Descriptive SummaryMSS 2016Joseph Brigham Keeler (1855-1935) Collection,
ca.
1840-1990Keeler, Joseph B. (Joseph Brigham),
1855-1935L. Tom Perry Special Collections5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)Joseph Brigham Keeler
(1855-1935) was one of the original twenty-nine students of Brigham Young
Academy and later served on the faculty for thirty-six years. In the Brigham
Young Academy and University administrations, he served as first counselor to
Karl Maeser, Benjamin Cluff, and George Brimhall. Keeler taught in the
Commercial and Theology departments and wrote the first two Aaronic Priesthood
manuals in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served a bulding
mission to the St. George Temple (1874-75), a proselytizing mission to the
Southern States Mission (1880-2), and served as Provo 4th Ward bishop,
counselor and president of the Utah Stake, patriarch, and member of the General
Priesthood Committee on Outlines.Includes journals, biographical
sketches, correspondence, articles, lesson manuals, published and unpublished
manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The bulk of the material was created by
Joseph B. Keeler's descendants, who used his papers as they compiled their
published family history, "Build Thee More Stately" (1989). The
collection focuses on family history, religion, education, and professional
organizations.ProvenanceThe Joseph B. Keeler Collection is an artificial or an assembled
collection created from the 1996 donations of Ellen Keeler Thompson. A
granddaughter of Joseph and Martha Keeler, Ellen Thompson donated three cartons
of materials to BYU on 28 February 1996. Ellen Thompson had collaborated with
her father, Daniel M. Keeler, and her brother, Daniel A. Keeler, to write the
book Build Thee More Stately (in 1989). In 1996 Thompson received a call to
serve an LDS mission with her husband. She donated her materials and original
documents that she used in writing the book to BYU shortly before she left on
her mission. It is these three cartons that have been processed into MSS 2016
[Joseph B. Keeler Collection] to which have been added a few original Joseph
Keeler items from the Daniel M. Keeler Collection, which include letters from
Laprele Daniels to Joseph Keeler, the Hone Ranch Account Book, and the 1883
courtship letters from Martha Fairbanks to Joseph Keeler. The three cartons
donated by Thompson did not reflect the ordering used in writing Build Thee
More Stately or display the order in which she received the materials.
Additionally, Daniel M. Keeler, one of the last living children of Joseph
Keeler, donated his father's journal on 27 August 1980. This original journal
has also been processed as part of MSS 2016.
Other information not contained in the Joseph B. Keeler Collection,
but that would be good sources to consult at BYU are: the unprocessed Daniel M.
Keeler Collection; UA 262, Brigham Young Academy collection of rolls and
examinations; UA 362, Receipts of Priesthood ordinations at the Brigham Young
Academy; UA 458, records of BYA's student loan associations; UA 146, BYU Board
of Trustees records, 1910-1919. There are also copies of several of Joseph
Keeler's published writings, which may be found by searching on the Harold B.
Lee Library on-line catalog.
AccessThe Keeler family desires open access for research. Materials copied
from the Keeler Collection can not be distributed or recopied by the researcher
without permission of BYU Special Collections and Manuscripts. Permission to
publish whole documents from the collection, including publication in a digital
format, requires written approval by the Board of Curators.
Conditions of UseIt is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary
copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Joseph Brigham Keeler
(1855-1935) Collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference
Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Preferred CitationInitial Citation:MSS 2016; Joseph Brigham
Keeler (1855-1935) Collection, ca. 1840-1990; 19th Century Western and Mormon
Americana; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham
Young University.
Following Citations:MSS 2016, LTPSC.
Biographical HistoryJoseph Brigham Keeler was born 8 September 1855 in Salt Lake City to
Daniel Hutchinson Keeler and Ann Brown Keeler, the second of three children
from this marriage. Both of Joseph's parents had been widowed in their previous
marriages and had children from these marriages. Joseph Keeler's family moved
to Provo in 1858 at the coming of Johnston's army and settled there following
the crisis. He was baptized a member of the LDS Church by Oliver Workman in
June 1864. From 1873-1874, he attended the Timpanogos Branch of the University
of Deseret, where his half-brother Abner Eldredge Keeler taught with William
and Warren Dusenberry. While Keeler was enrolled at the Timpanogos Branch, he
was ordained an elder in the LDS Church by Vernee L. Halliday on 1 November
1873.
