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Scrapbooks and albums: Joseph P. Kennedy family, others, 1922-1944

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Digital Identifier:
KFC-068-001
Title:
Scrapbooks and albums: Joseph P. Kennedy family, others, 1922-1944
Date(s) of Materials:
1922-1944
Folder Description:
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family between 1922 and 1944, with most materials dating between 1931 and 1944. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture Kathleen with family and friends at the Kennedy family’s residences in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts; Bronxville, New York; and Palm Beach, Florida. Other photographs capture family members and friends in Plymouth, Massachusetts; at the American Embassy in London, England; aboard an ocean liner traveling from England to the United States; and at various other locations. In addition to Kathleen, those pictured include her parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. "Jack" Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; her aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and uncle, Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; her cousins, John F. “Jackie” Fitzgerald, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, Mary Jo Gargan, Joseph Francis “Joey” Gargan, Jr., and Ann Gargan; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kicko/Kiko” Conboy; governesses to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill and Elizabeth Dunn; nurse to the Kennedy children, Luella Hennessey; and Kennedy family friends, Edward E. Moore, Sally Bottomley, Anne McDonnell, Mary Frances "Sancy" Falvey, Grover Loening, Tom Killefer, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Max O’Rell Truitt, Paul Jerome "Boogie" Chase, Harriet “Etsie” Wells, David L. “Dave” Hackett, and Michael J. “Mike” Egan. Other friends identified in original captions and inscriptions include Mary Louise Ghert, Mary Hubbard, Donald “Donny” Cobb, Tommy Dean, Joey Crowley, Jean Duff, “Rita,” “Jimmy,” “Frances,” “Frankie,” and “Barbara,” as well as a woman named “Mrs. Greene,” identified as Jean’s godmother. Also pictured are horses and other animals, including two of the Kennedy family’s dogs, Fury and Spooky, as well as boats, including Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.'s yacht, the “Davilis.” Original handwritten captions are written in blue and black ink and pencil on many of the leaves and on the versos of some photographs. This photograph album contains 191 photographic prints and three photographic postcards.
Extent:
1 photograph album (88 pages; 11.260 x 14.173 x 1.535 inches)
Collection:
Kennedy Family Collection
Finding Aid | Digitized Content
Series Number:
4.
Preferred Citation:
Copyright John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Kennedy Family Collection. Scrapbooks and albums: Joseph P. Kennedy family, others, 1922-1944. KFC-068-001. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Person(s):
Bailey, Harriet Wells, 1922-2021
Barbara (Kennedy family friend)
Bastien, Alice Cahill
Billings, Lem (Kirk LeMoyne), 1916-1981
Bottomley, Sally (Kennedy family friend)
Chase, Paul Jerome, 1916-2003
Clasby, Mary Josephine Gargan, 1932-2022
Cobb, Donald (Kennedy family friend)
Conboy, Katherine, 1882?-
Crowley, Joey (Kennedy family friend)
Dean, Tommy (Kennedy family friend)
Duff, Jean (Kennedy family friend)
Dunn, Elizabeth
Egan, Michael Joseph, 1926-2016
Fitzgerald, John F. (John Francis), 1863-1950
Fitzgerald, John F., II, 1923-1999
Fitzgerald, Mary Josephine Hannon, 1865-1964
Frances (Kennedy family friend)
Frankie (Kennedy family friend)
Fury (Dog)
Gargan, Agnes Fitzgerald, 1892-1936
Gargan, Joseph Francis, Jr., 1930-2017
Gargan, Joseph Francis, Sr., 1890-1946
Ghert, Mary Louise (Kennedy family friend)
Hackett, David Low, 1926-2011
Hennessey-Donovan, Luella, 1905-2001
Hubbard, Mary (Kennedy family friend)
Jimmy (Kennedy family friend)
Johnson, Anne McDonnell Ford, 1919-1996
Kennedy family
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969
Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1915-1944
Kennedy, Kathleen, 1920-1948
Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995
Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005
Killefer, Tom, 1917-1996
King, Ann Gargan, 1934-
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 1924-2006
Loening, Grover Cleveland, 1888-1976
Mrs. Greene (Kennedy family friend)
Moore, Edward E., 1877?-1953
Mullen, Marion Eunice, 1925-2000
Newman, Mary Frances, 1919-2003
Rita (Kennedy family friend)
Shriver, Eunice (Eunice Kennedy), 1921-2009
Smith, Jean Kennedy, 1928-2020
Spooky (Dog)
Truitt, Marian Barkley, 1908-1996
Physical Description:
1 photograph album (88 pages; 11.260 x 14.173 x 1.535 inches)
Media Type:
Bound Volume
Related Records:
Palm Beach, Joseph P. Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, children, James Roosevelt, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, others, 1934
Palm Beach, Joseph P. Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, children, others, 1935: January
Bronxville, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, others, 1935: December
Palm Beach and vicinity, Kennedy family, K. LeMoyne "Lem" Billings, others, 1936: March-April
Bronxville, Edward M. Kennedy, ca. 1937: May
Palm Beach, Joseph P. Kennedy, Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, children, "Xmas '37"
Hyannis Port, Patricia Kennedy, others, 1937
Hyannis Port, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, others, 1937
Bronxville, Patricia Kennedy, others, undated
Bronxville, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, others, 1938: February
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