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Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-063-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, contains newspaper clippings from 1938 and 1939 that document a range of activities of the Kennedy family during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, when the family lived at the Ambassador's residence at 14 Prince's Gate in London, England. Topics covered by clippings include the coronation of Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, which Ambassador Kennedy attended; the prospect of British involvement in the global conflict that became World War II; Ambassador Kennedy’s opinions on and actions related to the war and other political and economic issues; the arrivals of the Kennedy children in London; and various sporting events and society news. Two loose items found between pages of the scrapbook are a calling card from the U.S. Ambassador to France, William C. Bullitt, and a photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a reindeer with the printed caption, “Lappi/Lappland.” This scrapbook contains 45 newspaper clippings, one calling card, and one photographic print.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-061-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and other aspects of his life from 1936 to 1940. The scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, postcards, and printed ephemera related to his time at Harvard University; his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; trips to various European countries; and social events and activities. Newspaper and periodical clippings cover a wide range of topics, including Joe, Jr.’s athletic career and involvement in student government at Harvard; the Kennedy family’s arrival in London, England, following Joe, Sr.'s appointment as ambassador; the prospect of British involvement in the global conflict that became World War II; Joe, Sr.'s opinions on and actions related to the war; and other political and society news and events. Others featured in clippings and pictured in photographs include Joe, Jr.’s mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; his siblings, John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy; his grandparents, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; his cousin, Joseph Francis Gargan, Jr.; and family friend, Hugh Fraser. Printed ephemera pasted into the scrapbook include invitations to various parties, receptions, luncheons, dinners, weddings, meetings, and banquets, including a ball at Buckingham Palace; event programs; menus; tickets; and calling cards. Of note are a set of fingerprints that Joe, Jr., had taken during a visit to the Boston Police Headquarters; an envelope containing five bird feathers; photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag for a Harvard theater production; clippings related to his purported relationship with figure skater Megan Taylor; a letter from British Member of Parliament, Anthony Eden; photographic prints and postcards that capture a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; a photograph of Joe, Jr., aboard the R.M.S. Mauretania; clippings related to Joe, Jr.’s voyage from London to New York City, New York; Spanish paper currency; an unsent postcard addressed to Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy, nanny to the Kennedy children, signed by Joe, Jr.; a photographic postcard signed by Alois Lang, the actor who portrayed Jesus in the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; contact prints of strips of 35mm black and white negatives that capture scenes from Joe, Jr.’s 1939 trip to Spain with Kathleen following the end of the Spanish Civil War, including images of Spanish Loyalist tanks and damage from the siege of the Alcázar of Toledo; a photographic postcard featuring an image of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Hermann Göring; signed portrait photos of several unidentified women; and prints of four watercolor illustrations depicting scenes from the Spanish Civil War, credited to “Artillery Lieutenant Luis Serrano.” Other destinations pictured in photographic prints and postcards include Warsaw, Poland; Cannes, France; Capri, Rome, Venice, Naples, and Amalfi, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark; Czechoslovakia; Killarney and other locations in Ireland; and Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Original handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in black ink on some of the leaves. This photograph album contains 164 photographic prints and postcards, 134 newspaper and periodical clippings, 29 pieces of printed ephemera, six banknotes and two banknote fragments, four pieces of correspondence, and four prints of watercolor drawings.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-058-001
This photograph album, compiled by Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, documents her life during the years 1935 to 1937, when she spent time abroad attending the Holy Child School in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and traveling with family and friends before returning to the United States to complete her education at the Noroton School of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Noroton Heights, Connecticut. The stamped title on the cover reads, “Pictures.” Photographs capture her time spent in Gstaad, Switzerland, for the 1935 Christmas holiday; sightseeing in Paris, France; a tour of Italy with friends from March to April 1936; a trip to Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and Moscow, Russia, with her mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in May 1936; a visit to England with friends