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George Daniell (1911-2002) was a painter and photographer who specialized in portraits of actors, writers, and artists. He met Georgia O'Keeffe at An American Place in the 1940s. The two became friends and stayed in contact for a number of years. Daniell photographed O'Keeffe in 1948 on Fire Island and in New Mexico during a cross-country trip in 1952. Daniell is interviewed by Sarah Burt.

Overview Jennifer Owings Dewey is a nationally known author and illustrator of books for children and adults. Dewey is the daughter of architect Nathaniel Owings, a founding partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, and Emily Otis Owings Barnes, the daughter of a director of the Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago. As a young child, Dewey went to visit O'Keeffe with her mother and sisters and encountered the artist at numerous social occasions in Santa Fe. Dewey recounts the friendships between her mother...

Overview Barney A. Ebsworth (b. 1934) is the founder and director of several companies including: Windsor, Inc., formed in 1979 for the purpose of providing financing for venture capital, real estate and other investments; INTRAV, a general agency formed in 1959 for the purpose of selling travel to individuals and businesses; Royal Cruise Line, formed in 1972; and, Clipper Cruise Line, formed in 1981. Ebsworth is well known for his important collection of American modern art. Ebsworth is also a...

Overview Letitia (Tish) Evans Frank is the paternal granddaughter of Mabel Dodge Luhan and maternal granddaughter of Alice Corbin Henderson and William Penhallow Henderson. Frank was born in New York City and studied dance with Martha Graham at Bennington College, where she received her M.A. in 1951. She married Paul Frank in 1951. She taught at Juilliard School of Music from 1953 until 1957, when she and her husband moved to Santa Fe. Frank met O'Keeffe around 1960, and she accompanied O'Keeffe on...

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Brian Francis Wynne Garfield (b. 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Garfield's mother Francis O'Brien became friends with Georgia O'Keeffe in New York, and she and her son moved to Tucson in 1950. They visited O'Keeffe in Abiquiu several times. Garfield knew O'Keeffe best from 1949 to 1956 and then intermittently until 1971. Garfield is interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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The collection consists of interviews with Georgia O'Keeffe's surviving relatives, colleagues, friends, and employees as well as supporting project documentation. The bulk of the materials date from 2000 to 2003 and include audiocassette recordings, typed transcripts, photographs, and research and project records.

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Olga Hirshhorn (b. 1920) was the wife of art collector and museum founder Joseph Hirshhorn (1899-1981). The Hirshhorns were friends of O'Keeffe in the mid-1960s and purchased several works from her that are now owned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Veronica Honaker (1915-2001) was an education specialist, and director of federal reading programs in Albuquerque from 1965 to 1980. Her husband, Clyde Honaker (1911-1993), designed the metal frames for O'Keeffe's paintings. Honaker was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Marjorie Ferguson Lambert (1908-2006), wife of well-known cowboy Jack Lambert, was the curator of archaeology at the Museum of New Mexico, the curator at the Palace of the Governors, and a research associate at the School of American Research. She knew O'Keeffe through the artist's interest in rocks and Indian artifacts and through their mutual associations with Maria Chabot and Mary Cabot Wheelright. Lambert was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Mary Grether Ligon (b. 1951) worked for two years for O'Keeffe as a night and weekend helper, performing a variety of duties. Ligon was interviewed by Sarah Burt.