Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Hunter Austin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-605
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of published articles and biographies by Austin; reviews and interviews about Austin or her work; correspondence with Charles Fletcher Lummis and Frederick Webb Hodge; a book prospectus; and advertisements promoting her publications.
Dates:
1868 - 1954
Copies of the Hugo Reid Letters of 1852: The Indians of Los Angeles County
Collection
Identifier: MS-768
Abstract
This is a collection of photostats of letters written by Hugo Reid, first published in the Los Angeles Star in 1852. They were later published by the Southwest Museum in 1968.
Dates:
1968
Frank Hamilton Cushing Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-6
Abstract
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was an early ethnographer working in the American Southwest during the late 19th Century. The items contained in this collection include correspondence, reports, unpublished manuscripts, diaries, Zuni vocabulary cards, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles. These documents focus on Cushing's stay at Zuni Pueblo from 1879-1884, the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition 1887-1889, and the Pepper Hearst Archeological Expedition 1896-1897. The bulk...
Dates:
1848-1963; Majority of material found within 1848 - 1923
David Dortort Archives
Collection
Identifier: MSA-23
Abstract
The David Dortort Archives contains correspondence, scripts, and production files related to the film and television work of writer, producer, and television show creator David Dortort. Dortort began his career in New York City as a novelist before moving to Los Angeles to write scripts for film and television. After working on the television show The Restless Gun he created the programs Bonanza and ...
Dates:
1932-2009; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1980
Draft of United States Census, City and County of Los Angeles, 1850.
Collection
Identifier: MS-642
Scope and contents
This collection consists of census data documents and correspondence relating to the 1849-1850 census of Los Angeles, California. A majority of census data documents was used for the publication Census of the City and County of Los Angeles, California for the year 1850. This collection also includes correspondence between Hector Alliot and Cecille B. DeMille, 1917 July-August and a memo from the Harris Newmark Company to the Southwest Museum dated 1928 May 2....
Dates:
1850-1928
Frederick Webb Hodge and Father Felix Pudlowski Correspondence Regarding Father Zephyrin Engelhardt
Collection
Identifier: MS-1213
Scope and contents
This collection consists of correspondence between Dr. Frederick Webb Hodge, Director of the Southwest Museum, and Father Felix Pudlowski of the Santa Barbara Mission, California. The collection also includes a posthumous biographical sketch for Father Zephyrin Engelhardt.The correspondence consists of a 1934 letter from Hodge responding to Father Pudlowski's request for a biography, which was distributed by the Southwest Museum. There is also a follow-up postcard from Father...
Dates:
1934 April 27
Indian Board of Co-operation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-766
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence to and from Indian Board of Co-Operation Second Vice President George Wharton James, manuscripts by James, pamphlets produced by the Indian Board of Co-Operation, newspaper clippings, posters, and ephemera dated 1915-1925.
Dates:
1915-1925
Letter about Inscription of De Montoya
Collection
Identifier: MS-806
Abstract
This is a copy of a letter from Richard Van Valkenburgh to Jesse Nusbaum, sent November 24, 1939, regarding an inscription of de Montoya's name found on Navajo reservation lands near Fort Defiance. A photograph accompanies the letter. (P.4842)
Dates:
1939
International Gay Rodeo Association Institutional Archives
Collection
Identifier: MSA-26
Abstract
The International Gay Rodeo Association Insitutional Archives consist of administrative records, memorabilia, posters, publications and clothing from 1982-2009. Most of the materials are regarding the planning, production, and reviews of regional chapter rodeos as well as the final rodeo for the International Gay Rodeo Association.
Dates:
1982-2009
Judy Wilkie Collection on R. Hand
Collection
Identifier: MS-1215
Scope and contents
This collection includes correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and notes related to R. Hand. Hand wrote poetry and noted himself as a "Humanitarian, Scientist, and Tribal Poet." His poems were printed as visual ephemera pieces and published by the Zados Foundation, "non-profit publishers of Hand's writings." Many of the ephemera pieces also end with the phrase "Presented by Rados, Ask Your Druggist." Zados and Rados seem to be the same organization.
Dates:
1932-1955