ABSTRACT

Archival research on John F. Kennedy begins with the presidential library in Boston, which has now digitalized significant portions of its holdings (https://www.jfklibrary.org" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">www.jfklibrary.org). There remain some restrictions on access to materials. Visitors to Boston may also wish to use the Nigel Hamilton Collection at the state historical society. Primary materials in published form begin with Public Papers of the Presidents, with three volumes for Kennedy (1962–64), matched by volumes related to his earlier Senate and House career (1964a). Kennedy is also listed as the author of four books: Why England Slept (1940); As We Remember Joe (1945); Profiles in Courage (1956); and the posthumous volume A Nation of Immigrants (1964b).