Keeping, Eleanor Silver (Dowding)
Mycologist
1901-1991

A graduate of the University, Dr. Keeping lectured in Botany, 
1924-1926, worked as the first medical mycologist at the 
Provincial Laboratory of Public Health from 1933 to 1954 and 
acted as a research associate in the Departments of Bacteriology, 
1954-1957, Botany, 1958-1961, and Genetics, 1962-1964.  In 1964 
she was named an Honorary Research Associate in Genetics.  With 
her husband, Dr. Frank Keeping, Dr. Silver Keeping was active in 
the arts in Edmonton, especially the theatre groups.

Multiple media, 1926-1991, 12.78 m   

Correspondence, 1933-1991
Personal; professional associations; colleagues; Elizabeth 
Sterling Haynes.

Memorabilia, 1930-1973
Includes John Keeping’s writings; newsclippings; souvenirs of 
mycological, greeting cards, and botanical conferences.

Photographs, 1930-1975
Personal and professional activities, including family; social 
events; Edmonton theatre groups; travels; conferences (ca. 225 
images).

Programs, 1926-1977
Fine and performing arts in Edmonton; University events; Alpine 
Club of Canada.

Publications (professional), 1940-1973

Research, [1930-1973]
Includes notes; drawings; photographs; transparencies, microscope 
and specimen slides.

Scrapbooks, 1936-1940
Records of trips taken in conjunction with professional 
congresses in Europe, the United States and Canada.

Writings (non-professional), [1929]-1983
Essays; speeches; published articles.

Descriptive inventory available.
Access: Open
See also: Ernest Sydney Keeping