Joseph Keeler postponed his education in October 1874 after he and his
father received a call to be building missionaries on the St. George Temple.
Daniel Keeler was employed as a mason and prior to his call to work on the
temple, Daniel had taught Joseph masonry work during such building projects as
the Old Provo Tabernacle and the Lewis Building (home of the Dusenberry's
school and BYA). After receiving the call to St. George, Daniel and Joseph
Keeler helped in the temple's construction from October 1874 to March 1875.
Upon Joseph Keeler's return to Provo, he enrolled at the new Brigham
Young Academy and was one of the first twenty-nine students of that school. He
received his diploma in 1877, and then worked as a reporter for John C. Graham
at the Territorial Enquirer in Provo from August 1877 to April
1880. Following the tragic death of Keeler's fiancee, Fannie Rogers, in
February 1880, Joseph was called as a LDS missionary to the Southern States
Mission in the April 1880 general conference. Keeler served his entire mission
in Georgia from April 1880- March 1882.
When Keeler returned home from his mission, he worked until 1884 as
Provo's county treasurer and assessor and also as a reporter for the
Territorial Enquirer. He married Martha Alice Fairbanks of Payson, Utah on 17
May 1883 in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. Joseph and Martha Keeler had
ten children and resided in Provo.
In January 1884, Joseph Keeler became a teacher at Brigham Young
Academy and served on the faculty for thirty-six years. He taught in the
Intermediate Department, Normal Department and founded the Commercial
Department. He served as head of the Commercial Department and the Theological
Department during most of the Cluff and Brimhall administrations. Joseph Keeler
served as an administrator and was first counselor to Karl Maeser, Benjamin
Cluff and George Brimhall. Keeler retired from BYU in May 1920.
Joseph Keeler also worked on several community enterprises. He was a
founding member of the Provo Reservoir Company, the Utah Lake Irrigation
Company, the Provo Foundry and Machine Company, Provo Savings and Loan
Association, and the Salt Lake and Utah Interurban Railroad, the first railroad
connecting Utah county towns. He was also involved in other investments with
Jesse Knight and George Brimhall.
Joseph Keeler served the LDS Church in many leadership capacities.
From 1884 to 1895, he served as a counselor and later president of the Utah
Stake Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. From 1889-1895, he also
served as an alternate in the Utah Stake High Council. On 13 January 1895, he
was ordained bishop of the Provo Fourth Ward and served until 16 January 1901
when he was called as first counselor to President David John in the Utah Stake
presidency. After seven years of service, Keeler was chosen as the Utah Stake
President on 19 April 1908 and filled this capacity until his release 26
October 1919. Joseph Keeler also served on the General Priesthood Committee on
Outlines for an unknown time period beginning in 1908-09 and was involved in
decisions regarding the Aaronic Priesthood organization and curriculum. A year
and a half after Keeler's release as stake president, James E. Talmage set
Joseph Keeler apart as patriarch of the Utah Stake on 17 February 1921. Keeler
maintained this calling until his death in 1935.
Some of Joseph Keeler's greatest contributions to his church have been
through his writing. He wrote the first Aaronic Priesthood manual in the Church
while he taught at Brigham Young Academy. His lessons were first introduced in
the Academy's theological classes in 1902 and were expanded and published as
Lesser Priesthood and Church Government in 1904. This manual and
his 1906 manual, First Steps in Church Government, were used as
quorum instruction manuals for the Aaronic Priesthood throughout the Church.
Joseph also wrote a pamphlet entitled The Bishop's Court, which
helped standardize disciplinary action in the Church at the
turn-of-the-century. Besides manual writing, Joseph wrote several articles for
The Contributor, The Improvement Era, and he reported many of his
missionary experiences as a correspondent to the Territorial
Enquirer. Like her husband, Martha Keeler influenced manual writing in
the Church. While she served in the Utah Stake Relief Society presidency from
1906- 1918, she directed and contributed to the writing of the first Relief
Society lesson manuals.
