The Patriarch (105 page)

10
. Charles F. Hennessey, “Prophecy for the Class of 1908,” in R. J. Dobbyn to JPK, Jan. 24, 1934, box 34, JPKP.

11
.
Boston Latin School Register,
Dec. 1907, 13; May 1908, 14, BLS;
BDG,
June 13, 1908;
BSP,
May 9, 1908.

12
. Harvard University, student records, UAIII, 15.88.10, 1890–1968, box 2600, HUA.

13
. V. W. Brooks, “Harvard and American Life,”
Contemporary Review
94 (1908): 613; Harvard University, student records, HUA.

14
. Seymour Martin Lipset and David Riesman,
Education and Politics at Harvard
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975), 106;
Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider the Advisability of Revising the Present System of Examinations for Admission to Harvard College,
Harvard College Class of 1912, class book, 1913; “List of Secondary Schools, Universities and Colleges . . . from Which Students Have Entered Harvard College During the Years 1901–1910,” HUA.

15
. Campbell,
FB
folders, EMKP.

16
. “1912 Harvard Class Album,” HUA.

17
.
BDG,
Mar. 19, 1911; Apr. 18, 24, 1911; Campbell,
FB
folders, EMKP.

18
.
The H Book of Harvard Athletics, 1852–1922
, ed. John A. Blanchard (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Varsity Club, 1923); Richard Whalen,
The Founding Father
(1964; repr., New York: Regnery, 1993), 4, 27; Kelly, Potter,
FB
folders, EMKP.

19
. Kelly, Potter,
FB
folders, EMKP.

20
.
BDG,
Nov. 19, 20, 23, 1908.

21
. O’Connor,
The Boston Irish,
178.

22
. REFK,
TTR,
46–47.

23
. REFK and RC, Jan. 24, 1972, box 10, REFKP;
BDG,
Jan. 3, 1911.

24
. REFK,
TTR,
51–52.

25
. REFK and RC, Feb. 23, 1972, box 10, REFKP; REFK,
TTR,
51–52.

26
. REFK and RC, Jan. 4, 1972, box 10, REFKP; REFK,
TTR,
54.

27
. John B. Kennedy, “Joe Kennedy Has Never Liked Any Job He’s Tackled,”
American Magazine
, May 1928, 145–46.

28
. Cram to P. J. Kennedy, Sept. 30, 1911, Harvard University, student records, UAIII, 15.88.10, 1890–1968, box 2600, HUA.

29
. Harvard University, Joseph P. Kennedy, grade card, UAIII 15.75.12 1910–1919, box 12, HUA.

THREE: STARTING OUT

1
. REFK,
TTR,
56.

2
. John B. Kennedy, “Joe Kennedy Has . . . ,” 146.

3
. Naomi Lamoreaux, “Bank Mergers in Late Nineteenth-Century New England,”
Journal of Economic History
(Sept. 1991): 547–48; John Gunther,
Inside U.S.A.
(1947; repr., New York: New Press, 1997), 512.

4
. O’Meara to JPK, May 15, 1937, box 91, JPKP.

5
. Richard Whalen interview with Goldsmith, cited in Laurence Leamer,
The Kennedy Men
(New York: HarperCollins, 2001), 23.

6
. JPK to Goldsmith, Apr. 17, 1912, in author’s possession.

7
. JPK to Goldsmith, n.d., 1913, in author’s possession.

8
.
BDG,
Apr. 6, 1911.

9
. Merrill,
FB
folders, 1964, EMKP.

10
. Goldsmith to JPK, n.d., in author’s possession.

11
.
BDG,
Jan. 3, Mar. 25, Oct. 14, 1913.

12
.
BDG,
Dec. 19, 1913.

13
. Boston News Bureau, Jan. 21, 1914, 5.

14
. JPK to Goldsmith, n.d. [Jan. 1914], in author’s possession.

15
. “Deny They Gave $1,000,”
BDG,
Feb. 13, 1914.

16
. Massachusetts Bank Commissioners,
Annual Report of the Bank Commissioners, 1912–1915
(Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1912–1915).

17
. REFK,
TTR,
59; “Bars Improper Dancing,”
BDG,
Oct. 11, 1913.

18
. REFK,
TTR,
59.

19
. REFK interview, Nov. 20, 1967, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site resources management records, box 10, Longfellow.

20
. REFK, “The Wedding Log,” box 1, REFKP.

21
. Alexander von Hoffman,
John F. Kennedy’s Birthplace: A Presidential Home in History and Memory
(National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Aug. 2004), 29, 33.

22
. Von Hoffman, 109–16, 189–93; Anne Coxe Toogood,
John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: Historic Furnishings Plan
(Department of the Interior, National Park Service, July 31, 1971), 23.

23
. REFK and RC, Jan. 7, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

24
. On collateral loan scandal,
BDG,
Dec. 3, 4, 5, 11, 1914; “Rowley Collateral Loan Director,” Feb. 5, 1914.

