Maria Chabot to Margretta Dietrich, 1937-1958
Scope and Contents Note
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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1937-1958
Creator
- From the Collection: Chabot, Maria, 1913-2001 (Person)
Language of Materials
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.)
Overview
MARGRETTA STEWART DIETRICH [a.k.a., "Sister Pig"; "Piggy"; "Peeg"; "Pat"; Mrs. Charles H. Dietrich] Correspondence from Maria Chabot to Margretta Dietrich: Twenty letters and seven postcards from Chabot to Dietrich, Oct. 29, 1937 - March 24, 1958. The correspondence from 1937 and 1938 concerns Chabot's travels in Europe with Dorothy Stewart. The letter of [August 22, 1938] details her study of British Colonial Administration at Oxford and compares it with the American Indian Civil Service. Enclosed with this letter was a carbon copy of a letter Chabot wrote to G.D. Perier, Head of the Belgian Congo Arts and Crafts Commission. There are series of letters written in 1940, which deal with M.C.'s work among the Navajo for the U.S. Indian Service, Arts and Crafts Board. The letter of March 17, 1947 concerns the death and burial of M.C.'s father in San Antonio. The letter of December 24, 1955 concerns the imminent death of Dorothy Stewart and their last days together in Mexico. The letters of 1957 and 1958 concern Chabot's inheritance of property in Santa Fe from D.N.S. and from Dietrich. Correspondence from Margretta Dietrich to Maria Chabot: Nine letters, one postcard, and one envelope without contents from Dietrich to Chabot, March 1941 - June 12, 1958. The letters of February 1945 concern Dorothy Stewart's cancer operation. The letter of Jan. 10, 1956 describes the funeral arrangements for D.N.S. The letters of 1957 and 1958 concern Chabot's inheritance from D.N.S.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Repository
217 Johnson Street
Santa Fe NM 87501 US
505-946-1000