Dorothy Stewart to and from Mabel Ludlum, 1923-1930

File — binder: 129

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1923-1930

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

MABEL STEWART LUDLUM [aka: "Sister Mabel"; Mrs. Seymour DeWitt Ludlum] Correspondence from Dorothy Stewart to Mabel Ludlum: 1. Fourteen letters from Stewart to Ludlum, June 25, 1923 - July 1929, with two letters also written in 1929 but without month or day. The letter of August 16, [1925], encloses a concert program and one page of a letter from Katherine Chapman describing a tea in Santa Fe attended by Willa Cather and Mary Austin. The letters of July 4, 1926 and the first of two letters at the end of this section ending 1929 are illustrated. 2. Twelve letters and two telegrams from Stewart to Ludlum, Jan. 29, 1930 - Oct. 20, 1930. These letters are written primarily from Santa Fe and Mexico City. The last three letters in this section were found together in an envelope posted Oct. 20, 1930. The first two of these letters are written on strips of colored paper and concern events in Santa Fe and the second of these letters mentions writing Adobe Notes with Katherine Chapman and "Spud" Willard Johnson. The third letter is fragmentary [page 1 is missing]. This letter is written from Mexico and is illustrated. The letter, dated by a concert program enclosed with it, April 10, 1932, was written on part of the typed manuscript of Stewart's book, Hornacinas, and also enclosed three additional manuscript pages and two pages dealing with the wording of its dedication. Many of the above letters were found with enclosed clippings and performance programs and the dating of the letters were based on these enclosures.