Guide to the Mary Austin Letters, 1931-1933

Museum of New Mexico, The Palace of the Governors, Fray Angélico Chávez History Library

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Collection Summary

Title Mary Austin Letters,
Dates (Inclusive) 1931-1933
Creator Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934
Collection Number AC 009-P
Size 1 Folder
Repository Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.
Language English.

Biographical Note

Mary H. Austin was a novelist and a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of typescript originals and carbon copies of personal and professonal letters of Mary Austin, 1931-1932. Personal letters include: one addressed to Mrs. Thomas Wood Stevens that discusses marriage and the completion of her autobiography, 1932; and one addressed to Elizabeth that discusses Austin's health and the closing of the Spanish Arts Shop, 1933. Professional letters consist of correspondence during 1931 from Mary Austin and her secretary Harriet V. Noble to Mrs. Julia Brown Apslund concerning a bibliography of Southwestern titles and two letters from Mrs. Julia Brown Apslund to Mary Austin thanking her for the bibliography. Also included is a handwritten note signed Rachel, without salutation or date.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

None

Copy Restrictions

Duplication allowed for research purposes. User responsible for all copyright compliance.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Mary Austin Letters, Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Access Terms

Asplund, Julia (Brown), 1875-1958

Noble, Harriet V.

Santa Fe (N. M.)--Commerce

Spanish Arts (Firm: Santa Fe, N.M.)

Contents List

Description Container

1 Letter from Mary Austin to Mrs. Thomas Wood Stevens, June 30, 1932

1 Letter from Mary Austin to Mrs. Thomas Wood Stevens, Oct. 11, 1933

1 Letter from Mary Austin to Mrs. Julia Brown Asplund, Jan. 19, 1932

1 Letter to Mrs. Julia Brown Asplund from Harriet V. Noble, Dec. 5, 1931

Note to whom? Signed Rachel (no date)

1 Letter from Mrs. Julia Brown Asplund to Mary Austin, March 18, 1931

1 Letter from Mrs. Julia Brown Asplund to Mary Austin, Dec. 12, 1931