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Received from Rose Kennedy of Hyannis Port, MA, in August 1972 (Acc. MS- 1973-028); August and September 1975 (Acc. MS-1976-006); January 1976 (Acc. MS-1976-020); May 1976 (Acc. MS-1977-021); September 1976 (Acc. MS-1976-044, Acc. MS-1976-045); June 1977 (Acc. MS-1977-029, MS-1977-032); July 1977 (Acc. MS-1977-037, Acc. MS-1977-041, Acc. MS-1977-047, Acc. MS-1977-048); June 1978 (Acc. MS-1978-042); December 1980 (Acc. MS-1981-035); December 1982 (Acc. MS-1983-028); February 1987 (Acc. MS-1987-017); May 1987 (Acc. MS-1987-021); January 1988 (Acc. MS-1988-034); 1988 (Acc. MS-2003-074); January 1998 (Acc. MS-1988-010); September 1999 (Acc. MS-1999-045); April 2003 (through museum collections Acc. MS-2004-077); May 2004 (through audio-visual collections Acc. MS-2004-082); Fall 2004 (through audio-visual collections Acc. MS-2005-144); December 2004 (through museum collections Acc. MS-2005-077; through audio-visual archives Acc. MS-2005-173); and August 2005 (through Eunice Shriver and Allan Goodrich Acc. MS-2005-174, through audio-visual collections Acc. MS-2005-182).
Received from Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Hyannis Port, MA, in October 1981 (Acc. MS-1982-005 and Acc. MS-1982-013); January 1997 (Acc. MS-2005-130); May 2001 (Acc. MS-2005-114); June 2001 (Acc. MS-2001-335); August 2002 (Acc. MS-2002-361); August 2005 (Acc. MS-2005-175, Acc. MS-2005-188); and September 2005 (Acc. MS-2005-190).
Received from Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises of New York, NY, in February 2002 (Acc. MS-2002-310).
Withdrawn Items: Selected folders may contain withdrawal sheets where documents, in accordance with the donor's deed of gift, were removed from the collection. These include documents which may be used to injure or harass any living person. All withdrawn documents have been placed under seal and upon request the Kennedy Library will review any material which has been closed for a period of not less than 2 years for the purpose of opening items which no longer require restrictions. Researchers should consult the reference staff to obtain the appropriate form(s).
Finding aid prepared by Megan Desnoyers, Jeremy Naidus, Alfie Paul, Maurice Hastings, Colleen Cooney, Jessica Sims, and Meghan Banach.
Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald was born in Boston's North End on 22 July 1890, the eldest child of John F. "Honey Fitz" and Josephine Hannon Fitzgerald. Her father was a congressman and very popular Boston mayor. He frequently took his family, especially Rose, traveling to Washington, Europe, South America, and other exciting places. Rose was a very good student with a strong sense of history and interest in politics. Throughout her long life Rose recorded most of her experiences in diaries, travel journals, notebooks, scrapbooks and on sheets of paper. She used her writings to produce talks and speeches, articles, and her 1974 memoir Times to Remember. As background for the memoir, she and her friends and family recorded 67 taped interviews in 1972 and 1973.
She was a prolific note and letter writer to her Kennedy and Fitzgerald families, friends, and members of the public who wrote her. Many of these correspondences lasted from the 1930s through the 1970s. She kept everything she felt documented her eventful life and her family.
Educated in Concord and Dorchester, Massachusetts, public schools and in convent schools and colleges in Europe and the United States, in 1914 she married Joseph P. Kennedy, son of a Boston politician, graduate of Harvard College, and a rising businessman. As Joe Kennedy succeeded in business and public service, they lived in increasing prosperity in Massachusetts, New York, Washington, D.C., and London. Their two permanent homes were located in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida.
Rose and Joseph Kennedy had nine children whom they encouraged to lead active lives, to study, to contribute to society in every possible way, and to be interested in history, politics, geography, their Roman Catholic faith, society, arts and culture. Rose Kennedy was especially concerned about her children's education and health. Working to help her first-born daughter, Rosemary, progress despite Rosemary's handicaps and challenges. Rose Kennedy became a lifelong advocate for research into child development and mental retardation, and for support for the mentally retarded.
Rose Kennedy enjoyed traveling and traveled widely most of her life. From 1938 to 1940, Joseph Kennedy was the American ambassador to Great Britain. This was a remarkable opportunity for the family to live, work, and study in England, and enjoy the social life and their contacts with royalty. In addition to many trips abroad for Rose and the older children, the family represented the United States when their friend, Cardinal Pacelli, was elevated to Pope. Their friends and acquaintances included famous people such as Charles Lindbergh and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, prime ministers and heads of state, religious leaders, the Roosevelt family, and the family of daughter Kathleen's husband, the Cavendishes. Joseph, Rose, and Kathleen Kennedy each kept detailed diaries and scrapbooks for their years in England.
Many of Rose Kennedy's writings and letters were about or to her children. With the children all over the world, she and Joe would write round-robin letters to the children reporting where members of the large family were and what they were doing. Rose and Joe wrote each other when they were apart. When the children were grown, Rose continued to write and often relayed points of interest or comments on grammar or appearance. Rose had 28 grandchildren and lovingly corresponded with them. She saved letters, drawings, and cards from all her family and friends.
With such a large family, there were many trials and tragedies as well as successes. Kathleen married a Protestant. Joe, Jr., and Kathleen's husband died in World War II. Kathleen later died in an airplane crash. The family created the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation in memory of Joe, Jr. The Foundation focused its efforts on research in mental retardation. Rose and her daughter, Eunice, devoted much of their energies toward this cause and toward Rosemary and her care. After great political successes as President and Senator respectively, John and Robert were killed. There was an amazing outpouring of letters, cards and gifts of sympathy for Rose and Joe from friends and the general public. Joe had a stroke in 1961, continued to deteriorate, and died in 1969.
