Guide to the Una Jeffers Papers, [ca. 1930-1946]
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Guide to the Una Jeffers Papers, [ca. 1930-1946]
Collection number: BANC MSS 71/93 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
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- Processed by:
- The Bancroft Library staff
- Date Completed:
- ca. 1971
- Encoded by:
- James Lake
© 1996 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Una Jeffers Papers,
Date (inclusive): [ca. 1930-1946]
Collection Number: BANC MSS 71/93 c
Creator:
Jeffers, Una, 1884 or 5-1950
Extent:
Number of containers: 2 boxes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Letters from Mabel Dodge Luhan and others, relating primarily to D.H. Lawrence and to writers and artists resident in Taos,
New Mexico; Una and Robin - MS. by Mrs. Luhan; clippings; photographs, etc.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Una Jeffers Papers, BANC MSS 71/93 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
Purchased from David Magee in 1964 and transferred from the Rare Books and Special Collections to the Manuscripts Division
in 1970.
box 1
Correspondence Miscellany
Physical Description: (single letters)
Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944
Brett, Hon. Dorothy, 1883-
30 letters, 1931-1946 & n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Many of them commenting on D. H. and Frieda Lawrence, various artists and writers, particularly in Taos, her paintings, etc.
26 letters, 1934-1936 & n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Many of them about his mother, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and other residents of Taos, his writing career, and his wife, Claire Spencer.
Lawrence, Frieda (von Richthofen), 1879-1956 [Mrs. D. H. Lawrence]
13 letters, 1932-1946.
Scope and Content Note
Two are addressed to Mabel Dodge Luhan.
box 1-2
Luhan, Mabel Dodge. 1879-1952
430 letters, ca. 1930-1945,
Physical Description: 12 folders.
Additional Note
Folder 10 includes letters addressed to Garth and Donnan Jeffers; folders 11-12, letters to her son, John Evans. Most of the
letters are about Taos residents and other writers and artists, her own writing, the Jeffers visits to Taos, etc.
Folders 1 -7 in Box 1.
Folders 8 -12 in Box 2.
Spencer, Claire [Mrs. John Evans]
3 letters, 1934 & n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Primarily about Taos residents.
Una and Robin
Additional Note
MS by Mabel Dodge Luhan. Typescript.
Untitled poem
Scope and Content Note
Signed
"For Una. Mabel Dodge Luhan Jan. 22 `33"
Petition protesting destruction of Diego Rivera's work at Radio City, signed by many of the artists and writers of Taos.
Photographs
Additional Note
Most of the photographs have been removed for separate cataloging. See Portraits 14494-14506. Those remaining with the collection are duplicates.