Patricia Ruth Nichols collection of Ruth Kelsey Diel papers, 1918-1970.

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Patricia Ruth Nichols collection of Ruth Kelsey Diel papers, 1918-1970.

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Summary: Collection consists primarily of the papers of Ruth Kelsey Diel, who served as a fellow in the Native American Art and Drama Department of the School of American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico during 1918 and 1919. Includes letters received, notebooks, newspaper clippings, photograph albums, and a scrapbook of photographs, clippings, and ephemera. Much of the material relates to Pueblo Indian culture, Native American music, and writer Mary Austin, who wrote many of the letters to Diel in this collection.

1 linear feet.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7392899

Museum of New Mexico Library

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School of American Research (Santa Fe, N.M.)

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Diel, Ruth Kelsey.

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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...

Nichols, Patricia C.

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Nichols was the daughter of Ruth Kelsey Diel, whose papers make up the bulk of this collection. From the description of Patricia Ruth Nichols collection of Ruth Kelsey Diel papers, 1918-1970. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37396806 ...