JACQUELINE KENNEDY.  Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) was the First Lady and wife to President John F. Kennedy.  After President Kennedy’s assassination, Jackie would later marry the shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY, THE FIRST LADY AND WIFE TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY

Autograph letter signed by Jacqueline Kennedy as an editor at Viking Press and Doubleday to her close friend and fellow Viking Press editor Edwin Kennebeck.  Kennedy plans to publish the diary of Carroll Baker: “Dear Ed - Another article by James Fox - I think it was in Falling Stone or will be.  And a clipping I couldn’t resist sending you.  If Carroll Baker can write, wouldn’t that be interesting dairy!  Rather Macabre.  Have fun - Jackie.”  Baker (b. 1931) is a famous American actress known for starring in Baby Doll (1956), Giant (1956), and How the West Was Won (1962).

KENNEDY PLANS TO PUBLISH THE DIARY OF ACTRESS CARROLL BAKER: “IF CARROLL BAKER CAN WRITE, WOULDN’T THAT BE INTERESTING DIARY!  RATHER MACABRE.”

In September 1975, six months after the death of her second husband Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy reentered the workforce for the first time since 1953.  The 46 year old former First Lady had been given a consulting editor position at Viking Press earning $200 a week.  Although much of her first year was spent adjusting to the publishing industry, the books Kennedy acquired for Viking reflected her interests in history, art, and culture.  Her first title was Remember the Ladies, a companion volume to an American Bicentennial traveling exhibition on the role of women in 18th century America.  She followed it with In the Russian Style, an illustrated volume on clothing and artifacts from Czarist Russia and then a collaboration with Diana Vreeland.  When Viking opted to publish the Jeffrey Archer novel Shall We Tell the President?, which featured a plot about an assassination attempt on Ted Kennedy, Jackie resigned and took the job of associate editor at Doubleday, a company she would remain with for the remainder of her professional career.

ACCOMPANIED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM RR AUCTION, THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTOGRAPH AUCTION HOUSE

Contains one page on lined paper, measures 11 by 8.5 inches, created in [New York City] on August 2, 1976, in pristine condition, and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity from RR Auction, the world’s leading autograph auction house.