Fr. Edward P. Keenan Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes published and unpublished writings by Fr. Edward P. Keenan, speeches and lectures, teaching materials and some personal correspondence dating from 1935 – 1968.
Dates
- created: 1930-1979
Creator
- Keenan, Edward P. (Edward Patrick) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on the use of the collection for research purposes
Conditions Governing Use
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property and libel laws as they apply.
Biographical or Historical Information
Edward P. Keenan was born February 26, 1906 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He attended and graduated from the Nazareth Hall Pro-Seminary, the College of St. Thomas (1927) and the Saint Paul Seminary (1931). He received his MA in English from Columbia University in 1933 and spent the summer of 1932 studying at Cambridge University. In 1934 he began teaching in the English Department at the College of St. Thomas, a position he held until 1960. From 1954 to 1960, he was also the Chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Fr. Keenan died on November 14, 1969 in St. Paul.
Extent
4.22 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The Keenan papers were received in two accessions from his estate in 1981 and 2000.
Processing Information
The collection and its additions were processed in Jan. 1983, June 1986, July 1988 and March 2000.
Subject
- Keenan, Edward P. (Edward Patrick), 1906-1969 (Person)
- College of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Faculty (Organization)
- College of St. Thomas (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Alumni and alumnae (Organization)
- Saint Paul Seminary (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- Alumni and alumnae (Organization)
- Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (Arden Hills, Minn.) -- Alumni and alumnae (Organization)
- Catholic Church -- Clergy (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of St. Thomas Archives & Manuscript Collections Repository
Department of Special Collections, LL09 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul MN 55105-1096 US
651-962-5467
uarchives@stthomas.edu