BOSON -- The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library is unveiling a new exhibit that explores elements of Kennedy's life that prepared him for public service.

This new display, which will remain open through next summer, will feature documents, photographs and artifacts that illustrate key aspects Kennedy's early life.

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They include: growing up as part of a large and service-oriented family, his education at Harvard University, his foreign travels as the son of an ambassador and as a United States Congressman, his Naval service in the South Pacific during World War II and his authorship of two books, Why England Slept and Profiles in Courage.

Among the items to be displayed that have never been displayed before are:

Kennedy’s notes on government and the presidency written as a student at Harvard University.

Kennedy’s 1951 travel diary.

Kennedy’s notes on the opening session of the United Nations in 1945, which he covered as a journalist for the Hearst newspaper chain.

Draft pages and the typewriter used for Kennedy's senior thesis turned book, Why England Slept.

The Making of a President is one of the exhibits visitors will find in the Museum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

The museum's 25 multimedia exhibits and period settings from the White House offer a "you are there" experience. Beginning with a 17-minute film narrated by Kennedy, visitors step back into the recreated world of the early 1960s and witness the first televised presidential debate; accompany first lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on her televised tour of the White House; sit in on press conferences with the president; relive the thrill of Col. John Glenn's first orbital mission; stroll through White House corridors; witness Cabinet meetings during the Cuban Missile Crisis and observe the president’s televised address from the Oval Office on the Civil Rights crisis.