25
. Massachusetts Bank Commissioners,
Annual Report.

26
. Campbell,
FB
folders, EMKP.

27
. JPK notes payable and receivable, 1921–1936, assorted materials, box 42, JPKP.

28
. REFK,
TTR,
62–63.

FOUR: WAR

1
.
BDG,
Apr. 8, 1915.

2
. REFK,
TTR,
63.

3
. REFK, in Doris Kearns Goodwin,
The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987), 272.

4
. John Whiteclay Chambers II,
To Raise an Army: The Draft Comes to Modern America
(New York: Free Press, 1987), 126.

5
. JPK draft card, NAUS.

6
.
BDG,
Aug. 9, 10, 14, 16, 1917.

7
.
BDG,
Oct. 21, 1917; U.S. War Department,
Second Report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War on the Operations of the Selective Service System to December 20, 1918
(Washington, DC: U.S. War Department, 1919), 45, 62–66; Samuel W. McCall, “Massachusetts in Action,”
American Review of Reviews
57 (May 1918): 506.

8
. Powell to JPK, Nov. 14, 1917, box 37, JPKP.

9
.
Preliminary Report on Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.—Quincy Plant,
July 31 and Aug. 1, 1918, record group 3, Records of the United States Housing Corporation PI-140, entry 39, box 6, NAUS.

10
. See correspondence and memorandums in NAUS, record group 3, “Records of the United States Housing Corporation,” PI-140, entry 39, box 6; JPK to James Richards, Sept. 9, 1918, Amanda Smith,
Hostage to Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy,
HTF
(New York: Viking, 2001), 18–19.

11
. Fore River Log 4, no. 3 (Oct. 1918), 15.

12
. JPK to District Board No. 5, Feb. 18, 1918; Powell to T. F. Harrington, Feb. 17, 1918; Powell to Meyer Bloomfield, Feb. 25, 1918, box 37, JPKP.

13
.
BDG,
Apr. 6, July 27, 1918.

14
.
BDG,
Apr. 18, 1918; “Praises Work at Fore River,”
BDG,
Aug. 3, 1918.

15
. “Fore River Makes a Good Home Start,”
BDG,
May 19, 1918.

16
.
Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel
, chap. 3, http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/all-bethsteel-c3p13,0,4940413.story;
BDG,
May 14, July 5, 1918; JPK to Joseph Larkin, Sept. 16, 1918, Smith,
HTF,
19–22.

17
.
BDG,
Sept. 6, 17, 21, 1918; REFK,
TTR,
131.

18
.
BDG,
Nov. 8, 1918; John B. Kennedy, “Joe Kennedy Has . . . ,” 148.

FIVE: MAKING A MILLION

1
. REFK and RC, Jan. 21, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

2
. Fenway Building Trust transactions, box 45; bank loans secured by notes, box 42; JPK loans, withdrawn box (hereafter w.b.) 10, JPKP.

3
. REFK,
TTR,
77.

4
. Gloria Swanson,
Swanson on Swanson
(New York: Random House, 1980), 344.

5
. Coolidge to JPK, Oct. 8, 1920; JPK to Coolidge, Oct. 16, Nov. 26, 1920, box 35, JPKP.

6
. REFK and RC, Jan. 24, 1972, box 12, REFKP.

7
. REFK,
TTR,
70, 73–74; REFK and RC, Jan. 20, 21, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

8
. Peters to JPK, Feb. 25, 1920, box 36, JPKP; JPK to Place, July 2, 1920, Smith,
HTF,
24.

9
. St. Apollonia Guild,
FB
folders, EMKP.

10
. Edwin Place, “Scarlet Fever,”
American Journal of Public Health
4 (September 1914): 772.

11
. REFK and RC, Jan. 17, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

12
. Von Hoffman, 43–46.

13
. Houghton,
FB
folders, EMKP.

14
. Armond Fields,
Fred Stone
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002), 193–94, 202–3; agreement among Gurnett, Kennedy, and Stone, May 2, 1919, box 49; JPK to Wellington, June 29, 1921, box 37, JPKP.

15
. “Babe Ruth Signs to Enter Movies,”
BDG,
Sept. 6, 1919; JPK and Babe Ruth: Agreement, n.d.; Robbins to JPK, Oct. 8, 1919; Ruth to JPK, Oct. 31, 1919, box 68, JPKP.

16
. David Stoneman to JPK, Nov. 6, 1919; minutes of Columbia Films board, Jan. 7, 1921, and assorted documents, w.b. 31, JPKP.

17
. JPK to Treman, Jan. 2, 1920; JPK to E. B. Dane, Jan. 21, 1920, box 68, JPKP.

18
. JPK to Hayden, Dec. 4, 1919; memorandum on loan to Frank Hall, June 20, 1920, box 68, JPKP;
NYT,
July 2, 1921.

