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Name Rachel Keynton Papers
Dates 1938-1980
Extent 0.33 cubic foot
Historical Note Rachel Keynton was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1913.  She attended the public schools in her hometown and graduated in 1934 with a degree in Secretarial Science from the Alabama College, State College for Women in Montevallo, Alabama (now the University of Montevallo).  Her first job after college was with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Knoxville, Tennessee.  During World War II, Keynton joined the Navy WAVES Program (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and was assigned to the Bureau of Ships in Washington, DC.  In 1952 Keynton accepted a position in the office of U.S. Senator Lister Hill from Alabama; she remained with Senator Hill until she retired from the Civil Service in 1969.  After she retired from Congress, Keynton worked in a financial consulting firm in the Washington area.  She was an active member of the St. Thomas Parish Episcopal Church, located in DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood, and she served on the parish vestry.  As her health began to fail, Keynton moved from DC to the Vinson Hall Retirement Community in McLean, Virginia, a community supported by the Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard Residence Foundation to provide retirement living for personnel from those military branches.  Rachel Keynton died on October 26, 2006, and was buried in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama.
Scope and Contents A small collection of the papers of Rachel Keynton, most of which relate to U.S. Senator Lister Hill (Ala.).
Arrangement N/A
Accession Number M2009-08
Provenance The collection was donated to the UAB Archives in 2009 by the nephew of Rachel Keynton.
Copyright The UAB Archives owns the copyright to some of the material and maintains its proprietary rights to all material in this collection.
Fnding Aid Printed descriptive guide by Jennifer L. Beck and Tim L. Pennycuff available in repository.
Access Points Congressional secretaries.
Hill, Lister,  d  1894-1984.
Keynton, Rachel,  d  1913-2006.
United States.  b  Congress.  x  Officials and employees.
Document Types Broadsides, clippings, correspondence, memoirs, and programs
Location Manuscript Stacks
Related Series PMC109, Rachel Keynton Photographs.
Physical Condition Acid free folders and an acid free box.

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