Letters from Maria Chabot to Frances Yost, 1969-1978

File — binder: 28

Identifier: 1.8

Scope and Contents Note

From the Collection:

The Maria Chabot Papers contains materials collected by Maria Chabot. Included are personal records; diaries and travel diaries; extensive correspondence dating from 1933 to 2001 with colleagues, family, and friends; interviews with Chabot; photographs, slides, and negatives; notebooks, research notes, writings, brochures, photocopies, and other miscellaneous papers; as well as a small number of materials related to Chabot family history including family albums, histories, photographs and records. The bulk of the materials relate to Maria Chabot's research, writing, and literary work. There are more than 60 drafts or completed short stories, novels, and non-fiction materials that Chabot generated over the years, along with rejection letters she received from publishers; copies of the published articles on Indian arts and crafts that she wrote in the 1930s; and documents, notes, photographs, records and reports she generated when attending conferences, taking courses, and working on various projects. Chabot undertook significant projects in the 1930s and 1940s, including a photographic survey of Southwestern native and traditional arts and crafts with artist Dorothy N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The collection also contains books, newspaper and magazine clippings, art work, photographs, ephemera, and audiovisual materials of interest to Maria Chabot, which she collected over her lifetime.

Dates

Creation: 1969-1978

Creator

From the Collection: Chabot, Maria, 1913-2001 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials predominantly in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public for research purposes. Select materials in this collection may be restricted for reasons of cultural sensitivity or for privacy. Materials related to the Christiane Gallet biography are restricted. Some materials in this collection were labeled "confidential" by Maria Chabot during the course of her lifetime; they do not necessarily have present-day restrictions on access. See the Archivist for more information. Some materials are fragile and may require handling by the Archivist.

Extent

From the Collection: 74.4 Linear Feet (62 Full Hollinger boxes (15.25" x 5" x 10.25"): 25.85 Linear feet. 71 Half Hollinger boxes (15.25" x 2.5" x 10.25"): 14.84 Linear feet. 8 11x14 boxes: 9.36 Linear feet. 8 9x12 boxes: 9 Linear feet. 6 16x20 boxes: 10.02 Linear feet. 1 20x24 boxes: 2 Linear feet. 8 5x12 boxes: 3.33 Linear feet. 164 total boxes.)

Additional Description

Overview

Correspondence from Maria Chabot to Frances Yost: Forty-two letters, two postcards and one brochure from Maria Chabot to Frances Palmer Yost, Jan. 17, 1969 – June 15, 1978. Letter, Jan. 17, 1969, by Chabot in Uxmal, Mexico gives a long description of her travels in the Yucatan with Paul and Gail Schmidt. Letter, Dec. 27, 1970, by Chabot in Albuquerque to Yost in State College, Pennsylvania, deals with various matters including Chabot's visit with the dying Winter Priest at San Juan Pueblo. Ten letters, two post cards and a brochure, Sept. 6 or 7, 1972 – July 10, 1973, concern Chabot's travels in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Three letters, July 13, 1975 – Nov. 6, 1976, written by Chabot from Oaxaca, La Chiripa & Puerto Escondido to Yost in Albuquerque concern her time there. Five letters, Jan. 26, 1977 – Feb. 14, 1977, written by Chabot in Puerto Escondido to Yost in Albuquerque and concern Chabot's first knowledge of and reaction to Yost's breast cancer. Six letters, Feb. 25, 1977 - March 22, 1977, written by Chabot in La Chiripa and Oaxaca to Yost in Albuquerque. Fourteen letters, Jan. 13 – June 15, 1978 written by Chabot from the Oaxaca area and addressed to Yost under her assumed name, Barbara Palmer, and one letter, August 21, 1978 written from Albuquerque after Chabot's return from Mexico.