Barnaby Conrad Keeney papers, 1936-1980 (bulk 1940s-1966).

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Barnaby Conrad Keeney papers, 1936-1980 (bulk 1940s-1966).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86140631

Consists of correspondence; manuscripts; speeches; notes; lecture notes and sylabuses; minutes; printed materials including clippings, programs, and serials; and a few photographs, dating from 1936 to 1980 although the bulk dates from the 1940s to 1966. The collection documents the career of Barnaby C. Keeney, especially his tenure as president of Brown University. Brown University topics documented in the collection include alumni and alumnae, admissions, athletics, the cooperative program between Brown and Tougaloo College, buildings and grounds, the Corporation, faculty, gifts and giving, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and scholarships. Files about organizations outside of Brown in which Keeney was involved include the Assoc. of American Universities; the American Universities Field Staff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; and the Commission on the Humanities. The Miscellaneous papers series includes manuscripts of papers written for publication, papers presented at professional meetings, and book reviews; some speeches and addresses given at Brown and at meetings of other organizations; remarks made by Keeney when he was a respondent to papers given at meetings of the American Historical Assoc.; and records pertaining to Keeney's tenure at the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Biographical records series includes documentation about Keeney's service in the U.S. Army 35th Infantry Div. from 1942 to 1945. Keeney was an interpreter for military intelligence and the files include some transcripts made by civilians, prisoners of war, and a member of the Hitler Jugend.

37,875 items (50.5 linear ft.)

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8344235

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Tougaloo College

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Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

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American Universities Field Staff

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Brown University.

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In 1917 the university established the Brown War Records Bureau, whose intention was to "collect and preserve a record of all Brown men who are serving in the present war". Brown faculty, students and alumni who were in the military were asked to fill out a small card called "Are you in the war?" and to send original letters, clippings or photographs which "have any bearing on the service of Brown men in the war." This collection is partly a result of that effort. From the guide to t...

Brown University. Corporation

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The authority and responsibilities of the Corporation, a bicameral body composed of a Board of Fellows with twelve members and a Board of Trustees with forty-two, are set forth in the Charter of the University granted by the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in 1764. "It is our fixed star; we can do nothing that contradicts its prohibitions or transgresses its grants of power," states Henry Wriston in The Structure of Brown University. The Charter origina...

Association of American Universities

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The Association of American Universities was founded in 1900 by the fourteen American universities that then offered the Ph. D. degree. The purpose of the association was to attempt to standardize higher education. At various stages in its history the AAU has concentrated on accrediting universities, sponsoring research, and representing the interests of research universities to the federal government. From the description of Association of American Universities records, 1900-1982. (...

Keeney, Barnaby C. (Barnaby Conrad), 1914-1980

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Educational administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of Barnaby Conrad Keeney : oral history, 1968. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632235 Twelfth president of Brown University, 1955-1966; chairman of the Commission on the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. From the description of Barnaby Conrad Keeney papers, 1936-1980 (bulk 1940s-1966). (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 86140631 ...

National Endowment for the Humanities

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Commission on the Humanities (1978- )

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