{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"21814"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Legal-size file folder with two flat notecards affixed to the center of one side and a handwritten note from Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy next to one of the cards.\r\n\r\nThe two flat notecards are similar to Mrs. Kennedy's sympathy appreciation notecard in design (see record for 2002.075.0009). Both cards on the folder have a thin black border around the perimeter. The top card is blank, the bottom card has a small seal embossed into the paper near the top center of the card.  \r\n\r\nThe handwritten note next to the bottom card is written in blue ink and says:\r\n\r\n\"Can I have this with seal in black - like the condolence cards\".\r\n\r\nThere are two short notes handwritten on the inside of the folder. In the upper right corner in green marker is the text \"To: Sandy Fox\". Handwritten in blue ink is the text \"Mary Gallagher for Mrs. Kennedy\"."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2002.075.0025"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"One legal-size file folder with two flat notecards adhered to the center of one side and a handwritten note from Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy next to one of the cards.\r\n\r\nThe two flat notecards are similar to Mrs. Kennedy's sympathy appreciation notecard (2002.075.0009) in design. Both cards on the folder have a thin black border around the perimeter. The top card is blank, the bottom card has a small seal centered near the top of the card and embossed into the paper. The handwritten note next to the bottom card is written in blue ink and says:\r\n\"Can I have this\r\nwith seal in\r\nblack - like\r\nthe condolence\r\ncards\".\r\n\r\nThere are two short notes handwritten on the inside of the folder. In the upper right corner in green marker is the text \"To: Sandy / Fox\". Handwritten in blue ink in cursive in the center of this same side of the folder is the text \"Mary Gallagher / for / Mrs. Kennedy\"; there is a large check mark in pencil over these three lines of text.\r\n\r\nThe folder is severely yellowed. There is paper loss in the middle of the reverse where it looks like something had been adhered; some color transfer from the two notecards on this same side. Stains and creases throughout the folder. (JM 09/27/2017)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/49923/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"49923"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/49924/full","displayOrder":"2","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"49924"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Sample of mourning stationery with Jacqueline Kennedy's handwritten notes"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/49923/full"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Stationery","Mourning","Funeral","Fox, Sanford","Kennedy, Jacqueline","Fox, Sandy","Gallagher, Mary","Kennedy, John F.","Washington, D.C."]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Folder"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/23/1963 - 11/25/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["24.1300482601"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Sanford L. Fox was the Chief of the White House Social Entertainments Office during the Kennedy presidency--a position he held from 1962 to 1975. As Chief, Mr. Fox was responsible for the planning, organization and execution of events at the White House including everything from teas to state dinners. He was an arbiter of protocol as well as having oversight for printing, engraving and calligraphy for menus, invitations and other stationery. He was also responsible for seating arrangements.\r\n\r\nMary Gallagher was personal secretary to Jacqueline Kennedy for eight years, from 1957 to 1964. Prior to that she had worked for John F. Kennedy during his years in the Senate and for Jacqueline Kennedy's mother, Janet Auchinschloss. \r\n\r\nBoth Sanford Fox and Mary Gallagher assisted Mrs. Kennedy with planning her husband's funeral, in part by helping organize the necessary stationery, as demonstrated by this sample. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections","The seal that is the subject of the note on this sample is actually an embossed version of the coat of arms that was formally granted to President Kennedy (\"and the other descendants of his great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy\") by the Chief Herald of Ireland on March 17, 1961. [See record for 2002.075.0009 for a black and cream version of this crest.]  \r\n\r\nThe coat of arms represents a combination of the symbols traditionally associated with the family names O'Kennedy and Fitzgerald, both represented on President Kennedy's family tree. The armored arm at the top of the shield, holding four arrows, surrounded by olive branches, is a direct reference to part of Kennedy's inaugural speech, in which he said, \"On the Presidential coat of arms, the American eagle holds in his right talon the olive branch, while in his left is held a bundle of arrows. We intend to give equal attention to both.\" The four arrows are often interpreted to refer to John F. Kennedy and his three brothers. \r\n\r\nPrior to this, no American president had been awarded a coat of arms in this manner, although Americans of Irish descent had received them. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections","Mary Gallagher was Mrs. Kennedy's personal secretary for eight years.  She attended to Mrs. Kennedy during her White House years and was with her on the trip to Texas.  She recounted her experience with the First Lady in her book \"My Life wtih Jacqueline Kennedy\" (1969). -- Krishna Shenoy, Librarian/Archivist","Included in the Museum's temporary exhibit, \"Mourning a President,\" about the funeral and mourning rites for President John F. Kennedy, this item will be on display on the Museum's seventh floor from November 17, 2017 to February 19, 2018. -- Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65887"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"14 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (37.5 × 24.1 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["37.4650000000"]}}]}