Guide to the Joseph Melville Kennick Collection, 1933-1980

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© 1998
California State Library. All rights reserved.

Guide to the Joseph Melville Kennick Collection, 1933-1980



California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

  • California History Room
  • California State Library
  • Library and Courts Building II
  • 900 N. Street, Room 200
  • P.O. Box 942837
  • Sacramento, California 94237-0001
  • Phone: (916) 654-0176
  • Fax: (916) 654-8777
  • Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
  • URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/
Processed by:
The California State Library staff
Encoded by:
James Lake
© 1998 California State Library. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Joseph Melville Kennick Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1933-1980
Box Number: 1327-1328
Creator: Kennick, Joseph Melville, 1905-1980
Repository: California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language: English.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joseph Melville Kennick Collection, California State Library.

Access Points

Kennick, Joseph Melville, 1905-1980.
California. Legislature. Assembly.
California--Politics and government--1951-

Contents

Correspondence, clippings, certificates, personal papers, speech material, photographs

Biography

Senator. Born in Saginaw, Michigan, September 25, 1905. He served as superintendent of the Welfare Department and Juvenile Bureau for the City of Long Beach, 1933-1958. Elected to State Assembly in 1958, served four terms. In 1966 he was elected State Senator from the 33rd district and served until 1976. He died October 7, 1980 in Long Beach, California.

Correspondents

  • Bradley, Tom, 1917-
  • Campbell, Gaylord L.
  • Christine, Sister M.
  • Clark, Thomas J.
  • De Bie, Ric
  • Dekruif, Bob
  • Hatch, Ralph M.
  • Kayajanian, Harry
  • Little, Dick
  • Marbut, John A.
  • Mc Kay, Henry W.
  • Mercer, Thomas H.
  • Moskowitz, Irving
  • Noguchi, Thomas T., 1927-
  • Simon, Renee B.
  • Wade, Edwin W.
  • Waldie, Jerome R.
  • Whitehead, Alfred K
  • Wildman, Paul W.
  • Veysey, Victor V. (Victor Vincent), 1915-
  • Ziffren, Paul

Materials Transferred from the Collection

  • 12 photographs

Box Box 1327

Correspondence

 

Badge

 

Bible

 

Campaign Literature

 

Certificates

 

Clippings

 

Invitations and programs

 

Photographs

Box Box 1328

Speech Materials