Finding Aid to the Sharlot Mabridth Hall Correspondence and Papers MS.610
Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 October 22
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org
Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Sharlot Mabridth Hall Correspondence and Papers
Creator:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher
Creator:
Redit, Gertrude
Creator:
Hall, Sharlot Mabridth
Identifier/Call Number: MS.610
Physical Description:
0.3 Linear Feet
(20 folders)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1971
Date (bulk): [bulk 1899-1943]
Abstract: Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943) was born in Kansas, was a pioneer, rancher, poet, prose writer, state historian of Arizona,
and assistant editor of
Out West magazine. This collection includes correspondence to and from Hall and Charles Fletcher Lummis, manuscripts of Hall's published
and unpublished poetry and prose, obituaries and tributes, a 1971 reprint of one of Hall's 1907 articles, and a letter from
Hall to Lummis's secretary, and later wife, Gertrude Redit. Materials are dated from 1899-1971.
Language of Material:
English
.
This collection includes correspondence to and from Hall and Charles Fletcher Lummis, manuscripts of Hall's published and
unpublished poetry and prose, obituaries and tributes, a 1971 reprint of one of Hall's 1907 articles, and a letter from Hall
to Lummis's secretary, and later wife, Gertrude Redit. Materials are dated from 1899-1971.
See also Sharlot Hall letter to J. A. Munk in
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk Papers, 1834-1928, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.209.
Sharlot Mabridth Hall Correspondence and Papers, 1899-1971, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.610; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012
October 22, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).
This collection was assembled from various donations, including Charles Fletcher Lummis, circa 1899; Helen Carson Rice, 1939
October; Mrs. M. C. B. Knox, 1943 April; Sharlot Hall Historical Museum of Arizona, 1959 October; Ruth M. Christensen, 1971
December 28; and Library staff.
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Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870 October 27 - 1943 April 9) was an American journalist, poet and historian. She was the first woman
to hold an office in the Arizona Territorial government and her personal collection of photographs and artifacts served as
the starting collection for a history museum which bears her name.
Hall was born to James Polk Knox and Adeline Susannah Boblett Hall in Lincoln County, Kansas on October 27, 1870. In November
1881, her family followed the Santa Fe Trail to Arizona Territory, moving to the Orchard Ranch on the Lynx Creek, 20 miles
south of Prescott. At the age of 20, Hall sold her first article to a children's magazine for US $4.00. By age 22 she was
working as a journalist, poet, and essayist. Hall became a regular contributor to Charles Lummis' magazine
Land of Sunshine and in 1901, when two other poets were unable to complete their deadline, she wrote the poem which announced the magazine's
new name of
Out West. In 1906, Hall was promoted to associate editor for the magazine.
Following the death of her father, Hall acquired the cabin which had served as the "Governor's Mansion" for Arizona Territory's
first governors. In addition to her living quarters, she used the building to house her collection of artifacts related to
Arizona pioneers and pre-historic Yavapai county.This move was followed, in 1928, with her founding of the Prescott Historical
Society.The same year she opened what she called the Old Governor's Mansion Museum, now known as the Sharlot Hall Museum.
Over the following years, Hall oversaw the expansion of her museum through the acquisition of a variety of additional historical
buildings. She was also a popular speaker, giving talks on local history and folklore to schools and clubs throughout the
state. Hall died on April 9, 1943 and was buried in a family plot in Prescott's Pioneer Cemetery.
- Lummis - Hall correspondence (folder A) Ltr, poor condition, contains biographical data, undated
- Lummis - Hall correspondence (folder B) 1900-1901 Seven ltrs, all Hall - Lummis
- Lummis – Hall Correspondence (folder C) 1901 or 2 -1906 Thirteen ltrs from both to both
- Lummis - Hall correspondence (folder D) 1908-1917Thirteen ltrs, ibid
- Lummis - Hall correspondence (folder E) 1922-26Fourteen ltrs, both to both
- "The Lancer" column by Harry Carr
- "Report of the Arizona Historian"
- Sharlot Hall and. her work"Arizona girl writes the song of the west'"A visit to Miss Hall" by Maynard Dixon"Out West" poem"An outdoor poem by Bailey Millard"Work of Sharlot M Hall""Of the desert does she sing"
- Misc. Poetry"The Colorado River at high water Jun 1900'"Lost in the desert/Trail of death""Out West""Sheep herding"
- Poetry (published) Incomplete fragment "The song of the Colorado"
- Prose Published (folder A) "The Burning of a Mojave Chief""The Indians of Arizona""The Legend of O-Am Mar-Sat etc." "The Makers of Arizona"
- Prose Published (folder B) "Olive A Oatman, her captivity, etc.""Old range days and new in Arizona""The remaking of an old bonanza""The story of a Pima record rod"
- Obituary
- Tributes
- "A Christmas at the Grand Canyon" by Homer Boelter
- Ltr to Gertrude Redit (?)
- Lummis - Hall correspondence Photocopies from Colo St U, Ft Collins, Colo Folder F 1904 12 ltrs from both to both
- Folder G 1909-10 photocopies as above 8 ltrs from both to both
- Folder H 1911 photocopies as above 6 ltrs from both to both
- Folder I 1920-21 photocopies as above 6 ltrs from both to both
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arizona -- History
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Obituaries
Women poets
Poetry