Joseph Brigham Keeler lived to be eighty years old and after suffering
from cancer in 1935, died of a heart attack at his home in Provo, Utah on 21
December 1935.
Scope and Content NoteThe collection is composed of journals, biographical sketches,
correspondence, articles, lesson manuals, published and unpublished
manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera by and regarding Joseph B. Keeler. The
bulk of the material was created by Keeler's descendants, who used his papers
and writings as they compiled their published family history, Build Thee More
Stately (privately published, 1989).
Though the collection contains biographical sketches of Joseph's
parents, the first half of the collection reflects Joseph's life (1855-1935)
and the latter half family biographies (1950- 1989). The spectrum of material
covered in the collection focuses on family history, religion, education, and
professional organizations. The material is largely arranged in chronological
order.
Notes on ArrangementSeparation Statement
Brigham Young Academy Polysophical Meeting Minutes, 30 November and 7
December 1877, has become MSS Sc 2879. An original copy of Joseph Keeler's
missionary pamphlet How to Get Salvation: The Faith and Teachings of the
Latter-day Saints, and two Foundation Stones of the Earth, and
Other Essays pamphlets have been moved to the printed works sections of
Special Collections and Manuscripts.
Bibliographic Note
For more information on Joseph B. Keeler, see:
- Clinton D. Christensen, "Joseph Brigham Keeler: The Master's
Builder," (Master's Thesis, BYU, 1998).
Subject TracingsInstitutionsBrigham Young AcademySt. George Temple (Saint George, Utah)Brigham Young UniversityChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utah
StakePeopleBent, Hattie Brown Keeler, 1891-1980Brimhall, George H. (George Henry), 1852-1932Cluff, Benjamin, 1858-1948Collier, Joab, 1855-1918Collier, Theodocia Keeler, 1858-1912Keeler, Daniel Mandeville, 1900-1990Keeler, David Hutchinson, 1896-1982Keeler, Eva Josephine, 1893-1984Keeler, Karl Fairbanks, 1888-1980Keeler, Major Joseph, 1884-1914Keeler, Martha Alice Fairbanks, 1860-1938Keeler, Paul Fortesque, 1904-Keeler, Ralph B., 1897-1977Maeser, Karl G., 1828-1901McAllister, Beulah Keeler, 1885-1974Thompson, Ellen Keeler, 1934-PlacesProvo (Utah)GeorgiaSaint George (Utah)Genre/FormDiariesBiographiesLettersManualsPhotographsSubjectTerritorial EnquirerMormon Church--MissionsMormon Church--Wards--Provo 4thMormon Church--Missions--Southern StatesContainer ListJoseph and Martha Keeler's Ancestry Materials SeriesJoseph and Martha Keeler's Ancestry Materials,
ca.
1840-1957Contains Daniel H. Keeler's description of Provo in the
1850s, correspondence of his son, Daniel H. Keeler Jr., biographical sketches
of Daniel H. and Ann Brown Keeler, and Abner and Leah Keeler, mission journal
of David Fairbanks, and biographies of David and Susan Fairbanks (parents of
Martha Keeler), 1850-1900.
BoxFolderContents
Box 1--Letters, Biographical Sketches of
Ancestors, Mission Journal (1850- 1960)
11Description of Provo, holograph notes, ca. 1850, 16
items.- Daniel H. Keeler describes Provo as it appeared to the
first settlers, including trees, animals, rivers, Indian camps and the general
landscape. He also describes a few historical events between 1850 and
1857.
12Correspondence regarding the estate of John B. Keeler,
signed holograph letters and photocopies, 1862-65, 10 items.- Letters from Samuel S. Keeler of Burlington, New Jersey
to his step-brother, Daniel H. Keeler, regarding the settling of their father's
estate, 1862 Feb-1865 Mar. Also includes one torn undated letter from Daniel
Lame of New Jersey, relating the contents of John B. Keeler's will and an
inheritance left to Daniel H. Keeler.
