives at the Kennedy Homestead in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland. Also pictured: Ambassador to Ireland, Matthew McCloskey (center left, drinking tea); President Kennedy's third cousins, Mary Ann Ryan (left of the President, wearing light pink dress) and Josephine "Josie" Ryan (partially hidden, behind Mary Ann); his second cousin once removed, Mary Ryan (left of the President, in flowered dress); third cousin, Kitty Kennedy (in red dress at right, back to camera); and his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (in green dress at right).
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.