Dorothy Stewart to and from Margretta Dietrich, 1924-1950, undated

File — binder: 127

Identifier: 4.3.2.1.1

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1924-1950, undated

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

MARGRETTA STEWART DIETRICH [a.k.a. "Sister Pig"; "Piggy"; "Peeg"; "Pat"; Mrs. Charles H. Dietrich] Correspondence from Dorothy Stewart to Margretta Dietrich: Eight letters and four postcards from Stewart to Dietrich, Sept. 28, 1938 - Oct. 29, 1950. The letters of October 1938 tell of the voyage returning D.N.S. and Chabot to the U.S. Many of these letters are illustrated, especially Oct. 24, 1938. Among these letters are three mimeographed press releases printed on the ship giving the world news of the day. The last letter in this section is fragmentary [the last sheet is extant, numbered "2" and "3" on the front and back], is illustrated and describes events at Mont St. Michael, a part of this voyage. Five letters written from Mexico without dates. These were likely written on various trips there. The first letter in the group mentions buying drawings from Frida Kahlo on p.6. The last two letters mention Stewart's work on a book in Mexico and arranging for its publication there. The first three letters have illustrations. Correspondence from Margretta Dietrich to Dorothy Stewart: One postcard and six letters from Dietrich to Stewart, Feb. 24, 1924 - Easter, 1935. These letters all concern life in and around Santa Fe. The letter of Sept. 11, 1932 is a detailed description of a party in Santa Fe with anecdotes about the Southwestern anthropologists Alfred Kidder, Jesse Nusbaum and Sylvanus Morley, as well as other members of Santa Fe society. The letters of April 10, 1935 - Easter, 1935 concern labor unrest in Gallup, N.M. The last letter in this group consists of only one extant page, but continues to comment on the labor unrest and other matters discussed in the preceding correspondence. Two undated letters from Dietrich to Stewart. One is written from El Paso, TX after returning from a trip to Mexico with Dietrich's friend, Alice Brock. The other is written from Santa Fe and relates incidents involving Katherine and Kenneth Chapman.