Spanish Colonial Arts Society records, 1913-1965.

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Spanish Colonial Arts Society records, 1913-1965.

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Collection consists of the administrative records, correspondence, and financial records of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society and its store, the Spanish Arts (Santa Fe, NM). The bulk of the records pertain to the first twenty years of the Societyâ‚‚s existence, 1929-1949. Included are incorporation papers for both the Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiquities in New Mexico (1913), and the Spanish Colonial Arts Society (1929). Also within the collection are the Spanish Arts store correspondence with various northern New Mexico artists including Jose D. Lopez, member lists, minutes, ledgers, and a Santa Fe Fiesta ledger listing craftspeople, exhibits, and prizes (1930, 1931). Other correspondence discusses the death of Frank Applegate (1931), and the Applegate-Austin book manuscript on Spanish colonial art and its accompanying Ansel Adams photographs (1937, 1965). member lists, minutes, ledgers of the Society, and a Santa Fe Fiesta ledger listing craftspeople, exhibits, and prizes (1930,1931). Other correspondence discusses the deaths of Frank Applegate (1931) and Mary Austin (1934), and the Applegate-Austin book manuscript and its accompanying Ansel Adams photographs (1965).

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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...

Spanish Colonial Arts Society

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The Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiquities in New Mexico was incorporated in 1913 and was reorganized into the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in 1929. Among its officers were Mary Austin as director and Frank Applegate as head of Arts and Crafts. The Society is located in Santa Fe and its mission is the preservation, study, and promotion of Spanish Colonial arts and crafts. From the description of Spanish Colonial Arts Society records, 1913-1965. (Santa Fe Public Library)...

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Applegate, Frank G. (Frank Guy), 1881-1931

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Frank Applegate was an author, artist (painter and sculptor), and scholar. His works include Indian Stories from the Pueblos (1929), Native tales of New Mexico (completed by Mary Austin in 1932), and an unpublished manuscript on Spanish colonial arts. He was a contributor to the Southwest Review, Folk say, and the Saturday Review of Literature . In 1921, Applegate moved to Santa Fe, N.M. He spent several summers in Arizona where he lived with the Hopi to collect stories and help revive Indian ar...

Society for the Preservation of Spanish Antiques.

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

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Lopez, Jose D.

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