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William L. Keene Papers

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William L. Keene Papers, 1928-1975 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

By Sharon Brown McConnell

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Collection Overview

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Primary Creator: Keene, William L. (1896-1975)

Extent: 0.44 Cubic Feet

Date Acquired: 07/21/1983

Subjects: Eastern Kentucky University--Faculty and staff.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The William Lee Keene Papers, consisting of one box containing speeches and writings of Mr Keene from 1928-1975, were donated to the Archives by Keene's daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Kearns and Mrs. Alice Garnache, in 1982. While the collection is small, it is representative of the material which Mr. Keene wrote or composed for speaking. All of these are fine examples of Mr. Keene's unique ability.

Biographical Note

William Lee Keene was a professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University from 1926 until his retirement in 1965. He was born on April 3, 1896 in Lafayette, Tennessee to Henry and Alice Branford Keene. He attended Middle Tennessee College in Murfreesboro for three years before going on to George Peabody Teachers College in Nashville. There he received both his bachelor of science and his master of arts degrees. He completed two years of additional study at Peabody and served in the armed forces from 1917-1919.

Mr. Keene was noted for his genteel public speaking and was sought after for his expertise in offering tributes to deserving individuals. An annual event to select an outstanding female orator at Eastern has been named in his honor,"The W.L. Keene Oratorical Contest." His skills in writing are not to be overlooked. While he did not actively seek publication, many items he wrote have appeared in print. One of his poems, "Our Unreturning," has been set to music by Mr. Dean Gatwood. It was first performed by the Richmond Choral Society in 1986. A bibliography of his published work is included in these papers.

Mr. Keene was a very creative, sensitive, modest man. While he was not a joiner, he was very active on campus and in the community. He frequently served as a speaker during the weekly assembly programs on campus and was often asked to read the scripture during public gatherings. He was a member of the First Christian Church and the Kiwanis Club. For a great number of years he was faculty advisor to the staff of the Eastern Progress.

He married Mae Powell of Garrard County in 1929. They had two daughters Kathryn Kearns and Alice Garnache. Mrs. Keene was a teacher in the Training School at Eastern before her marriage. Mr. Keene died on October 3, 1975 following a short illness and was buried in the Richmond Cemetery.

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Eastern Kentucky University--Faculty and staff.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Source: Kearns, Kathryn


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Folder 1: Bibliography, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Biographical Sketch, 1962Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1945-1975Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Photograph, ca. 1960Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Dedication Speeches, 1946-1971Add to your cart.
Item 1: Bert T. Combs Building, 1964Add to your cart.
Item 2: Keene Hall, 1969Add to your cart.
Item 3: Meditation Chapel, 1971Add to your cart.
Item 4: Roy B. Clark Room, 1971Add to your cart.
Item 5: Yearbook, 1946Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Speeches, 1950-1963Add to your cart.
Item 1: Continuity to Change, 1963Add to your cart.
Item 2: Founders Day Plegde, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Literature Speaking, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 4: On Communism, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 5: Only Yesterday, 1963Add to your cart.
Item 6: Queen of the Ball, 1954Add to your cart.
Item 7: The Right Word, ca. 1958Add to your cart.
Item 8: Tribute to Mother's Day, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 9: The War Years, 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 7: TributesAdd to your cart.
Item 1: As We Remember Them, 1946Add to your cart.
Item 2: Mrs. Della Spears Turley, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Dorland Coates, ca. 1970Add to your cart.
Item 4: Greetings to a New President, 1960Add to your cart.
Item 5: Herman Lee Donovan, 1965Add to your cart.
Item 6: James E. Van Peursem, 1964Add to your cart.
Item 7: Names On A "Service Board", ca. 1942Add to your cart.
Item 8: President and Mrs. O'Donnell, 1960Add to your cart.
Item 9: Thomas J. Coates, 1965Add to your cart.
Item 10: To Graduating Seniors Of Any Year, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 11: To Mrs. Maureen Bronson Todd, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 8: Dramatizations, 1938-1941Add to your cart.
Item 1: Books At Home, 1939Add to your cart.
Item 2: A Century of Public Education In Kentucky Pt. I & II, 1938Add to your cart.
Item 3: Pillars of Peabody, ca. 1941Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Essays, 1950Add to your cart.
Item 1: Campus Incident, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 2: Carols At Assembly, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 3: How To Live With A 14 Carat Brain, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 4: The War Years, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 10: Miscellaneous Writings, 1940-1950Add to your cart.
Item 1: Boys On A Bus, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 2: First Assembly of a New Home, 1947Add to your cart.
Item 3: Kid On The Street, 1940Add to your cart.
Item 4: Old Books, Old Wine, Old Friends, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 5: The Play Begins, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 6: Portrait, ca. 1950Add to your cart.
Item 7: Prayers, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Selective Service Men, ca. 1940Add to your cart.
Item 9: Telford Community House Stands There On A Hill, ca. 1955Add to your cart.
Item 10: Ten Years From Now, 1940Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Poems, 1928-1944Add to your cart.
Item 1: White Silence, 1928Add to your cart.
Item 2: De Profundis II, 1936Add to your cart.
Item 3: Our Unreturning, 1944Add to your cart.
Item 4: Untitled, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Short StoriesAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Always Jeanne, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: A Green Land, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Joe Mooney, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 4: White Shirts, undatedAdd to your cart.

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