Oliver La Farge papers, 1929-1932.

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Oliver La Farge papers, 1929-1932.

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Papers include a letter and postcard describing Native American dances in New Mexico to Mrs. E.W. Usher, librarian at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University; a presentation copy of Laughing Boy given to Mr. & Mrs. Usher; a playbill of the world's premiere in New Orleans of the adapted play of Laughing Boy by Otis Chatfield-Taylor; and a newspaper clipping.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963

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Oliver La Farge studied anthropology at Harvard University where he took part in an archaeological expedition to northern Arizona where he studied Navajo ruins. He earned a Hemenway Fellowship that extended to graduate research in Guatemala with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University. While writing the report of his research trip, La Farge also began writing his first novel, Laughing Boy, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929. La Farge was a prolific writer, publishing 24 books...

Chatfield-Taylor, Otis, d. 1948.

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Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute

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