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Biographical

box 1, folder 1

Autobiography. 1946.

General Physical Description note: 6 leaves. Typescript, with holograph notes.

General note

Written in the fall of 1946 for some application for a writing fellowship.
box 1, folder 2

Photos of Ruth Eleanor McKee. 1905, 1907, 1918, 1930, 1952, 1963 and n.d.

Ruth Eleanor McKee, portrait at 18 months old, Jan. 6 1905
Ruth Eleanor McKee, portrait, 1918 [sepia toned and hand-colored]
Ruth Eleanor McKee with others at dinner party on board ship S.S. America, 1963

General Physical Description note: 9 items.
box 1, folder 3

Clippings, giving general information about Ruth Eleanor McKee. 1936, 1938 and n.d.

Runs Away to Write Novel.., [newspaper clipping], Los Angeles Examiner, date unknown

box 1, folder 4

Diplomas, etc.

See also: Oversize Box 12.
 

8th grade. 1916.

 

Manual Arts High School. 1920.

 

Teacher's credential, Southern Branch of the University of California. 1923.

 

Credential, State Board of Education. 1923.

 

Master of Arts, University of Hawaii. 1930.

 

Certificate from School of Librarianship, University of California at Berkeley. 1939.

box 1, folder 5

Marriage and divorce. Marriage certificate, Honolulu. Decree of divorce, Territory of Hawaii. 1927. 1928.

 

Michael Alkire.

box 1, folder 6

Letters to Michael Alkire. 1944.

box 1, folder 6

Letters from Michael Alkire to Ruth Eleanor McKee. 1945-46 and 1950.

box 1, folder 7

Photos. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 1, folder 8

Armed services records. 1945-48, 1950 and n.d.

box 1, folder 9

Written numerology. n.d.

box 1, folder 10

Clippings. 1950.

Lt. Michael E. Alkire. District Pilot Killed...[newspaper clipping], Washington Star, 1950 August 31

box 1, folder 11

Legal items after his death. 1950.

box 1, folder 12

Letters, expressing sympathy to Ruth E. McKee. September-October 1950 and n.d.

box 1, folder 13

Diplomatic passport. Travel documents. 1958. 1960 and 1963.

box 1, folder 14

Travel vouchers. 1963.

box 1, folder 15

Retirement from foreign service. Certificate and letter. 1963.

box 1, folder 16

Consular service, Japan. Ephemera, etc. collected 1958-63.

See also: Oversize Box 12.
box 1, folder 17

House at Harding Shores, West Chatham, Massachusetts. Correspondence, legal items, specifications and drawings. September 1957-October 1963.

box 1, folder 18

Clippings concerning friends of Ruth Eleanor McKee:

 

Kathryn MacFarlane Thompson. 1936-38, 1946 and n.d.

 

Elmire Goldthwaite. 1941.

 

Julia Montgomery. 1957.

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Correspondence

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Miscellaneous Correspondence

box 1, folder 19

Miscellaneous correspondence. 1920, 1931, 1935, 1943, 1950-51, 1957 and 1965.

General note

Includes letter from Lily Bess Campbell.
box 1, folder 20

With agents, editors and publishers. 1928-1973.

General Physical Description note: 21 items.
box 1, folder 21

Letters from Kathryn MacFarlane Thompson. 1947 and 1958.

box 1, folder 22

Letters to Margaret Ringnalda from Kathryn MacFarlane Thompson. 1934-35 and 1940.

box 1, folder 23

Enclosures to the Ringnalda correspondence. 1942-43 and 1953.

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Letters from Ruth Eleanor McKee to Margaret Ringnalda

box 2, folder 1

1934 and 1937-41.

box 2, folder 2

1942-44.

box 2, folder 3

1945.

box 2, folder 4

1946.

box 2, folder 5

1947.

box 2, folder 6

1948.

box 2, folder 7

1949.

box 3, folder 1

1950.

box 3, folder 2

1951.

box 3, folder 3

1952.

box 3, folder 4

1953.

box 3, folder 5

1954.

box 3, folder 6

1955.

box 4, folder 1

1956.

box 4, folder 2

(1 item) and 1957 1958.

box 4, folder 3

1959.

box 4, folder 4

1960-61.

box 4, folder 5

1962.

box 4, folder 6

1963.

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Letters from Ruth Eleanor McKee to Eleanor Grahl

box 4, folder 7

1966-68.

box 4, folder 8

1969-72.

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Letters from Margaret Ringnalda to Ruth Eleanor McKee

General note

[Addition, 1985]
box 4, folder 9

. 1931-32, 1940, 1943-45, 1947 and 1949.

General note

Most have news about C.F. McIntyre.
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Journals

Of a diary nature, although many contain drafts of poems. All are in composition books of varying sizes.
box 5

(inclusive dates). 1913-1951

The following headings were given by the literary executrix:
 

Tulare, Los Angeles, Ventura. 1913-17.

 

UCLA-Hawaii. 1924-31.

 

Berkeley, Los Angeles. 1938-39.

