Keddie (Nikki R.) papers

Series 1: Subject and administrative files. 1947-2003

Scope and Content

This series contains materials related to Keddie's academic work at UCLA as well as other universities. It consists of biographical materials, publisher files, correspondence, academic conference and professional society files. This series offers insight into Keddie's involvement within the UCLA Department of History and the greater academic community.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Subseries 1.1: Biographical and academic appointments. 1947-2003

Scope and Content

This subseries includes materials largely related to Keddie's academic work, including biographic materials, publisher files, fellowships, and UCLA files. The UCLA files concern courses Keddie taught, History department administrative files, and student advising. The subseries also features materials related Keddie's art collection and expertise in Middle Eastern art history.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this subseries will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

box 1, folder 1

Art history and collections. 1947-1996

box 1, folder 2

Bibliographies. Works by Keddie. 1978-1998

box 1, folder 3-4

Bibliographies. Research and course reading lists. circa 1970-1991

box 1, folder 5

Biographical materials. 1965-2000

box 1, folder 6

Book publicity materials. 1972-2003

box 1, folder 7

Book royalties. 1971

box 1, folder 8

Calendar. 1973

box 1, folder 9

Calendar. 1998-1999

box 1, folder 10

Clippings. About Keddie. 1976, 1981

box 1, folder 11

Collected biographies. 1987-1988

box 1, folder 12

Curriculum vitae. 1986-1987

box 1, folder 13

Fowler Museum. Qashqa'i exhibition donation materials. 1980-1981

box 1, folder 15

Guggenheim Fellowship. 1962-1963

box 1, folder 16

Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies. 1982-1999

box 1, folder 17

KPFK talk and music recording. Compact audio cassette. circa 1970-1989

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this file will require assessment and possible digitization for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

box 1, folder 18

Lecture notes. Photography for the Social Sciences. undated

box 1, folder 19

Letters of recommendation by Keddie. 1976

box 1, folder 20

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) donation materials. 1997

box 1, folder 21

North Africa trip. 1968

box 1, folder 22

Obituary for Dr. Gustave E. von Grunebaum. 1992 March 6

box 1, folder 23

Photographs of Keddie. undated

box 1, folder 24

Photographs, untitled. undated

box 1, folder 25

Photography notes. 1974-1976

box 1, folder 26

Portrait sketch. undated

box 2, folder 1

Publications. Keddie is cited. 1979

box 2, folder 2

Publications. Keddie is featured. 1980-1981

box 2, folder 3

Publisher contracts and agreements. 1969-1980

box 2, folder 4

Publisher correspondence, articles, and other materials. 1980-1983

box 2, folder 5

Report on the Handicrafts and the Handicrafts Center in Iran. 1974

box 2, folder 6

Research proposals and reports. circa 1970-1985

box 2, folder 7

Tourism materials. circa 1949-1970

box 2, folder 8

UCLA. Course descriptions, funding applications, and conference materials. 1966-1968

box 2, folder 9-11

UCLA. Course descriptions, syllabi, and other materials. circa 1966-1996

box 2, folder 12

UCLA. Faculty Committee on the Status of Women. 1969

box 1, folder 14

UCLA. Grievance statement. 1966

box 2, folder 13

UCLA. Hammer lecture. 1999 March 18

box 2, folder 14

UCLA. History Department files. 1996

box 2, folder 15

UCLA. News and events. 1965-1984

box 2, folder 16

UCLA. Request for Advancement to Step V. 1978 September 24

box 2, folder 17

UCLA. Student Advising. 1988

box 2, folder 18

UCLA. Student work: Aghaie, Kamran. 1992-1993

box 2, folder 19

University newsletters. 1978

box 2, folder 20

Women's history materials. circa 1990

Subseries 1.2: Correspondence. 1948-1997

Scope and Content

This subseries contains Keddie's general and research correspondence. Most of the correspondence is professional in subject, including matters related to research travel, funding, publications, article reviews, and academic appointments. The subseries has retained Keddie's original filing system, organized first by subject and then chronologically. The only exception is the Carlo Poni file, which is correspondence between Keddie and Poni on personal and professional matters.

