Guide to the Una Jeffers Papers, [ca. 1930-1946]

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Arts and Humanities --Literature --American Literature Geographical (by Place) --United States (excluding California) --New Mexico

Guide to the Una Jeffers Papers, [ca. 1930-1946]

Collection number: BANC MSS 71/93 c

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Processed by:
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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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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)
 

Busch, Niven, 1903-

 

Letter, Mar. 1, 1935

 

Fechin, Alexandra

 

Letter, July 20, 1938

 

Gilbert, Rudolph

 

Postcard, Nov. 29, 1937

 

Harvey, Soffie

 

Letter, n.d.

 

Johnson, Spud

 

Telegram, Sept. 17, 1932

 

[Luhan, Antonio]

 

Postcard, Sept. 26, 1931

 

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-

 

Letter, July 27, 1935

 

Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, 1852-1944

 

Letter, July 6, 1932

 

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.
 

Evans, John 1902-

 

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.
box 2

Ravagli, Angelino

 

3 letters, 1934-1937

 

Spencer, Claire [Mrs. John Evans]

 

2 letters, ca. 1935-1936

 

Wells, Cady

 

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.
 

Clippings

 

Miscellany