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Robin McKinney Martin (b. 1954) is the owner of the Santa Fe New Mexican and the Taos News. Both papers were formerly owned by her father Robert M. McKinney (1910–2001). Her mother Louise Trigg, a prominent figure in the Santa Fe cultural community, was a friend of O'Keeffe and is credited with encouraging O'Keeffe to consent to using her painting for a series of Chamber Music Festival posters. Martin was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

Overview Henry McKinley (1929-1914) spent his youth at Ghost Ranch where his parents worked for Arthur Pack. McKinley spent his career working as an agricultural extension agent in range management and tending to his own cattle at his various ranches. He remembers first meeting his wife, Margaret (Peg) Pack McKinley (b. 1927), when they were children together on Ghost Ranch. O'Keeffe purchased her Ghost Ranch house from Arthur Pack, Margaret Pack McKinley's father. Pack and his family were life-long...

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Margaret (Peg) Pack McKinley (b. 1927) is the daughter of Eleanor (Brownie) Hibben (1898–1992) and Arthur Newton Pack (1893–1975). In 1933 Pack established a guest ranch and nature preserve known as Ghost Ranch. O'Keeffe stayed in the Pack's house during her trips to New Mexico in the early 1930s and eventually purchased the house and six acres from Pack in 1940. Pack and his family were life-long friends of O'Keeffe. McKinley was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Arnold Newman (1918-2006) is acknowledged as one of the great masters of 20th century photography, in particular as it relates to portraiture. Newman was encouraged in his early work by Stieglitz and photographed both Stieglitz and O'Keeffe. Newman was interviewed by Jane Cook.

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Robert (Bob) Donald Ray (1924-2002) was a painter who is a recognized member of the Taos Moderns. He met O'Keeffe on several occasions through their mutual friend, Otto Pitcher. Ray was interviewed by Jane Cook.

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Ellen Bradbury Reid (b. 1940) is an art historian and Mabel Dodge Luhan scholar. She met O'Keeffe while director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe and convinced O'Keeffe to donate several paintings to the museum. Reid was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Nancy Hopkins Reily (b. 1934) is a writer and photographer. She met O'Keeffe as a child when her family started spending summers in Abiquiu during the 1940s. Her aunt Helen Louise Morten (1900-1984) was a friend of O'Keeffe. Reily has published two books about O'Keeffe. Reily was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Louis Rosen (1918-2009) was a physicist at Los Alamos Laboratories. He and his wife Mary (Terry) Rosen (1918-2004), an artist in her own right, became friends with O'Keeffe after being introduced by Elizabeth Allred, O'Keeffe's neighbor. Rosen was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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Benjamin Sanders owned an electronics business in Santa Fe. He met O'Keeffe in the 1950s and subsequently became the primary supplier of stereo equipment for both the Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch houses. Sanders and O'Keeffe shared a love of classical music and remained good friends over the years. Sanders was interviewed by Sarah Burt.

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June O'Keeffe Sebring (b. 1928) is the niece of O'Keeffe and daughter of Alexius Wyckoff O'Keeffe and Elizabeth (Betty) Jones. She was a member of the board of directors of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation. Sebring visited O'Keeffe throughout the course of her lifetime. Sebring was interviewed by Sarah Burt.