box 2, folder 21-23

Correspondence. Afghani, Jamal al-din al- circa 1960-1996

box 2, folder 24

Correspondence. Daedalus. 1969

box 3, folder 1-2

Correspondence. Funding. circa 1958-1961

box 3, folder 3

Correspondence. Iran. 1959-1960

box 3, folder 4

Correspondence. Personal. 1962-1963

box 3, folder 5

Correspondence. Poni, Carlo. 1965-1969

box 3, folder 6

Correspondence. Publishers. 1966-1969

box 3, folder 7

Correspondence. Professional references. 1964-1975

box 3, folder 8

Correspondence. UC Berkeley sabbatical. 1966-1967

box 3, folder 9

Correspondence. UCLA. 1961-1969

box 3, folder 10

Correspondence. Vietnam War protests. 1965-1966

box 3, folder 11

Correspondence. 1948

box 3, folder 12

Correspondence. 1950

box 3, folder 13

Correspondence. circa 1950-1959

box 3, folder 14

Correspondence. 1951

box 3, folder 15

Correspondence. 1952

box 3, folder 16

Correspondence. 1953

box 3, folder 17

Correspondence. 1954

box 3, folder 18

Correspondence. 1955

box 3, folder 19

Correspondence. 1956

box 3, folder 20

Correspondence. 1958

box 3, folder 21

Correspondence. 1959

box 4, folder 1

Correspondence. 1960

box 4, folder 2

Correspondence. 1961

box 4, folder 3

Correspondence. 1962-1963

box 4, folder 4

Correspondence. 1964

box 4, folder 5-6

Correspondence. 1965

box 4, folder 7-8

Correspondence. 1966

box 4, folder 9

Correspondence. 1967

box 4, folder 10

Correspondence. 1968

box 4, folder 11

Correspondence. 1969

box 5, folder 1

Correspondence. 1969-1970

box 5, folder 2

Correspondence. 1974-1979

box 5, folder 3

Correspondence. 1975-1976

box 5, folder 4

Correspondence. 1977

box 5, folder 5

Correspondence. 1996-1997

box 5, folder 6

Correspondence. undated

Subseries 1.3: Conferences and professional societies. 1955-2003

Scope and Content

This subseries contains conference announcements, programs, handwritten notes, papers presented with annotations, and proposals. It also includes materials related to Keddie's memberships to professional societies, such as announcements, newsletters, and journals.

box 5, folder 7

American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1994-1995

box 5, folder 8-10

American Historical Association. 1955-2002

box 5, folder 11

American Institute of Iranian Studies. 1989

box 6, folder 1-2

American Oriental Society. 1961, 1965

box 6, folder 3

Asian and Islam conferences. 1982-1984

box 6, folder 4

Asia Society Project on Islam and Public Life in Asia. 1984

box 6, folder 5

Association for Asian Studies. 1965

box 6, folder 6

Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. 2003

box 6, folder 7

Berlin Conference on Muslim Migration to Cities. 1989

box 6, folder 8

Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies. 1998

box 6, folder 9

Comparative Politics: Research Perspectives for the Next 20 Years. 1988

box 6, folder 10

Conference on Comparative Fundamentalism. 1994

box 6, folder 11-15

Conference programs and announcements. Assorted. 1968-2002

box 6, folder 16

Conference notes. circa 1980-1995

box 7, folder 1

Conference proposals. undated

box 7, folder 2

Fundamentalism conference list. 1994

box 7, folder 3

Globalization, Political Islam and Urban Social Movements. 1998

box 7, folder 4

Gulf/2000 Project. 1997-1998

box 7, folder 5

Human Rights and Civil Liberties in Iran. 1982 May 22

box 7, folder 6-7

International Colloquium in 18th Century Renewal and Reform Movements in Islam. 1985 June

box 7, folder 8

International Economic History Conference. undated

box 7, folder 9-11

Iran lectures, correspondence, and program lists. 1955-1997

box 7, folder 12

Iran and the Surrounding World Since 1500. 2000 April

box 7, folder 13

Iran, the US, and the USSR. 1988 April

box 7, folder 14

Iran: 25 Centuries of Achievement. 1971 October

box 7, folder 15

Library of Congress: Looking Back to the Future. 1994

box 8, folder 1-7

Middle Eastern Studies Association. 1967-2001

box 8, folder 8

Middle East Women's Studies. 1996

box 8, folder 9

Montclair State College: Iran, the Middle East and the Decade of the 1990s. 1991 October 25

