Christiane Gallet to Maria Chabot, 1962 January through 1964 November

File — binder: 105

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1962 January 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 there are forty-six letters, three with envelopes, one note and two poems, apparently sent separately rather than included in letters. The first dated item is a poem, by Gallet for Chabot, Jan. 12, 1962. The letter following that, June 13, 1962, tells of marital problems but ends anticipating a trip with Chabot and O'Keeffe to Hopi country. Following this letter is a photocopy of a letter from Gallet to O'Keeffe, Aug. 22, 1962, expressing her pleasure in meeting O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and photographing her there. The original of this letter is in the Beinecke Library at Yale. The current whereabouts of these photographs is unknown. On Sept. 1, 1962 Gallet sends Chabot her translation of a German poem, apparently without a letter. Many of the letters thereafter contain translated and un-translated German poems. The verso of the letter, Dec. 27, 1963, has a pencil note by Chabot, dated Jan. 27, 1963. In the letter, July 31, 1964, Gallet speaks of her desire to photograph some paintings by O'Keeffe. In Chabot's letter to Roger Gallet, April 17, 1979, she refers to these photographs of O'Keeffe paintings by Gallet. The whereabouts of these photographs are now unknown. In the letters, Sept. 14, 1964 and Oct. 6, 1964, Gallet comments on Irene Zelinski's suicide attempt. The letters from Gallet to Chabot reflect her feelings for Chabot, the problems and pleasures of her family life and comment on her past in Germany, which fascinated Chabot.