After she had returned to the United States from England, Rose began her career as a speaker for religious, political, social, and charitable groups. She talked of their experiences in England, her travels, her family, her faith, raising children, mental retardation, and historical subjects such as Jacqueline Kennedy's restoration of the White House. She campaigned for her three sons, John, Robert and Edward, from 1946 to 1976 in their political races for Congress, the Senate, and the presidency. In addition to being asked to attend and speak at events, she was increasingly asked to give interviews for television and books, and to write articles about her life, her family, her faith or mental retardation.
Rose Kennedy became much admired for her family, for her sons' successes, for surviving the tragedies, for her faith, for her work, for her determination, for her longevity, and for her sense of style. She was a petite woman who loved couture and fashion. She wrote her memoir at 84, and she gave speeches and appeared on television until she was 86.
Rose Kennedy died in her Hyannis Port home on 22 January 1995. She was 104 years old.
The Personal Papers of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy document Rose Kennedy's experiences from her youth until her death at the age of 104. Major topics include her travels and education; raising her family of nine children; living in England as the American Ambassador's wife; corresponding with her Kennedy and Fitzgerald family members, her friends, and the public; pursuing her interests in history, drama, art, antiques, travel, clothes, jewelry, her religion and faith, and intellectual disability; maintaining the households at the family homes in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida, from the routine details to decorating; her family's struggles and successes; making speeches and other appearances for political or charitable causes; writing articles and her memoir Times to Remember (1974); and restoring John F. Kennedy's birthplace. Her papers date from 1881 through 1995, with one early document from 1863.
Rose Kennedy recorded much of her long, eventful life and her family's lives in diaries, travel journals, notebooks, scrapbooks, and on scraps of paper. She saved everything she thought was important, from souvenirs and clippings to letters and drawings from her children and grandchildren. Yet the collection also contains a great deal of routine material such as bills, travel paperwork, and bank statements.
In 1972 and 1973 as background for her memoir, she and her friends and family recorded 67 taped interviews, some of which were transcribed. While she was writing the memoir, she gathered copies of anything she considered relevant, requesting items from her extensive files, family members, friends, and Kennedy offices.
In addition to Rose Kennedy's files, these papers include many of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'s and Kathleen Kennedy's records. Joseph Kennedy's correspondence appears throughout the collection as well as materials from all of her children. But these are the papers from Rose Kennedy's life with the addition of the materials she gathered for her memoir.
There is a great deal of duplication in the Rose Kennedy Personal Papers, and the same item may be found in many places. There are also multiple variations and drafts of most of Rose Kennedy's writings. She edited heavily and used the same materials in different formats. The files arrived over the course of 30 years from various Kennedy homes and offices. Whenever possible, similar materials have been pulled together into one file.
The papers include a great deal of mail from the public on her birthday, at Christmas, and upon the deaths of her sons. Most of this mail was answered, sorted, and filed by category.
Dated materials are arranged chronologically; undated materials are arranged alphabetically by title, first line, or subject at the end of the series.
This series contains diaries, travel journals, personal scrapbooks, notebooks, dictated notes, and loose notes assembled from throughout the Rose Kennedy papers. Dated items are arranged chronologically by the date appearing on the item or indicated in the text of the item. Dates estimated by Library staff are bracketed. The date could be the date the item was written or dictated, or the time the event happened. Undated items are filed alphabetically by title at the end of the series. Mrs. Kennedy often wrote or dictated about events that happened earlier in her life. For example, a 1971 dictation could be about her children when they were young. Researchers should not limit their research to the specific years events happened. Portions of these items reappear in later versions of Mrs. Kennedy's diaries and memoirs throughout this series and in Times to Remember materials. There is a great deal of duplication, repetition and rewriting. When handwritten material has a typed transcript, the transcript is filed before the handwritten original for the convenience of the researcher.
Travel journal with notes, lists of places and hotels visited, drawings by fellow passengers, and autographs. Covers voyage to Europe in 1908 and return trip in 1909. Lists places visited during both voyages and while in Europe, July 1908-August 1909 and White Star Lines brochure.
Travel journal with notes in more than one handwriting. Entries for Europe, 27 June-9 August 1911; Chicago and South Bend, IN, 20-23 September; Barre and Lenox, MA, October; South America, 29 April-6 May 1913; Ireland, 13 or 18 October; and undated entry. Address book at end. A few loose inserts. Unused diary pages were not copied.
Printed journal Rose Kennedy wrote in to describe her engagement, gifts, wedding, and their "Honeymoon Days." Handwritten entries, newspaper clippings, photographs, ticket stubs, "Boston Royal Rooters, 1914" pin.
Typed transcript copied from later Diary Notebook. January-June and September-December entries. Two versions with different edits. Some pages say 1924. Includes Mansion House, Poland Springs, ME, 1 January 1923 menu.
Travel notes in bound notebook, entries for Europe, September 1934; June 1957; Spain; Europe, September 1935; April 1936, Russia and Berlin; 1959 about 1936 Russian trip, loose pages 28-31 July 1937.
Notes on R.M.S. Majestic letterhead similar to entries in September 1934 part of "Rose F. Kennedy, Russia" notebook.
Handwritten draft and two copies of typed version, one edited by Rose Kennedy.
Some diary entries not included but indicated in the original. Part original typescript, part carbon copy, Mrs. Kennedy's handwritten edits and additions made in 1953 or later.
Original volume with inserts and some news clippings. Paper-clipped pages marked "not typed" were not included in the typescript.
Bound scrapbook of pasted in and loose clippings, correspondence, postcards, Mrs. Kennedy's annotations, menus, tickets, and photos.
Contains letters, annotated clippings, and memorabilia, including about voyage on S.S. Washington from England to America, 12-18 September 1939. At back of scrapbook is one incomplete issue of The Pathe Sun, 11 May 1929. Note: Scrapbook is very fragile.
Incomplete typescript, 1 January-16 August, of original diary with carbon copy, "copy rewritten 1956."
Original handwritten volume with additional inserts, news clippings, and paper-clipped pages marked "not typed" in transcript above.
Bound scrapbook, pasted in and loose clippings, postcards, correspondence, Rose Kennedy's annotations, menus, tickets, photos with transcript pages.
