Letters of Dorothea Moore, 1883-1884.

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Letters of Dorothea Moore, 1883-1884.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228718400

The collection consists of letters from Dorothea Moore to her first husband, Charles Fletcher Lummis. They describe the life of a woman in medical college in the 1880s and bring out a little-known period in the life of Charles Fletcher Lummis.

84 pieces.2 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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SNAC Resource ID: 7088226

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Moore, Dorothea, 1860?-1942.

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Dorothea Rhodes Lummis Moore was secretly married to Charles Fletcher Lummis (later a well-known author and editor in California) in 1880 while she was still a student at the Boston University School of Medicine. After graduation she began the practice of medicine in Los Angeles, California, in 1885. She was divorced from Lummis in 1891, and later married Dr. Ernest Carroll Moore, provost of the University of California at Los Angeles. From the description of Letters of Dorothea Moor...

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

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Charles F. Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusettts. He became an editor for the Los Angeles Times on February 1, 1884, working for Harrison Gray Otis. He promoted interest in the American Southwest with his photography and articles. Lummis helped found the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles and the School of American Research in Santa Fe. The items from librarian Mary Sarber concern her research of Mr. Lummis' writings. From the guide to the Charles F. Lummis Collection, S27...