Joseph Joel Keith Papers, 1941-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Keith, Joseph Joel
Abstract:
Joseph Joel Keith was an American poet of the mid-twentieth century. His Papers contain his notebooks, poems, prose, and lyrics, as well as several photographs.
Extent:
1 linear foot
Language:
Collection materials in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Joel Keith Papers, D-156, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Background

Scope and content:

The Joseph Joel Keith Papers contain his notebooks, poems, prose, and lyrics, as well as several photographs.

Arrangement of the Collection

The collection is arranged in four series: 1. Works by Keith, 2. About Joseph Joel Keith, 3. Correspondence, and 4. Photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Joel Keith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1920s. He was a member of the Poetry Society of America, president of the Los Angeles, California Branch of the P.E.N., and was managing editor of the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards.

His works include: Across the Dark (1964), Aloha, Polynesia: Hawaiian Poems (1967), Durable Fire (1949), The Hearth Lit: Poems (1946), Inner Pilgrim (1939), The Long Nights: Poems (1944), and The Proud People: Poems of War and Poems of Peace (1943), among others.

Keith passed away on January 1, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Source:

Triem, Eve. "In Memoriam: Joseph Joel Keith." The Indian P.E.N. 32 (1967): 167-169.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Ernest Ballard in 1967.
Processing information:

Sara Gunasekara was assisted by student employee Michelle Xie in the processing of this collection.

Physical location:
Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Joseph Joel Keith Papers, D-156, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library
100 NW Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292, US
Contact:
(530) 752-1621
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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