in June 1936; sailing on Cape Cod in the summer of 1936; Christmas in Palm Beach, Florida, in 1936; and a trip to Ireland and Scotland with her brother, Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy, Jr., in August 1937. Also included are numerous photographs of Kathleen and her classmates at both the Holy Child School and the Noroton School. Of note are photographs of Prime Minister of Italy, Benito Mussolini; Nazi soldiers marching in Berlin, Germany; Michelangelo’s David statue at its original location in Florence, Italy; Mt. Vesuvius and the ruins at Pompeii, Italy; and Kathleen kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland. Other Kennedy family members, friends, and classmates of Kathleen’s pictured include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Alexander William Guy “Alex” de Pourtales; Eleanor “Ellie” Hoguet; Derek Richardson; Frederick Sinclair “Freddy” Carson; Lawrence “Larry” Wilkinson; Anne McDonnell; Charlotte McDonnell; Torbert “Torb” Macdonald; Sir James Calder; Lady Mildred Calder; Jim McColl; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; Ralph “Rip” Horton; Elizabeth “Betty” Rice; Mary Veronica “Von” Rice; Sonio Coletti-Petrucca; Allison Garver; and Edith Garver. This photograph album contains 331 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-054-001
This scrapbook, compiled by Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., documents his education, travels, and family life between 1932 and 1938. The title on the cover reads, “Album.” The scrapbook contains photographs of and printed ephemera related to his studies at the London School of Economics (1933-1934) and Harvard University (1934-1938), as well as time spent with family and friends at the Kennedy family residences in Bronxville in New York, Palm Beach in Florida, and Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and traveling in Europe. Destinations pictured include Switzerland, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Scotland, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, Bermuda, Georgia, and France. Of note are telegrams from Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy to their son; photographs of Joe, Jr., skiing with friends in Zermatt, Switzerland; two portrait cards from the Residenz Museum in Munich, Germany; photographic postcards featuring images of the 1934 performance of the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria, Germany; an invitation from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to Joe, Jr., for an event at the White House; materials related to Joe, Jr.’s athletic career at Harvard, where he participated in football, swimming, and rugby, including photographs of the 1936 Bermuda Rugby Week competition; a Bermuda Islands court summons issued to “Joseph Kennedy” and dated March 30, 1936; and telegrams sent to Joe, Jr., for his birthday. Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs and clippings include Joseph, Sr.; Rose; John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald; John F. Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy; Kathleen Kennedy; Eunice Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; Sir James Calder; and economist Harold Laski. Handwritten captions and inscriptions are written in blue and black ink on many of the leaves. This scrapbook contains 224 photographic prints (including three tintypes), 53 newspaper and magazine clippings, and 36 photographic postcards, as well as telegrams, letters, invitations, menus, tickets, picture postcards, calling cards, and other types of printed ephemera.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-050-001
This photograph album, compiled by Eunice Kennedy, documents events in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1946. An original typed inscription taped to the inside front cover reads, "I should appreciate it if no one remove pictures from this book. If you do so, it will not be so interesting for other people. Personally, I should like to keep all the pictures to look at myself, because as you know we lost all the moving pictures of you children. Many of these pictures have been lost in the past, due to the clamor of newspapermen, so please do not remove any more. Thank you. Rose Kennedy." Those pictured in photographs include Eunice Kennedy; her parents, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; her siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Patricia “Pat” Kennedy, Robert F. “Bob” Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; her grandparents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; and family friends, including Tom Killefer, former Boston Police Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty, Patricia “Pat” Skakel, Ethel Skakel, Hugh Fraser, Torbert “Torb” Macdonald, John J. "London Jack" Kennedy, John Jacob "Jakie" Astor, and Tom Egerton. Of note are photographs of Joe, Jr., dressed in drag with his Harvard University football teammates; Rose, Jack, and Eunice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jack with his parents and grandparents on the night of his victory in the 1946 primary election for the Massachusetts 11th Congressional District; Joe, Jr., and Kathleen in Spain; the entire Kennedy family at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and other locations during a trip to the French Riviera; and the family at their residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Original handwritten captions are written in blue ink on the leaves beneath some photographs. This photograph album contains 58 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-048-001
