Thomas L. Kennedy (1930-2015) was born in Newark, NJ. He attended Xavier High School in New York City, and earned degrees from Villanova, Georgetown, and Columbia Universities. He served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps, and worked for the National Security Agency before joining the faculty of the Washington State University History Department in 1970. He was one of the organizers of the university's Asia Program, and also served the university in a variety of administrative roles. His research and scholarship focused on China, and he authored or co-authored several books, including The Arms of Kiangnan: Modernization in the Chinese Ordnance Industry, 1860-1895, Testimony of a Confucian Woman: The Autobiography of Mrs. Nie Zeng Jifen, 1852-1942, and Confucian Feminist: Memoirs of Zeng Baosun.
This collection consists of professional papers of historian Thomas Kennedy, mainly correspondence, transcribed lectures, collected research materials, and writings by Kennedy and others. It includes files related to books, articles, and reviews authored by Kennedy, manuscripts of his thesis and dissertation, and reprints of journal articles.
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Preliminary Guide to the Thomas Kennedy Papers, circa 1960-1990s (MS.2016.01)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Elizabeth Siler donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2016 (MS.2016.01).
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