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Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letters
Manuscripts
HM 82390 - Letter by Charles Fletcher Lummis to Georgina Jones (Mrs. John Percival Jones - 1916, March 26) on The Southwest Society letterhead. With a printed poem by Lummis entitled "A Toast to the Absent" inscribed to Mrs. John Percival Jones (1916, March 22).
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Charles Fletcher Lummis handmade holiday cards
Visual Materials
Two handmade photographic holiday card booklets for 1911 and 1924, as well as four additional greeting card postcards, from Charles Fletcher Lummis, dated 1921, 1926, and 1927, with handwritten inscriptions by Lummis and captioned photographs of Lummis, his family, and his home, El Alisal, in Los Angeles, California. The earliest card, a bound 1911 New Year booklet, inscribed to Clara and Robert Burdette, contains 18 cyanotypes including multiple images of Lummis's children, especially his son Jordan Lummis (known as Quimu), and El Alisal, as well as reproductions of portraits of Lummis as a boy and young man and a reproduction of a drawing of Francisco Amate. A similar bound holiday booklet, inscribed to "Ellarine" Ironside (Jeanne Ironside) in 1924 contains 6 photographs (4 cyanotypes and 2 photomechanical reprints). Four single cards, all with photomechanical reprints, are inscribed to Ellarine, depicting the following subjects: portrait of Lummis, ca. 1921; Lummis Caracol Tower at the Southwest Museum, 1926; portrait of Lummis, 1927; and Lummis in New Mexico with singer Tsianina and Santiago Naranjo of the Santa Clara Pueblo, undated (ca. 1926).
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ernest Dawson
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In this letter to Ernest Dawson, Charles Lummis writes that he understands that his book of songs, probably "Spanish songs of old California," published in 1923 is somewhat out of scope, but he his happy that Dawson can sell one now and then. He thanks Dawson for sending him a book that Lummis refers to as a "handsome piece of printing" with a "very bookman-like text." Lummis is glad that Dawson is publishing fine books and that it reflects well on Los Angeles. Lummis is most likely refering to W. Irving Way's "Migratory books, their haunts and habits," published in 1924.
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letters
Manuscripts
The collection consists of 148 items and includes letters concerning the work of Charles Fletcher Lummis as Librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library. A significant portion of this collection is correspondence written to Lummis concerning his requests for autographs from various authors and other famous individuals; these autographs were displayed under glass in a special exhibit at the Los Angeles Public Library. The collection also contains a small amount of ephemera including notes, autograph cards, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and a printed advertisement.
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Ora Oak
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Letter with autograph signature on Out West letterhead to Ora Oak, commenting on the situation between his brother Henry Oak and Hubert Howe Bancroft on the publication of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft and Henry Oak's assertations that Bancroft did not give him credit for actually writing several of the volumes (see: Literary Industries in a New Light. San Francisco : Bacon Printing Company, 1893). Lummis goes on to relate that he wishes to see more of brother's work and that he might consider contributing to Out West.
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Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Clara Sanborn Howes
Manuscripts
Lummis offers his condolences for the fire that caused damage to the house of Clara Howes, and of a few personal details. Signed "Chas F. Lummis." On letterhead of The Land of Sunshine Illustrated Monthly.
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