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents the lives of the Kennedy family from 1925 to 1937. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” Photographs capture their home life at their primary residences in Brookline, Massachusetts, and Bronxville, New York; time spent with family and friends at their secondary residences in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida; and other travels and events. The album also contains numerous portrait photos. Those pictured in photographs include Rose; her husband, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Sr.; her children, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. “Jack” Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. Kennedy; her parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; her sister, Agnes Fitzgerald, and brother-in-law, Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine Conboy; and family friends, Viscountess Nancy Astor, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, and Mary O’Keefe. Of note are photographs of Rose and Joe, Sr., aboard the S.S. Aquitania during their voyage to New York City from Europe in 1928; the wedding of Agnes and Joseph Gargan; Joe, Jr., and Jack with their football teams at the Dexter School in Brookline, Massachusetts; and Rose and Joe, Sr., with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in black ink and pencil on the versos of some photographs. This photograph album contains 81 photographic prints.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-047-001
This photograph album was first compiled by Rosemary Kennedy as a birthday gift for her sister, Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, in 1929, with later photographs added by Kathleen. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Photographs.” An original handwritten inscription on the inside front cover reads, "Kathleen, From Rose happy birthday Feb. 1929," in white ink. Original captions are written in white ink and pencil in both Rosemary’s and Kathleen’s hand. Photographs document the family life, travels, and social activities of the Kennedy family from 1927 to 1936. In addition to Rosemary (referred to as “Rose” in original captions) and Kathleen, those pictured include their parents, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; their siblings, Joseph P. “Joe” Kennedy, Jr., John F. "Jack" Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia "Pat" Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. "Ted/Teddy" Kennedy; their aunt, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and her husband Joseph Francis Gargan, Sr.; governesses to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill and Elizabeth Dunn; nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; family friends, Edward E. “Eddie” Moore, Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, Mary O’Keefe, Mary Veronica “Von” Rice, and Mary Frances "Sancy" Falvey; and family dogs, Buddy and Skippy. Of note are photographs of Kennedy family members and friends at the family’s residences in Bronxville in New York, Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, and Palm Beach in Florida; a visit to the Hippodrome Theatre in New York City, where the children posed with a baby elephant; Joseph, Sr., and Rose with actor Fred Thomson and screenwriter Frances Marion in California; and Kathleen and other campers and counselors at Sargent Camp in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Other locations and historic sites featured in photographs include the White House and United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.; the National Monument to the Forefathers and Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts; the Potomac River; and George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Original handwritten inscriptions are written in blue ink and pencil on the versos of many photographs. This photograph album contains 154 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one contact print of a strip of four 35mm black and white negatives.
Textual folder
Joseph P. Kennedy Personal Papers
JPKPP-352-006
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01092N
Edward M. Kennedy rides a bicycle on a gravel path near the residence of the United States Ambassador to Great Britain, in London, England; an unidentified man observes at right.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01082N
The Kennedy family poses sitting among the rocks outside a cabana at the Hotel du Cap d'Antibes in Antibes, France, during a trip to the French Riviera. Front row (L-R): John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Jean Kennedy, and Patricia Kennedy. Back row (L-R): Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (face obscured), Rosemary Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. [Notes: Negative is out of focus.]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01117N
Edward M. Kennedy (left) sits on steps beside an unidentified boy and two women (seated at back right) outdoors in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01116N
Edward M. Kennedy (left) sits on steps beside an unidentified boy and two women (both at back right) outdoors in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01093N
Edward M. Kennedy (left, seated on the running board of a covered carriage) pets a donkey (wearing a saddle and bridle) in Rome, Italy, during a Kennedy family trip.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01365N
Edward M. Kennedy (in back) sits astride a wooden bobsled in the snow with an unidentified boy, during a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; Rosemary Kennedy (facing away) stands at right with an unidentified woman. [Notes: Original inscription on verso of vintage print reads, "Ted on bob sled."]
