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Notes in an unknown hand and two silhouettes of Mary Martin

Description: Mary Martin is the most prolific figure in the collection. Fifty-four of the eighty-two letters in the collection were penned by her, eight were addressed to her, and much of the remaining correspondence is about her. The vast majority of Mary's letters are addressed to her husband, Robert Campbell Martin, who also authors some of the collection's letters and accounts. Other significant authors and addressees in this collection include Mary's children and her sister, Maria H. Robertson. The letters are primarily domestic in nature, focusing on familial health, relationships and visits. Some of Mary's attention, when at home and abroad, lingers on outside events such as plantation life and local news, although the familial focus is never lost. Topics briefly addressed are the condition of Louisiana's enslaved people, fugitives from slavery, alcoholism, and educational practices.
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Date: undated
Call number: mssHM 60994-61075

Mary Martin correspondence

Manuscripts

Mary Martin is the most prolific figure in the collection. Fifty-four of the eighty-two letters in the collection were penned by her, eight were addressed to her, and much of the remaining correspondence is about her. The vast majority of Mary's letters are addressed to her husband, Robert Campbell Martin, who also authors some of the collection's letters and accounts. Other significant authors and addressees in this collection include Mary's children and her sister, Maria H. Robertson. The letters are primarily domestic in nature, focusing on familial health, relationships and visits. Some of Mary's attention, when at home and abroad, lingers on outside events such as plantation life and local news, although the familial focus is never lost. Topics briefly addressed are the condition of Louisiana's enslaved people, fugitives from slavery, alcoholism, and educational practices.

mssHM 60994-61075

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Mary Martin correspondence

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HM 61039-61075

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Mary Martin correspondence

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HM 60994-61038

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Mary E. Copeland letters to H. Emma Bull

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17 letters from Mary E. Copeland (1838-1898) in National City, San Diego, California, to her cousin H. Emma Bull in Harvard, Massachusetts. The letters begin in January 1870, when the Copeland family had recently moved from Harvard to the San Diego area. The letters focus on news relating to family and acquaintances both in San Diego and Harvard, and include references to Mary's interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad; the newspapers and magazines the family is reading; Mary's various illnesses; Mary's husband Fred Copeland (1833-1906) and his surveying work in Mexico; the Copeland children's education; the desire of Fred's sister to leave Shakerism; and the family's New-Churchmen religious beliefs. Also includes two letters from Mary to other members of the Bull family and one letter from Fred Copeland to "Brother Bull" (T.Bull).

mssHM 72812-72831

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Silhouettes of Mary Austin, by Baron Scotford, 1915

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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.

mssAU

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Sophronia Moore Martin autobiography

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This typescript of Sophronia Moore Martin describes her family's relocation from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and then to Salt Lake City, Utah. It also depicts her life as a Mormon wife and mother living on the Utah frontier.

mssHM 66673

Notes in an unknown hand and two silhouettes of Mary Martin

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