Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach, 1910-1924

Summary

Creators:

Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928

Abstract:

A collection of material related to the California writer Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach.

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

Materials are in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of material related to the writer Charles Fletcher Lummis; the bulk of the items in the collection were written to or inscribed to Robert J. H. DeLoach. The material includes one typewritten letter, autograph notes, printed ephemera, and three published volumes. The published volumes reflect some of Lummis' varied interests, especially his affinity for the history and cultures of the Southwest; two of the volumes are inscribed by Lummis to DeLoach and one to Purd B. Wright. The printed ephemera includes a printed fundraising appeal for his preservation-minded organization, The Landmarks Club.

Biographical / historical:

Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) was born in Lynn, Massachusetts. He became a journalist and then an activist for Native American rights and historic preservation. A traveler in the American Southwest, he settled in Los Angeles, California, where he also became known as a historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet, and librarian. Lummis founded the Southwest Museum of the American Indian. He died in Los Angeles, California, on November 25, 1928. Robert John Henderson DeLoach (1873-1974) was a Georgia-based botanist, writer, and close friend of the American poet John Burroughs.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Dennis Harbach, April 2020.

Processing information:

The collection was processed by Gayle Richardson in May 2022.

Arrangement:

Arranged by subject and format.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Authors, American – 20th century
Missions -- California -- History
Ephemera -- California -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century

Names:

Landmarks Club
DeLoach, R. J. H. (Robert John Henderson), 1873-1974

Places:

California -- History -- 20th century

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2191

reference@huntington.org

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