13Daniel H. Keeler Jr. to Daniel H. Keeler, signed
holograph letter, 1860 Feb 5, 1 item.- Thirteen year-old Daniel H. Keeler Jr. writes from Fort
Ephraim, Utah where he is residing, going to school, and learning to become a
farmer.
14Photocopied ephemera of Daniel and Ann Keeler, ca.
1840-1850, 13 items.- Ephemera includes copies of patriarchal blessings, family
names, priesthood certificates, and tithing receipts from Nauvoo,
Illinois.
15Photocopied letters of Thomas Brown to his sister, Ann
Brown Keeler, and Ann Keeler letters to Joab and Theo Collier, 1864- 1896,
approx. 15 items.16Keeler ancestors biographical sketches and tributes, ca.
1810-ca. 1960, 7 items.- Biographical information regarding the lives of Daniel H.
and Ann Brown Keeler and Abner and Leah Keeler, undated, but written after
their deaths.
17David Fairbanks' "Mission to the Muddy" journal, 1865, 1
v.18Fairbanks biographical sketches and ephemera, ca.
1800-1937, 7 items.- The biographies of David and Susan Fairbanks and Mary
Fairbanks Pace, Fairbanks family correspondence, and ephemera are
included.
Journals, Missionary Writings, and Courtship Correspondence
SeriesJournals, Missionary Writings, and Courtship
Correspondence,
1874-1913BoxFolderContents
19-10Joseph B. Keeler journal, original, and photocopy,
1880-1934, 1 v.- Keeler reviews his life from 1855-ca. 1890, thereafter he
includes his notes from general conference and produces sporadic entries until
1934. Also includes a section Keeler copied from the Oliver Huntington
diary.
111Joseph Keeler small journals and autobiography,
1874-1925, 3 items.St. George Temple mission diary, 1874 Oct-1875 Mar,
original in pencil, use photocopy.- Diary describes journey to St. George in October 1874
and then concludes with an entry on 5 Mar 1875, when the last rock was laid on
the temple; it also contains miscellaneous math figures, a food item list, and
an outline of Henry Saunders' work schedule on the temple.
"Life of Joseph B. Keeler," ca. 1925, typescript,
nine single-spaced pages.- Joseph Keeler writes his earliest childhood memories
for his children and grandchildren, and relates his parents' conversion to
Mormonism and their travels to Utah.
Spelling tablet, undated, 1 v.- The first section of the tablet contains a talk about
Susa Young Gates and Mary Ashworth written in Joseph Keeler's handwriting. The
context of the speeches are not known, but Keeler discusses the early days of
Brigham Young Academy. The second section of the tablet is written in shorthand
and contains patriarchal blessings given by Joseph B. Keeler, which dates this
section to post-1921.
112Fanny Rogers diary, photocopy, 1877-1878, 1
v.- The diary of Joseph Keeler's fiance written from 1877
Jan.-1878 Jun., original in Keeler family possession. Rogers records her
involvement with Brigham Young Academy and her courtship with Joseph Keeler and
the events of her life in Pleasant Grove. The diary was written two years
before her untimely death from a fever in 1880.
113Southern States Mission diary, typescript and photocopy,
1880 Apr. -1881 Jan, 1 v.- Keeler makes a brief daily record on a converted calender
book regarding his missionary experiences in Georgia.
114Territorial Enquirer and Deseret
News articles, microfilm copy and typescript, 1880-1882, 27
items.- Throughout his mission Joseph Keeler served as a
correspondent to the Territorial Enquirer and reported his
experiences from 1880 Apr.-1882 Feb. This folder also contains other articles
about Keeler while he was on his mission.
Box 2-- Mission Correspondence, Courtship
Letters, Ledger Book, Professional and Church Writings, Faculty Minutes
Excerpts, and Lesson Manuals (1880-ca. 1930)
21Mission correspondence, signed holograph letters,
1880-1881, 21 items.- Laprele Daniels and Teenie Smoot wrote letters to Elder
Joseph Keeler from 1880 Sep.-1881 Oct. An incomplete typescript provided by the
authors of Build Thee More Stately follows the letters.
