Mary Hunter Austin papers, 1892-1934.

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Mary Hunter Austin papers, 1892-1934.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39041930

The bulk of the Mary Austin Papers is made up of photocopied articles, poems, and short stories published in various magazines during her career. The articles, poems, and short stories run the gamut of her interests, including Indian and Spanish folk drama, the social life and culture of the Southwest, poetry, religion, mysticism, natural history, folk art, and the history of the greater Southwest. The collection also contains correspondence, dating from 1927-1933, and housed primarily in Box 1. There is correspondence between Mary Austin and Ina Sizer and Gerald Cassidy, Arthur D. Fricke, Neil B. Field and Cary McWilliams, as well as between Henrietta Harris and Witter Bynner. Some paintings and miscellaneous objects such as a plaster cast of Mary Austin's writing hand are located in the CSWR vault.

4 boxes (2 cu. ft.)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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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...