Cruise to South America, 8 May-18 June, 23 June[?] diary entries and loose inserts; several transcripts that are each slightly different and contain additional information and edits; and related souvenirs and letters arranged in reverse chronological order. Folder 1 contains typescript from Diary Notebook, entries for 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, and 28 May; 3, 1(?), 7, 12, 13, 14, and 15 June, undated. 35 pages.
Folder 2 contains typescript with additions and edits from Times to Remember; Background Materials, extensive Rose Kennedy handwritten additions, [8], 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 May; 21, 23, and 22 June(?); 23, 23-26, 27, and 28 May; 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 June. Page before handwritten "June 6" about John F. Kennedy [?] visiting son of Ambassador to Vichy. 41 pages.
Folder 4 contains typescript fragments with additions and some edits [possibly of typescript in folder 3], [28 May]; 3, 7, 13, 14, and 15 June; and undated. 15 pages.
Folder 5 contains "National Diary, The Year 1941." Handwritten diary entries and enclosures. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, [23], 25, and 27 May; 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, and 18 June; and undated enclosures.
Folder 6 contains souvenirs and letters.
Carbon of typed loose leaf notebook pages (5" x 7 5/8") of notes on "Definitions, Men, Art, Music, People, Personalities, Places, Politics, Religion, Phrases and Expressions, Quotations, and Women" All but nine pages [marked in pencil in upper right corner with a check mark] also in the later and larger "Expanded version, 1956."
Spiral bound notebook of handwritten notes from books and travels, with inserts, edited typed summaries, and travelogue.
Photocopy of Rose Kennedy's handwritten notes and clippings written over another copy of Version one making notebook four times as large.
Rose Kennedy wrote, "I had diary notes that I had been keeping . and from these and various memorabilia I had worked up a thick sheaf of manuscript pages" [TTR, page 2]. Correspondence in 1967 refers to three copies. The Kennedy Library has designated this copy "A." Loose leaf notebook of typed pages, some original, some carbons, and some copies of a mix of recollections for book, clippings, quotes from other books and typescripts of her diary: 1923 [January-June, September-December]; 1926 [August]; 1936 [April]; 1941 [May-June]; 1959 [November-December, may be wrong year]; 1960 [June, December]; 1961 [January, April, June]; 1963 [March-April]; 1964 [March]; 1968 [October-December]; 1969 [February, Spring, July]; 1970 [February, March, October]; 1971 [June]. Includes some of Mrs. Kennedy's handwritten changes to copy "B," but not all. Could be the duplicate copy at Hyannis Port cited in the 3 July 1974 letter in copy B. Note Edward Kennedy's comment on telling Joseph P. Kennedy of John F. Kennedy's death.
Rose Kennedy wrote, "I had diary notes that I had been keeping . and from these and various memorabilia I had worked up a thick sheaf of manuscript pages" [TTR, page 2]. Correspondence in 1967 refers to three copies. The Kennedy Library has designated this copy "B." Loose leaf notebook of diary notes. Carbon typescript annotated by Mrs. Kennedy; some photocopied pages and inserts. Has more handwritten edits by Mrs. Kennedy than have been incorporated into copy "A." Some pages have small pieces of orange paper stapled to them. Includes July 1974 correspondence between New York office and Hyannisport.
Subseries are divided by type of material.
This series consists of tapes and transcripts of the interviews that ghost writer Robert Coughlan conducted with Rose Kennedy, her friends, and family in 1972 to 1973 as background for her memoir Times to Remember [hereafter abbreviated TTR], which was published in 1974; background materials dating from 1908 to 1982; book drafts and manuscripts that were reviewed and edited by Rose Kennedy and members of her family during 1972 to 1974; and foreign editions of the book. Regarding the materials in Series 2.1. and 2.2.: Out of the total 69 interviews conducted by Coughlan, the Rose Kennedy Personal Papers include cassettes for 67 interviews and transcripts for 23 interviews. After his death, Coughlan’s family gave his papers, which included TTR materials, to the University Archives at Northwestern University. Researchers may wish to consult Northwestern to see if other tapes or transcripts are available there in the Robert Coughlan Papers Collection.
Chronological.
This series contains 67 oral history interviews as recorded on 60 audio cassette tapes, each of which are 120-180 minutes in length. In 1972 and 1973, ghost writer Robert Coughlan conducted 69 interviews with Rose Kennedy, members of her family, and her friends as background for Mrs. Kennedy's memoir, Times to Remember. Coughlan used two tape recorders at the same time, producing two sets of original tapes. He describes the cassettes as "recorded materials of conferences about the Book: Sandy Richardson, Rose K., Robert C., and various family members individually and together: corrections, comments, suggestions." Interviews for which there is a tape but no transcript are bracketed on the following list. The two interviews for which there is no cassette or transcript are also marked with an asterisk (*). Notes appearing on the original cassettes are included in the following descriptions along with additional notes Library staff members made when they listened to the the tapes. Reference copies of the cassettes are arranged chronologically in boxes 8-9. Because of preservation complications, reference cassettes will be opened as they are made. We are having preservation difficulties producing copies of the very brittle tapes. Production is very slow.
"First taping session. Side 1: Girlhood (begins at #267, ends at #373), Ace of Clubs. Side 2: Continues in full to end of this side." Cassette available. Library re-transcription of the beginning of the interview. Coughlan transcript, 22 pages. Section A, pp. 1-14, Section B, pp. 14-22.
"Second taping session." Topics: poetry, old age, Franklin Roosevelt's children, John Kennedy's campaign's effect on the family, John Kennedy's back brace, inauguration thoughts, Catholic politicians, family size, Hollywood, Joseph Kennedy's familial advice, traveling husband and children, Gloria Swanson, John Kennedy's entry into politics, family tree, errors in print about Kennedys. Cassette available. Partial Coughlan transcript available, pp. 30-42.
