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

BANC MSS 71/93 c

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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

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