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Biographical 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.
Content Description
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.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available :
The collection was microfilmed in March 1987.
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Joseph W. Kehoe Papers, Ax 396, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following two series: Journals; Correspondence and case notes.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Bartlett, Edward Lewis, 1904-1968--Correspondence
Bartlett, S. J.--Correspondence
Chandler, Henry Porter, b. 1880--Correspondence
Convert, Jules M.--Correspondence
Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974--Correspondence
Kehoe, Joseph W., 1890-1959--Archives
Subject Terms :
Cannery workers--Labor unions--Organizing--Alaska--Saint Michael