"Session 3. Corrections and comments on Gail Cameron's book, Rose." Topics: Rose's mother, wives of politicians, Joseph Kennedy being away from family on business, thrift, Rosemary, importance of religion in the family, role of parents, birth of Edward Kennedy, god-parenting, courtship with Joseph Kennedy, money and lifestyle, difficulty of being an Irish Catholic (politically and socially), family houses, dogs, important people Rose met, Edward Kennedy and the Presidency, Gloria Swanson, Eunice as a family nurse, being an Ambassador's wife, Russia, how to prevent children from smoking and drinking, grandchildren. Cassette available. Coughlan transcripts available, 40 pages total. Part A, pp.1-19, Part B, pp. 1-21.
"Corrections and comments on Gail Cameron's book, Rose (continued); campaigning, election, and inauguration, etc; clothes and daughters-in-law." Topics: animals, John Kennedy's inauguration, public appearances, clothing, Lady Astor, Edward Kennedy and politics, campaigning, debates, John Kennedy's effect on women, Joseph Kennedy's judgment, Kennedy daughters (and daughters-in-law), efforts with mental retardation, family memorials, Paris. Cassette available. No transcript.
"Jackie and Onassis; quotations, Kick, Jackie, and misc." Topics: Ethel and her children, old age, philanthropy, quotations, religions, love of Boston, bringing up the children, diet, the Soviet, Kennedys' interfaith marriages, Kick, art, effect of lifestyle/traveling on children. Two cassettes available. Coughlan transcript available, 35 pages.
"Joseph P. Kennedy's final years and the reactions of Rose and the children." Topics: Joseph Kennedy's illness and final years, the children's role during this time period, family love of traveling, foreign countries, Hollywood, structure of the book, Joseph Kennedy and religion. Cassette available. No transcript.
"Rosemary; Bobby, life, death, funeral, and aftermath." Topics: comparison of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, age differences in children, relationships of the children with each other, importance of winning, Robert Kennedy's candidacy and death, Robert Kennedy being in the shadow of John Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy, Jr., Robert Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 24 pages.
"Campaigning; touch football; Joseph Kennedy's health, family, digestive troubles, etc.; corrections and comments on Paul Fay's book The Pleasure of His Company." Topics: Joseph Kennedy's illness and final years, his interests, how Rose should do interviews, children's spending habits, John Kennedy's stomach problems, politics and defamation of the family, Rose and public speaking, photography, previous Kennedy books, John Kennedy's nomination and candidacy, Rose's teas, Jackie's influence on John Kennedy, John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy after marriages, Greek Islands, Germany, the Kennedy-Nixon debate, shaking hands, Kennedy football. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 27 pages.
"Bob K.'s parties (Ted in pool); Jack and Ted's relations; and public image; and [corrections and comments on Paul] Fay's book [The Pleasure of his Company] cont.; her pre-inaugural (PB) materials; (Kenneth Reardon, etc.) + Joe-Rose division of [?]; Jackie's visits to Palm Beach after assassination (Grief) + etc, re Inaugur.; Paris, Blumenthal, religion, clothes, etc." Topics: relationship between John Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, family's public image, smoking, John Kennedy's religious habits, Jacqueline Kennedy's clothing and birth recovery, Caroline as a child, the President's house, story about hairdresser and hired help, relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy and the Kennedys, weather at John Kennedy inauguration, John Kennedy and pocket money, John Kennedy's Presidential office, Paul Fay's book, John Kennedy's humor, Irish Catholics in Boston, John Kennedy and the Irish, addressing John Kennedy, staying in the White House, evening dresses, signatures from world leaders, German songs, school in Blumenthal convent. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 28 pages.
"Corrections and comments on Paul Fay's book The Pleasure of his Company cont." Topics: Paul Fay's book, John Kennedy's sense of humor, John Kennedy and hats, Rose's mother and childhood, "women's lib," education at Wellesley College. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 24 pages.
"Comments on article by Joseph Kennedy's nurse; early memories of Joseph Kennedy and early married life." Topics: Rose's first impressions of Jackie, Joseph Kennedy's nurses, family and money, Ann Gargan's jewelry misunderstanding, reaction to John Kennedy being MIA in WWII, informality with guests, hitchhikers, role of individual conscience on marriage and re-marriage, keepsakes of the deceased children, sailing, Eunice, intruders in the house, Edward Kennedy's sense of direction, Edward Kennedy's operation, Rose's parents, sewing, getting a woman's education, cooking, Rose's complaints, family tragedies, first time meeting Joseph Kennedy. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 28 pages.
"Rose Kennedy's comments on Sandy Richardson's list of questions." Topics: Rose's daughters, first time meeting Joseph Kennedy and early relationship, Rose's father, engagement, furniture, furnishing and decorating a house, the family's growing wealth, John Kennedy's first campaign and family involvement, Joseph Kennedy's speech patterns, teenage antics, relationship between John Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy, John Kennedy's nomination for VP, first meetings with Jackie, Rose's role in John Kennedy's Presidential campaign. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 33 pages.
"Girlhood and early marriage; comments on Richard J. Whalen's book The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy; questions and answers re: diary notes from the years 1923 and 1924." Topics: Edward Kennedy's first campaign, the Foundation and Rosemary, the Ace of Clubs, annual trips, financial security and family money, discipline of children, Honey Fitz's last campaign, relationship between Honey Fitz and Joseph Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy and alcohol, public speaking, Roosevelts, birth of the children, jewelry, Joseph Kennedy's mother, John Kennedy's childhood nicknames, John Kennedy's views on Rosemary's treatment. Two cassettes available. Coughlan transcript available, 26 pages. January 21, pp. 1-14, January 24, pages 14-26.
"Married life and JPK's ambassador years." Topics: gifts, boarding schools [reasons why children were sent, etc.], telephone use for children, hotels, Joseph Kennedy's home "shows," Joseph Kennedy's social life, Eddie Moore and Arthur Houghton, Carlos Toscanini, Kennedy musical interests, card catalog for children's health, relationship between politicians and media, Gloria Swanson, Joseph Kennedy and film industry, shopping trips with Gloria Swanson, fashion in Paris, France, preferred clothing [colors, etc.], inaugurations. Cassette available. No transcript.
