Fiske (Turbesé Lummis) and Douglas (Frances) Papers, 1890-1967

Summary

Title:

Turbesé Lummis Fiske and Frances Douglas papers

Dates:

1890-1967

Creators:

Douglas, Frances, Fiske, Turbese Lummis., Knibbs , Henry Herbert, 1874-1945, Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928., Lummis, Eve, Rhodes, May Division, and Van der Veer, Judy, b. 1912

Abstract:

The Turbesé Lummis Fiske and Frances Douglas papers are mostly personal documents, with some manuscripts and realia, spanning from 1890-1967. They include the papers of Henry Herbert Knibbs from 1929-1945, and include correspondence from, to, and about Charles Fletcher Lummis.

Extent:

8.2 Linear feet (16 boxes)

Language:

Preferred citation:

Turbesé Lummis Fiske and Frances Douglas Papers, 1890-1967, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.240; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Turbesé Lummis Fiske, Henry Herbert Knibbs, and Frances Douglas are mostly personal documents, with some manuscripts and realia.

Turbesé’s papers include correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, ephemera, legal documents, drawings, her husband Frank’s school notebook, and post-mortem clippings and notes about Turbesé. The correspondence sub-series includes large portions of correspondence with and regarding her father, Charles Fletcher Lummis, as well as large portions of correspondence with May Rhodes and Judy Van Der Veer. The correspondence with Judy Van Der Veer also includes a manuscript by and about Van Der Veer. Fiske’s manuscripts include short stories, plays, poetry, and a biography of her father, Charles Fletcher Lummis.

Turbesé and Henry Herbert Knibbs lived together until Knibbs’s death, and Turbesé was the executor of his estate. His papers are included in her series of the archive. The papers of Henry Herbert Knibbs include correspondence, manuscripts, notes, newspaper clippings, ephemera, drawings, and realia. Some of the correspondence in his series is addressed to both he and Turbese. His manuscripts include drafts of his autobiography.

The papers of Frances Douglas include correspondence, diaries, reprints of some of her published material, a published paper by her husband Courtenay DeKalb, and legal papers regarding her former husband Charles Fletcher Lummis.

Biographical / historical:

Turbesé Lummis Fiske (June 8, 1892-May 1967) was the daughter of Charles Fletcher Lummis, an anthropologist, writer, photographer, editor of the Los Angeles Times, "Land of Sunshine" and "Out West" magazines and the founder of the Southwest Museum. Fiske was an author in her own right, editing some of her father's texts and later acting as editor and collaborator with author Henry Herbert Knibbs. Her literary works were published in journals such as the L.A. Times and Ladies' Home Journal. Some of her plays were produced by local theater companies.

Frances Eve Douglas (November 19, 1870-March 1969) was Charles Lummis’s second wife and was known as Eve Lummis during their marriage. After their divorce in 1911, she returned to using her maiden name of Douglas. When she remarried Courtenay DeKalb in 1913, she adopted his surname. She also sometimes went by the name Eva rather than Eve. Frances was also a literary figure, publishing many articles, but mostly known for her extensive body of translations of Spanish language texts.

Acquisition information:

bequest from Fiske, Turbesé Lummis; Keith Lummis; donation; 1984, 1991-1992.

Processing information:

Initial processing performed by Braun Research Library staff. Additional processing and cataloging was performed by Holly Rose Larson, Project Archivist, funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission in 2011.

Arrangement:

• Series 1: Turbesé Lummis Fiske Papers, 1895-1967
• Series 2: Eva (Eve) Frances Douglas DeKalb (formerly Lummis) correspondence and diaries, 1890-1958

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Charles Fletcher Lummis Papers, 1888-1928, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center, Los Angeles, Ca.; MS.1

Frances Douglas papers (MS 037). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Henry Herbert Knibbs Papers, M0188, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Turbese Lummis Fiske Papers, M0189, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Biography.
Clippings.
Correspondence
Diaries.
Drawings.
Legal documents.
Plays
Poetry.
Short stories.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Holly Rose Larson

Date Prepared:

September 30, 2011

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-09-24T09:33-0700

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Appointments to view materials are required. To make an appointment please visit http://theautry.org/research/research-rules-and-application or contact library staff at rroom@theautry.org A box-level inventory is available from library staff.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Braun Research Library at the Autry National Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Braun Research Library as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

Turbesé Lummis Fiske and Frances Douglas Papers, 1890-1967, Braun Research Library, Autry National Center, Los Angeles; MS.240; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Location of this collection:

Autry Museum of the American West

4700 Western Heritage Way

Los Angeles, CA 90027, US

Contact:

(747) 201-8448

rroom@theautry.org

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