<I>Robert F. Kennedy: Promises to Keep</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Written by
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Written by
content: Senator Edward Kennedy, American, 1932 - 2009
label: Published by
content: Hallmark Editions, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A first edition, hardcover edition of Robert F. Kennedy: Promises to Keep written by Robert F. Kennedy, with an introductory note by Ted Kennedy. It is a cloth bound hardcover book with a sewn binding and adhesive binding. The book’s paper dust jacket features a color photograph of Kennedy is standing in front of a building with large glass windows. Kennedy is depicted from the thighs up, standing in profile, with his body turned towards the spine edge of the book. His hands are in his suit pants pockets and he is looking downwards. Kennedy wears a gray suit, gray tie, and a white dress shirt. Between Kennedy and the building is a white panel with long black diagonal lines. White text printed at the top reads [Robert F. Kennedy: / Promises To Keep / With an Introductory Note by Edward M. Kennedy]. Printed on the jacket spine is the full title of the book at the top, and the name of the publisher, [Hallmark], printed at the bottom. The back of the dust jacket is white. Printed at the top is the text [From Robert F. Kennedy: Promises to Keep] followed by a three paragraph quote from that book printed in black text divided by a thin blue line. The front and back covers are covered in variegated blue cloth. Embossed in silver on the front cover, at the top center, is the title of the book [Robert F. Kennedy: / Promises To Keep], above small text that reads [HALLMARK EDITIONS]. The text is framed above and below with two bands of fourteen five-pointed stars. The back cover is plain. The book title, [Robert F. Kennedy: Promises To Keep], is printed in silver text at the center of the spine, and framed on either side with a single five-pointed star. The interior pages are white with black text, color photographs of Kennedy, and a timeline of Kennedy’s speaking engagements. The book has 61 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.22
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Hallmark Editions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with cardboard , adhesive and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 11/16 × 4 3/4 × 1/2 in. (19.5 × 12.1 × 1.2 cm)