Manuscripts

Mary Austin manuscripts and letters to Louis Untermeyer

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Description: This collection contains five letters to Louis Untermeyer from Mary Austin and typewritten carbon copies of "Hymns of the Penitentes," an essay about the Indian Penitente group of New Mexico and their chants and hymns (HM 41060), and "Rimas Infantiles of New Mexico," an essay on the cradle songs of New Mexico (HM 41061), with corrections in ink by the author. The letters, dated June 24, 1930 (HM 41062); July 18, 1930 (HM 41063); September 10, 1930 (HM 41064); October 19, 1930 (HM 41065); and November 12, 1930 (HM 41066), primarily discuss Native American and Southwest poetry and songs, prompted by Untermeyer's work on a projected anthology of Indian verse.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1930
Call number: mssHM 41060-41066
Creator: Austin, Mary (1868-1934)

Mary Austin letters to Dorothea Lummis Moore

Manuscripts

These three letters are written from Mary Austin in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Dorothea (Rhodes) Lummis Moore. The letters discuss mutual friends, Austin's writing, and reading, and are dated September 23, 1930 (HM 45149); November 28, 1932 (HM 45150); and December 12, 1932 (HM 45151). Among the topics mentioned are D.H. Lawrence, Ida Tarbell's list of fifty famous women, Austin's autobiography, and Austin's effort to get a Guggenheim fellowship to work on an Indian art book.

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Mary Austin letters

Manuscripts

Nine letters by Mary Austin consisting of six letters to John Northern Hilliard, dated [October 1913?] (41072); [September-October 1915] (HM 41073); March 16, 1916 (HM 41074); [Spring 1916] (HM 41075); May 24 [1920?] (HM 41076); and undated (HM 41077); one letter to Ida Louise Harrison Hilliard, dated December 5, 1916 (HM 41071); one letter to Grace (Sartwell) Mason, dated December 22, 1915 (HM 41078); and one letter to James "Redfern" Mason, dated May 16, 1915 (HM 41079). The letters primarily discuss mutual friends and Austin's writing projects and activities. The letters to John Northern Hilliard mention Austin's work and frustration with the Western Drama Society and its treatment of Vernon Kellogg, Austin's work with the Panama Pacific International Exposition, a missing part of a manuscript, and the Forest Theatre, as well as an undated note that accompanied a gun that Austin gave Hilliard.

mssHM 41071-41079

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Series 1. Manuscripts by Mary Hunter Austin

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of American novelist, essayist and political activist Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1943), best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both Austin and numerous other authors, editors and friends, as well as ephemera and photographs. Literary manuscripts include Austin's personal journals, short stories, poems, essays, and numerous drafts of novels. The correspondence deals with Austin's personal life and business dealings as well as her activities with Indian rights and the water right controversies in California's Owens Valley and in the Southwest. There are also materials related to Austin's interests in folklore and religion in New Mexico and the Southwest. The more than 1,200 photographs in the collection date from 1869 to the 1920s and include personal and family photographs of Mary Austin, her friends, relatives, homes, and various topics related to her interests.

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Oversize manuscripts by Mary Hunter Austin: A-E

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Oversize manuscripts by Mary Hunter Austin: M-P

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(AU 752-757)

Mary Austin manuscripts and letters to Louis Untermeyer

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