"More on `Married life,' ambassadorship and some on fashion and comments about Wheeler [Whalen], Cameron and other books about her and her family." Topics: reasons for children's names, relationship with nurses and cooks, Joseph Kennedy and the Maritime Commission, Joseph Kennedy's Ambassadorial years, Joseph Kennedy's knee breeches at court, etiquette for buying/wearing dresses and tiaras for court, being presented to the Queen, Joe and Rose's court behavior, jewels, English baths, effects of World War II, logistics of moving a large family, danger of Joseph Kennedy working in bombed areas, children's views on marriage and divorce, John Kennedy's relationship with Jackie, Kathleen's marriage and Rose's views, have Rose's views on marriage/religion/ divorce changed, children's behavior/misbehavior, Edward Kennedy punching someone in the nose, Joseph Kennedy's influence on debutantes, Joseph Kennedy's comments at home about being Ambassador and about U.S. involvement in the war, how Kennedys formed friendships, reaction to British declaration of war, Joseph Kennedy's speech on war, Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 27 pages. January 25, pp. 1-15, January 26, pages 15-27.
"Re: Kathleen; and discussion on pages 65-70 [of manuscript or diary/notebook] and insert of `married life' to end of `war years' and beginning of `later years.' Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 17 pages.
"'Later years' including Presidency; encounters with DeGaulle (sic) [Charles De Gaulle], Kruschev (sic) [Nikita Khrushchev], et al. etc." Topics: John Kennedy's and Rose's attitudes towards the Presidency, White House dinners, appropriate dress at the White House, Windsor castle, Rose's attitudes towards asking politicians in her family about current events, the procedure for worrisome events, being called "Mother," Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's trips to France, Rose's meetings with French officials, Versailles, John Kennedy's development as a young man, meeting with Khrushchev, learning German, Rose's conversation with Khrushchev's mother, congenial relationships with female heads of state, Eunice's relationship with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blair, Mrs. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy in Vienna, foreign reaction to children's speeches on foreign policy, adjusting to new places, punctuality. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 23 pages.
"Discuss Joey Gargan's memorandum to her and her diary section on `children.'" Topics: Joe Gargan, children and Joe Gargan working in their youth, movies, books and history, John Kennedy's behavior at important dinners, family dinners, childbirth and nursing, walks and shopping, milk, helping prepare food, Christmas, presents, blueberry picking, children's teeth, opera, rivalries among the children, discipline, children's mischievousness, camps, astronauts, children's interest in politics, saying grace, religious schooling, importance of faith, relationship between Joseph Kennedy, Jr. and his father, Rose's trip to the Soviet Union, leadership. Cassette available. Coughlan transcript available, 29 pages.
"More on girlhood, her diary, and Honey Fitz et al. etc." Topics: family letters, Boston Latin School, family life, Christmas celebrations, Kennedy recipes, Alice Roosevelt, ability of older women to have success in life, social privileges vs. responsibilities of the wealthy, caregivers for the elderly and mentally retarded, John Fitzgerald as Honey Fitz, answering audience and press questions, family visits to Palm Beach, languages and international mixing, February 2 continues on next cassette and transcript. Coughlan transcript available, 15 pages.
"Comments on girlhood scrapbook and her diary section on girlhood; Honey Fitz and his songs; her other beaux, memories of early Palm Beach." Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available, 21 pages (trails off).
"Discuss Richardson questions, her `black book,' preface (chap. 1). Richardson arrives, discuss book." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available only for February 18, 40 pages.
"Re-interview re: Courtship and Early Years of Marriage, and misc." Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available, 67 pages.
"Eunice & R.C. discuss Mother. Three of us discuss Family." Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available, 19 pages.
"Discuss Rose K. and family and aftermath of tragedies." Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available, 14 pages.
"Memories; Palm Beach `Bull Pen.'" Cassette forthcoming (may run onto second cassette). Coughlan transcript available, 14 pages.
"Palm Beach `Bull Pen'"(cont.). Cassette forthcoming. Coughlan transcript available, 6 pages.
"Conference on the book." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming, see 2 September 1972 tape.
"Rose Kennedy dictation re Early Married Life, etc. Notes on early married life, the grandchildren, hopes for their future, etc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Dictating remarks re early married life, etc." Check cassette above. No transcript.
"Discuss the family and Rose Kennedy." Evelyn Jones was former Kennedy maid and sister of caretaker Wilbert Marsh. Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.]
"Discuss early memories of JPK and Rose and later ones." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Reference to interview only. No cassette. No transcript.
For Doubleday photography. Cassette forthcoming (on side A). No transcript.
"Conference on the book, p.m." Cassette forthcoming (on side B of cassette above). No transcript.
"Corrections, comments, and further illuminations' on Chapters 1-7." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Memories of `Grandma,' etc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Discuss JFK, family, history, present, etc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript. Quoted extensively in TTR, pp. 265-267.
"Discuss Aunt Rose and family members, etc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Recording of Rose Kennedy's voice on P.A.; the `tour and comments'" Cassette forthcoming (on side B of April 27, 1972 cassette). No transcript.
"Discuss old times, girlhood and young matron memories of Rose Kennedy and family." Two cassettes forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Discuss Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and illness and Rose's attitude, etc. etc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Comments on first chapters and general guidance on book." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Tri-alogue." Cassette forthcoming (on August 24, 1972 tape). No transcript.
"Corrections and additions in chapter eleven, `Bringing up the children.'" Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"More corrections and comments on "Bringing up the children" section and Ted Kennedy's visit during campaigning for George McGovern." Two cassettes forthcoming. No transcript.
"More on `Bringing up the children' section, especially Joey and Mary Jo Gargan." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Discuss family, Rose Kennedy, etc." Two cassettes forthcoming. No transcript.
