Marcus P. Kiley (AC 1919) Papers, 1917-1977
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Marcus P. Kiley (AC 1919) Papers
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Kiley, Marcus Philip, 1897-1981
Biographical History for: Marcus P. Kiley (AC 1919) Papers
Biographical Note Marcus Kiley, a librarian and member of Amherst College Class of 1919, known as Mark to family and friends, was born in 1897 and grew up in Northampton, Mass. He graduated from Columbia University (BS in Library Science, 1927). Kiley was the assistant librarian of Amherst College, 1924-1929, and the Librarian of the University Club in New York City, 1929-1962. He retired in Amherst, Mass., and served as the secretary of his Amherst College Class of 1919 (from 1965 to1981), as well as secretary of the Amherst Historical Society, 1964-1968. Kiley married Ruth Butterworth in 1928. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Mark Kiley died on May 5, 1981.
Scope and Contents of the Collection These are the personal and business papers of Marcus Kiley. They include notes from his classes at the School of Library Service, Columbia University, 1926-1927, and papers and letters related to his involvement in various library organizations. Also included are letters, invitations and other printed matter related to reunions and dinners of the Amherst College Class of 1919 from the 1950s through the 1970s. There is a book of tributes to Kiley upon this retirement as the Librarian of the University Club, New York City in April 1962.
Kiley, Marcus Philip, 1897-1981.
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Amherst College. Class of 1919.
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Amherst College--Alumni and alumnae.
Amherst College. Class of 1919. Kiley.
series
Series 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1967
Series 1, CORRESPONDENCE, 1928-1967, consists of general correspondence, incoming and outgoing letters.
General correspondence ca. 1928-1967
Belknap, Walter 1958-1963
Bingham, Millicent Todd 1964 Nov
Cameron, Donald F. ("Scotty") 1960-1963
Chapin, Samuel A. 1950
Cowles, Herbert T. and Katherine C. 1950-1967
Curran, Henry Hastings 1966 and n.d.
Darrow, Whitney 1950-1967
Davis, Robert J. 1962-1963
Dennis, Dora and Richard 1949-1963
Downs, Bob and Betty 1955-1957
Drury, Winthrop 1961-1962
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1949 Jan-Feb
Ellenberger, J. S. 1965 Aug
Fries, Waldemar H. 1962
Gebhardt, John 1963-1966
Goodale, Alfred S. 1948-1949
Harrison, Joseph Leroy 1928-1950
Hausdorfer, Walter and Abigail 1949-1952
Howe, Ward Allan ca. 1951-1956
Hubbard, John 1959-1962
Jackson, Stuart W. 1955-1957
Kiley, Ruth n.d.
Kimball, Gladys A. 1960-1961
Maloney, John P. 1928-1962
Moore, Leonard Page 1957
Morgan, Whitney ca. 1950-1955
Morsman, E. Kimball 1958-1963
O'Brien, John 1966
Piper, Carol S. 1952-1962
Prentice, E. Parmalee 1952-1956
Preston, John 1962-1967
Rodman, H. B. 1951-1954
Scott, Arthur L. 1955-1964
Shirley, Wayne 1958-1963
Series 2: AMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI ACTIVITIES, 1927-1977
Series 2: AMHERST COLLEGE ALUMNI ACTIVITIES, 1927-1977 consists of documents related to Class of 1919 reunions, dinners, and the alumni fund.
Amherst College - General 1927-1964
Class of 1919 1952-1965
Alumni Fund 1958-1961
Class of 1919 - 40th reunion 1958-1959
Class of 1919 - 45th reunion 1959-1964
Class of 1919 - 46th reunion 1956-1965
Class of 1919 - 47th reunion 1965-1966
Class of 1919 - 48th reunion 1967-1971
Winter dinner, 1967 1960-1967
Winter dinner, 1968-69 1968-1969
Class of 1919 - 50th reunion 1967-1977
Dinner 1970 1969-1970
Fall reunion 1971 1967-1971
Fall reunion 1972 1971-1973
Fall reunion 1973 1973
Class of 1919 - 55th reunion 1969-1974
Fall reunion 1975
Class of 1919 - 58th reunion 1977
Series 3: CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, 1948-1971
Series 3: CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, 1948-1971, consists of documents related to the various organizations in which Kiley was active.
Clubs and organizations - miscellaneous 1949-1966
American Library Association 1962-1963
Amherst Historical Society - correspondence 1970-1971
Archons of Colophon 1955-1969
Bibliographical Society of America 1948-1951
Grand Jury Association 1948-1961
Grolier Club 1951-1957
Melvil Dui Chowder and Marching Association 1958-1961
New England Library Association 1966 Aug 10
New-York Historical Society 1952-1957
New York Library Association ca. 1952-1962
New York Library Club 1959-1961
Phi Gamma Delta 1952-1964
Special Libraries Association 1949-1962
Special events and invitations ca. 1948-1962
Special events and invitations ca. 1948-1966
Series 4: LIBRARIES, 1917-1971
Series 4: LIBRARIES, 1917-1971, includes material concerning Kiley's work in the Columbia University School of Library Service, and at the Forbes Library and the University Club Library. Also included is a bound volume of Tributes to Mark Kiley upon his retirement as University Club Librarian.
Columbia University School of Library Service - notes, etc. ca. 1928-1929
Columbia University School of Library Service ca. 1928-1961
Forbes Library (Northampton, Mass.) 1917-1964
Letters concerning Kiley's application to New York State Library School 1926 Jan-May
New York Public Library 1961-1963
University Club Library 1948-1971
University Club Library - Tributes to Mark Kiley upon his retirement as Librarian (1 bound volume) 1962 Apr
Libraries - miscellaneous 1949-1961
Series 5: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, ca. 1931-1960 and n.d.
Series 5: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, ca. 1931-1960 and n.d., includes drawings and sketches, genealogical information, as well as insurance, legal documents, etc.
Insurance, legal documents, etc. ca. 1931-1960
Birthday 1950
Genealogical information on the Kiel(e)y/Kiley family and the Butterworth family n.d.
Drawings and sketches n.d.
Series 6: PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1962
Series 6: PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1962, consists of a number of photographs of Kiley taken in the early 1960s.
Photograph of Mark Kiley ca. 1962
Series 7: MISCELLANEOUS, ca. 1949-1962
Series 7: MISCELLANEOUS, ca. 1949-1962, includes news clippings and other printed matter.
Printed matter: "Katharine Brand Book Collection," Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation, Staunton, Virginia, n.d.; "The Forgotten Medal of Gold," in: "Cargoes" 28, 1949 Oct.; "The Trinity Windows in the Dana Memorial Chapel," Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, 1955; "Princeton University Press: An Informal account of its Growing Pains..." by Whitney Darrow, 1951. ca. 1949-1957
News clippings, miscellaneous 1956-1962