box 8, folder 10

Neither East nor West: Iran, US, USSR. 1989

box 8, folder 11

Pakistan trip and programs. 1985

box 8, folder 12

Photographic Society International. 1984

box 8, folder 13

Princeton University: Near Eastern Studies Department. 1974

box 9, folder 1-2

RAND Center: Middle East Conference. 1992-1994

box 9, folder 3

Safavid Conference. 1996

box 9, folder 4

Social Sciences and Problems of Development: Iran. 1974 June

box 9, folder 5

Society for Iranian Studies. 1974-2000

box 9, folder 6

State, Society, and Economy in 19th Century Iran Conference. 1978 June

box 9, folder 7

University of Sussex: Subordination of Women Project 1978

Series 2: Publications. 1957-2003

Scope and Content

This series contains published works and materials related to those works that are authored/co-authored or edited by Keddie, including articles, book chapters, and the journal Contention: Debates in Society, Culture and Science. It also includes reviews of Keddie's books. Much of her work centers around Iranian history, Sayyed Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Middle Eastern women, and religious and political trends in Iran and the Muslim world. Afghani was a political activist and Islamic ideologist during the late 19th century. The materials are titled with variants of his name, including Al-Afghani, ad-Din Asadabadi, and Jamal al-Din al Afghani, in accordance to the creator's own file and notes titles.

Subseries 2.1: Works by Keddie. 1957-2003

Scope and Content

This subseries contains Keddie's numerous authored and co-authored articles and book chapters. It also includes correspondence, Keddie's notes, and manuscript abstracts and drafts with annotations.

box 9, folder 8

Afghani, Jamal ad-din al- articles. 1965-1973

box 9, folder 9

Background of the Constitutional Movement in Azerbaijan. 1960-1961

box 9, folder 10

Bausani abstract. 1961

box 9, folder 11

Book jackets and covers. 1973-1990

box 9, folder 12

Contributions of Vladimir Gordlevsky to the Study of the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor. 1954

box 9, folder 13

Crisis in Communism and the Middle East. 2002

box 9, folder 14

Economics articles. 1957-1989

box 9, folder 15

Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Multiple entries. 1992

box 9, folder 16

Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East. Style guide. 1988

box 9, folder 17

Encylcopedia of Political Revolutions. Edited by Keddie. 1998

box 9, folder 18

From Senegal to Sumatra and Between: Comparative Studies in History and Society. 1987

box 9, folder 19

Fundamentalism project. 1989-1990

box 9, folder 20, box 10, folder 1

Iran articles. 1968-1979

box 10, folder 2

Iran book proposal. 1997

box 10, folder 3

Iran: A Brief History Since 1500. 1983

box 10, folder 4

Iran, Islam articles. 1969-1980

box 10, folder 5

Iran: 1978 Revolution. circa 1980-1985

box 10, folder 6

Iranian Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911. 1967

box 10, folder 7

Iranian Constitutional Revolution. circa 1996

box 10, folder 8

Iranian Imbroglios: Who's Irrational? 1988

box 10, folder 9

Islamist Movement in Tunisia. 1986

box 10, folder 10

Islamic Philosophy and Islamic Modernism. 1967

box 10, folder 11

Journal of Women's History. 1995-1997

box 10, folder 12

Le Monde articles. 1977, 1980

box 10, folder 13

Los Angeles Times articles. 1980-1983

box 10, folder 14

Messianism and Revolt in Modern Iran. 1998

box 10, folder 15

Methodology articles. 1973-1984

box 10, folder 16, box 11, folder 1

Middle East articles. circa 1980-1994

box 11, folder 2

Orientalism. 1999

box 11, folder 3

Pakistan articles. 1985

box 11, folder 4

Proto-Capitalism: Japan and Europe, with Comparisons to East Asia and the Middle East. 1999

box 11, folder 5

Qashwai Tribal Confederation of Iran circa 1979

box 11, folder 6

Religion and Rule in Iran. 1995

box 11, folder 7-10

Reviews by Keddie. 1965-2002

box 11, folder 11

Revolution and Post-Revolution in Iran in Comparative Perspective. 1997

box 11, folder 12

Rise of Islam as a Force in International Affairs. 1981

box 11, folder 13

Secularism articles. 1994-1996

box 11, folder 14

Surfeit of Satans. Los Angeles Times Opinion article. 1991

box 11, folder 15

Western Rules Versus Western Values. 1959

box 11, folder 16

Why Didn't We Speak Up Sooner? circa 1986

box 11, folder 17

Why has Iran Been Revolutionary? 1995

box 11, folder 18

Women, Gender, and Fundamentalism Worldwide. 1995

box 11, folder 19

Women in Iran Since 1979. 2000

box 12, folder 1

Women in Islam articles. circa 1977-1992

box 12, folder 2

Women in the Middle East. 1979-2001

Subseries 2.2: Reviews of Keddie's published works. 1967-2003

Scope and Content

This subseries includes copies and printouts of academic and popular reviews of Keddie's published works, including her books Iran and the Muslim World, Root and Revolution, and Sayyid Jamal Ad-Din Al-Afghani.

