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Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-008-041
Contains 12 photographic prints: (KFC3660P, KFC3661P, KFC3662P, KFC3663P, KFC2781N, KFC2780N, KFC2779N, KFC2785N, KFC2784N, KFC2783N, KFC2782N, KFC3664P)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-071-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life from 1938 to 1941. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, "Scrap Book." It contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to trips to Europe in 1938 and 1939; his election as a Massachusetts delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention; his enrollment at Harvard Law School in 1940; and time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and on trips to St. Moritz, Switzerland, and the French Riviera, including at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Mexico, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, and California. Of note are photographs of the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, which Joe, Jr., visited before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War, as well as a photograph of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy christening the Esso Richmond, a new tanker ship, alongside her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald, and her daughter, Eunice Kennedy. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including an event at Buckingham Palace; fliers for discussions, rallies, and debates featuring Joe, Jr., that were held by organizations including College Men for Defense First, Brotherhood of Temple Ohabei Shalom, and the Young Democrats of Massachusetts; Spanish paper currency; and telegrams regarding political events and rallies sent by representatives of both State and National Democratic Committees. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Torbert Macdonald; Hugh Fraser; Tom Killefer; Tom Egerton; and Diana Maria Gerli. Loose materials include a photographic postcard from Sofia, Bulgaria and Shawmut Bank promotional material, possibly a bookmark. The scrapbook contains 133 photographic prints (including a contact print of a strip of three 35mm black and white negatives, and one photo fragment); 32 photographic postcards; and 62 pieces of ephemera, including invitations, correspondence, telegrams, tickets, newspaper clippings, calling cards, advertisements, programs, and fliers.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02785N
Unidentified men and children (several sitting and reclining on the ground) gather along the roadside near the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02784N
View of the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers. Negative is double exposed.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02783N
An unidentified man (center background, face obscured) builds a shelter made of sticks and bamboo at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02782N
Several unidentified men (back left, all seated except one) gather in a circle beside a shelter made of sticks and bamboo at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers. Streaking is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02781N
A Senegalese soldier poses outdoors at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers. Streaking and damage are original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02780N
An unidentified man poses outdoors at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers. Streaking is original to the negative.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-02779N
Several unidentified men stand together at the Argelès-sur-Mer concentration camp for Republican refugees in Argelès-sur-Mer, France, during Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s visit to the camp before touring Spain in the final months of the Spanish Civil War. [Notes: See also similar photographs in album KFC-071-001. See also "Spain, 1939: 36 letters, February 10-April 4, 1939" (JPKPP-017-021) and "Spain, 1939: "Dear Dad: An Ambassador's Son Writes from Spain" drafts" (JPKPP-018-001), from the Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers. Streaking and damage are original to the negative.]