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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-RJH-01
In this interview Heffernan discusses his work as the Kennedy family doctor, including delivering several of the family’s children and operating on Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-BAJ-01
In this interview Jacobson discusses meeting John F. Kennedy [JFK] at Harvard University in 1936 and interactions with him at the school; visiting the Cape with the Kennedy family, 1937–1938; JFK’s plans for after his Harvard graduation; JFK’s 1946 congressional campaign; flying back with JFK from the 1960 Democratic National Convention; interactions with the Kennedy boys at Harvard; social interactions with JFK; visiting JFK in Washington, D.C.; JFK’s distrust of Fidel Castro; and Jacobson’s long relationship with JFK and the Kennedy family, among other issues.