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Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach
mssHM 83798
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach
Creator:
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 83798
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1910-1924
Abstract: A collection of material related to the California writer Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dennis Harbach, April 2020.
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.
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.
The collection was processed by Gayle Richardson in May 2022.
Arranged by subject and format.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American – 20th century
Missions -- California -- History
California -- History -- 20th century
Ephemera -- California -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- California -- 20th century
DeLoach, R. J. H. (Robert John Henderson), 1873-1974
Landmarks Club