22Courtship letters, signed holograph letters, 1883
Jan-May, 19 items.- Courtship letters from Martha Fairbanks to Joseph Keeler,
1883 Jan.-1883 May, and the only documents that detail their early relationship
and courtship.
23Joseph Keeler's Hone Ranch ledger book, 1912-1913, 1
v.Professional and Church Writings, Faculty Minute Excerpts, and
Lesson Manuals SeriesProfessional and Church Writings, Faculty Minute Excerpts,
and Lesson Manuals,
1880-ca.
1930BoxFolderContents
24Brigham Young Academy publications, photocopies,
1884-ca. 1890, 34 items.- The articles mention Joseph B. Keeler. The publications
are A Journal of the Polysophical Society, The Business Journal, The
Normal, The Academic Review, The BYA Student, and also circulars and
annual reports of the Academy and also Academy graduations and reports
published in the Territorial Enquirer. There are also typed notes
made by the authors of Build Thee More Stately from BYA faculty
minutes. A photocopy of the original 1877 30 Nov. and 7 Dec. Polysophical
Society minutes is also included.
25Community articles, 1884-ca. 1930, 3 items.- Joseph Keeler's involvement in Jesse Knight saving the
credit of the Church, a synopsis of Keeler's civic responsibilities and an
article from the Daily Enquirer where Keeler defends a political
issue.
26Photocopied excerpts from Brigham Young Academy and
University faculty minutes that reference Joseph Keeler, 1884- 1919, 2
v.27Joseph Keeler's published church writings,
pamphlets, and articles, 1880-1925, 11 items.How To Get Salvation: The Faith and Teachings
of the Latter-day Saintsby Elder Joseph B. Keeler, Dec. 1880, 18
pp.- This missionary pamphlet was published in Georgia in
Dec. 1880 and given out as a tract by Keeler during his mission. The only known
original tract was transferred to Special Collections and Manuscripts.
Foundation Stones of the Earth, and
Other Essays is a thirty-one page pamphlet published in 1891 containing
reprints of three articles Keeler wrote for The
Contributor.- The articles, "Foundation Stones of the Earth," "Nigh
Unto the Throne of God," and "The Fallacy of Evolution," present Keeler's views
of the creation of the earth and point out the errors in scientific support for
evolution.
Genealogical Record of the Keeler
Family, 1891, 13 pp.- The pamphlet outlines essential genealogical
information about Joseph Keeler's ancestors.
"Requisites of a Good Teacher," The
Normal 15 April 1892, 1 p.The Law of Tithing, 1896-97, 4
pp.- The pamphlet contains quotes from early church
leaders and scriptures compiled by Keeler regarding tithing. Though the
pamphlet lacks a publishing date, on the fourth page is a reply letter from the
Presiding Bishopric to Keeler, which was dated 21 November 1896.
The Bishop's Court, 1901-1902, 23
pp.- The lecture was delivered by Keeler to the Utah Stake
High Council in 1901 and was published in pamphlet form in 1902. As a member of
the stake presidency, Keeler attempted to unify the proceedings for bishop's
courts in the Utah Stake, 23 pages.
"Program and Outline of Study for the Lesser
Priesthood," 1902, 1 v.- Joseph Keeler prepared these lessons for Brigham
Young Academy's Theological Department. This course consisted of thirteen
lessons and was taught for two semesters. "Notes on Church Government" was also
printed as a course for two more semesters and contained twelve lessons and
twenty-seven pages. Later, these outlines were expanded and published in the
1904, 1906 and 1929 editions of Lesser Priesthood and Notes on Church
Government. The book was the first Aaronic Priesthood lesson manual and
was used throughout the Church. These editions can be found in the BYU Library
and the Utah State Historical Society. The first two editions also contain a
concordance, which was included as the index of the 1918 edition of the
Doctrine and Covenants.
"Organization and Government of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints" Improvement Era July 1913, pp.
918-927.- Keeler outlines the authority and levels of the
Church's organization and describes the responsibilities of the Melchizedek and
Aaronic Priesthood holders of the Church and the Relief Society
organization.