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01014N
The Kennedy family children pose sitting in the sand on the beach at The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida; the hotel is visible in the background. Left to right: Robert F. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, and Jean Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01013N
The Kennedy family children pose sitting in the sand with their nanny, Katherine Conboy, on the beach at The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida. Left to right: Jean Kennedy, Ms. Conboy, Edward M. Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30693
Guests attend a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. Greeting guests along far wall: Ethel Skakel Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (mostly hidden); Jean Kennedy Smith; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Joan Bennett Kennedy (partially hidden). Also pictured: Under Secretary for Political Affairs for the United Nations (UN), Dr. Ralph Bunche; Prime Minister of Japan, Hayato Ikeda; Minister without Portfolio of Sweden, Olof Palme; Prime Minister of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Bustamante; First Lady of Jamaica, Gladys Bustamante; Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Brigadier Paul Crook; King Baudouin of Belgium; Minister of External Affairs of Ireland, Frank Aiken; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; Chief Usher of the White House, J. B. West. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30692
Guests attend a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy Smith, Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts), and Joan Bennett Kennedy greet guests along far wall. Also pictured: Prime Minister of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Bustamante; First Lady of Jamaica, Gladys Bustamante; Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Brigadier Paul Crook; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prime Minister of Turkey, İsmet İnönü; Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30689
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts), Jean Kennedy Smith, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Ethel Skakel Kennedy (all in foreground) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy; the Attorney General shakes hands with Ambassador of Norway, Hans Kristian Engen. Also pictured: Robin Chandler Duke, wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke; Prime Minister of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Bustamante; Prime Minister of Great Britain, Sir Alec Douglas-Home; U.S. Assistant Chief of Protocol for Visits and Public Events for the U.S. State Department, Samuel L. King; Ambassador of the Soviet Union (USSR), Anatoliy Fedorovich Dobrynin; King Baudouin of Belgium; Prince Harald of Norway; Director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Carlos Martinez Sotomayor; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Republic, Mahmoud Fawzi; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands; Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Joseph Luns; Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen; President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke; Federal Councillor of Switzerland, Friedrich T. Wahlen; Chancellor of West Germany, Ludwig Erhard. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30677
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) and Eunice Kennedy Shriver speak with Naval Aide to President John F. Kennedy, Captain Tazewell Shepard, during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President Kennedy. Robin Chandler Duke, wife of U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke, stands left of doorway. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C30676
Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts), Jean Kennedy Smith, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and Ethel Skakel Kennedy (all with backs to camera) greet guests during a reception at the White House, following the state funeral of President John F. Kennedy. The Attorney General shakes hands with Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), U Thant. State Dining Room, White House, Washington, D.C.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-C422-107-63
The funeral procession of President John F. Kennedy prepares to depart the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle for Arlington National Cemetery; the flag-draped casket of President Kennedy is borne by a horse-drawn caisson with honor guard attending. Standing in foreground: Jacqueline Kennedy; Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy; Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts); Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; Patricia Kennedy Lawford; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Jean Kennedy Smith; Peter Lawford; Steve Smith. Also pictured: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Maxwell D. Taylor; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Earle G. Wheeler; Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral David L. McDonald; Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup; Military Aide to President Kennedy, General Chester V. Clifton; Air Force Aide to President Kennedy, Brigadier General Godfrey T. McHugh. Washington, D.C.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01079N
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and three of her children stand on a viewing platform at Cresta Run to watch Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (not pictured), sled down the ice track, during a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right (seen from behind): Mrs. Kennedy; Edward M. Kennedy; unidentified; Jean Kennedy (turned towards the camera); unidentified; Rosemary Kennedy.
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01073N
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy sits with her children in a horse-drawn sleigh outside the Hotel Steffani, during a Kennedy family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right: unidentified driver; Rosemary Kennedy (turned towards the camera); Edward M. Kennedy; Jean Kennedy; Mrs. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses).
Photograph
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-01111N
Edward M. Kennedy (background) walks with an unidentified man down the front steps of "Barroc End," the home the Kennedy family rented in Ascot, England. [Notes: See also vintage print in album KFC-067-001. Negative is out of focus.]