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MS 216
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Title: Edith Thurston Keyes Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MS 216
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1932-1956
Abstract: The collection contains works by poet Edith Thurston Keyes and her contemporaries, and press and correspondence regarding
Keyes’ poetry activities.
creator:
Keyes, Edith Thurston
Biographical / Historical Notes
Edith Thurston Keyes was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1875 of English and French Huguenot ancestry. She took post graduate
courses in English Literature at the University of Minnesota. She was an active member of the Professional Readers Club of
Washington D.C. as well as the National Indian Auxiliary, also in Washington. In 1948 she published two books written in prose
form, The Twilight Trail and The Feather Flute. Keyes lived in San Diego for 48 years where she was an active member of the
San Diego Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, Joyous Crafters Poetry Society, San Diego Woman’s Club, Vice
President from 1947-1948 of the San Diego Women’s Press Club, and the presiding officer of the Bungalow Literary Society in
Balboa Park for 16 years. She died in 1969, with no known survivors.
The collection contains papers of Edith Thurston Keyes including her poetry and poetry by her contemporaries. Loose scrapbook
pages include correspondence, newspaper clippings and ephemera regarding Edith Thurston Keyes and other poets, as well as
materials related to the groups and societies to which she belonged. Two handmade, cloth-covered scrapbooks of poetry given
to Edith Thurston Keyes as gifts are also included in the collection.
This collection is open for research.
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Collection processed by Alison Hennessey on May 7, 2012.
Collection processed as part of grant project supported by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with generous
funding from The Andrew Mellon Foundation.
Edith Thurston Keyes, MS 216, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.
The collection is arranged by subject.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bungalow Literary Society.
Campbell, Inez Arnold
Joyous Crafters Poetry Society.
Keyes, Edith Thurston
Murfey, Etta Josephean
National Indian Auxiliary.
National League of American Pen Women. San Diego Branch.
National League of American Pen Women.
Professional Readers Club of Washington D.C..
San Diego Woman's Club.
San Diego Women's Press Club.
Poetry
San Diego (Calif.)
The Feather Flute
The Twilight Trail