 

Healdsburg, Washington, D.C. 1940-48.

 

Washington, D.C. 1948-51.

box 6

(inclusive dates). 1951-1971

General Physical Description note: 12 items of a diary nature.
box 6

(inclusive dates). 1930-1935

General Physical Description note: 4 items with general notes on readings, etc.
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Manuscripts and Publications Materials

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Poetry

box 7, folder 1

Typescripts of poems. . 1919-50.

General Physical Description note: 48 titles. 67 leaves.

General note

All of these appear to be copies, with very little correction of text. Many have holograph notes giving place of publication or circumstances of their composition.
box 7, folder 2

Publications with poems by Ruth Eleanor McKee. 1928[?] and 1931-33.

General Physical Description note: 9 items.

General note

Note: copies of Lyric West have been removed and added to the Department's holdings.
box 7, folder 3

Poems: Ruth Eleanor McKee, n.p. n.d.

General Physical Description note: [19]pp.

General note

Keepsake printed by Margaret Ringnalda for the friends of Ruth Eleanor McKee.
box 7, folder 4

[Hawthorne: a study of the modifications which took place in his attitude toward sin]. No author given. n.d.

General Physical Description note: ca. 50 leaves. Typescript.

General note

Has note by Ruth Eleanor McKee: Research Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Prose Fiction - [Unpublished (?)]

box 7, folder 5

Juvenilia.

General note

One story, with note by Ruth Eleanor McKee: As far as I can recall I wrote this at about 18, maybe 19. I submitted it to The Smart Set!
box 7, folder 6

Stories, Ruth Eleanor McKee, The Library of Hawaii, Honolulu, T.H.

General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 7, folder 7

Stories, Healdsburg.

General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 7, folder 8

Stories written under pseudonyms.

General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 7, folder 9

Unfinished manuscripts.

General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 7, folder 10

Unfinished manuscripts. 1965-67.

General Physical Description note: 1 item (2 copies).
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Non-Fiction Prose

box 7, folder 11

Publication about Library of Hawaii. Library Journal. 1932.

box 7, folder 12

Publication about Library of Hawaii. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1933.

box 7, folder 13

A word about American poetry. In The New Americans. 1933.

box 7, folder 14

Notes for lecture [?]. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 9 leaves. Typescript.
box 7, folder 15

[Review of novel by Rose Macaulay]. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 1p. Typescript.
box 7, folder 16

Clippings of book reviews from Honolulu Star-Bulletin written by Ruth Eleanor McKee when working at the Library of Hawaii. . 1930-33.

See also: Oversize Box 12.
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Published Novels

box 8, folder 1

Research notes about Hawaii. Possibly for The Lord's Anointed or After a Hundred Years.

 

The Lord's Anointed.

box 8, folder 2

Correspondence. 1934 and n.d.

box 8, folder 3

Dust jackets from various printings.

box 8, folder 4

Clippings of reviews. 1934-35 and n.d.

 

After a Hundred Years.

box 8, folder 5

Correspondence, publishing agreement. 1935.

box 8, folder 6

Clippings of reviews. 1935.

 

Under One Roof.

box 8, folder 7

Carbon typescript. 1936 [?].

General Physical Description note: 208 leaves.
box 8, folder 8

Publishing agreement. 1936.

box 8, folder 9

Dust jacket.

box 8, folder 10

Clippings of reviews. 1936.

 

Three Daughters.

box 8, folder 11

Notes, in composition book. Healdsburg. 1938 [?].

box 8, folder 12

Correspondence. 1938.

box 8, folder 13

Clippings of reviews. 1938.

 

Christopher Strange.

box 8, folder 14

Holograph notes in composition book. . 1941.

box 8, folder 15

Correspondence. . 1941.

box 8, folder 16

Publication announcement. 1941.

box 8, folder 17

Dust jacket and photograph of dust jacket painting.

box 8, folder 18

Clippings of reviews. 1941.

box 8, folder 19

Storm Point. Dust jacket.

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Unpublished Novels

box 9, folder 1

Follow the birds: a story of the hop harvest. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 128 leaves. Carbon typescript.
box 9, folder 2

Scattered notes for Japanese-American novel. In composition book. . 1957.

box 9, folder 3

The refuge. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 386 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections.
General Physical Description note: f.1 of 2: leaves 1-167.

General note

First book of projected Japanese American novel for which Ruth E. McKee kept the WRA materials and asked for Embassy duty in Japan.
box 9, folder 4

The refuge. n.d.

General Physical Description note: f.2 of 2: leaves 168-386.
box 9, folder 5

In the beginning. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 3 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections.

General note

Possible prologue to The refuge [?]
box 9, folder 6

Portrait of an American. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 154 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections.

General note

Beginning of second book in Japanese American saga.
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Writings for the War Relocation Authority (WRA)

box 10, folder 1

Holograph notes concerning relocation centers, etc. . 1942-46.

General Physical Description note: In 2 composition books.
box 10, folder 2

Letters from Grace Nichols Pearson. March 1943-July 1946 and n.d.

