Arrangement: The collection is arranged by topic in the following manner: biographical and family material; family correspondence; fan mail, arranged alphabetically and in chronologically; business correspondence; business correspondence with her publishers, arranged alphabetically by name of publisher; articles published in newspapers and magazines, arranged in two time periods, 1920s-1930s and 1940s-1960s; autobiography; writings; volumes; inventory of books at "Oxbow"; financial materials; cancelled checks; and additional correspondence. The collection consists of 36 boxes.

Subjects: Authors, American -- 20th century., Authors, American., Authors and publishers., Deutsch, Hermann B. (Hermann Bacher), 1889-1970., Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970., Keyes, Henry Wilder, 1863-1938., Women authors, American -- 20th century.

Forms of Material: Correspondence.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Frances Parkinson Keyes papers consist of family material and correspondence, including that of her husband, Senator Henry W. Keyes, as well as Keyes's own biographical material and business correspondence with her publishers. Also included are Keyes's writings, articles, fan mail, photographs, and financial materials.

Biographical Note

Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885-1970) was an American writer as well as wife to United States Senator Henry W. Keyes from New Hampshire. She wrote numerous articles in newspapers and magazines, as well as historical novels. Upon her move to New Orleans in the 1950s, her books became particularly focused upon New Orleans and Louisiana life and history. Some of these novels include The Chess Players, Crescent Carnival, Madame Castel's Lodger, Blue Camellia, and Once on Esplanade.

Subject/Index Terms

Authors, American -- 20th century.
Authors, American.
Authors and publishers.
Deutsch, Hermann B. (Hermann Bacher), 1889-1970.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, 1885-1970.
Keyes, Henry Wilder, 1863-1938.
Women authors, American -- 20th century.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Preferred Citation: Frances Parkinson Keyes papers, Manuscripts Collection 842, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 742059692

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Biographical material, family correspondence, Sumner Wells correspondence, property correspondence, and awards, 1898-1963],
[Box 2: Family correspondence: Henry W. Keyes, Jr. papers, 1919-1960],
[Box 3: Family correspondence: Henry W. Keyes, Jr., Francis Peter Keyes, and John Keyes papers, 1924-1969],
[Box 4: Fan mail, 1918-1954],
[Box 5: Fan mail, 1954-1963],
[Box 6: Fan mail, 1964-1970],
[Box 7: Business correspondence, 1942-1970],
[Box 8: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1971],
[Box 9: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1970],
[Box 10: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1970],
[Box 11: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1970],
[Box 12: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1970],
[Box 13: Business correspondence with publishers, 1936-1970],
[Box 14: Articles published in newspapers and magazines],
[Box 15: Articles published in newspapers and magazines],
[Box 16: Articles published in newspapers and magazines],
[Box 17: Articles published in newspapers and magazines],
[Box 18: Autobiography, 1960],
[Box 19: Autobiography, 1960],
[Box 20: Writings],
[Box 21: Writings: The Explorer, 1964],
[Box 22: Writings: The Explorer, 1964],
[Box 23: Writings: The Heritage, 1968],
[Box 24: Writings],
[Box 25: Writings I, the King],
[Box 26: Writings I, the King],
[Box 27: Writings Madam Castel's Lodger, 1962],
[Box 28: Writings, 1950-1963],
[Box 29: Writings],
[Box 30: Volumes],
[Box 31: Volumes],
[Box 32: Financial materials, 1927-1970],
[Box 33: Canceled checks],
[Box 34: Canceled checks],
[Box 35: Canceled checks],
[Box 36: Keyes-Engert-Hogan Letters, 1925-1969],
[All]

Box 1: Biographical material, family correspondence, Sumner Wells correspondence, property correspondence, and awards, 1898-1963

Biographical material

Family photos

Correspondence 1898-1904

Letters from Elizabeth Sweetser, 1903-1904, also from her mother and Polly Cunningham

Letters from Frances Parkinson Keyes's mother to her sister, Fannie, while traveling in Europe 1903-1906

Mary Gray (Mrs. Roland Gray) correspondence, 1917-1943

Letters of congratulations on Henry W. Keyes's election to United States Senate, 1918

Light verse

Verses for farewell dinner, women's national press club, written on the "Santa Elena", 1918-1925

"Bits and Pieces", Hermann Deutsch photo, 1919-1947

Correspondence showing Keyes's support of the Sheppard-Towner Act (Maternity Bill) 1920-1963

Letters from Famous People, 1920-1963:

Florence King Harding

Harlan F. Stone

Henry C. Lodge

Joseph C. Green

Calvin Coolidge

Edith Bolling Wilson

Grace Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Eleanor Roosevelt

Lou Henry Hoover

Margaret Vierick

Sumner Wells

Jimmie Davis

Kenneth Roberts

Mamie Doud Eisenhower

Lady Bird Johnson

Eleanor Roosevelt correspondence, 1938-1941

Reference material on the Custis-Lee mansion, 1921-1969

Sumner Wells correspondence, 1922, 1934-1938

Keyes's point-of-view on the United Nations, 1923

Keyes's speeches given during the 1920s

"Letters from a Senator's Wife," letter written to friends 1923-1925, publiished July 1925

"A diplomatic list," manuscript, undated

United States Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman correspondence, 1924-1941

Autobiographical material, 1924-1929

Letters to Keyes's mother, 1929-1939

Eleanor Roosevelt letter, 1933

Letters to Harry (husband), 1929; letters to John (son) 1936-1938

Outline materials for speech, 1934

"Report on conditions in Germany..." June-September 1937

Awards

Housing conditions, Germany, 1937. Sumner Wells letters

Keyes's speeches given during the 1930s

William C. Lengel (literary associate) correspondence, 1939-1940

Correspondence with the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1939-1940

Dorothy Canfield Fischbaker correspondence, 1939-1941

Keyes speeches during the 1940s

Contracts, 1940s

Pine Grove Farm, Newbury, Vermont, Oxbow Trust correspondence, 1940-1943

"Tradition" (Keyes's home in Alexandria, Viriginia)

Regarding: renting apartment in H. Mortimer Favrot house at 5824 St. Charles Avenue, 1942

Correspondence with Rose Greely, landscape architect, 1943-1944, Newbury Garden

Correspondence with Steele Garden, 1944-1952

Correspondence regarding Crowley, Lousiaiana property, 1945

Correspondence regarding Dinner at Antoine's, 1948-1949

Keyes's awards, 1946-1964

Keyes's contributions to children and grandchildren, 1950s. Old meeting house fund

Correspondence, 1951

Correspondence regarding entertaining, 1952

Correspondence on Crowley, Louisiana property, 1953-1956

Correspondence regarding: Pine Grove Farm, Oxbow Trust, 1963-1968

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