19
. Peters to Houston, Apr. 21, 1920, box 47; Houston to Peters, Apr. 26, 1920; Peters to JPK, Apr. 29, 1920; JPK to Peters, May 7, 1920, box 36, JPKP.

20
. Dunphy to JPK, Aug. 11, 1920, box 35, JPKP.

21
. JPK to Dunphy, Aug. 12, 23, 1920, box 35, JPKP.

22
. JPK to Cole, Aug. 30, 1920, box 48, JPKP.

23
. Hunter, Dublin and Company prospectus, 1927, in Janet Wasko,
Movies and Money
(Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1982), 22.

24
. JPK to Cole, Sept. 30, 1920, box 48, JPKP.

25
. JPK to Cole, Nov. 19, 30, 1920, box 48, JPKP.

26
. JPK to Turner, Dec. 23, 1920, box 37, JPKP.

27
. Information on these loans, box 42; Thayer to JPK, June 8, 1921, w.b. 10, JPKP.

28
. JPK to Dunphy, Dec. 31, 1920, box 35, JPKP.

29
. Grace to JPK, Dec. 30, 1920, Jan. 17, Feb. 2, 1921; JPK to Grace, Jan. 11, 1921, box 37, JPKP.

30
. JPK to JF, Jan. 21, 1921, box 48, JPKP.

31
. Crum to JPK, Mar. 27, 1921, box 48, JPKP.

32
. JPK to Thayer, Mar. 28, 1921, box 45, JPKP.

33
. Graham’s of London to JPK, June 21, 1921, box 48, JPKP.

34
. JPK to Granville MacFarland, June 18, 1921; JPK to Godsol, June 17, 27, 30, 1921; JPK to Hurd, July 26, 1921; JPK to Hodkinson, Dec. 31, 1921, Jan. 12, 1922, box 48, JPKP.

35
. JPK to Schnitzer, July 13, 1922, box 48, JPKP.

36
. JPK to S. R. Kent, May 3, 1922, w.b. 31, JPKP.

37
. JPK to Hays, Sept. 28, 1922, box 48, JPKP.

38
. JPK to Franklin, Sept. 28, 1922, box 48; JPK to Yamins, Dec. 1, 1922, box 43; memorandum, Jan. 11, 1923, box 42, JPKP.

39
. REFK, “Married Life,” box 12, REFKP.

40
. JPK to Murray, Aug. 15, 1921, Smith,
HTF
29.

41
. JPK to Houghton, Sept. 19, 1921, Smith,
HTF,
30–31.

42
. JPK to Turner, Aug. 16, 1921, box 37, JPKP.

43
. JPK to Brush, June 24, 1922, box 45, JPKP; JPK to Thayer, Feb. 14, 1921, Smith,
HTF,
27.

44
. REFK, “Married Life,” box 12, REFKP.

45
. Haussermann,
FB
folders, EMKP.

46
. JPK to Brush, June 24, 26, 29, 1922, box 45, JPKP.

47
. JPK to Potter, Aug. 17, 1920, w.b. 23; Albert Garceau to JPK, Nov. 2, 1920; JPK to Turner, Dec. 1, 1921, box 37; “duplicate inventory,” w.b. 23, JPKP.

48
. Canada Royal Commission on Customs and Excise,
Royal Commission on Customs and Excise Interim Reports,
Joseph Kennedy Ltd., dissolved company file BC7534, Oct. 18, 1931, GR-1526 (B05158), British Columbia Archives.

49
. Daniel Okrent,
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
(New York: Scribner, 2010), 366–71.

50
. Information on 25 Sheldon Road home, Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, Massachusetts; Dean to Fisher, May 7, 1922, box 35, JPKP.

51
. REFK and RC, Jan. 7, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

SIX: “MY OWN MASTER IN MY OWN BUSINESS”

1
.
BDG,
July 11, 1921.

2
. Miss F. to Guy, Jan. 5, 1922, box 48, JPKP.

3
. REFK and RC, Jan. 4, 1972, box 10, REFKP.

4
. REFK, diary, 1923, box 1, REFKP

5
. REFK to JPK, n.d., box 1, JPKP.

6
. REFK to JPK, n.d., box 1, JPKP
.

7
. JPK to REFK, Apr. 8, 1923, box 1, JPKP.

8
. JPK to REFK, Apr. 15, 1923, box 1, JPKP.

9
. REFK, diary, 1923, box 1, REFKP.

10
. John B. Kennedy, “Joe Kennedy Has . . . ,” 148.

11
. Minutes of Columbia Advertising, Feb. 1924, box 37, JPKP.

12
. JPK to Fitzgibbon, Jan. 2, 1924, Mar. 24, 1925, box 37, JPKP.

13
. JPK to Brush, Dec. 14, 1923, Smith,
HTF,
40.

14
. JPK to John Borden, June 19, 1924, Smith,
HTF,
42.

15
. Hank Searls,
The Lost Prince
(New York: Ballantine Books, 1969), 39–40.