Kenneth Day (1916-1987) was a native of Seattle who grew up in the Fremont area. He enlisted in the Army after the outbreak of World War II and was taken prisoner by the Japanese in the Philippines. He spent three and one half years in prison camps. Returning to Seattle after his release in September 1945, he married Lola Sehorn and moved to the town of Clyde Hill, east of Lake Washington, in 1946. He served as its town marshall for 14 years and retired from the position of chief investigator for the King County Public Defender's Office in 1976. An amateur photographer, Day took both art and documentary photographs of Seattle and the Eastside. Day also contributed a semi-weekly column, "Inside Strait," to the Bellevue Journal American from 1966-1987. He married his second wife, Clara Oman, in 1979.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, newspaper columns, yearbook, memorabilia, and disc audio recordings. Papers document Kenneth Day's family and professional life, and his interests in photography and writing.
Accession also include scrapbooks created by his father, Walter Day, and by Lola Sehorn Day, Kenneth's first wife.
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Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Donated by Roger Day, 12/1/1997