Margaret Keyes

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Margaret Keyes
Born
Margaret Naumann Keyes

(1918-03-04)March 4, 1918
heritage conservation
InstitutionsUniversity of Iowa
Doctoral advisorJanet Katherine Smith

Margaret Naumann Keyes (March 4, 1918 – October 14, 2015) was an American academic and heritage preserver. She was a professor of

heritage conservation, best known for her work to preserve the Iowa Old Capitol Building.[1]

Early life and education

Margaret Naumann Keyes was born in

American Home Economics Association to undertake doctoral studies at Florida State University, earning a Ph.D. in Historic Preservation
in 1965.

Academic career

Upon returning to the University of Iowa and Keyes taught a variety of courses including

Victorian Society in America, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Keyes's most important work in historic preservation was her 1975 to 1999 direction of the restoration of the Old State Capitol in Iowa City, converting it to a state historical museum. Keyes's commitments as director of Old Capitol, speaking engagements, and service work left her with little time to fulfill her duties as professor in the Home Economics department. She gradually decreased her course load and officially retired as full professor and was granted emeritus status in 1984. She was active as a researcher and active scholar well into her retirement.[2][3]

Selected publications

Old Capitol: Portrait of an Iowa Landmark by Margaret N. Keyes, 1988
  • Keyes, M.N. (1966). Nineteenth Century Home Architecture of Iowa City. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 162pp.
    ISBN 978-0-87745-013-9
  • Keyes, M.N. (1988). Old Capitol: Portrait of an Iowa Landmark. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 187pp.
    ISBN 978-0-87745-210-2

Personal life

Keyes and her lifetime companion, Floy Eugenia Whitehead, traveled to a variety of worldwide locations, including Israel, Jamaica, Taiwan, and Europe. For over thirty years, the two lived at a home near the university in Iowa City that was renowned for its gracious hospitality. Eugenia Whitehead who served as the chairperson of the Department of Home Economics at the University of Iowa from 1955 to 1971 died in 1998.[4]

The Keyes family

Margaret's father,

burial mounds. He died in 1951. Sarah Naumann Keyes died in 1963.[5]

Margaret Keyes had one older sister, Catherine Ann Keyes, who was born 25 April 1905, attended Cornell College, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Yale University. Catherine Ann Keyes served on the faculty of Oberlin College as a music historian and music librarian in the early 1940s.[6] Catherine married Philip L. Miller (1906 - 1996) who had been a music librarian at the New York Public Library in 1938. She earned her Ph.D. in Music History from Yale University in 1948.[7] Philip and Catherine Keyes Miller served as music librarians at the New York Public Library from October 1945 until their retirement. Catherine also served on the faculty of Columbia University teaching music librarianship beginning in 1946.[8] She died January 1978 in Brooklyn, New York.

Marsden Keyes (Margaret's paternal grandfather) was born 15 Feb 1832 in

Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in 1860 and had three children. Margaret Purves Keyes died in 1863. Marsden Keyes then married Martha Whittington in 1866. Marsden Keyes was a carpenter and home builder in Mt. Vernon during a period of large growth for the town, from 1870 to the 1890s. He died in 1902.[9]

Margaret Naumann Keyes was a descendant of

Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:[10]

  • Margaret Naumann Keyes, daughter of
    • Charles Reuben Keyes (1871–1951), son of
    • Marsden Keyes (1832–1902), son of
    • Laura Rice (1801–1842), daughter of
      • Noah Rice (1760–1834),[11] son of
      • Phineas Rice (1724–1777), son of
        • Perez Rice (1698–1782), son of
        • Thomas Rice
          (1654–1747), son of
        • Thomas Rice (1626–1681), son of
          • Edmund Rice
            (1594–1663)

References

  1. ^ Jeff Charis-Carlson (21 Oct 2015). "Historian, preserver of the Old Capitol dies at 97". Retrieved 27 Dec 2015.
  2. ^ "Margaret Naumann Keyes Papers". University of Iowa Special Collections. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Profile:Margaret Keyes by Bob Hibbs". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Floy Eugenia Whitehead Papers". University of Iowa Special Collections. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 27 Nov 2009.
  5. ^ "Charles Reuben Keyes Papers". University of Iowa Special Collections. Archived from the original on 10 October 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  6. ^ Keyes, Catherine Ann. "Music in Ohio Libraries: Oberlin Conservatory of Music." Notes 8 (August 1940): 30.
  7. ^ "Ph.D. Dissertation Catherine Ann Keyes Miller". Yale University. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 13 Nov 2010.
  8. ISBN 978-0-918728-93-7
    .
  9. ^ "Keyes Family Papers". University of Iowa Special Collections. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  10. ^ Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2009. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations. See: Edmund Rice (1638) Association
  11. ^ "Noah Rice". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
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