John Haskell Kemble papers
Scope and Contents of Collections
The collection contains Kemble's 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 1936-1990. Also, there are documents about the history of Claremont, California.
Dates
- Creation: 1891-1990
Creator
- Kemble, John Haskell (Creator, Person)
Language of materials
Languages represented in the collection: English
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permission to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Biographical Note
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 M.A. in 1934, PhD in 1937 at the University of 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 Western 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 of 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, Connecticut.
Extent
12 boxes
Abstract
The John Haskell Kemble papers contain research materials and notes, typescripts about maritime history. In addition, there are his student 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. Seven series comprise the collection. Series 1 contains his personal effects; Series 2 contains 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.
Series Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 7 series, some with subseries, as follows:
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
Physical location
Please consult repository.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Unknown
Accruals
No additions to the collection is anticipated
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Brooke Renzas, 2000. Revised and corrected, 2005.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 12 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 11 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu