Myra Summers Keeler papers
Overview
The Myra Summers Keeler collection contains correspondence, school and work information, diaries, writings, and other information relating to Myra Summers Keeler and her family.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-1954
Creator
- Keeler, Myra Summers, 1899-1986 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Myra Summers Keeler (1918 - 1986)
Myra Cochran Summers was born to William C. Summers and Belle Cochran Summers on July 26, 1899, in Eureka, Kansas. She attended the University of Kansas [KU] and graduated from KU in 1918.
While at KU, Myra was a member of the XI chapter of Sigma Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa honor society. After graduating, she worked as a music teacher at Linwood Common School and for the Ottawa School District.
She married Walter “Walt” Keeler, a classmate from KU in 1923. Walt Keeler later owned Keeler’s bookstore located at 939 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. They had one daughter together, Anabel Keeler.
Myra Cochran Summers Keeler died May 13, 1986. Walter Keeler died October 3, 1977. Anabel Keeler Hart died October 4, 1982.
[Information taken from Myra Summers Keeler’s obituary and collection materials.]
Full Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS 1613
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2024, James D. Henderson, gift.
- Title
- Guide to the Myra Summers Keeler Collection
- Subtitle
- Myra Summers Keeler papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mmb. Finding aid encoded by mmb.
- Date
- 2025-03-27
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- https://hdl.handle.net/10407/1708812696
- Preferred citation
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Myra Summers Keeler collection, RH MS 1613, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository