Miss Alice Keighley
Alice Edith Keighley (1907-2001) was a lifelong resident of uptown New Orleans. For many years in the mid-twentieth century she worked in the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, retiring as head of the bindery department. In 1969, she donated her personal social papers to Tulane University, with later additions through 1987. These are now held in the Louisiana Research Collection as Manuscripts Collection 849. Miss Keighley carefully preserved her invitations and other items of social ephemera, correspondence and clippings, over many decades. The collection is predominantly related to New Orleans Carnival but also includes a scrapbook called a debut book, covering her social events of 1928-1929. Carnival krewes represented in this collection include Achaeans, Apollo, Athenians, Atlanteans, Comus, Harlequins, Mithras, Momus, Mystery, Mystic Club, Nippon, Elves of Oberon, Odysseus, Omardz, Osiris, Les Pierrettes, Prophets of Persia, Proteus, Rex, and Twelfth...