Scope and Content:

Fr. Edward Keenan (1906 – 1966) was a professor of English at the College of St. Thomas from 1934 to 1960. His collection of autographs came to the Department of Special Collections in 1984 from his estate.

The Autograph Collection contains an assortment of items from mostly nineteenth century authors, political figures and actors.

INVENTORY:

1/1 Arnold, Matthew 1884

1/ 2 Astor, John Jacob 1875

1/3 Booth, Edwin 1886

1/5 Bryan, William Jennings 1894

1/6 Carlyle, Thomas nd

1/7 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor nd

1/8 Cornell, Katharine 1938

1/9 Coward, Noel 1937

1/10 de Qunicy, Thomas 1876

1/11 Fontanne, Lynn 1937

1/12 Forrest, Edwin 1861

1/13 Irving, Sir Henry nd

1/14 Laughton, Charles 1939

1/15 Lunt, Alfred 1938

1/16 Mansfield, Richard 1892

1/17 Newman, W. L. 1909

1/18 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel nd

1/19 Taber, Julia Marlowe 1895

1/20 Thackery, William 1865

1/21 Wilde, Oscar nd

1/22 Wordsworth, William nd

1/23 Unidentified Autographs (3) nd