Ann Merrill correspondence from Frank Waters 1965-2012 1966-1979

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Ann Merrill correspondence from Frank Waters 1965-2012 1966-1979

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This is Ann Merrill’s collection of letters and notes written to her by Frank Waters from 1965-1979. The letters give insight into personal journeys, daily goings on, connections with the Taos scene, and travels in Mexico and Guatemala.

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Merrill, Ann

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Ann Merrill in Doorway of Ranchos de Taos home, circa 1970 Ann Merrill was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, as Ann Etta Findeisen. Her mother Margaret Findeisen and her father Charles Walter Findeisen moved to California when Ann was still a little girl with their younger son Charlie. When the children were about 6 and 4, the couple divorced. Margaret later married Ernie Hamilton. Years later, Ernie and Margaret went to Taos and became friends with Frank Waters. ...

Waters, Frank, 1902-1995

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Frank Waters, writer and editor, was born July 25, 1902, at the foot of Pike's Peak, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. His father, who was part Cherokee died when Frank was 12 years old. It was his father who initially sparked Frank's interest in Indian culture. Waters attended Colorado College (Colorado Springs) from 1922-25 as an engineering student. He dropped out after his third year to take a job as a laborer in the Salt Creek, Wyoming oil fields. He later worked as an engineer for the Souther...