Manuscripts
Charles Henry Ray papers, (bulk 1838-1871)
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Joseph E. Ray recollections on friends and Fillmore
Manuscripts
Reminiscences, written in prose form, of Joseph E. Ray's life in Fillmore, Utah, covering the years from approximately 1852 to the 1880s. Ray writes of his childhood rapport with local Pahvant Ute Indians due to his father's work as an Indian agent, but also of his essential distrust of Indians following the John W. Gunnison massacre. He writes of childhood experiences with family and in school, of the kidnapping of James Ivie by Pahvant Indians (what Ray calls "the last of the Black Hawk raids"), his assistance to Reuben McBride in rescuing women kidnapped from a wagon train by Snake Indians (one of these women was Marguerite Taylor, of whom Ray writes "here was my destiny, heaven or hell!"), and his search for a silver mine in the Snake Valley in 1868. Ray also writes of his experiences tracking outlaws, including Ben Trasker at Deseret Springs and the capture of the Ney Gang. He writes extensively of an 1871 trip to Texas with Gilbert Webb to buy cattle. During this trip, Ray saw Brigham Young in Salt Lake City; met Wild Bill Hickock in Abelene, Kansas; participated in a three-day poker game; observed a buffalo herd (by which he was "absorbed, enraptured, amazed"); and drove cattle across the Platte River. Ray also includes a brief history of the families of Thomas King (the first settler of Fillmore), Orange Warner (Ray's father-in-law), Chandler Holbrook, Reuben McBride, John Kelly, Joseph Robison, Daniel Olson, Gabriel Huntsman, Christian Anderson, Amasa Lyman, Alexander Melville, and Alma and Sam Greenwood. Includes a brief account called "Coming to Fillmore by Reuben's Cave," in which Ray gives a condensed version of his autobiography in dialog form (it also mentions his work on the Studio Ranch). Also included are typescripts of 4 letters written between Ray and Marguerite Taylor during his trip to Texas and Miscellaneous Notes on Ray's life by one of his grandsons.
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Nellie Ray Combs papers
Manuscripts
There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.
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Vida Earle-Eirskins Ray
Manuscripts
There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.
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Nellie Ray Combs: No. 8 4th Floor Rear
Manuscripts
There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.
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Nellie Ray Combs: Her Pseudonym-Josiah Kotchum
Manuscripts
There are four novels represented in this collection: Her Pseudonym, His Pedigree, Josiah Kotchum, and No. 8 4th Floor Rear. The correspondence ranges from 1897 to 1921 and includes letters from publishers, either rejections or offers to publish at Combs' expense. The lecture titled "Eve" by Vida A. B. Combs is about the promotion of women's suffrage and women's equality. There are also typescripts of short stories by Vida R. B. Combs, Vida Earle, Vida E. Dalby, and Eirskins Ray of Chicago, Los Angeles, and Sierra Madre. The collection also includes notes and ephemera.
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The studio of Man Ray
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"Man Ray fled Paris following the Nazi occupation in 1940. Instead of heading for New York, as did many of the Surrealists, he settled in Los Angeles where he hoped to have a career in films. There he met Juliet Browner, and they were married in a double ceremony alongside Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. Drawn back to Paris by Man Ray's Dada roots, they set sail for France in 1951. Soon he and Juliet found the studio at 2 bis rue Ferou, a narrow winding street between the large whitewashed room that had originally been a garage and had subsequently been used for many years by a sculptor ... My first visit to the studio in 1983 set the stage for subsequent visits ... It was a great adventure to see Man Ray's life through the filter of his studio: a unique experience"--From author's introduction.
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