"Discuss manuscript and Ted Kennedy makes his special points, etc. La Guardia Airport and car to New York, and at Kennedy Park Ave. office." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Her comments and corrections and additions, mainly on Chap. 21 (published as Chap. 20)." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Family conference on The Book." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Family conference on The Book." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Corrections on Chapter 11, `Bringing up the children.'" Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Conference on the Book." Two cassettes forthcoming. No transcript.
"His comments, corrections, and additions on Book manuscript." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming (see August 14 cassette above). No transcript.
"Re: `Grandma' and the whole scene from his and other grandchildren's viewpoint." Cassette forthcominig. No transcript.
"Memories and impressions, lessons, values, etc. from `Grandma.'" Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"His comments, corrections, and additions on Book manuscript." Cassette forthcoming (see 17 August 1973 cassette). No transcript.
Reference to interview only. No cassette. No transcript.
"Further discuss the manuscript, his special points, etc. etc." Cassette forthcoming (on June 1973 cassette). No transcript.
"Corrections and comments on Chapters 14-20 and last chapter (original numbering)." Two cassettes forthcoming. No transcript.
Cassette forthcoming (on 2-3 and 7 September cassette above). No transcript.
"Her corrections and comments on Book manuscript, chapters 1-13, and mixture on others, etc., misc." Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
"Discuss Book and her memories of mother, etc." With Jean Smith and "and misc!" people. Cassette forthcoming. No transcript.
[Box is currently empty pending the creation of additional reference copies of cassette tapes.]
Chronological.
In 1972 and 1973, ghost writer Robert Coughlan conducted 69 interviews with Rose Kennedy, members of her family, and her friends as background for Mrs. Kennedy's memoir, Times to Remember [TTR]. Coughlan arranged to have some of the tapes transcribed, but the transcripts are rough and omit at least a third of the discussion. The transcriber did not always hear what was said, sometimes summarized long stretches as "social conversation," and made major grammatical, spelling, and name identification mistakes. To demonstrate the poor quality of the transcripts, the cassette of the interview on 4 January 1972 has been listened to and partially re-transcribed. After his death, Coughlan's family gave his papers, which included TTR interview transcripts, to the University Archives at Northwestern University. Interview transcripts are arranged chronologically in box 10.
As received; generally in the order the subjects appear in the book.
This series of background materials for Rose Kennedy's Times to Remember [TTR] is comprised of autobiography notes, correspondence about the book, sections of Kennedy's "Black Book" and diary, reminiscences about family members and significant events, correspondence between family and friends, and newspaper and magazine articles about the Kennedy family. Autobiography notes consist of Rose Kennedy's comments on the manuscript, and corrections and suggestions for the autobiography by other family members, friends, and editors. Correspondence about the book includes letters requesting information to be used in the book from friends and family, as well as correspondence with the ghost writer (Robert Coughlan), the editor (Stewart Richardson), and the publishers (Doubleday & Company, Inc). Subject folders include relevant pieces of Rose Kennedy's notes, diary, and "Black Book," correspondence with family and to a lesser extent friends, and newspaper and magazine articles.
Chronological.
The manuscripts series of Times to Remember contains working files and drafts such as a first draft edited typescript with handwritten changes that differs greatly from the published version; a second draft; comments and corrections by family and friends, including Barbara Walters; inserts and notes; Rose Kennedy's large print "Big Book" draft; several revised manuscripts; the corrected final manuscript; the final setting copy; and galley proofs. There is also an uncorrected proof of the 1995 memorial edition her children published after her death.
The first draft is a typed original manuscript with handwritten edits by RFK and others on both sides of the page; additional typed pages added; quite different from final version; great detail; cut considerably.
Includes table of contents for chapter.
Includes table of contents for chapter.
Includes table of contents for chapter.
Includes table of contents for chapter and Robert Coughlan letter of 1 May 1973.
Includes table of contents for chapter and Robert Coughlan letter of 19 June 1973.
Includes table of contents for chapter and Robert Coughlan letter of 9 July 1973.
Includes table of contents for chapter.
A large print draft of manuscript.
A large print draft of manuscript.
A large print draft of manuscript.
A large print draft of manuscript.
A large print draft of manuscript.
A large print draft of manuscript.
Alphabetical by language.
This series contains foreign editions of Times to Remember that were published in eight different languages. There is also a small amount of correspondence regarding the receipt of these books.
Subseries are divided by type of file.
The correspondence files are made up of six distinct files as maintained by Rose Kennedy's secretaries: outgoing letters; alphabetical correspondence; alphabetical file kept by adviser Norman Knight; correspondence with the New York office; family correspondence; and subject correspondence. Folders of similar materials found separately in the collection have been added to the appropriate subseries, especially in Series 3.6. Subject Correspondence.
By year, thereunder by month, thereunder by day in reverse chronological order.
This series contains carbons of outgoing letters written by Rose Kennedy and her secretaries: Diane Winter (1961-February 1971), Madeline ["Sue"] Sulad (February 1971-May 1973), Jay Sanderson (May 1973-June 1974), Barbara J. Gibson (July 1974-1977 [?]), and Dolores Stevens (1979 [?]-1980). This file was called the "Chron" file by the secretaries. Some of Rose Kennedy's drafts are included in addition to the final letters. Unless otherwise noted, very few folders include incoming items. The series includes letters written to family members, friends, staff members, members of the general public who had written to Rose Kennedy, people who had helped her on trips, and retail companies. Usually the full name and address of the correspondent is recorded. Adviser Norman Knight often prepared drafts for these letters.
Chronological.
The alphabetical correspondence file contains correspondence with friends, the press, and the general public. The folders are filed chronologically by a date span of one to several years, then within each time frame they are filed alphabetically by the name of the correspondent or institution. Date spans often overlap. The 1975 and 1977 sets include additional dates as noted in the folder titles, including a small amount of material for 1976. Usually both incoming and outgoing letters are included in these files. This series includes some letters for 1974 which do not appear in Series 3.1. Outgoing Letters. In cases where no documents were found in a particular folder, it has been marked as empty.
Alphabetical by last name of correspondent, organization, or subject.
