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Biographical information 1908-1954

Language of Material: English.
folder 1

Interview of Austin by Helen Zimmern 1908

Scope and Contents

Interview is about Mary Austin's first trip to Europe in 1908. Zimern sent a transcript of the interview to Lummis with hopes for publication.
folder 2

Articles about Austin 1916-1933

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Articles include, in order of date:
  • "Mary Austin Divorced in Spirit Clash" San Francisco Examiner, 1916 March 19.
  • "The American Rhythm" El Palacio, volume 14, number 7, 1923 April 2.
  • "Mary Austin's Autobiography..." by Wilbur Needham, Touring Topics 1933 January.
  • "Mary Austin: One of America's Distinguished Women", flyer printed by World Celebrities from Portland, Oregon in association with the National Recovery Administration (NRA). Flyer includes biographical information and a list of lecture subjects to be given by Austin, 1933 October.
  • "Mary Austin is Guest in Pasadena" Pasadena Star News, 1933 October 24.
  • "The Lee Side O' L.A.", by Lee Shippey, Los Angeles Times, 1933 November 1. Article was part of regular newspaper series.
folder 3

Articles about Austin 1934

Scope and Contents

Articles include, in order of date:
  • "A Californian of Some Importance: Mary Austin" Westways, volume 26, number 2, 1934 February.
  • "Mary Austin: Genius of the West", Saturday Night , Los Angeles, California, 1934 August 25.
  • "Mary Hunter Austin: 1868-1934" by Carl Van Doren, New York Herald Tribune Books , 1934 August 26.
  • "Mary Austin: A Portrait" by Elizabeth Shepley published in Sergeant Saturday Review , 1934 September 8. Folder include 2 copies of this article.
  • "Mary Austin" by Carey McWilliams, Los Angeles Times, 1934 September 14.
  • "To Mary Austin" poem by Elsie Long, Saturday Night , 1934 September 15.
  • "Mary Austin: Literary Mystic" by George Richmond Grose, Pasadena Star News , 1934 September 22.
  • "Farewell to an Artist" by Phil Townsend Hanna, Westways, volume 26, number 10, 1934 October.
folder 4

Articles about Austin 1939-1954

Language of Material: English.

Scope and Contents

Articles include, in order of date:
  • "Mary Austin's Casa Querida" by Ina Sizer Cassidy, New Mexico Daily Examiner, 1939 June 12.
  • "California's Stately Hall of Fame" by Rockwell D. Hunt, Los Angeles Times, 1941 January 19.
  • "Genius Mary Austin's Beloved House" by Perry Worden, Pasadena Star News, 1940 June 15.
  • "State Marker Prepared for Writer's Home" Los Angeles Times , 1954 February 14.
  • Clippings in scrapbook, unknown publications, undated.
 

Correspondence and ephemera 1899-1933

Language of Material: English.
folder 5

Prospectus for limited edition book on Taos by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin circa 1930

folders 6-14

Frederick Webb Hodge correspondence 1899-1933

folder 15

Charles Fletcher Lummis correspondence 1901-1908, 1924

folder 16

Letter to Eve Lummis from Austin 1908 September 7

Scope and Contents

Written during Austin's first visit to Italy and Paris.
folder 17

Partial letter from Austin to unknown person undated

 

Published writings by Austin 1899-1934

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Fiction 1902-1903 1920

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "The Crooked Fir", El Palacio, volume 8, number 7-8, 1920 July.
  • "The Last Antelope", Atlantic Monthly, volume 92, number 549, 1903 July.
  • "The Little Coyote", Atlantic Monthly , volume 89, number 532, 1902 February.
  • "The Search for Jean Baptiste", St. Nicholas, volume 30, number 11, 1903 September.
folder 19

Nonfiction, articles 1914 1931

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "Points of View: New Mexican Spanish", Saturday Review, 1931 June 27.
  • Suffrage and Government:the Modern Idea of Government by Consent and Woman's place in it, with special reference to Nevada and other Western States . Published for the Nevada Equal Franchise Society by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1914.
folder 20

Nonfiction, book reviews by Austin 1931-1934

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "Aboriginal Fiction: Review of Tales of the North American Indian", by Stith Thompson, Saturday Review, volume 6, number 23, 1929 December 28.
  • "Woman Sees Steel", El Palacio, volume 10, number 9,1921 April 1.
  • "Fighting Men of the West", Saturday Review, 1932 June 25.
folder 21

Nonfiction, editorials 1911 1929

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "An Appreciation of H G Wells, Novelist", American Magazine, volume 72, number 6, 1911 October.
  • "How I Found the Thing Worth Waiting For", Survey Graphic, volume 14, number 4, 1929 January. 3 copies.
folder 22

Nonfiction, Native American arts 1928-1934

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "American Indian Dance Drama", Yale Review, volume 19, number 4, June 30
  • "Indian Arts for lndians", Survey Graphic, volume 8, number 4, 1928 July.
  • "Indian Poetry", Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, 1931.
  • "Indian Pottery of the Rio Grande", Enjoy your museum series booklet, 1934.
folder 23

Poetry 1899-1936

Scope and Contents

Works include, in order of title:
  • "The Burgher's Wife", before 1934.
  • "Litany for New Mexico", before 1936.
  • "Little Light Moccasin", Southern Workman, volume 29, number 4, 1900 April.
  • "Little Light Moccasin", Sunday Herald Baltimore, 1899 September 24.
  • "The Rocky Mountain Sheep", St. Nicholas, volume 27, number, 1900 September 11.
  • "When I am Dead" posthumous publication by estate, circa 1934.
folder 24

Reviews of Austin's work 1931 1934

Scope and Contents

Reviews include, in order of title:
  • "Can A Prayer be Answered", New York Times Book Review, 1934 July 29.
  • "Starry Adventure" reviews, 1931. Includes reviews from by Oliver La Farge, Saturday Review, 1931 June 6; Mary Ross, New York Herald Tribune Books, 1931 May 17; and Margaret Wallace, New York Times, 1931 May 31.