Inventory of
the Nannerl O. Keohane Reference Collection,
1993 -
2004
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Descriptive Summary
Title
Nannerl
O. Keohane Reference Collection,
1993 - 2004.
Creator
Keohane, Nannerl O.,
1940-
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet,
500
Items
Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Abstract
Nannerl O. Keohane served as Duke
University's eighth president, from 1993 to 2004. The
Nannerl O. Keohane Reference Collection consists of
publicly-distributed speeches, writings, general letters,
memoranda, reports, and policies collected by University
Archives staff for general reference and research.
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
No restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is
held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by
the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Nannerl O. Keohane
Reference Collection, University Archives, Duke
University.
Provenance
The Nannerl O. Keohane Reference Collection was
acquired by the University Archives 1993-2004.
Processing Information
Processed by Jill Katte
Completed November 2004
Encoded by Jill Katte, December 2004
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Nannerl O. Keohane served as Duke University's
eighth president, from 1993 to 2004. She was born in
Blytheville, Ark., and grew up in Arkansas, Texas, and
South Carolina. Her parents, who were great music lovers,
named her after Mozart's musically talented sister,
Nannerl. Her father, James Overholser, a Presbyterian
minister, went on to earn a doctorate in theology and
taught religion and theology at St. Andrews Presbyterian
College in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Her mother, Grace
Overholser White, worked as a reporter before marriage and
then, later in life, taught English and served as dean at
St. Andrews.
Nan Keohane was valedictorian of her Hot Springs
(Ark.) High School. She is a 1961 graduate of Wellesley
College, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors in
political science. Following graduation from Wellesley, she
was awarded a Marshall Scholarship to Oxford University,
where she earned the B.A.-M.A. with First Class Honors in
philosophy, politics, and economics. She received her Ph.D.
in political science in 1967 from Yale, where she was a
Sterling Fellow and, later, was awarded the Wilbur Cross
Medal in recognition of her distinguished service as an
alumna.
Before assuming the presidency of Wellesley in
1981, she taught at Swarthmore College, the University of
Pennsylvania, and Stanford University, where she was chair
of the faculty senate and won the Gores Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
Keohane has written extensively in the fields of
political philosophy, feminism and education. She is the
author of
Philosophy and the State in
France: The Renaissance to the Enlightenment
(Princeton University Press, 1980) and co-editor of
Feminist Theory: A Critique of
Ideology (University of Chicago Press, 1982). She
was vice president of the American Political Science
Association from 1988 to 1990.
Keohane has served on the boards of IBM, the
National Humanities Center, the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation and the Research Triangle Foundation of North
Carolina. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations and chairs the
Overseers Committee to Visit the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard.
She has been awarded honorary doctoral degrees by
numerous colleges and universities. She was inducted into
the National Women's Hall of Fame in October 1995, and won
the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of
Achievement in 1998.
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Collection Overview
The Nannerl O. Keohane Reference Collection
consists of publicly-distributed speeches, writings,
general letters, memoranda, reports, and policies collected
by University Archives staff for reference and research. An
index of the full texts of Keohane's speeches is available
online:
http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/history/keohane-spchndx.htm.
While the materials in the Nannerl O. Keohane
Reference Collection are open for research, the official
records of President Nannerl O. Keohane are restricted. For
a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the
material, permission in writing from the office of origin
and the University Archivist is required for use. After
twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be
consulted with the permission of the University
Archivist.
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Subject Headings
These and related materials may be accessed under
the following subject headings in the Duke University
Libraries online catalog.
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Keohane, Nannerl
O., 1940-
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Duke University--Administration.
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Duke University--History.
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Duke University.
President.
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Duke University--Presidents.
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College presidents--North Carolina.
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Related Material
Nannerl O. Keohane Records.
University Archives, Duke
University.
Duke University President Records.
University Archives, Duke
University.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
Box 1
Speeches and writings,
1993-2004
This series contains a sampling of Keohane's
writings and addresses, including articles, convocations,
and other speeches created in her role as President of Duke
University. The contents of the series are not exhaustive,
and they also do not include her professional or academic
writings. In addition, the University Archives maintains an
index of many of Keohane's speeches online:
http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/history/keohane-spchndx.htm
Columns and articles,
1994-2004
Convocations,
1993-1997
Speeches,
1993-2004
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Letters and memoranda,
1995-2002
This series contains letters and memoranda
issued by the President's Office to the Duke community.
Included are letters to alumni, Duke Student Government,
and the general university. The Washington Monument tribute
file contains correspondence, photos, and an artifact
related to an alumnus honoring Nan Keohane and Duke
University during the renovation of the Washington
Monument.
Alumni mailing,
1995
Memoranda to the University,
1995-1998
Memorandum to Duke Student
Government,
1995
Washington Monument tribute,
2001-2002
Reports and policies,
1994-2001
This series contains publicly-distributed
reports and policy documents published during Keohane's
tenure as President of Duke University.
Reports to the Board of Trustees,
1994-1998
Annual Reports to the Faculty,
1994-1999
Harassment Policy,
1995
Old Duke--New
Duke by William H. Willimon,
2000
Plan for the Enhancement of
Residential and Co-curricular Life,
1994
Progress Report on Race Relations,
2001
Recommendations to the President
Concerning Cultural Space,
2001
