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Collection
PCP
Photographs, 1919-1963 (bulk 1937-1963). Photographs of John F. Kennedy, his family, his friends and colleagues, and his political activities. Contains photographs of Kennedy's early years, family homes, his naval service during World War II, and his political activities in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The largest portions of this collection cover Kennedy's Senate Years (1953-1960), and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.
Collection
MPC
Photographs, 1939-1968. 35mm and 4" x 5" black and white contact sheets, one silver-gelatin print, one reel 35mm negative microfilm. Images made by Magnum Photos, Inc. photographers, featuring John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, members of the Kennedy family, and their associates.
Collection
KFC
Photographs, 1878-1980 (bulk 1890-1965). Images of the John F. Fitzgerald Family, the Patrick Joseph Kennedy Family, the Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Family, and their friends and associates.
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-013-014
Contains 34 photographic prints and one duplicate print: (KFC75N, KFC77N (2 copies), KFC4356P (original negative is KFC75N), KFC90N, KFC94N, KFC98N, KFC78N, KFC80N, KFC1791N, KFC1801N, KFC1818N, KFC93N, KFC1794N, KFC1804N, KFC72N, KFC76N, KFC87N, KFC70N, KFC1795N, KFC79N, KFC92N, KFC1793N, KFC1796N, KFC1792N, KFC85N, KFC86N, KFC1803N, KFC1802N, KFC1805N, KFC83N, KFC1817N, KFC218N, KFC10N, KFC223N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-013-001
Contains 52 photographic prints: (KFC426N, KFC427N, KFC428N, KFC429N, KFC452N, KFC1035N, KFC1598N, KFC1717N, KFC1718N, KFC1720N, KFC1721N, KFC1722N, KFC1723N, KFC1724N, KFC1725N, KFC1726N, KFC1727N, KFC1728N, KFC1729N, KFC1730N, KFC1746N, KFC1747N, KFC1751N, KFC1819N, KFC1820N, KFC1821N, KFC1822N, KFC1953N, KFC1990N, KFC2011N, KFC2012N, KFC2013N, KFC2014N, KFC2027N, KFC2028N, KFC2229P, KFC2874N, KFC2914P, KFC4368P, KFC4369P, KFC4370P, KFC4371P, KFC4372P, KFC4374P, KFC1719N, KFC1750N, KFC434N, KFC438N, KFC440N, KFC441N, KFC2912P, KFC2913P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-027
Contains 30 photographic prints: (KFC1829N, KFC1807N, KFC1783N, KFC1716N, KFC1745N, KFC1748N, KFC1713N, KFC1714N, KFC1782N, KFC1816N, KFC1806N, KFC1824N, KFC1825N, KFC1826N, KFC1827N, KFC1828N, KFC1808N, KFC1809N, KFC1810N, KFC1811N, KFC1812N, KFC1813N, KFC1814N, KFC1815N, KFC1800N, KFC1799N, KFC1798N, KFC1797N, KFC1715N, KFC1712N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-024
Contains 37 photographic prints and two duplicate prints: (KFC1676N, KFC1677N, KFC1678N, KFC1679N, KFC1681N, KFC1683N, KFC1684N (2 copies), KFC1685N, KFC1686N, KFC1688N, KFC1691N, KFC1702N, KFC1703N, KFC1689N, KFC1690N, KFC4152P, KFC6124P, KFC4150P, KFC4355P, KFC1708N, KFC1709N, KFC1707N, KFC1711N, KFC2015N, KFC1700N, KFC2016N, KFC1705N, KFC1699N, KFC1701N, KFC1706N, KFC1710N, KFC-C2642P (2 copies), KFC-C4357P, KFC-C4358P, KFC-C4359P, KFC-C4360P, KFC-C4361P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-012-023
Contains 44 photographic prints: (KFC1666N, KFC1672N, KFC789N, KFC1687N, KFC1663N, KFC2024N, KFC1670N, KFC1669N, KFC2019N, KFC1667N, KFC1664N, KFC1665N, KFC1668N, KFC2023N, KFC202N, KFC2022N, KFC1991N, KFC2021N, KFC2018N, KFC1675N, KFC1673N, KFC1674N, KFC97N, KFC95N, KFC84N, KFC88N, KFC91N, KFC81N, KFC71N, KFC96N, KFC1693N, KFC1692N, KFC1696N, KFC1695N, KFC1694N, KFC1682N, KFC1680N, KFC1704N, KFC2017N, KFC74N, KFC1698N, KFC1671N, KFC89N, KFC1662N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-010-016
Contains 45 photographic prints and four duplicate prints: (KFC5N, KFC7N (2 copies), KFC8N, KFC9N, KFC13N, KFC14N, KFC16N, KFC17N, KFC18N, KFC19N, KFC541P, KFC133N, KFC1026N, KFC1027N, KFC1600N, KFC1602N, KFC1603N, KFC1604N, KFC2121P (2 copies), KFC2390P, KFC2391P (2 copies), KFC2392P, KFC2393P, KFC2530P, KFC2531P, KFC2532P, KFC2533P, KFC2534P, KFC2535P, KFC2536P, KFC2537P, KFC2538P (2 copies), KFC2539P, KFC2540P, KFC2541P, KFC2542P, KFC2544P, KFC2545P, KFC2546P, KFC3891P, KFC2899P, KFC3888P, KFC3890P, KFC3132P (original negative is KFC5N), KFC6116P (original negative is KFC9N))
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-009-029
