Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- John Haskell Kemble Papers
- Dates:
- 1891-1990
- Creators:
- Kemble, John Haskell
- Abstract:
- The John Haskell Kemble papers contains research materials and notes, typescripts about maritime history. In addition, there are his students' papers, course work, and documents about the organizations he participated in at Pomona College from 1936 to 1990. Also, there are documents about the history of Claremont, California. 7 series comprise the collection. Series 1 contain his personal effects; Series 2 contain his publications; Series 3 contains documents about organizations and memberships; Series 4 contains documents about his professional activities; Series 5 contains documents about his teaching activities; Series 6 contains documents about the Claremont Colleges; and Series 7 contains documents about the city of Claremont, California.
- Extent:
- 12 boxes
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], John H. Kemble Papers. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
-
John Haskell Kemble was a recognized maritime historian. He was born June 17, 1912 in Marshalltown, Iowa and died February 19, 1990. He earned his B.A. from Stanford University in 1933 and his MA in 1934, PhD in 1937 at the University California, Berkeley. He was a member of the Pomona College History department from 1936-1977. He retired as the Warren Finney Day professor of history and acted as Curator of the Wester Americana Collection at Honnold/Mudd library. He was the author of two books and numerous articles and edited other books over the years. The books were The Panama Route 1848-1869" and "San Francisco Bay: A Pictorial Maritime History."
During World War II he was an instructor in the Office of Naval history and served on the staff of U.S. Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. He ended his active duty in 1946 and retired a commander in the Naval Reserve in 1977.
Dr. Kemble was a visiting professor at the u.S. Naval War College in 1952-1953 and served as a lecturer for a number of years at the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime History at Mystic Seaport, Conn.
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown.
- Processing information:
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Arranged and Processed by Brooke Renzas, 2000. Revised and corrected, 2005.
- Arrangement:
-
Series 1 Personal Papers
Subseries 1.1 Personal Effects, 1953-1984
Subseries 1.2 Stanford University 1932-1933, Undergraduate Work
Subseries 1.3 the University of California, Berkeley, 1932-1936, Graduate Work
Series 2 Publications, 1969-1972
Series 3 Organizations and Memberships
Series 4 Professional Activities
Subseries 4.1 Pomona College, History Department
Subseries 4.2 Claremont Graduate School, History Department
Series 5 Teaching Activities
Subseries 5.1 Pomona College History Department Course materials
Subseries 5.2 John H. Kemble's Students' Papers
Subseries 5.3 Claremont Graduate School Course Materials
Subseries 5.4 Claremont Graduate School Students' Papers
Series 6 Claremont Colleges
Series 7 Claremontiana
- Accruals:
-
No additions to the collection is anticipated.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
-
2009
© 2009
- Date Encoded:
- Finding aid encoded by Russell Michalak 2009
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
-
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], John H. Kemble Papers. Special Collections, Honnold Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
- Location of this collection:
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800 N. Dartmouth Ave.Claremont, CA 91711, US
- Contact:
- (909) 607‑3977