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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RPH-01
This interview focuses on JFK’s time at Choate Academy and his 1960 presidential campaign, among other topics.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-MAS-01
This interview focuses on Shea’s relationship with JFK while at Choate, JFK’s qualities and mannerisms, and Shea’s contributions to JFK’s presidential campaign, among other issues.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-HDT-01
In this interview Tinker discusses John F. Kennedy [JFK] at Choate Academy, including JFK’s poor health; his relationship with Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. and with his parents; JFK’s friends at Choate; the Muckers Club; and comparisons of how JFK was portrayed after his death, among other issues.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-179-005
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s taped message for later broadcast to the alumni of the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Textual folder
David F. Powers Personal Papers
DFPPP-028-040
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-006-013
This folder contains a copy of the Choate Alumni Bulletin with an article by H.L. Tinker titled “Jack Kennedy’s Challenge.”
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-053-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. "Jack" Kennedy, documents his time at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, from 1933 to 1935. The front cover features the school seal stamped in gold. The title page reads, “The National Memory and Fellowship Book,” with a nameplate reading, “John F. Kennedy / West Wing - Choate School / Wallingford, Conn / 1933.” The first half of the scrapbook consists of pre-printed pages with space for signatures and messages from classmates, photographs and printed ephemera, and Jack’s notes on his academic and athletic endeavors, social activities, and daily life. Many of these pages are pre-printed with topical titles, including “Faculty and Campus,” “Student Hall of Fame,” “Comparative Athletic Record,” “Clubs and Societies,” “School and Social Functions,” “My Favorites,” “Entertainments, Lectures, Plays,” and “Memorable Trips.” Topical pages are followed by monthly dated calendar pages, some of which contain original handwritten entries in black and blue ink and pencil. The second half of the scrapbook consists of blank leaves that contain newspaper clippings; photographs; correspondence; printed ephemera, including invitations, tickets, membership cards, pamphlets, business cards, and programs; and other items pertaining to Jack’s education at Choate and his activities during that time. Of note are photographs of Jack and his classmates who formed the “Muckers” club, including Ross Edwards Allen; Roy Oliver “Bob” Beach, Jr.; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Paul J. “Boogie” Chase; Ralph D. “Rip” Horton; Charles Edward Marsh II; Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr.; John Whiting Morse; Charles “Butch” Schriber II; Maurice Arthur “Maure/Moe” Shea, Jr.; and James DeWitt “Smoky/Smokey” Wilde III. Also included are invitations to events at the White House; handwritten birthday messages in black and blue ink to Jack from his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; an autograph from the writer Gertrude Stein; a handwritten letter in black ink from star Harvard University football player Huntington Reed “Tack” Hardwick; a receipt for a $2.50 fine paid to the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida; autographed photographs from members of the Choate football team, including Gordon Thayer Barlow, Bob Beach, Hugh De Neufville “Bud” Wynne, Lem Billings, Irving Hudson Meehan, Jr., William Joseph “Bill” Albinger, and Moe Shea; and a postcard sent to Jack by his mother from aboard the S.S. Bremen. Also featured in photographs, clippings, and other materials in the scrapbook are Jack’s father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, and brother, Robert F. Kennedy; his grandfather, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; family friends, Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Choate School headmaster, George Clair St. John; English teacher, Harold L. Tinker; members of Choate yearbook (“The Brief”) committee, for which Jack was the Business Manager; and other classmates and friends, including Ruth Marian Quigley (later Moffett), Ruth Moffett (later Johnson), Olive Cawley, Thomas Morgan Schriber, Charles Nelson “Charlie” Hoyt, Adelaide Moffett, Gloria Baker, Eleanor Young, Katherine Barker, and Helen Barker. Locations pictured in photographs include the Choate School campus and the Kennedy family home and surrounding area in Palm Beach. The scrapbook contains a selection of loose materials that were enclosed in an envelope adhered to the inside back cover; many of these items pre- and post-date the scrapbook itself and represent dates from 1929 through 1950. Original handwritten entries, captions, and inscriptions are written in black and blue ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 88 newspaper clippings, 78 photographic prints, and 74 other items, including correspondence and printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-020-005
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-020-004
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-141
This folder contains photocopies of John F. Kennedy's early letters to his parents and progress reports from the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut which author Gene Schoor used to write Young Jack Kennedy.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-004-102
This folder contains a letter to John F. Kennedy from Seymour St. John, Headmaster at the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, concerning new programs at the school.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-004
This folder contains a copy of President John F. Kennedy's recorded message to alumni of the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut concerning the individual and national benefits of quality educational institutions.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-001-010
This folder contains materials concerning John F. Kennedy's education at Canterbury School and the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. Materials in this folder include report cards, a letter to Joseph P. Kennedy from the Choate School Assistant Headmaster, and handwritten letters from President Kennedy (then a student) to his parents concerning the football team and his academic standing. Of note is a letter from John F. Kennedy to Joseph P. Kennedy requesting a raise in his allowance so he may purchase his Boy Scouts of America supplies.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-001-009
This folder contains materials concerning The Brief, the annual yearbook of the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. Materials in this folder include correspondence and a copy of the 1935 yearbook.
Textual folder
John F. Kennedy Personal Papers
JFKPP-001-008
This folder contains materials concerning correspondence between President Kennedy, members of the Kennedy family, and staff members of the Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut. Materials in this folder include a letter and an inventory of the correspondence held at the Choate School archives.