Contains 38 photographic prints and two duplicate prints: (KFC1081N, KFC1082N, KFC1084N, KFC1085N, KFC1086N, KFC1087N, KFC1088N, KFC1090N, KFC1279P, KFC1309P, KFC1403N, KFC1994N, KFC1996N, KFC1997N, KFC1999N, KFC2000N, KFC2001N, KFC2002N, KFC2003N, KFC2083P (2 copies), KFC2084P, KFC2363P, KFC2366P (2 copies), KFC2388P, KFC2855P, KFC2856P, KFC2857P, KFC2897P, KFC2898P, KFC3067P, KFC3068P, KFC3337P, KFC3848P, KFC3849P, KFC3852P, KFC3855P, KFC3856P, KFC3857P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-008-030
Contains 50 photographic prints and four duplicate prints: (KFC3607P, KFC1366N (2 copies), KFC1069N (2 copies), KFC3063P, KFC1073N, KFC3608P, KFC1365N (2 copies), KFC1067N (2 copies), KFC2585P, KFC1079N, KFC1080N, KFC1099N, KFC3609P, KFC1368N, KFC1367N, KFC3610P, KFC281P, KFC2104P, KFC3611P, KFC1078N, KFC2105P, KFC2106P, KFC2584P, KFC3612P, KFC3613P, KFC1077N, KFC1076N, KFC1075N, KFC1074N, KFC1071N, KFC1072N, KFC1070N, KFC1103N, KFC1102N, KFC1364N, KFC3614P, KFC3615P, KFC3616P, KFC3617P, KFC3618P, KFC3619P, KFC1101N, KFC1106N, KFC1105N, KFC1104N, KFC1100N, KFC1065N, KFC1363N, KFC1068N, KFC1066N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-003-042
Contains 24 photographic prints: (KFC30N, KFC31N, KFC32N, KFC36N, KFC40N, KFC48N, KFC49N, KFC599N, KFC600N, KFC616N, KFC617N, KFC618N, KFC619N, KFC620N, KFC621N, KFC623N, KFC774N, KFC775N, KFC776N, KFC777N, KFC783N, KFC784N, KFC786N, KFC3206P (original negative is KFC777N))
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-003-041
Contains 43 photographic prints: (KFC21N, KFC22N, KFC23N, KFC24N, KFC25N, KFC26N, KFC27N, KFC28N, KFC29N, KFC33N, KFC37N, KFC38N, KFC39N, KFC41N, KFC42N, KFC43N, KFC44N, KFC45N, KFC46N, KFC47N, KFC50N, KFC51N, KFC52N, KFC53N, KFC590N, KFC591N, KFC592N, KFC593N, KFC594N, KFC595N, KFC597N, KFC601N, KFC622N, KFC772N, KFC778N, KFC779N, KFC780N, KFC781N, KFC782N, KFC785N, KFC788N, KFC1501N, KFC1944N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-003-040
Contains 33 photographic prints: (KFC900N, KFC899N, KFC624N, KFC906N, KFC231N, KFC897N, KFC898N, KFC896N, KFC907N, KFC904N, KFC216N, KFC705N, KFC903N, KFC892N, KFC895N, KFC901N, KFC902N, KFC894N, KFC893N, KFC908N, KFC773N, KFC905N, KFC787N, KFC228N, KFC214N, KFC229N, KFC235N, KFC211N, KFC232N, KFC237N, KFC1593N, KFC227N, KFC230N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-003-033
Contains 21 photographic prints and one duplicate print: (KFC730N, KFC1946N, KFC767N, KFC765N, KFC812N, KFC813N, KFC220N, KFC2141P, KFC226N, KFC224N, KFC210N, KFC225N, KFC233N, KFC746N, KFC732N, KFC744N, KFC663aN (2 copies), KFC766N, KFC762N, KFC745N, KFC743N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-003-032
Contains 29 photographic prints: (KFC749N, KFC35N, KFC748N, KFC212N, KFC763N, KFC755N, KFC761N, KFC753N, KFC217N, KFC219N, KFC213N, KFC215N, KFC236N, KFC222N, KFC760N, KFC34N, KFC747N, KFC752N, KFC758N, KFC197N, KFC754N, KFC750N, KFC764N, KFC751N, KFC756N, KFC757N, KFC221N, KFC238N, KFC759N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-016-002
Contains 51 photographic prints: (KFC-C4854P, KFC-C4855P, KFC-C4856P, KFC2954P, KFC4857P, KFC-C4858P, KFC-C4859P, KFC-C4860P, KFC-C4861P, KFC-C4862P, KFC4863P, KFC4864P, KFC2753N, KFC2754N, KFC2755N, KFC2756N, KFC2757N, KFC2758N, KFC4865P, KFC4866P, KFC4867P, KFC4868P, KFC4869P, KFC4870P, KFC4871P, KFC2159P, KFC4872P, KFC3101P, KFC4873P, KFC2765N, KFC2766N, KFC2767N, KFC2770N, KFC2772N, KFC2773N, KFC2775N, KFC2776N, KFC2777N, KFC2778N, KFC4874P, KFC2759N, KFC2760N, KFC2761N, KFC2762N, KFC2763N, KFC2764N, KFC-C4875P, KFC-C4876P, KFC-C4877P, KFC4878P, KFC-C4879P, KFC-C4880P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-007-004
Contains 24 photographic prints: (KFC3250P, KFC1160N, KFC2893P, KFC3251P, KFC2892P, KFC2389P, KFC3252P, KFC3253P, KFC112N, KFC2751P, KFC1601N, KFC1764N, KFC1148N, KFC132N, KFC1023N, KFC1024N, KFC131N, KFC3254P, KFC3425P, KFC3426P, KFC3427P, KFC3428P, KFC3429P, KFC3430P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-006-024
Contains 15 photographic prints: (KFC1145N, KFC1146N, KFC1147N, KFC1149N, KFC1150N, KFC1151N, KFC1152N, KFC1153N, KFC1155N, KFC1156N, KFC1157N, KFC1158N, KFC1161N, KFC1154N, KFC2161P)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-019
Contains 9 photographic prints: (KFC3332P, KFC2883P, KFC524N, KFC522N, KFC521N, KFC523N, KFC1028N, KFC794N, KFC1599N)
Photograph folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-005-014
Contains 7 photographic prints: (KFC198N, KFC192N, KFC194N, KFC1021N, KFC200N, KFC196N, KFC262N)
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-049-002
