Dorothy Stewart to and from Mabel Ludlum, 1933-1938

File — binder: 131

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1933-1938

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. Seventeen letters and one postcard, Feb. 18, 1933 - July 9, 1935, written from various cities and towns in Mexico, except the letters of May 9, 1933 written from New York, and the letter of Oct. 24, 1934, written from Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, NM, where D.N.S. is on a painting trip with Theodora Goddard. The letter of June 9, 1933 has D.N.S.'s first mention of "the Texas girl", Maria Chabot, to Ludlum and is written on the back of a torn proof sheet from Stewart's book Hornacinas. The letter of July 31, 1933 gives longer description of D.N.S.'s reaction to Chabot, and the relationship of Rohrer and Hulme. Two letters found together in one envelope, posted May 15, 1935 [but otherwise undated], discuss M.C.'s eye operation in Mexico by a German doctor. Both letters are written from Tacubaya, a suburb of Mexico, D.F. 2. Twelve letters and six postcards, Nov. 11, 1936 - Nov. 1, 1938. The letter of Nov. 11, 1936 is written from Mexico, D.F., and that of Feb. 10, 1937 is written from Santa Fe. The correspondence from July 7, 1937 to Nov. 1, 1938 is written from various cities, when she was traveling with M.C. on their European trip. The postcard of June 26, 1938 is illustrated. The correspondence of June 4, 1938 - Aug. 8, 1938 concerns Oxford and studies she and M.C. pursued there.