"A Typical Ward Service" Improvement
Era, June 1914, pp. 738-750.- The article describes a sacrament meeting held in a
LDS ward service.
"A Wonderful Manifestation," published Oct. 1920
Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, pp. 155-57.- Keeler relates the experience of a LDS woman who
attended the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple and was inspired to do
genealogy work for her family.
"Prophecy Relating to the Present Day" was a radio
address given by Keeler over KSL radio on 25 July 1926, and which was
subsequently published in the Deseret News, newspaper and
photocopy items.- In this address Keeler describes the moral problems
of society as prophesied by Biblical and LDS prophets.
28Ephemera, 1897-1936, 6 items.Joseph Keeler's line of priesthood
authority.Photocopy of Keeler's 17 Jan. 1897 patriarchal
blessing by George Halliday.- Keeler received four patriarchal blessings, all of
which he recorded in his journal.
Photocopy of ordination certificate to the office of
patriarch.- Keeler was ordained by James E. Talmage on 17 Feb.
1921.
Two bookmarks distributed by Deseret Book announcing
Keeler's 1929 edition of Lesser Priesthood and Church
Government.Membership cards, including Genealogical Society of
Utah Life Member, issued 30 Mar. 1910; four invitation cards to general
conference or other meetings at the Tabernacle, 1925-29; Joseph and Martha
Keeler's Salt Lake Temple recommends, [between 1920-30]; two membership cards
in the George Albert Smith Camp of Sons of Utah Pioneers,
1936-1937.Jesse Knight's Bill of Water Rights, signed
document, 1894 May 29, which was given to Joseph Keeler when Keeler bought
property from Knight.Hotel Templeton advertisement, ca. 1890, printed
document is book marker size.29Memorials and Tributes, ca. 1930, 15 items.- Includes Deseret News 17 May 1933 and
Provo Herald 18 May 1933 articles honoring the Keeler's fiftieth
wedding anniversary, newspaper clipping and photocopy; newspaper articles
announcing Joseph Keeler's death and funeral services; handwritten seven page
tribute from Jennie, a granddaughter, to Joseph and Martha Keeler; copy of poem
"I Follow A Noble Father" read by J. Wm Knight at Joseph Keeler's funeral and
the remaining items are biographical sketches of Joseph Keeler.
Box 3--Relief Society Lesson Manuals, Family
Correspondence, and Biography, 1883-1989
31First Relief Society lesson manuals, photocopy,
1902-1907, 4 items.- Photocopies of Plan and Program for the Study of
Child Culture and the Book of Mormon(known as Child
Culture), 1902, 26 pages are included, which are the first Relief
Society lesson manuals in the Church. Martha Keeler headed a committee to write
the manual while she was first counselor in the Utah Stake Relief Society
presidency. The manual was reprinted in 1903 and used throughout the Utah Stake
and surrounding stakes. In 1907, Suggestive Outlines for Applied Religion
and Science in the Home was published by the Utah Stake and a photocopy
is in the collection. This was a five year course of study for the Utah Stake
Relief Society. Inez K. Allen directed the committee in writing this 119 page
book, but Martha Keeler, who in 1906 became Utah Stake Relief Society President
oversaw the entire project. Martha Keeler's work spurred the General Relief
Society Board to start writing a Relief Society manual curriculum in 1914.
Other miscellaneous information about Relief Society and notes taken by authors
of Build Thee More Stately regarding Martha Keeler's work in the Relief
Society, including typed excerpts from the history of the Utah Stake Relief
Society.
32Relief Society correspondence, signed typewritten
letters, 1918, 3 items.- Letters from the General Relief Society Presidency and
Susa Young Gates regarding Martha Keeler's work in Relief Society and genealogy
work.
33Tributes include Alice Reynolds and Hattie Snows'
remarks at Martha Keeler's funeral service, ca. 1930, 5 itemsGeneral and Family Correspondence and Biography SeriesGeneral and Family Correspondence and Biography,
1883-1989BoxFolderContents
34Joseph and Martha Keeler family correspondence, signed
holograph letters and photocopies, 1883-1936 (bulk ca. 1930), 32
items.- Joseph and Martha Keeler and their children letters,
includes signed letters, photocopies and Christmas letters,. Folder also
contains a 19 July 1883 letter from Susan Fairbanks to a niece announcing the
marriage of her daughter, Martha Fairbanks.
