Kennedy Collection, 1914-2011
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Half Hollinger Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Kennedy Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library
Background
- Scope and content:
The Kennedy Collection documents the lives of Dr. Thomas Simpson Kennedy, Judge Willaim T. Kennedy, and John D. Kennedy and their family. The collection includes photographs of the Kennedy family, manuscripts, and a research file. The manuscripts were written by William T. Kennedy and primarily describe vignettes from his early law career and the career of his father, Dr. Thomas Kennedy.
- Biographical / historical:
Dr. Thomas Simpson Kennedy (1859-1939) was born in 1859 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. In 1898 he settled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after serving in the Spanish American War; eventually becoming Ft. Lauderdale's first physician. He married Mary L. Kennedy and they had two sons, William T. Kennedy and John Dent Kennedy. Thomas S. Kennedy died on March 28th 1939 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
William T. Kennedy (1902-1971) and John Dent Kennedy (1905-1953) both became attorneys. William T. Kennedy became the first Judge of the Broward County Criminal Court of Record.
- Acquisition information:
- Dora Kennedy (wife of William T. Kennedy) donated the materials to the Broward County Historical Commission on March 18, 1975 (Accession BCHA-1975.11).
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as aquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Kennedy Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
