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Mary Austin letters, 1913-1914.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 27 : Folder 5
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Title:

Mary Austin letters, 1913-1914
Austin letters

Creator/Contributor:

Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934, creator

Abstract:

2 typewritten and hand-signed letters from Mary Austin to James L. Gillis.

Date:

1913 (issued)

Subject:

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Gillis, J. L. (James Louis) -- 1857-1917

Note:

Mary Hunter was born in Carlinville, Illinois on on September 9, 1868. She came to California in the late 1880s, and married Safford Wallace Austin on May 19, 1891. She and her husband lived in Owens Valley for the next fourteen years and became involved in the local water disputes as she began her writing career. Mary also came in contact with the local Paiute and Shoshone Indians, which influenced her writing. After the water battles were lost, Mary split from her husband, moved to Carmel, and became part of an art and literary circle that included Jack London, Ambrose Bierce, and George Sterling. Mary eventually moved to the Southwest and continued her writing, which incorporated feminist and environmental sensibility, and Native American, Hispanic, and European mythological traditions. She died in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 13, 1934.
Austin letters.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.

Physical Description:

print
Two letters; 8 1/2 x 11 in.

Language:

English

Identifier:

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.