This series consists of the correspondence file maintained by Norman Knight. Knight served as an adviser to the Kennedy family, and to Senator Edward M. Kennedy in particular. Mail was often sent to Knight’s Boston office for recommendations on how it should be handled or answered.
Chronological.
This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence between Rose Kennedy, her staff, and the New York office. For the period of January through September 1977, the files contain only items sent by Mrs. Kennedy or her staff to the New York office. There are bills throughout these files, but the last set of folders in the series consists solely of bills sent to the New York office.
Personal files for Rose Kennedy; children in general; each child (in birth order); grandchildren; other relatives.
This series contains Rose Kennedy’s correspondence with or about her immediate family members and other relatives. The bulk of the correspondence pertains to her children (and their spouses), grandchildren, nephews, nieces, and cousins. Also included are a small number of Joseph P. Kennedy’s letters to family members. As much as possible, original folder titles have been maintained but standardized, although revisions were made on the files for each child because there was no consistent pattern of titling.
Alphabetical by subject or category.
This series contains correspondence that was filed according to subject, type, or category. Generally within each heading the materials are arranged chronologically. Correspondence with world leaders, celebrities, and close friends is filed under "Special Letters" and can also be found in folders labeled "VIP."
[have check on back and some carbon responses, also 4 boxes incoming without obvious responses]
[Includes clothing, jewelry, and decorating.]
Chronological.
This series includes invitations to speak, schedules and other arrangements for speeches and appearances, background research materials, speech texts and drafts, and transcripts of interviews and appearances. The folders are arranged chronologically by the date of the event. Rose Kennedy spoke most frequently on the following topics: raising children, campaigning for her sons, mental retardation, her years in England, President Kennedy’s 1961 trip to Europe, her other travels, and the White House.
[Includes White House restoration and President and Mrs. Kennedy's 1961 trip to Europe.]
This special ran on "Who, What, When, Where, Why with Harry Reasoner," and was taped at John F. Kennedy's birthplace on Beals Street.
[Includes transcript of Felicia Roosevelt interview with Edward M. Kennedy.]
[Includes Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Senator Edward M. Kennedy.]
[May include Senator Edward M. Kennedy.]
Chronological by date of publication.
Rose Kennedy was frequently asked to write articles or statements for publication about herself, her family, and her charitable causes. She often drafted these articles with support from advisors, especially from the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation. Kennedy was also asked to grant interviews to journalists so they could write articles based the interviews. The series includes her edits of these interview transcripts and article drafts. Some interview-based articles appeared under Rose Kennedy’s name, while others were credited to the journalist. Any publication fees involved were donated to the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation or the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial. Many folders also include correspondence with the publisher, editor, or interviewer before and after the article appears in print.
[Earlier title of this piece was "With Honor for All."]
[Includes correspondence with editor Lenore Hershey, 1969-1971.]
[Includes correspondence with editor Monsignor Francis J. Lally, 1968-1971.]
[not approved]
[Includes a detailed summary of the interview with Mrs. Kennedy.]
[Interview format]
[This article was written on 9 June 1976.]
Chronological.
This series includes documents relating to Rose Kennedy's trips and travel. Types of material include notes, brochures, postcards, souvenirs, trip schedules, itineraries, bills, receipts, notes, travel lists, summaries, and resulting speeches. The series also contains information on purchases made while traveling, especially couture and clothing expenditures. Similar materials can be found throughout many of the other series but these items were filed together by Kennedy's secretaries.
[More material has been microfilmed because of its fragile condition; please ask for the microfilm.]
Subseries are arranged by family member in birth order.
This series is divided into 14 subseries that represent the Kennedy family in general; Patrick J. Kennedy; John F. Fitzgerald and the Fitzgerald family; Joseph P. Kennedy, Rose Kennedy; and each of the nine Kennedy children. Types of material include photographs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, correspondence, notes, programs, postcards, sheet music, telegrams, speeches, cards, and, where appropriate, materials relating to the person’s death. The series is an artificial compilation and was assembled by Library staff.
Chronological.
This series contains material related to the Kennedy family in general. The majority of items are scrapbooks, photographs, and news clippings. The folders are arranged chronologically.
[Some annotations by Rose Kennedy; two sets of photocopies, one from original, one from circa 1970 copy]
For separated oversize material (OVZ-139/7.1-#1-4), see MAP062.
[Some annotations by Rose Kennedy.]
[Some annotations by Rose Kennedy.]
Chronological.
This small series contains three items relating to Patrick J. Kennedy, the father of Joseph P. Kennedy.
This folder contains a program from a complimentary dinner held in honor of Patrick J. Kennedy and Francis Lally at the Hotel Pemberton in Hull, Massachusetts.
This folder contains two small gift cards from Patrick J. Kennedy and Mary Augusta (Hickey) Kennedy.
Chronological.
This series contains material relating to John F. Fitzgerald ("Honey Fitz"), the father of Rose Kennedy, and other members of the Fitzgerald family.
[Words by Richard H. Gerard, music by Henry W. Armstrong.]
[This is the day after the birth of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.]
This folder contains a reprint of an advertisement for John F. Fitzgerald, which was originally published in the Boston American-Advertiser newspaper during Fitzgerald's campaign for governor of Massachusetts. The text summarizes Fitzgerald's political career. The top of the page is missing, making the title illegible.
This folder contains a brochure titled "An Appreciation of John F," which was written by Clem Norton of the Boston School Committee on the occasion of John F. Fitzgerald's 81st birthday. There is also a photocopy of a ribbon reading "John F's 81st Birthday."
Chronological.
This series contains documents relating to Joseph P. Kennedy. Types of material include correspondence, articles, news clippings, and speeches. A significant portion of the series pertains to his death in 1969.
This folder contains a letter from Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, to Joseph P. Kennedy thanking him for a congratulatory telegram.
This folder contains a program from the Independence Day Banquet and Ball held by the American Society in London at the Dorchester Hotel in London on July 4th, 1939. Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy presided over the event. The program includes a full guest index. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., John F. Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy, and Eunice Kennedy were also in attendance.
Chronological.
