May
10
by Stacey Chandler, Reference Archives Technician Just in time for Mother’s Day, our digital archivists have published a folder that contains some favorite documents here at the Kennedy Library. This folder comes from the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Personal Papers, and the documents inside offer an illuminating glimpse at the intersection of Kennedy family life and …
Permanent link to this article: http://archiveblog.jfklibrary.org/2013/05/a-mothers-day-tale-rose-kennedys-signature-collection/
Mar
19
by Tara Mayes, Graduate Student Intern (UMass Boston) I began my career here at the Kennedy Library six months ago as an intern, eager to work in an institution dedicated to historical research and interpretation. I have to admit, however, that before coming here I had basic (aka, grade school) knowledge of John F. Kennedy. …
Permanent link to this article: http://archiveblog.jfklibrary.org/2013/03/john-f-kennedy-and-civil-rights-a-visual-journey/
Dec
11
by Kelly Francis, Assistant Digital Archivist for Textual Collections The economy. Unemployment. Religion. Civil rights. Health care. These were the principal issues of the 2012 presidential election. Surprisingly, they were also the major issues of the 1960 election. Senator John F. Kennedy’s 1960 Presidential Campaign Files were cataloged concurrently with the 2012 presidential campaign. As …
Permanent link to this article: http://archiveblog.jfklibrary.org/2012/12/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/
Dec
11
by Jane Silva, Graduate Student Intern (UMass Boston) As a graduate student in the History Department’s Archives track at the University of Massachusetts Boston, I was required to complete a 120 hour internship at an archival institution to gain practical experience in the Archives field. At first I thought there was nothing I could learn …
Permanent link to this article: http://archiveblog.jfklibrary.org/2012/12/the-john-l-saltonstall-papers-adventures-in-digitization/
Nov
05
by Stacey Chandler, Reference Archives Technician Reference archivists at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library are responsible for answering questions from researchers of all kinds around the world. For those of us who work specifically with the paper collections, our detective work can lead us to look at hundreds of documents every day; after all, …
Permanent link to this article: http://archiveblog.jfklibrary.org/2012/11/archival-gems-you-wouldnt-expect/