Scope and Contents note
The Joseph Kehoe Papers are contained in 2 manuscript boxes. The papers consist of personal diaries in the first box spanning 1944 to 1955. The second box contains case notes and correspondence. The case notes are from 1944-1950 when Kehoe was a District Judge. The major correspondents include Harry P. Chandler, Rev. Jules M. Convert, S.J. and E.L. Bartlett and Ernest Gruening. The correspondence with Rev. Convert concerns unionization of the salmon canneries at St. Michael.
The journals are arranged in numbering starting from the right side and going back then continuing on the left side. The personal correspondence and case notes are arranged with the case notes in bound volumes, folders of correspondence and bound pamphlets. The collection was microfilmed in March of 1987.
Dates
- 1944-1955
Creator
- Kehoe, Joseph, 1890-1959 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Joseph W. Kehoe was born in Portland, Oregon in 1890. He attended the University of Oregon School of Law and became an attorney in Portland. In 1919, he moved to Alaska and practiced law in Juneau. From 1924 to 1929, Kehoe was a United States Commissioner at Ketichikan. He also became a member of the Territorial Legislature in 1933 as well as 1943. While in Alaska from 1933-1943, he was a U.S. District Attorney, Third Division. Other prominent positions include: Special Assistant, U.S. Attorney General from 1943-1944; a U.S. District Judge, Second Division in Alaska form 1944 to 1951 and Secretary of Alaska from 1951 to 1952. Kehoe died in 1959.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the personal journals, correspondence, and case notes of Joseph Kehoe, a lawyer in Alaska.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following two series: Journals; Correspondence and case notes.
Existence and Location of Copies note
The collection was microfilmed in March 1987.
General Physical Description note
2 containers
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Alaska Subject Source: Local sources
- Bartlett, Edward Lewis, 1904-1968
- Bartlett, S. J.
- Cannery workers -- Labor unions -- Organizing -- Alaska -- Saint Michael Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chandler, Henry Porter, 1880-
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Diaries Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Diaries -- Alaska Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
- Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974
- Judges -- Alaska Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor History Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Politics and Politicians Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Public prosecutors -- Alaska Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Joseph Kehoe Papers
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Jenny Palm
- Date
- ©2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
