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Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-044-002
This photograph album, likely compiled by a Kennedy family member or friend, documents various moments in the lives of the Fitzgerald and Kennedy families between 1907 and 1952. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Those pictured include Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her sister, Agnes Fitzgerald; her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; her children, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Edward M. “Teddy” Kennedy; and family friends, Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore. Locations featured in photographic prints and postcards include Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Poland Spring, Maine; Yosemite National Park, California; and Palm Beach, Florida. Of note are photographs of Joe, Jr., attending summer camp, wearing a suit on the occasion of his Confirmation, dressed in drag with classmates at Harvard University, and posing in his United State Navy uniform; Eddie Moore posing with several donkeys and small horses; Joseph, Sr., and Rose christening a ship; Kennedy and Fitzgerald family members and friends participating in winter activities in Poland Spring; Agnes visiting Yosemite National Park; and family members spending time in Palm Beach. Two loose items found between the leaves of the album are half of a printed menu featuring the U.S.S. Constitution on its cover and a campaign pamphlet from John's 1952 U.S. Senate campaign. This photograph album contains 46 photographic prints, six photographic postcards, one menu, and one political pamphlet.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-057-001
This diary, kept by Kathleen Kennedy, contains handwritten entries detailing her daily activities for the year 1935. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Day by Day Diary.” Pages contain pre-printed ruling and text, including entry dates, as well as manuscript entries in blue and black ink and pencil, both on dated pages as well as on other pre-printed pages at the end of the diary. Entries cover a variety of topics, including her education at the Noroton School of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Noroton Heights, Connecticut, and at the Holy Child School in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; her relationships with family and friends; and films, parties, dances, and other social events that she attended. Other locations she spent time in include Palm Beach, Florida; New York City, Saratoga, and Southampton, New York; and Paris, France.