McKee, Ruth Eleanor, 1903-

McKee was born in 1903 and grew up in Ventura County, CA; BA, University of California, Southern Branch (later UCLA), 1926; spent ten years at the Library of Hawaii, publishing poetry in small magazines; published first novel on the history of Hawaii, 1934; wrote 5 subsequent novels; moved to Sonoma County, CA, 1936; wrote 3 monographs while working as a historian for the War Relocation Authority (WRA); began working for the US Dept. of State, 1951; appointed US Consul at Tokyo, 1958; retired to Cape Cod, 1963.

From the description of Papers, 1905-1972. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38000092

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