General note

Note by Ruth Eleanor McKee: Special WRA references in letters.
box 10, folder 3

Miscellaneous correspondence having to do with WRA, Japanese-Americans, etc. 1945 and n.d.

box 10, folder 4

Press releases, etc. from Tule Lake Segregation Center. Primarily concerning removal of internees because of violence in the center. June-July and December 1944 and n.d.

box 10, folder 5

Department of the Interior. 1945.

General Physical Description note: Mimeographed items.
box 10, folder 6

[ History of Evacuation and WRA Program] by Ruth E. McKee. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 246 leaves. Carbon typescript with some holograph corrections.

General note

With note by Ruth Eleanor McKee: Carbon of edited version was submitted to Interior - to Miss Sylvia Altman. This was not censored.
box 10, folder 7

California and Her Less Favored Minorities: a Study of the Evacuation of Persons of Japanese Ancestry from the Pacific Coast, War Relocation Authority. April 1944.

General Physical Description note: 27, iv [4] leaves. Mimeograph.

General note

Prepared by Ruth E. McKee, WRA historian.
box 10, folder 8

The Wartime Handling of Evacuee Property. United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. 1946.

General Physical Description note: 113pp. Mimeograph.

General note

Note on cover by Ruth Eleanor McKee: This is just tossed in gratis, the most exacting and tedious of my writing assignments for WRA - I have a more entertaining one but have only one copy.
box 10, folder 9

Wartime Exile: the Exclusion of the Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office for United States Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority. 1946.

General Physical Description note: 167pp.

General note

This report prepared by Ruth E. McKee.
box 10, folder 10

The Latest Word: WRA Reports Alumni Association. News Bulletin.

  • no.1 (November 1945)
  • no.2 (January 1946)
  • no.3 (April 1946)
  • no.4 (June 1946)
  • no.5 (August 1946)
  • no.9 (July 12, 1949)
  • Also, final issue Ave Atque Vale (n.d.).
box 10, folder 11

Correspondence of Earl M. Finch with Frank Cross, WRA, concerning Japanese American servicemen. June 1944.

box 10, folder 12

Clippings concerning Japanese Americans. 1941-42, 1945-46, 1948, 1950 and n.d.

box 10, folder 13

WRA. Miscellaneous printed materials. . 1942-45.

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Writings for the United States Signal Corps

box 11, folder 1

The Signal Corps' Bird of War. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 48 leaves. Typescript with some holograph corrections. Another copy. Carbon typescript.
box 11, folder 2

Signal Corps technical information letter. August 1945.

General Physical Description note: 40pp.
box 11, folder 3

Terrett, Dulany. [Signal Corps report]. . 1949.

General Physical Description note: 11 leaves. Mimeograph.

General note

Note by Ruth Eleanor McKee: Re-hash of Ruth McKee's material by her superior Terrett in Pentagon - great conflict and indignation on her part.
box 11, folder 4

Research material [?] Correspondence, memoranda, etc. concerning Roberts death ray. 1939-43.

General note

Some items bear the note: copy for Miss McKee.
box 11, folder 5

Research material [?] Outlines of Signal Corps topics. 1945.

General Physical Description note: ca. 60 leaves. Carbon typescripts.
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Writings for the Department of State

box 11, folder 6

Publications containing articles ghostwritten by Ruth Eleanor McKee. 1951-53.

General Physical Description note: 7 items.

General note

Includes one publication with authorship not annotated by Ruth Eleanor McKee.
box 11, folder 7

Department of State publications about Japan and Germany. 1955 and 1957.

box 11, folder 8

Clipping about writing of State Department pamphlets. 1957.

box 11, folder 9

Miscellaneous printed and mimeographed items collected by Ruth Eleanor McKee during her period of writing for the Signal Corps and State Department. . 1943-57.

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Manuscripts by Other Writers

box 11, folder 10

Thompson, Kathryn MacFarlane. Poems & fiction. . 1929-47.

General Physical Description note: ca. 60 leaves.

General note

Some were written to Ruth Eleanor McKee and are annotated by her.
box 11, folder 11

Rogers, Gene. My Friend Anna. n.d.

General Physical Description note: 11 leaves. Typescript.
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Certificates and Book Review Clippings

box 12

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Southern Branch of the University of California. 1926.

box 12

Certificates from the Department of State, with appointment as Foreign Service Officer, class four; secretary in the diplomatic service; and Consul of the United States. 20 July 1955.

General Physical Description note: 4 items.
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Certificate from the Department of State, appointment as Consul of the United States of America at Tokyo, Japan, for Tokyo. 28 July 1958.

box 12

Certificates in Japanese with seal of the Embassy of the United States of America, Tokyo. Also translation of October 1 document. 8 July and 1 October 1958.

General Physical Description note: 2 items.
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Clippings of book reviews by Ruth Eleanor McKee from Honolulu Star-Bulletin. . 1930-1933.

General Physical Description note: Pasted on oversize scrapbook pages.

General note

No dates on items.