Christiane Gallet to Maria Chabot and other Gallet family correspondence, 1965 January through 1971 October

File — binder: 106

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1965 January through 1971 October

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

There are six dated letters, four with envelopes, one post card and two business cards in this box. Gallet's letters to Chabot continue to be friendly, speak of making a trip to Germany together, and of preparing an article together for the German art magazine, Du, on O'Keeffe, but the romantic relationship is over. No collaboration on an article occurs, and she makes the trip to Germany without Chabot. There are two letters and a post card, March 31 – April 22, 1965 from Germany. The last dated letter, Feb. 10, 1967 reflects Gallet's contentment with her husband and family life and continued warm feelings for Chabot. There are five undated letters and a lipstick blot, a kiss, on the back of a blank sheet of Gallet's letterhead stationary. It was found without context in the Gallet-to-Chabot correspondence. There are two letters from Chabot to R. Gallet in this box: Oct. 25, 1971 and April 17, 1971. The first letter is addressed to Roger and his three children and is written on the occasion of C. Gallet's death. The second letter speaks of a request from Marian Lee, seeking the photographs Gallet took of O'Keeffe and her paintings [see, MCA – General Correspondence – "Marian Lee"] and of Chabot's desire to find the prints. There is no response from R. Gallet in the archive. There is a card, a letter with its envelope, July 8 and July 22, 1965, and a wedding invitation with its envelope, July 20, 1973, from Ives Gallet to Maria Chabot. There is a letter, July 25, 1965, from Chabot to I. Gallet.