35Keeler children family correspondence, 1922-1986, 16
items36General correspondence, signed holograph, signed
typewritten and photocopied letters, 1890-1936 (bulk ca. 1930), 6
items.- Letters from George Reynolds to Joseph Keeler, Inez Allen
to Martha Keeler, Joseph Keeler to J. Wm. Knight, Reed Smoot to Joseph Keeler,
and Homeland Realty to Martha Keeler.
37"Treasured Heritage," biography photocopy, 1958, 1
v.- Beulah McAllister's unpublished biography of her father
Joseph B. Keeler, 1958, 266 pages.
38-9Build Thee More Stately, family history,
1989, 1 v.- "Build Thee More Stately...": A History of Joseph
Brigham and Martha Fairbanks Keeler and their children by Daniel M.
Keeler with Ellen Keeler Thompson and Daniel A. Keeler, 1989, 628 pages.
Folders eight and nine contain the first two thirds of the book with each
folder comprising two hundred page sections.
Box 4--Keeler Family Biographical Sketches, ca.
1980s
41Build Thee More Stately Cont., family
history, 1989, 1 v.- Folder one contains the final section of the book, pp.
399- 628.
42Collier biographical sketches, 1983, 1 v.- "Joab Collier (1855-1918) and Theodocia Keeler Collier
(1858-1912) and Their Family as seen in Autobiographies, Diaries, Letters,
Journals, Remembrance" edited and arranged by DeFonda Collier and Deloy Simper,
1983, 1 v. Theodocia Collier is Joseph Keeler's sister and this biography
outlines the major events of her and her husband's lives.
43"The History of Major Joseph Keeler," undated, 4
pp.- Major Keeler (1884-1914) was Joseph and Martha Keeler's
eldest son.
44Karl Fairbanks Keeler History, undated, 4
pp.- Life story of Joseph and Martha Keeler's third child, who
lived from 1888-1980.
45Life history of Hattie Brown Keeler Bent, undated, 1
v.- Hattie K. Bent was the fifth child of Joseph and Martha
Keeler.
46Personal record of Eva Josephine Keeler, undated, 6
pp.- Eva lived from 1893-1984 and was the sixth child of
Joseph and Martha Keeler.
47"A Short History of David Hutchinson Keeler",
autobiography, ca. 1980, 1 v.- David H. Keeler, seventh child of Joseph and Martha
Keeler, was born in 1896 and died 1982.
48Ralph B. Keeler article, photocopy, undated, 1
item.- Photocopy of article entitled "The School Library
Program," by Ralph B. Keeler (1897-1977), eighth child of Joseph and Martha
Keeler.
49"Life of Paul Fortesque Keeler," autobiography, ca.
1980, 1 v.- Tenth child of Joseph and Martha Keeler (1904-living as
of 1989).
Photographs of Family and Brigham Young Academy and University
Faculty and Events SeriesPhotographs of Family and Brigham Young Academy and
University Faculty and Events,
ca. 1850-ca.
1960BoxFolderContents
Box 5--Photographs, ca. 1850-ca. 1960
51Assortment of Build Thee More Stately
photographs from chapters 1-13.- Photos include Joseph and Martha Keeler's ancestors,
Joseph Keeler childhood photo, and photographs of Susa Y. Gates and James E.
Talmage and his family, ca. 1850- 1960, bulk 1860s-1880s, 16 items.
52Joseph B. Keeler, his family, friends, the Provo
Railroad, and a group photo of George Brimhall, James Talmage and Joseph
Keeler, ca. 1900-1930, 9 items.53Brigham Young Academy faculty, graduates, and BYU
semicentennial reunion photo of the living original twenty-nine students of
BYA, ca. 1885-1925, 20 items.54Miscellaneous photos, includes photos of the Keeler
home, their neighbor's homes, and of relatives, ca. 1870- ca. 1960, 18
items.