box 12, folder 3-5

Assorted reviews of Keddie's books. 1969-2003

box 12, folder 6-7

Iran and the Muslim World. 1969-1970

box 12, folder 8

Islamic Response to Imperialism. 1969-1970

box 12, folder 9

Religion and Rebellion in Iran. 1967

box 12, folder 10-12

Roots of Revolution. 1978-1984

box 13, folder 1

Sayyid Jamal Ad-Din Al-Aghani. 1973-1975

box 13, folder 2

Scholars, Saints, and Sufis. 1973-1976

box 13, folder 3

Women in the Muslim World. 1979-1980

Subseries 2.3: Contention. 1989-1996

Scope and Content

Contention: Debates in Society, Culture and Science was a journal founded and edited by Keddie from 1991 to 1996. The journal was published by the Indiana University Press. It's mission was to present significant controversies and trends in the social sciences and humanities fields. Materials in this subseries include correspondence, address lists, reviews, proposals, articles, and funding documents related to the journal.

box 13, folder 4-5

Acceptance letters. 1989

box 13, folder 6-7

Address lists. circa 1990

box 13, folder 8

Article reviews. 1990-1991

box 13, folder 9

Bellagio Study and Conference Center. 1992

box 13, folder 10

Biographies. circa 1990-1992

box 13, folder 11

Clippings. 1989-1990

box 13, folder 12-13

Contention fund. 1990-1996

box 14, folder 1-4

Correspondence. Outgoing. 1989-1991

box 14, folder 5-6

Correspondence. Incoming. 1991-1992

box 14, folder 7-8

Correspondence. Indiana University Press. circa 1990-1996

box 14, folder 9

Debating Revolutions issue. 1994

box 14, folder 10

Editor requests. 1989

box 15, folder 1

Indiana University Press materials. 1994

box 15, folder 2

Journal mockup. 1991

box 15, folder 3

Lists of editors, advisory board, contributors, and subscribers. circa 1989-1994

box 15, folder 4

Pending articles and reviewers. 1990

box 15, folder 5

Proposals and announcements. circa 1989-1992

box 15, folder 6

Rejected articles. 1990-1991

box 15, folder 7

Rejection letters. 1989

box 15, folder 8

Subsidy presses. 1989-1990

Series 3: Research files. circa 1950-2003

Scope and Content

Publications, typed and handwritten notes, literature reviews, outlines, manuscripts, and other materials related to Keddie's academic research. A large portion of her research focused on Iran, Islam, Middle Eastern women, and Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani. Afghani was a political activist and Islamic ideologist during the late 19th century. Some of the materials related to Afghani are in Arabic. The materials are titled with variants of his name, including Al-Afghani, ad-Din Asadabadi, and Jamal al-Din al Afghani, in accordance to the creator's own file and notes titles.

box 15, folder 9

Afary, Janet publications. 1989-1995

box 15, folder 10-11, box 16, folder 1-11

Afghani, Sayyid Jamal al-Din al- research materials and notes. circa 1950-1983

Language of Material: Materials are in English and Arabic.

