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Austin (Mary H.) Carey McWilliams collection of material about
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1. Letters to Carey McWilliams, 1905-

General Physical Description note: (69 pieces)
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4 holograph letters signed.

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58 typescript letters signed.

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1 typescript letter.

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5 typescript letters signed by secretary.

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1 telegram.

 

2. Manuscripts and Scenarios

General note

(See also II-C, Indian Arts and Crafts)
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A. Bride of the Sun, . 1929

General Physical Description note: 6 holograph leaves in the author's hands. quarto.
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B. The Flock , . 1932

General Physical Description note: Typescript copy. 12 leaves, quarto.
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1 leaf of typescript on talent and genius prepared by Mrs. Austin.

General note

In folder with The Flock.
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Indian Arts and Crafts. Santa Fe, . 1931

General Physical Description note: 19pp. (17 leaves) 21.5 × 28 cm. Typescript.
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Unpublished letter from Mary Austin to Paul Kellogg, editor of the Survey Graphic. Santa Fe, February 5, 1932. 1 item (1 leaf) Typescript (signed).

General Physical Description note: 19pp. (17 leaves) 21.5 × 28 cm. Typescript.
 

3. Material about Mary Austin

General Physical Description note: (11 pieces)
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1. Typescript carbon copy of letter of Carey McWilliams to Mr. Wynn, the publisher, containing twenty eight answers to Mr. Wynn's questions concerning this collection of Mary Austin material.

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2. Typescript copy of book review of Austin's The Ford.

General Physical Description note: 7pp. quarto.
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3. Carbon copy of typescript manuscript of Mr. McWilliams's article on Mary Austin and her work written at the request of Harry Carr for publication in the Los Angeles Times.

General Physical Description note: 4pp. quarto.
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4. Two miscellaneous letters & clippings.

 

4. Magazine and Newspaper Clippings

General Physical Description note: (46 items)
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1. Thirty six clippings from The Nation, Saturday Review of Literature, Saturday Night, Brentano's Book Chat, etc. of Mary Austin's poetry, essays, book reviews and articles about her.

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2. Ten newspaper clippings about the death and character of Mrs. Austin.

 

5. Letters to Various Persons

General Physical Description note: (3 pieces)
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1. Letter to Miss Williams. Independence, California, . October 27

General Physical Description note: 3pp. (with typescript).
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2. Photocopy of letter to Charles Augustus Keeler in Huntington Library. Los Angeles, California, n.d.

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3. Letter to Henry James Forman. Carmel, California, . September 17, 1918

General Physical Description note: 4pp. Original typescript.

Scope and Contents note

This letter was published as a keepsake, Mary Austin on the art of writing: a letter to Henry James Forman, with an introduction by James E. Phillips, by The Friends of the UCLA Library, Los Angeles, 1961. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press, Pasadena, September 1961. (6pp. Wrappers, included with the letter).