Background
Kempthorne was born on January 24, 1938 in Minot, North Dakota, United States; the son of Charles R. and Lillian M. (Isaacs) Kempthorne.
1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Kempthorne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and a Master of Arts degree in 1966 from the University of Kansas. He worked there from 1964 to 1966.
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Kempthorne was given a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1970.
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Charley worked at the University of Wisconsin from 1966 to 1977.
2309 Claflin Rd, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
Charley has worked at Riley County Museum History since 1994.
(Family history writing can take many forms - a short essa...)
Family history writing can take many forms - a short essay or narrative introduction to a collection of family letters, long captions comprising a family photo history, a biography of parents and a narrative of their life together, an autobiography, or even a family newsletter.
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1996
Kempthorne was born on January 24, 1938 in Minot, North Dakota, United States; the son of Charles R. and Lillian M. (Isaacs) Kempthorne.
Kempthorne received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and a Master of Arts degree in 1966 from the University of Kansas. In 1970, he was given a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa.
Kempthorne served in the United States Navy from 1955 to 1959. He began his career as an assistant instructor at the University of Kansas in 1964. Two years later Charley took a position of an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin and held it until 1971. Also he worked as an instructor and director of Harvest Writing Program at Adult Learning Center from 1977 to 1979.
In 1979, Charley became an owner of Kempthorne Painters and Paper Hangers. Since 1991 he has been a director and editor of Life Story Magazine. Also since 1994 Kempthorne has served as a trustee of Riley County Museum History.
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1996Kempthorne is a member of the Association of Personal Historians.
On May 26, 1974 Charley Kempthorne married June Faye Fritz. They have two children - Benjamin Kempthorne and Rip Kempthorne. He has two children from previous marriage - Daniel Kempthorne and Leslie Kempthorne.