box 15, folder 12

Africa notes and clippings. 1985

box 15, folder 13

Algeria research materials. 1964-1981

box 15, folder 14

Arabic language notes. 1960

box 17, folder 1-2

Clippings. Iran. 1968-1997

box 17, folder 3-5

Clippings. Various topics. 1965-1997

box 17, folder 6

Djamalzadeh, Ivanov, and other summaries. undated

box 17, folder 7

Fundamentalism research materials. 1984-1990

box 17, folder 8

Fundamentalism. Turkey research materials. undated

box 17, folder 9-17, box 19, folder 1-2, box 18, folder 1-12

Iran research materials and notes. circa 1955-1999

box 19, folder 3-5

Islam research materials and notes. circa 1980-1985

box 19, folder 6

Jafri, Sayyid Saghir Husain interview. 1985 October

box 19, folder 7

Manchester Guardian newspaper. 1974 October 12

box 19, folder 8

Medical reviews. 1979-1983

box 19, folder 9

Middle East materials. 1986-1997

box 19, folder 21, box 19, folder 10-12

Miscellaneous articles and notes. circa 1990-1999

box 19, folder 13

Misztal and Shupe notes. circa 1992

box 19, folder 14

Nercherye research materials. undated

box 19, folder 15-17

Pakistan interviews, and notes. circa 1986-1995

box 19, folder 18

Persian texts. undated

box 19, folder 19

Problems in the Research on Women in the Middle East notes. 1975-1998

box 19, folder 20

Religion and Society in Asia and the Middle East research materials. 1978

box 19, folder 22

Revolutions articles. 1988-1990

box 20, folder 1

Shi'ism notes. circa 1990-1995

box 20, folder 2

Slavery, race, orientalism notes. circa 1990-1995

box 20, folder 3

Soviet-Iran reprints. circa 1958-1959

box 20, folder 4

Theory and generalization notes. 2002

box 20, folder 5

Tobacco Protest notes. 1981

box 20, folder 6

Turkey articles. 2002-2003

box 20, folder 7

U.S. News magazine. 1987 March 30

box 20, folder 8-9

Women in Islam articles and notes. circa 1974-1992

box 20, folder 10

Women in Middle East research materials. 1982-1998

box 20, folder 11

Women in Revolutionary Iran. Conference paper by Lois Beck. 1980

Series 4: Photographic materials. 1958-1997

Scope and Content

This series is largely made up of color 35 mm slides taken by Keddie on research and leisure to trips throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Keddie's photography focused on people as subjects, but the series also features images of buildings, monuments, and landscapes. Photographs are included as indicated. Materials are organized alphabetically by trip location. If a trip included more than one location, the predominant location is listed first.

box 21, folder 1

Boulder to New York trip. 1958

box 21, folder 2

California and New Mexico. 1979-1980

box 34, folder 1, box 22, folder 1, box 21, folder 3-7

China. 1958-1982

box 22, folder 2

Club Med. 1983

box 22, folder 3

Egypt and Italy. 1964

box 22, folder 4

England and France. 1986-1987

box 22, folder 5

England and Hungary. 1982

box 22, folder 6-7, box 35, folder 4-5

Europe. circa 1965-1992

box 22, folder 8

France, Egypt, and Los Angeles. undated

box 22, folder 9

Geneva, Switzerland. 1989

box 22, folder 10

Germany. 1990

box 22, folder 11

Holland. 1979

box 22, folder 12

Hungary. 1982

box 22, folder 13-14

Idaho and California. 1983

box 24, folder 1, box 23, folder 1-7, box 36, folder 1-7

Indonesia and Malyasia. 1977-1984

box 24, folder 2

Italy, England, and Malta. 1975

box 24, folder 3

Italy and Germany. 1985

box 25, folder 1-7, box 24, folder 4-9, box 27, folder 1-2, box 37, folder 1-6, box 35, folder 1, box 26, folder 1-6, box 34, folder 2-7

Iran. 1960-1990

Scope and Content

BOX 37 contains six 9 1/2x14 inch photographic prints mounted on 16x20 board.

box 27, folder 3-8

London and Paris. 1976-1980

box 28, folder 1-4, box 27, folder 9-10

Los Angeles. 1978-1987

box 28, folder 6-8, box 35, folder 6

Mexico. 1975-1987

box 28, folder 9-11, box 35, folder 1-3

Mixed. 1959-1997

box 29, folder 1-3, box 28, folder 12-13, box 38, folder 5

Morocco and Tunisia. 1976-1989

box 29, folder 4

New England and Washington D.C. 1979-1981

box 29, folder 5-6

North Africa. 1978

box 29, folder 7-8, box 30, folder 1-5, box 34, folder 7

Pakistan. 1985-1986

box 31, folder 1-2, box 30, folder 6-8

Paris and mixed cities. 1970-1988

box 31, folder 3

Photographs. 3x5 inch, color. undated

box 31, folder 4-5

Pier K25 1975

box 31, folder 6, box 34, folder 2

Russia and Morocco. 1983-1984

box 31, folder 7-9

Santa Monica, Venice, and Yosemite, CA. 1983-1988

box 38, folder 1-4, box 32, folder 1, box 31, folder 10-12

Senegal, Egypt, and Tunisia. 1983-1985

box 32, folder 2-3

South Asia. 1984

box 32, folder 4

Southern California. circa 1976-1979

box 32, folder 5-6

Spain. 1988

box 32, folder 7

Syria. 1985 September-October

box 32, folder 8-9

Tunisia. 1977-1978

box 32, folder 10

Turkey. 1972

box 33, folder 1-5, box 35, folder 6-7

United States. 1958-1990

box 33, folder 6-7

Washington DC, Paris, and Middle East. circa 1982-1986

box 38, folder 5, box 36, folder 7, box 33, folder 8-10

Yemen, Iran, and Italy. 1973-1983

box 33, folder 11

Yosemite National Park. 1983