Morton Keller
Papers
Robert D. Farber
University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis
University Libraries
c. 2006 By Brandeis University Libraries, all rights reserved
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Creator: |
Morton Keller |
Title: |
Papers,
1964-2001, n.d. |
Quantity: |
2 cu. ft. (2 record center boxes)
|
Repository: |
Brandeis University Libraries |
Identification: |
MWalB0327A |
Language: |
English |
Administrative Information
Access:
Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of
Brandeis University Libraries, Robert D. Farber University Archives
and Special Collections Department.
Copyright:
Requests to publish material from the collection should be
directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special
Collections Department.
Processed by:
Robert Heinrich
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include
the following information: Morton Keller Papers, Robert D. Farber University Archives,
Brandeis University
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Biography
Morton Keller is Professor Emeritus in History and a scholar of
American legal history. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on March
1, 1929 and earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1950.
Keller then attended Harvard University, where he received an M.A.
in 1952 and Ph.D. in 1956. During that period, he also served as a
commissioned officer in the U. S. Navy (1953-1956). Keller married
Phyllis Daytz on September 7, 1951, and they have two children,
Robin and Jonathan.
In 1958, Keller took his first academic position as an instructor
in History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After two years there, he went to the University of Pennsylvania as
an Assistant (1958-1962) and then Associate (1962-1963) Professor.
Keller spent the 1963-1964 school year as a visiting lecturer in
History at Harvard before taking a job at Brandeis the following
fall. He remained at Brandeis for the rest of his career, retiring
as Professor Emeritus in 2001. During his time at Brandeis, Keller
also held visiting appointments at the University of Sussex (spring
1968), Yale University (fall 1968), and the University of Oxford
(1980-1981). Keller taught many courses on United States history,
political history, legal history, and the state in the Western world.
Professor Keller's scholarly work focused on legal history,
especially the period of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. He
has written or edited 15 books, including: In Defense of Yesterday:
James M. Beck and the Politics of Conservatism (1958); The Life
Insurance Enterprise, 1885-1910: A Study in the Limits of Corporate
Power (1963); The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast (1968); Affairs
of State: Public Life in Late Nineteenth Century America (1977);
Congress, Parties, and Public Policy (1985); Regulating a New
Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900-1933
(1990); and Regulating a New Society: Public Policy and Social
Change in America, 1900-1933 (1994).
Keller has received many awards and fellowships, including: a
Guggenheim Fellowship (1959-1960); SSRC Research Award (1959-1960);
ACLS Fellowship (1967-1968); Charles Warren Center Fellowship (1967-
1968); NEH Senior Fellowship (1974-1975); honrorary degree from
Oxford (1980); Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellowship (1980-); NEH
Constitutional Fellowship (1986-1987); a major grant from the
Spencer Foundation (1955-1998); and the Littleton-Griswold Prize in
American Legal History (1995).
Keller remains an active scholar. In 2001, he and his wife,
Phyllis, published Making Harvard Modern: The Rise of America's
University. Keller is currently working on a manuscript entitled,
America's Regimes: A New Political History.
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Scope and Content
The materials in this collection were created from 1964 to 2001.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda
related to Keller's various faculty and administrative duties at
Brandeis, especially concerning the History Department, the Legal
Studies Program, and Presidential Search Committees.
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Series Description
Administrative Files
Inclusive dates: 1964-2001, n.d.
Boxes 1-2
Arrangement: Alphabetical
This series contains materials related to Keller' work as an
administrator and faulty member at Brandeis. Subjects include the
Brandeis 40th anniversary celebration, the Crown Fellowship, the
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of History,
the Legal Studies Program, Presidential searches, and the
Transitional Year Program.
