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Klancy Clark De Nevers papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2285

Scope and Contents

The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by De Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books.

Dates

  • 1900-2015

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Klancy Clark De Nevers is a printer's daughter, who grew up proofreading, doing bindery work and numbering ballots in her father's print shop in Aberdeen, Washington. Four of her uncles were in the armed forces and she observed how closely her family followed the progress of World War II, which led to her enduring interest in the history of that war. Though she left home to attend Stanford University and then to accompany her husband to Michigan, California, and finally Salt Lake City, Utah, where they have lived for forty years, she has kept in touch with Aberdeen as hometown and core of her writing life. After a varied career in technical positions that allowed her to use her mathematical and computing skills, she retired to focus on writing. With Lucy Hart of Seattle, she edited The Cohassett Beach Chronicles: World War II in the Pacific Northwest, a book of Kathy Hogan's columns from the wartime pages of the Grays Harbor Post.

Extent

13.25 Linear Feet (35 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Klancy Clark De Nevers papers (1960-2008) contain World War II research gathered by de Nevers in preparation for the writing or editing of three different books. De Nevers research focuses on World War II, Japanese internment, and Aberdeen, Washington (her hometown). The publications resulting from this research include; The Colonel and the Pacifist, and The Cohasset Beach Chronicles that are a compilation of newspaper articles written during World War II by Kathy Hogan, that were edited by de Nevers and Lucy Hart.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Klancy Clark De Nevers in 2006, 2008 and 2015.

Related Materials

Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

Forms part of the Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archives.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P1451).

Processing Information

Processed by Sarah Goodrich in 2007.

Addendum processed by Betsey Welland in 2008.

Addendum processed by India Young in 2016.

Addendum processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2021.

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Title
Inventory of the Klancy Clark De Nevers papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by Sarah Goodrich.
Date
2007 (last modified: 2008, 2016, 2020, and 2021)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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