This photograph album, compiled by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, documents various moments in the lives of the Kennedy family from 1933 to 1936. Photographs capture Rose and her family at their residences in Hyannis Port in Massachusetts, Bronxville in New York, and Palm Beach in Florida; at the beach at The Breakers Hotel and at the Sea Spray Club in Palm Beach; at the Ostrich-Alligator Farm & Zoo in Lantana, Palm Beach County; and at the West Beach Club on Cape Cod. Also of note are photographs of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter celebrations; birthday parties for Eunice Kennedy and Jean Kennedy; a Native American sun dance ceremony in Palm Beach; gymnastics exercises and boxing matches at the Sea Spray Club, in which Robert F. “Bobby/Bob” Kennedy and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy participated; Jean dressed for her First Communion and Confirmation in Bronxville; Ted’s picnic on the lawn of the family’s home in Bronxville with a friend identified as “Rita”; a visit to a warship in Provincetown, Massachusetts; Jean dressed in a Scottish tartan and kilt; and other activities including swimming, sailing, sledding, horseback riding, football, and other sports. Other Kennedy family members and friends pictured in photographs include Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.; Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.; John F. “Jack” Kennedy; Rosemary Kennedy (referred to as “Rose” in original captions); Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy; Patricia “Pat” Kennedy; Rose’s parents, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald and Mary Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald; Rose’s sister, Agnes Fitzgerald Gargan, and brother-in-law, Joseph F. Gargan, Sr.; Rose’s niece, Marion Eunice Fitzgerald, and nephew, John F. “Jack” Fitzgerald (the children of her brother, Thomas A. Fitzgerald); nanny to the Kennedy children, Katherine “Kikoo” Conboy; governess to the Kennedy children, Alice Cahill; Edward E. Moore and Mary Moore; James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Betsey Cushing Roosevelt; Jean K. Webber; Eileen Morell; Frances “Sancy” Falvey; Mary O’Keefe; Olive Cawley; Nancy Tenney; and Jack’s Choate School classmate, Thomas Morgan Schriber. Others identified in original captions include, “Francis,” “Tommy,” “Gilbert,” “Miss Hood,” “Jean’s godmother” (“Mrs. Greene”), and “Mary.” All leaves contain original handwritten captions in white ink, although the handwriting does not belong to Rose and the writer has not been determined. This photograph album contains 322 photographic prints, two photographic postcards, and one photograph fragment.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-072-001
This diary, kept by Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy as a 6- and 7-year old child, contains handwritten entries detailing his daily activities from January 1, 1939, through September 9, 1939, while residing at 14 Prince’s Gate in London, England, where the Kennedy family lived during Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.’s tenure as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. The gold stamped title on the cover reads, “Diary / No. 28 / 1939.” Pages contain pre-printed ruling and text, including entry dates, as well as manuscript entries written in black ink. Most entries were not written by Ted, but most likely by Kennedy family nurse, Luella Hennessey, with Ted dictating. Ted’s handwriting appears in entries from July 11, 12, 16, 17, and 18. Entries cover a variety of topics, including Ted’s education at the Gibbs School and St. Thomas More School, both in London; various train and boat rides during the family’s travels; social events, including a party attended by the British royal family at which Ted danced with Princess Elizabeth; outings to parks, zoos, movies, and pantomime performances; and playtime and sports activities with family and friends. Specific events and experiences that Ted mentions include a family trip to St. Moritz, Switzerland; Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag speech; the death of Pope Pius XI; Ted’s seventh birthday, for which he received a new dog, named “Sammy”; the family’s trip to Rome in Italy, as well as the Vatican, during which he received his First Holy Communion from Pope Pius XII; bombings of London by the Irish Republican