Ruth K. Hall manuscripts, 1975.

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Ruth K. Hall manuscripts, 1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37396841

Summary: Collection consists of one manuscript and one page proof version of Hall's book "A Place of Her Own: The Story of Elizabeth Garrett," and one letter concerning its publication. Garrett, the daughter of Sheriff Pat Garrett, was a noted blind singer in the early 20th century in New Mexico, and wrote "O Fair New Mexico," which became the official state song. The manuscript is typed with handwritten corrections and additions by Hall.

.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7392908

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Garrett, Elizabeth, 1885?-1947

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Elizabeth Garrett was born in 1885 in Little Creek Canyon, north of Alto, New Mexico. Garrett was daughter of sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln County who killed Billy the Kid. Blind from birth, Garrett was able to be raised with minimal handicaps from her disability and finished her high school education and basic training at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin where she was qualified to teach both voice and piano. Known as "The Songbird of the Southwest," Garrett sang her song "O Fair New Me...

Hall, Ruth K.

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