Dorothy Stewart to family, 1923-1938, undated

File — binder: 134

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N. Stewart; stewardship of the Los Luceros hacienda, deeded to her by museum founder Mary Cabot Wheelwright; and an unpublished book on her time as a companion of Georgia O'Keeffe at Ghost Ranch and the renovation of O'Keeffe's home in Abiquiu, New Mexico.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: 1923-1938, 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

DOROTHY N. STEWART TO HER FAMILY [Letters sent to all her sisters, to be circulated among them] Correspondence from Dorothy Stewart to her family: There are seventeen letters and one postcard from Stewart to her sisters, Feb. 11, [1923] - Sept. 23, 1938. Of these, one was written from Johnson, AZ, and one from Santa Fe. Five were written from various locales in Mexico and ten were written while with Chabot on their trip to Europe. The letters of Dec. 25, 1930, August 8, 1931, and Feb. 16, [1933] from Mexico are illustrated. The incident of the car hauled out of the mud by oxen, related in the Feb. 16 letter, is also described in Dorothy Stewart to Ethel Barr, Feb. 27, 1933, and there are relevant photographs in the Maria Chabot Archives - Dorothy N. Stewart - Photographs. The letters of 1937-1938 concern the European trip with Maria Chabot. The letter of Sept. 19, 1937 has photos pasted in it and an illustration on the back of page 7. The letter of [Dec. 1938] has samples of silk yarn attached to it, and the letter of July 4, 1938 has samples of wool fabric attached. The letters of June 28, 1938 - July 4, 1938 concern D.N.S. and M.C. at Oxford. The one postcard in this group is from Tunis, [Jan. 1938]. There are five undated letters from Stewart to her family from Mexico. The second and fourth letters in this group are illustrated. There are two undated letters from Santa Fe and one undated letter from New York, begun in New York City and finished in Bronxville, NY. In this letter D.N.S. tells of visits to New York Publishers, which may relate it to the trip also described in letters from D.N.S. to Mabel Ludlum, July 6, 1929 and July 9, 1929 and also in undated letters from Stewart to Ludlum.