Frances Parkinson Keyes papers, 1898-1971.

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Frances Parkinson Keyes papers, 1898-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/742059692

This collection consists of personal and literary papers of American writer, Frances Parkinson Keyes. Included are personal correspondence, business correspondence with publishers, galley proofs, biographical and autobiographical material, newsclippings and other printed items, photographs, financial records, and other family papers. Correspondence includes carbons of her own letters.

54 linear feet (36 boxes)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114672

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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Keyes, Henry Wilder, 1863-1938

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Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970

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Frances Parkinson Wheeler Keyes (1885-1970), born in Virginia, was married to Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938); they had three children. Henry W. Keyes became governor of New Hampshire in 1917 and a United States senator in 1919. The family maintained multiple residences. Frances Parkinson Keyes wrote popular romantic novels emphasizing local color, descriptions of life among the upper classes, and generation-spanning sagas. She wrote over fifty books, alternating between books about Louisiana wit...