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Container List
Administrative Files |
box 1 |
Admissions and Financial Aid, 1970-1971 |
box 1 |
Admissions materials, 1969-1970 |
box 1 |
Admissions materials--Minority students, 1969-1970 |
box 1 |
Admissions materials and Transitional Year Program, 1971 |
box 1 |
African American Studies Department--Correspondence and memoranda, 1969-1970 |
box 1 |
American Civilization program--Correspondence and memoranda, 1983-1994 |
box 1 |
Barraclough, Geoffrey--Correspondence, 1971-1972 |
box 1 |
Board of Trustees and Appointments--Correspondence and reports, 1979-1991 |
box 1 |
Brandeis administrative materials, 1985-1989 [R] |
box 1 |
Brandeis appointments and fundraising, 1991-1995 |
box 1 |
Brandeis 40th anniversary celebration--Correspondence and pamphlets, 1988 |
box 1 |
Brandeis 40th anniversary celebration--Memoranda and correspondence, 1988, n.d. |
box 1 |
Brandeis-Sussex exchange--Correspondence, 1967-1968 |
box 1 |
Brandeis symposium and Gordon Center--Correspondence and article, 1986-1987 |
box 1 |
Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid, 1971-1973 [2 folders] |
box 1 |
Correspondence, 1967-1981 |
box 1 |
Crown Fellows 25th Anniversary, 1989-1995 |
box 1 |
Crown Fellowship--Correspondence and memoranda, 1968-1972 |
box 1 |
Crown Fellowship and Crown Center, 1976-1977 |
box 1 |
Department correspondence, 1984, n.d. |
box 1 |
Dibner Institute--Correspondence, 1988-1989 |
box 1 |
Faculty Center--Correspondence, 1976-1977 |
box 1 |
Faculty salaries, 1964-1974 [R] |
box 1 |
Future of Brandeis and Henry Luce Professorship--Correspondence and article, 1979-1985, n.d. |
box 1 |
Graduate School--Correspondence, 1967-1972 |
box 1 |
Gordon Center--Correspondence, 1995-1996 |
box 1 |
Gordon Center--Correspondence, memoranda, and pamphlets, 1985-1989 |
History Department
|
box 1 |
Appointments, 1979-1990 [3 folders] [R] |
box 1 |
Correspondence, 1984-1993, n.d. [3 folders] [R] |
box 1 |
Correspondence and memoranda, 1963-1987 [1-2 of 4 folders] |
box 2 |
Correspondence and memoranda, 1984-1986 [3-4 of 4 folders] [R] |
box 2 |
Materials for Visiting Committee, 1985-1986 |
box 2 |
Personnel, 1987-1994 |
box 2 |
History of Science--Correspondence and announcements, 1984-1985 |
box 2 |
"The Idea of a Senior College," 1969-1970 |
box 2 |
Keyssar, Alex--Correspondence and memoranda, 1983-1988 [R] |
Legal Studies
|
box 2 |
Budget materials, 1975-1977 |
box 2 |
Colloquium--Judiciary, 1972-1976 |
box 2 |
Correspondence, 1976-1978 |
box 2 |
Course syllabi, 1975-1976 |
box 2 |
Courses and requirements, 1976 |
box 2 |
Donors--Correspondence, 1976-1979 |
box 2 |
Enrollment, 1975-1976 |
box 2 |
Faculty advisors, 1975-1976 |
box 2 |
Henry Luce and Russell Sage Foundation grants, 1975-1976 |
box 2 |
International Law and Leo Gross, 1975-1977 |
box 2 |
Library purchases--Correspondence, 1975-1979 |
box 2 |
Publicity, 1975, n.d. |
box 2 |
Senior theses, 1975 |
box 2 |
Summer Research Awards, 1976-1978 [3 folders] [R] |
box 2 |
Merit scholarships--Correspondence, notes, and clippings, 1983-1991 [2 folders] |
box 2 |
Presidential search materials, 1967-1982 [4 folders] [R] |
box 2 |
Retirement ceremony [VHS tapes], 2001 |
box 2 |
Reutlinger, Andrew S.--Memorial, 1972-1977 |
box 2 |
Rosenberg, Charles--History of Science, Drew Gilpin Faust appointments, 1985 |
box 2 |
Sarna, Jonathan--Correspondence, 1974-1979 [R] |
box 2 |
Student protest--Faculty materials, 1968-1969 [R] |
box 2 |
Transitional Year Program--Correspondence, 1969-1976 |
box 2 |
University problems, 1969 |
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