Typescript and letters, 1985-1989.

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Typescript and letters, 1985-1989.

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This small collection consists of a photocopy typescript, "Spanish-American folk stories of some New Mexico saints" and 7 typed letters from Marriott to Clark Kimball of Rydal Press in Santa Fe, 1985-1989. The manuscript is written in the vernacular of an old Spanish-American dialect of English in which her friend JoseĢ de la Cruz Romero relayed the stories of the saints to Marriott. The letters primarily discuss the potential for publication of this manuscript.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431927

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Marriott, Alice, 1910-1992

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Alice Marriott was born in Wilmett, Ill. in 1910. Her parents moved the family to Oklahoma City when she was still a young girl. She received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Oklahoma in 1930. In 1935, she became field specialist for the Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Marriott spent some time living in the Santa Fe area, near San Ildefonso Pueblo. She integrated her first hand observations of Native Americans and Hispanics of the area into her books. In the 1980's, she finished the m...