Manuscripts
Charles F. Lummis Memorial Association
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Lummis, Charles F
Manuscripts
Correspondence regarding Charles Lummis, El Alisal, and the Southwest Museum. Correspondents include California State Senator John Phillips, Harry Chandler, Jacob Baum, L. D. Hotchkiss, and R. W. Trueblood. File of L.D. Hotchkiss, R.W. Trueblood, and Jacob Baum.
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Lummis, Charles F
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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Commentary: Charles F. Lummis
Manuscripts
Professional and personal papers of Otis R. Marston and his collection of the materials on the history of Colorado River and Green River regions.
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Charles F. Lummis at work
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Charles Lummis seated at desk, writing, surrounded by books and Indian artifacts.
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Charles F. Lummis : a brief biography
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Biography of Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928), prominent journalist, poet, photographer, and activist of the American west and founder of the Southwest Museum. The biography begins with Lummis' childhood in Massachusetts, where he was rigorously educated by his father following his mother's early death. It then traces his attendance of Harvard, his 1885 transcontinental walk from Cincinnati to Los Angeles (as recorded in Lummis' book A tramp across the continent, 1891), his work as city editor of the Los Angeles Times, his 1886 coverage of General George Crook's participation in the Apache Wars, Lummis' paralysis and temporary blindness, his life with the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico, and his founding of the Southwest Museum. References are also made to Lummis' relationships with his first wife Dr. Dorothea Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt and Boies Penrose at Harvard, Harrison Gray Otis, Leonard Wood, Adolph F. Bandelier, Henry Herbert Knibbs, and members of his "Lion's Den" literary circle. Carbon copy of typewritten manuscript with handwritten notes.
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