Oliver La Farge Collection, 1886-1966 (bulk 1924-1966).

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La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963. Oliver La Farge Collection, 1886-1966 (bulk 1924-1966).

Oliver La Farge Collection, 1886-1966 (bulk 1924-1966).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122692629

Holograph and typescript works make up the majority of the Oliver La Farge Collection, 1886-1966 (bulk 1924-1966), supplemented by a great deal of personal and professional correspondence and a variety of works by other authors. The Works Series contains a large number of La Farge's creative works. Some of the titles represented include The American Indian, As Long As the Grass Shall Grow, "Miss Euphemia's Nose," A Pictorial History of the American Indian, Santa Eulalia, "The Senior Assistant," "Trick or Treat," and a volume of short stories, The Door in the Wall, published posthumously. Also present are almost 1400 index cards used to create a Mayan vocabulary index, as well as several notebooks and articles on the Mayan language and Central American linguistics in general. The Correspondence Series is divided into incoming and outgoing subseries. Exhanges of letters can frequently be traced between the two subseries, and a fair amount of correspondence occurred between La Farge and the Artists' and Writers' Press; John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Letitia Evans Frank, associate on the Tucson Festival of Arts; Houghton Mifflin Co.; literary agents Elsie McKeogh and Marie Rodell; friend Linton Satterthwaite; and others. The Financial, Legal, and Personal Papers Series contains a variety of financial statements from publishers and agents, a collection of military-related documentation, and research notes for scholarly and fictional works. Also present are a large collection of items relating to the Hopi Indian tribes and a passport. The Third-Party Works and Correspondence Series is divided into two subseries. The works comprise articles, reviews, short stories, and other creative works by authors other than La Farge, including The Great Sioux Uprising by Chester Oehler and Northern Central America with a Trip to the Highland Anahuac: Travels and Studies of the Years, 1888-1895 (1897) by Carl Sapper. The correspondence contains a moderate amount of correspondence between friends and associates of La Farge and frequently concerns him or his work. Two early letters by La Farge's father are dated 1886.

29 boxes (12.08 linear feet), 10 galley folders, 1 oversize folder, and 1 oversize scrapbook.

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