Army; a visit to the estate of family friend, Sir James Calder, in Norfolk, England; a family trip to Cannes and Antibes in France; events leading up to Great Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, including the relocation of members of the Kennedy family to financier John Pierpont Morgan, Jr.'s country estate in Hertfordshire, England, while awaiting transport back to America; and the sinking of the S.S. Athenia. Luella Hennessey and the Kennedy children's governess, Elizabeth Dunn, also feature prominently throughout the diary. About half of the pages for July and August do not contain entries. The last entry of the diary is September 9, 1939; the remaining pages dated through December 31, 1939, are blank. The diary also contains three loose photographs, one loose newspaper clipping, and one loose printed birthday invitation.
Textual folder
Kennedy Family Collection
KFC-077-001
This scrapbook, compiled by John F. “Jack” Kennedy, documents his time serving in the United States Navy during World War II from 1941 through 1944, including his assignment in the Solomon Islands and his command of the motor torpedo boat, PT-109, as well as time spent on leave with family and friends. The gold stamped title on the front cover reads, “J.F.K.” The scrapbook contains photographic prints, newspaper and magazine clippings, several pieces of correspondence, and other types of printed ephemera. Of note are clippings related to the rescue of the PT-109 crew near the Solomon Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean following its sinking by a Japanese destroyer; Jack’s receipt of the Navy and Marine Corps medal for his actions in the aftermath of the attack on PT-109; his brother Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.’s military service and death while piloting a U.S. Navy aircraft over Blythburgh, East Suffolk, England; the marriage of his sister, Kathleen Kennedy, to William “Billy” Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; and Billy Hartington’s death while serving in the British Army. Photographs show Jack in the Solomon Islands singly and with fellow U.S. Navy sailors, including George H. R. “Barney” Ross, James A. “Jim” Reed, Paul B. “Red” Fay, Allan “Al” Webb, Leon Emery Drawdy, Edman Edgar Mauer, Edmund T. Drewitch, John Edward Maguire, Charles Albert Harris, Maurice L. Kowal, Andrew Jackson Kirksey, and Leonard "Lenny" Thom. Also pictured is Jack in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts and Palm Beach, Florida, with family, including his mother, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy; siblings, Joseph, Jr., Kathleen, Eunice Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, and Edward M. “Ted” Kennedy; cousin, Joseph Francis "Joey" Gargan, Jr.; and friends, Jim Reed, Julia Reed, Lenny Thom, Catherine “Kate” Thom, Barney Ross, Nancy Tenney, Red Fay, Bernie Lyons, Torbert Macdonald, and John "Zeke" Coleman, Jr. Others who are pictured are U.S. Navy commissioned officers who served in the South West Pacific theater, including Commander Henry Charles Farrow, Jr.; Lt. Commander Robert Bolling Kelly; Commodore Edward J. “Mike” Moran; and Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Of note are two typed letters detailing Jack’s military orders during World War II; clippings related to and photographs of Jack receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Captain Frederick L. Conklin at the Chelsea Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts; a typed letter awarding him a Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained during his command of PT-109; a typed letter awarding him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal; a printed compilation of news releases issued by the “So-Pac Press,” a publication of the U.S. Naval Command in the South Pacific; a printed list of wartime instructions that American service members could distribute to native peoples in case of an emergency landing on one of the Solomon Islands; and a postcard sent to Jack with a handwritten message from his brother, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy, postmarked from Palestine and featuring an image of Jerusalem. This scrapbook contains 66 photographic prints and postcards, 64 newspaper and periodical clippings (including several full periodical pages), four typed letters, and two other printed documents.
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.