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Edmund (Mike) Keeley '48, 2011 August 9

1 box
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Alumni Council. Princetoniana Committee
Dates:
2011 August 9
Located In:
Box 3
Extent:
1 box
Languages:
English
Scope and Contents

Keeley speaks about growing up abroad and being prevented from returning to Greece by the State Department in 1939; committing minor juvenile delinquencies; attending Princeton without prerequisite college board exams; incidents of Jewish discrimination in admissions; joining the Navy after freshman year; delayed graduation; the all-male environment; the required freshman Shakespeare course; volunteering for and teaching at the American Farm School; being the Vice President of Campus Club; working to dismantle bicker; winning the Grind Cup for highest GPA in Campus Club but hiding it out of embarrassment; serving as a faculty fellow in Stevenson Hall; helping to found the Republican Club and later regretting its creation; organizing Chapman Revercomb, Richard Nixon, and Hartley to speak to the Republican Club; the GI Bill; and serving on the disciplinary committee. He mentions Dean of Admissions Heermance, classmates Roger Saleeby, W.S. Merwin, and Galway Kinnell, Professor Willard Thorp, and President Dodds.

Biography:

Edmund "Mike" Keeley, Class of 1948, majored in English. He attended Wadham College at Oxford and returned to Princeton to teach English and Creative Writing. He served on the Princeton faculty for 40 years.

Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research use.
Credit this material:

Edmund (Mike) Keeley '48; Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project Records, AC259, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 3
System Identifier:
/repositories/4/archival_objects/753742

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project (POHP) Records consist of oral history interview transcripts from three separate oral history projects and related materials. The first set of transcripts consists of interviews with prominent Princeton Alumni assembled for the 1996 book Going Back: An Oral History of Princeton. Also included are correspondence pertaining to the project and audio recordings of interviews. The second set of transcripts consists of oral history interviews undertaken by alumni to capture various aspects of Princeton's history and includes Old Guard alumni, early alumnae, and others with significant Princeton connections. The project started in 2006 and is ongoing. Also included are interview release forms for the interview subjects. The third oral history project centers around individuals who lived in the Butler Apartments graduate students housing.

Collection History

Archival Appraisal Information:

Appraisal has been conducted according to University Archives policies and procedures.

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

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Credit this material:

Edmund (Mike) Keeley '48; Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project Records, AC259, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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Storage Note:
Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 3