http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq Online items available Mary Hunter Austin Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Karen Kearns, Natalie Russell, Suzanne Oatey, and Diann Benti. Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2203 Fax: (626) 449-5720 Email:
[email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2015 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Mary Hunter Austin Collection: mssAU 1-5456 ; photCL 296 1 Finding Aid Descriptive Summary Title: Mary Hunter Austin Collection Dates: 1845-1950 Bulk dates: 1920-1934 Collection Number: mssAU 1-5456 ; photCL 296 Creator: Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 Extent: 6698 items in 148 boxes (802 manuscripts, 4651 letters, and 3 printed broadsides in 136 boxes and 1242 photographs in 12 boxes) Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2203 Fax: (626) 449-5720 Email:
[email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of American novelist, essayist and political activist Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934), best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both Austin and numerous other authors, editors and friends, as well as ephemera and photographs. Literary manuscripts include Austin's personal journals, short stories, poems, essays, and numerous drafts of novels. The correspondence deals with Austin's personal life and business dealings as well as her activities with Indian rights and the water right controversies in California's Owens Valley and in the Southwest.