Mary Austin letters, 1931-1933.

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Mary Austin letters, 1931-1933.

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Summary: Collection consists of typescript originals and carbon copies of personal and professional letters of Mary Austin, 1931-1932. Personal letters include: one addressed to Mrs. Thomas Wood Stevens that discusses marriage and the completion of her autobiography, 1932; and one addressed to Elizabeth that discusses Austin's health and the closing of the Spanish Arts Shop, 1933. Professional letters consist of correspondence during 1931 from Mary Austin and her secretary Harriet V. Noble to Mrs. Julia Brown Apslund concerning a bibliography of Southwestern titles and two letters from Mrs. Julia Brown Apslund to Mary Austin thanking her for the bibliography. Also included is a handwritten note signed Rachel, without salutation or date.

.1 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391386

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Spanish Arts (Firm : Santa Fe, N.M.)

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Asplund, Julia (Brown), 1875-1958.

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Noble, Harriet V.

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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...