Coughlan walking through gates to Yakymour

Robert Coughlan, 1914-1992, was a journalist and author, notably publishing articles in LIFE and Fortune prior to ghostwriting Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s memoir, Times to Remember. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Coughlan was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Indiana University in 1988. This collection documents Coughlan’s personal and professional life, including his international reporting in Italy, France, Russia, Egypt, and Kenya. These photographs were gathered and captioned by Patricia Coughlan, Coughlan’s wife, upon donation in 1994.