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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-028
Contains 10 photographic prints: (KFC544N, KFC136N, KFC320N, KFC103N, KFC303N, KFC153N, KFC163N, KFC155N, KFC121N, KFC134N)
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0913-046
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York City during his 1960 presidential campaign. In his speech the Senator compares the campaign to the 1928 presidential campaign, including on issues of labor and national security.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-0957-025
This folder contains materials concerning Senator John F. Kennedy’s appearance at the Al Smith Dinner held in New York City, including memoranda, transcripts of Senator Kennedy’s speech concerning former New York Governor Alfred "Al" Smith, and correspondence between members of Senator Kennedy’s staff and various individuals.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0810-008
This folder contains a memorandum titled The Catholic Vote in 1952 and 1956, written in Spring 1956, which contains "an analysis of available statistics and polls indicating the strength of the Catholic vote in key states and cities, its division among the Republican and Democratic parties, and the significance to the Democratic party of reversing in 1956 the 1952 Republican trend among Catholic voters." There is also an analysis of Al Smith's performance in the 1928 election, and excerpts from Smith's statements on religion.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0905-004
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech given at a dinner in New York City honoring former New York Governor Al Smith. In his speech the Senator discusses Governor Smith's achievements and career in public service.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-00134N
Former Governor of New York, Alfred E. Smith (center, wearing hat), stands with an unidentified man by the pool during swimming races at the Sea Spray Club, Palm Beach, Florida; several award trophies sit on table at left. [Notes: Original caption from vintage print in album KFC-046-001 reads, "February 1935, Races at Sea Spray Club Feb. 1935, Al Smith."]
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-046-001
This photograph album, likely compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and/or Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, documents the activities of the Kennedy family during the years 1925 through 1936. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Those pictured include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose; their children, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; Rose’s parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her sister, Agnes Fitzgerald; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; family friends and associates, including Edward E. “Eddie” Moore and Mary Moore, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, and former Governor of New York, Alfred E. Smith; and Kennedy family dog, Bobby. Photographs capture time spent at the family’s primary residence in Bronxville, New York; in Cohasset, Massachusetts, where they rented a cottage near the beach; and at their secondary residences in Palm Beach, Florida, and Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Of note are photographs of an unidentified nurse holding Ted at Saint Margaret's Hospital in Dorchester, Massachusetts, five days after his birth; a visit to the Ostrich-Alligator Farm & Zoo in Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida; views of the Kennedy family home in Palm Beach; boxing matches at the Sea Spray Club in Palm Beach, in which Bob and Ted participated; Eunice and Eddie Moore fishing in Palm Beach; Joe, Jr., dressed in drag with classmates at Harvard University; and family members and friends participating in both warm-weather and cold-weather outdoor activities. Many leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, in two different hands, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose or Kathleen, and the writers have not been determined. This photograph album contains 93 photographic prints and two photograph fragments.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Presidential Campaign Files, 1960
JFKCAMP1960-1029-006
The folder contains a speech by Senator John F. Kennedy honoring Al Smith, former governor of New York and Democratic candidate in the 1928 presidential election.