Collection of Material Pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach: Finding Aid mssHM 83798
Gayle M. Richardson
The Huntington Library
May 2022
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San Marino, California 91108
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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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Preferred Citation
[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.
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Gayle Richardson in May 2022.
Arrangement
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
Box 1
Collection of material pertaining to Charles Fletcher Lummis and Robert J. H. DeLoach
1910-1924
Box 1, Folder 1
Charles Fletcher Lummis letter to Robert J. H. DeLoach
1924 March 19
Scope and Contents
Written on the letterhead of the Landmarks Club of California.
Box 1, Folder 2
"Out West Magazine" autograph notes ; "Don't fail to see San Juan Capistrano Mission" autograph note.
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
The Works of Chas. F. Lummis: printed booklet; "Save the Old Missions:" printed fundraiser appeal for The Landmarks Club of
California
1910
Box 1, Volume 1
My Friend Will / by Charles F. Lummis
1912
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by Chas. F. Lummis to Purd B. Wright and Purd Junior, 1915; with the Purd B Wright Jr. bookplate pasted down to
inside front cover. Spine damaged with part missing.
Box 1, Volume 2
The King of the Broncos and Other Stories of New Mexico / by Charles F. Lummis
1913
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by Chas. F. Lummis to R J H DeLoach, Aug. 25, 1915. With Ex Libris bookplate pasted down to inside front cover.
Box 1, Volume 3
The Memorial of Fray Alonso De Benavides 1630 / translated by Mrs. Edward E. Ayer, annotated by Frederick Webb Hodge and Charles
Fletcher Lummis
1916
Scope and Contents
With autograph notes and signature of Chas. F. Lummis, 1916. With the bookplate and stamps of the Blanchard Community Library,
Santa Paula, California, pasted down to inside front cover.