This series contains items relating to Rose Kennedy. Types of material include news clippings, photographs, and her general notes on a variety of subjects. Of particular interest are the files on her engagement and marriage, the famous health cards she kept on each child, and the documentation on the children's schooling. There is also information on awards and honors bestowed upon Rose Kennedy.
[Includes notes on trip to Egypt]
Chronological.
This series contains material relating to Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., in particular memorials to him after his death.
Chronological.
This series contains items related to John F. Kennedy. The majority of the material is articles, news clippings, and other published material. There is also correspondence, photographs, and souvenirs. Of particular interest are the files about his schooling, especially his time at Choate.
[Includes family]
[Includes schedules, souvenirs, and foreign newspaper clippings.]
[Some have annotations.]
Chronological.
This small series contains items relating to Rosemary Kennedy.
Chronological.
This series contains materials about Kathleen Kennedy Hartington. The majority of the documents pertain to the time she spent in England, first during Joseph P. Kennedy's ambassadorship (1938-1939) and later during World War II (1943-1944) including her marriage to Billy Hartington. Of particular note are her scrapbook and diary.
Chronological.
This series contains items related to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Types of material include correspondence, news clippings, printed material, and notes. Also present is an essay by her daughter Maria about religion in the 1960 presidential campaign.
[Includes Joseph Kennedy's birthday.]
This folder contains language that is derogatory, racist, and/or outdated to describe individuals or communities.
Chronological.
This series contains two folders about Patricia Kennedy christening the military ship U.S.S. President Polk in 1941.
Chronological.
This series contains items related to Robert F. Kennedy. Types of material include correspondence, news clippings, military documents, and a speech. Topics of notes include his schooling, and later, his death and memorials.
Chronological.
This small series contains items related to Jean Kennedy Smith, including correspondence as well as notes by Rose Kennedy about Jean.
Chronological.
This series contains items related to Edward M. Kennedy. Types of material include correspondence, news clippings, and a speech.
Alphabetical by subject or type of material.
Rose Kennedy was a note writer, a collector of articles and anything else about subjects of interest, and a saver. Library staff pulled together all the folders with subject titles and similar loose materials to form this series. There is a great deal of overlap with materials in other series.
For separated oversize material (OVZ-139/8.-#1), see MAP062.
For separated oversize material (OVZ-139/8.-#2), see MAP062.
[A project of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation]
For separated oversize material (OVZ-139/8.-#3), please see MAP062.
Subseries are arranged by category.
This series is comprised of bills (including medical, personal, household, travel, and credit card bills), insurance policies and appraisals, financial reports, bank statements, investment statements, tax documents, information on financial donations and gifts, and related correspondence. Subseries 9.4 is closed pending reprocessing.
Chronological by year, thereunder alphabetical by name of company or payee.
This series contains bills and invoices with accompanying check requisition forms indicating payment. The bills represent a range of expenditures including household and travel expenses, employee salaries, trust fund distributions, and charitable donations. Most are arranged chronologically by year and thereunder alphabetically by the name of the business or individual requesting payment. A small number of folders dating from 1969 to 1974, located in Box 145, are arranged only by chronology. The files in this series are incomplete, and not all letters of the alphabet are present for some years. No files were received for 1981 or 1985. The vast majority of these bills were paid from the Kennedy Special fund which was managed by the Park Agency.
Chronological.
The majority of this series appears to have been generated, or otherwise handled, by the New York office staff, specifically Gertrude Ball. It includes correspondence, usually between Kennedy family secretaries, concerning financial matters such as the payment of expenses, donations, requests, the various households, and other miscellaneous items. Many of the expenses pertain to the Kennedys’ apartment in New York.
By subject, thereunder chronological.
This series contains copies of insurance policies held by Rose Kennedy and related paperwork, such as binders, renewal notices, and correspondence between insurance agents or Kennedy family secretaries about the policies. It also includes some letters concerning appraisals and valuations of property for insurance purposes.
General subject files arranged chronologically, followed by bank statements arranged alphabetically by name of institution.
This series includes bank statements (for checking accounts), cancelled checks, investment transaction records, and various ledger journal entries and other accounting calculations. Presumably these records were used by the Kennedy family accountants. General subject files are listed first and are filed in chronological order. They are followed by bank statements which are arranged alphabetically by institution and threreunder chronologically. In some cases, the statements represent multiple accounts at the same bank, and if so the account name is indicated. In addition to Rose Kennedy’s personal accounts, there are also checking accounts in the names of staff members Nellie McGrail and Dolores Stevens. The financial information in this series often duplicates or parallels the data in Series 9.1. Bills by Year.
Subseries are divided according to name of deceased.
This series contains letters to Rose Kennedy, and, in the case of condolences for their sons’ deaths, to Joseph P. Kennedy. The bulk of the series is made up of condolence mail sent to Rose Kennedy upon the death of her husband. It also contains condolence mail for her sons John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
By location: mail from Massachusetts first, then from other states, then from other countries.
This series contains condolence letters and cards of all kinds that were sent to Rose Kennedy and her family following the death of Joseph P. Kennedy in November 1969. The condolences are divided according to their geographical origin. Letters sent from Massachusetts are first, followed by those from other states, and finally those from other countries. Besides these three categories, there is no arrangement to the letters; items have not been organized alphabetically or chronologically within the folders.
Chronological (first half of series), no particular order (second half).
This series contains letters, cards, and memorials of all kinds (including books, articles, and special issues of magazines) that were sent to Rose and Joseph Kennedy upon the death of John F. Kennedy and for years following his assassination. Half of these items are representative samples taken from a very large quantity many years ago. The total number of condolences received by the Kennedys in honor of John F. Kennedy was much greater than these 11,000 items. This series also contains a folder of condolences for John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis after her death.
By type of material.
This series contains condolence mail and tributes sent to Rose Kennedy and her family in memory of Robert F. Kennedy. It also includes the funeral card and responses that were sent out by the family.
By type of material.
This subseries contains condolence mail and combined tributes that reference two or more deceased members of the Kennedy family.