KP/RK - Reginald Kenney
Reference code
KP/RK
Level of description
Series
Title
Reginald Kenney
Date/s
1912-1942
Personal name
Kenney, Reginald, 1873-1954
Creator
Kenney, Reginald, 1873-1954Administrative/Biographical history
Reginald (Reg) Kenney (1873-1954) was the eldest child of Horatio Nelson Kenney and Ann Wood. After beginning his working life in the cotton mills, Reg became a representative for a firm of wholesale booksellers. While there is very little material in his own series, KP/RK, it is clear from his sisters' papers that he had a profound influence on his younger brothers and sisters and in particular stimulated their keen interest in politics and social welfare, and the arts - especially literature and music. In 1935 he stood (unsuccessfully) as the parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Party in the Bradford North constituency. His youngest son, also named Reginald (1912-1986), was Principal of Dorset Farm Institute (Dorset College of Agriculture), 1948-1962, and of Harper Adams College of Agriculture, 1962-1977.
Scope and content
Consists of:
- Three photocopies of the programme of a recital concert given by Reg Kenney at Pontefract Congregational Sunday School, 17/10/1912. The copies of the programme were deposited by Beatrice and Dorothy Clarke.
A digital copy of the programme may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/107
- A news-cutting from the 'Leigh Chronicle', 13/2/1942, entitled 'Leigh Literary Society. A Lancashire night in song and story'. The newscutting, which is annotated "I thought Uncle Reg's Lecture would interest you and any other Lancashire lad", and in another hand "From Mother", was found in the copy of Rowland Kenney's book Westering' now in Series KP/WKT. Both items refer to recitals of Lancashire folk-songs and stories by Reg Kenney, which included accounts of the lives and work of the dialect and folk writers Edwin Waugh and Ammon Wrigley.
- A letter of correspondence on the occasion of his 80th birthday party in 1953 is included. This was deposited with a covering letter from Warwick Kenney-Taylor. It offers personal recollections on his family.
- Three photocopies of the programme of a recital concert given by Reg Kenney at Pontefract Congregational Sunday School, 17/10/1912. The copies of the programme were deposited by Beatrice and Dorothy Clarke.
A digital copy of the programme may be viewed at Suffragette Stories: https://suffragettestories.omeka.net/items/show/107
- A news-cutting from the 'Leigh Chronicle', 13/2/1942, entitled 'Leigh Literary Society. A Lancashire night in song and story'. The newscutting, which is annotated "I thought Uncle Reg's Lecture would interest you and any other Lancashire lad", and in another hand "From Mother", was found in the copy of Rowland Kenney's book Westering' now in Series KP/WKT. Both items refer to recitals of Lancashire folk-songs and stories by Reg Kenney, which included accounts of the lives and work of the dialect and folk writers Edwin Waugh and Ammon Wrigley.
- A letter of correspondence on the occasion of his 80th birthday party in 1953 is included. This was deposited with a covering letter from Warwick Kenney-Taylor. It offers personal recollections on his family.
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KP - The Kenney Papers
- KP/RK - Reginald Kenney