John F. and Robert Kennedy Ephemera Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff; latest revision by Kylie Dodd
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Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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Guide to the John F. and Robert Kennedy Ephemera Collection, ca. 1963-1968

Collection number: Mss 137

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
Special Collections staff; K. Dodd
Date Completed:
Jan. 9, 2013
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: John F. and Robert Kennedy Ephemera Collection
Dates: ca. 1963-1968
Collection number: Mss 137
Collection Size: .6 linear feet (2 flat oversize boxes).
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: Mainly memorial issues of magazines following the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, 1963, and Robert F. Kennedy, 1968.
Physical location: Del Sur Oversize.
Languages: English

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

John F. and Robert Kennedy Ephemera Collection. Mss 137. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Multiple sources, including donation by G. William Hoover.

Scope and Content of Collection

Mainly memorial issues of magazines following the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, 1963, and Robert F. Kennedy, 1968.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Assassination.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Assassination.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994.


 

Jacqueline Kennedy

Additional Note

Memorial issues of magazines following her husband's death.
Box 1

Jacqueline Kennedy: Her Personal Photos, v. 1 no. 1: Personal Annual

Box 1

Jacqueline Kennedy: Woman of Valor

Box 1

LOOK magazine - Cover dedicated to Jacqueline Kennedy, Jan. 28, 1964

 

John F. Kennedy

Additional Note

Memorial issues of magazines following his death.
Box 1

Coronet - Memorial cover, Jan. 1964

Box 1

Four Dark Days in History: A Photo History of President Kennedy's Assassination

Box 1

Frontier - Memorial cover, Dec. 1963

Box 1

John F. Kennedy Memorial Album: His Life, His Words, His Deeds

Box 1

Kennedy and His Family in Pictures - By the editors of LOOK magazine

 

LIFE magazine

Box 1

Memorial cover, Nov. 29, 1963

Box 1

Memorial cover, Dec. 6, 1963

Box 1

Memorial edition, 1963

Box 1

Special edition: memorial issue, 1968

 

LOOK magazine

Box 1

Memorial issue, Dec. 31, 1963

Box 1

Memorial issue, Nov. 17, 1964

 

Newsweek

Box 1

Memorial cover, Dec. 2, 1963

Box 1

Memorial cover, Jan. 6, 1964

Box 1

Pageant - Memorial cover, Feb. 1964

Box 1

Saturday Review - "The Legacy of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Special Memorial Issue" note stapled to the front, Dec. 7, 1963

Box 1

Skeptic - Special issue no. 9: Issue dedicated to J.F.K.'s assassination

Box 1

The Listener - Includes tributes to J.F.K., Nov. 28, 1963

Box 1

The Saturday Evening Post - Memorial issue, Dec. 14, 1963

 

Robert F. Kennedy

Additional Note

Memorial issues of magazines following his death.
Box 2

Bobby: The Robert F. Kennedy Story – The Man & His Dream

Box 2

RFK: The Bob Kennedy we knew - By the editors of LOOK magazine

Box 2

Robert Francis Kennedy Memorial Issue

Box 2

The Life and Death of Robert F. Kennedy

 

TIME magazine

Box 2

Cover dedicated to R.F.K. during his campaign for the presidency, May 24, 1968

Box 2

Memorial cover after his assassination, June 14, 1968

 

Miscellaneous

Additional Note

Issues of magazines that focus on the new administration following the death of J.F.K.
 

TIME magazine

Box 2

Cover featuring new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nov. 29, 1963

Box 2

Cover featuring the Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, Dec. 6, 1963

Box 2

U.S. News & World Report - Cover featuring new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nov. 25, 1963