Thomas M. Pearce Papers 1904-1985

DeHuff, Elizabeth Willis, 1886-1983

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Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, author, lecturer at the La Fonda hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. for travelers on the "Indian Detour", patron of Indian arts, and publicist of the diverse history and culture of the Southwest. John David DeHuff, 1872-1945. Superintendent of the Indian School in Santa Fe, N.M., 1918-1926. From the description of Family papers, 1883-1996. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 32919688 Elizabeth Willis...

Johnson, Walter Willard, 1897-1968

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American poet and editor. From the description of Spud Johnson Papers, 1896-1973 (bulk 1920-1968). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492193 Walter Willard Johnson (1897-1968), nicknamed Spud by his family, was born in Illinois, but spent most of his childhood in Greeley, Colorado. Uninterested in his father's lumber business, Spud took every journalistic opportunity offered. He started and edit...

New Mexico Folklore Society

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Established in the spring of 1931, the purpose of the Society is to collect and preserve New Mexico folklore. The Society has sponsored many exhibits, lectures, folklore festivals, and publications. From 1944 until 1946, members participated in a project for the American Dialect Society, which was to collect proverbial sayings in English found in both written and oral traditions in New Mexico. In 1947, the Society began publication of the New Mexico Folklore Record . From the guide t...

Fergusson, Erna, 1888-1949

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Bullock, Alice, 1904-1986

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Alice Bullock was a well-known amateur historian and author who spent much of her life writing about the legends and folklore of rural New Mexico. She was born July 4, 1904 in Oklahoma. Her family moved to New Mexico in 1912. A graduate of Highlands University, she moved to Santa Fe in 1941, and taught school. In the 1950s she wrote hundreds of fictional stories. In the 1960s, she began writing about New Mexico people and places. She visited the small towns of New Mexico and recorded the old-tim...

Henderson, Alice Corbin, 1881-1949

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American poet, editor, and writer on Southwestern topics. From the description of Papers, 1861-1987 (bulk 1920-1949). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349020 Note: The initials ACH for Alice R. Corbin Henderson, WPH for her husband, William Penhallow Henderson, and AHR for her daughter, Alice Oliver Henderson Evans Rossin Colquitt are used throughout this inventory. AHR identified herself in h...

Church, Peggy Pond, 1903-1986

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Poet and writer. Born in Watrous, N.M. Died in 1987. From the description of Papers, 1922-1987. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 32816653 Peggy Pond Church, poet and writer, was born December 1, 1903 in Watrous, New Mexico. She grew up in a rural community and attended the only grade school on the Pajarito Plateau, The Los Alamos Ranch School, founded by her father Ashley Pond. She wrote the book, The House at Otowi Bridge,...

Long, Haniel, 1888-1968

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Rocky mountain modern language association

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Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968

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American poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Berkeley, California, to Frank Deering, 1919 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131470 Poet. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., 1881; graduated from Harvard University. Began writing poetry full-time in 1908. Moved to Santa Fe where he died in 1968. From the description of Witter Bynner papers, 1917-1943. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 35920677 American poet and sc...

Pearce, T. M. (Thomas Matthews), 1902-

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Writer and Professor of English, born Covington, Kentucky, 1902, died Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1986. From the description of Thomas M. Pearce Papers 1462-1985. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 21176528 Educator and author. Born May 22, 1902, at Covington, Kentucky. Moved to New Mexico in 1927 and taught English at the University of New Mexico as an assistant, then associate professor until his retriement in 1964. His published works include "Americ...

Barker, S. Omar (Squire Omar), 1894-1985

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Western author. Born in 1894 in Beulah, New Mexico. Received Ph. D. in literature from New Mexico Highlands University in 1961. Primarily an author of humorous fiction, he received the Spur Award (1955) and the Justin Golden Boot Award (1954-1961) from Western Writers of America. Married writer Elsa McCormick in 1927. From the description of Papers, ca. 1924-1966. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23347313 Barker (1894-1985) was a western fiction author and short ...

Lawrence, Frieda von Richthofen, 1879-1956

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Frieda Emma Johanna Maria von Richthofen was born on August 11, 1879 in Metz, France. In 1912, Frieda met David Herbert (D.H.) Lawrence, and they married in 1914. Frieda Lawrence was intimately involved with D.H. Lawrence's work. Facets of her personality are often discernable as components of characters in his poems and novels. After D.H. Lawrence's death in 1930, Frieda settled in New Mexico. Frieda died in Taos on August 11, 1956. From the guide to the Frieda Lawrence Photograph C...

Austin, Mary, 1868-1934

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Mary Hunter Austin has variously been identified as a feminist, naturalist, mystic, author, and even "woman of genius." She was one of the leading literary figures of her time, the author of 27 books and more than 250 articles, stories, poems and other short pieces. In 1900, Mary Austin settled in Carmel and became one of the founders of the literary colony. In 1918, Austin traveled to New Mexico, hoping to continue on to Mexico to conduct research on folk traditions. In New Mexico she was contr...