Fr. Edward Keenan Collection of Autographs
Scope and Contents
The autograph collection contains items collected by Fr. Edward Keenan. The collection contains primarily autographs of nineteenth-century authors, political figures, and actors.
Dates
- created: undated, 1816-1938
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. An avid fan of the theater, Fr. Keenan collected these autographs throughout his lifetime.
Extent
0.19 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
This collection of autographs came to the Department of Special Collections in 1984 from Fr. Keenan’s estate.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by departmental staff in March 2000.
Subject
- Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888 -- Autographs (Person)
- Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 -- Autographs (Person)
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 -- Autographs (Person)
- Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 -- Autographs (Person)
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 -- Autographs (Person)
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 -- Autographs (Person)
- Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974 -- Autographs (Person)
- Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 -- Autographs (Person)
- Fontanne, Lynn -- Autographs (Person)
- Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 -- Autographs (Person)
- Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905 -- Autographs (Person)
- Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962 -- Autographs. (Person)
- Lunt, Alfred -- Autographs (Person)
- Mansfield, Richard, 1857-1907 -- Autographs (Person)
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882 -- Autographs (Person)
- Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950 -- Autographs (Person)
- Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 -- Autographs (Person)
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Autographs (Person)
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Autographs (Person)
- Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890 -- Autographs (Person)
- Newman, W. L. (William Lambert), 1834-1923 -- Autographs (Person)
- De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859 -- Autographs (Person)
- 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