Maria Chabot to Christiane Gallet, 1964 September through 1964 November

File — binder: 104

Identifier: 3.6.1

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1964 September through 1964 November

Creator

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

Language of Materials

From the Sub-Series:

Includes German translations.

Conditions Governing Access

Material related to the Christiane Gallet biography is restricted for reasons of privacy.

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

In this box are twenty dated letters, eleven with envelopes, seven undated letters with a final sequence of undated letters, written in a continuous series that spans six days. The first two letters, Sept. 11, 1964 and Sept. 14, 1964, are written from San Francisco where Chabot has gone to attend Irene Zelinski, who has attempted suicide. These letters describe that event. Chabot writes the last letter from San Francisco on Oct. 15, 1964. The next letter, Nov. 3, 1964, is written from Albuquerque, where Chabot has returned to find her house vandalized. The last dated letter from Chabot to Gallet is Nov. 23, 1964, and their relationship has ended. Among the undated letters are two which concern the pregnancy of Gallet's daughter, which is discussed in the dated letters between July 5 and July 12, 1964. The second of these is an eighteen page letter from Chabot to the father of the child. It was probably unsent. The last of the undated letters is a continuous series begun, "11 AM – Wednesday" and ending "Monday – 7:27 PM". The last sentence of this letter is, "I will have nightmares dated October 3rd 1964." Chabot was still in San Francisco at this time, and the undated letter is clearly written from Albuquerque. The date probably refers to some event that ended their romantic relationship, not the date of the letter.