Jane L. Keddy papers, 1969-1993 (bulk 1977-1988). [1969-1993]

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Jane L. Keddy papers, 1969-1993 (bulk 1977-1988). [1969-1993]

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The Keddy papers contain correspondence, research notes on index cards, brochures, museum handbooks, photocopies of entire chapters from books being used for research, maps and other illustrations along with extensive drafts of a proposed 1000 plus page biography of Samuel de Champlain. Other material includes personal correspondence on topics as diverse as feminism, safe drinking water and theology, professional correspondence in Jane Keddy's capacity as the editor/owner of Parameter Press and a folder of correspondence with potential publishers of the Champlain manuscript.

14.5 cubic ft. (14 records center boxes and 1 oversize box)

fre,

eng,

Brown University, Brown University Library

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Brown University, Brown University Library

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Parameter Press.

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Champlain, Samuel de, 1574-1635

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Samuel de Champlain of Brouage, cartographer, explorer, and founder of Canada. Champlain discovered Mount Desert Island in 1604. He also laid the foundation of what became the first permenent French colony in America at Quebec. "Des Sauvages" was his first book descriptive both of his voyage and of the inhabitants of the St. Lawrence Valley in 1603. From the description of Des sauvages. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213496584 ...

Keddy, Jane L., ca. 1911-1995.

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Jane Lee Keddy was born in Oklahoma probably in 1911. She held a Le Baron Russell Briggs fellowship in Romance philology and received her master's degree from Harvard University. She chose not to continue on for her Ph.D. and left school to work for Houghton Mifflin publishing company. Her combination of expertise in math, sciences and languages made her a valuable addition to the textbook division and she remained there for about five years. She retired to become a wife and mother,...