Title	Finding aid for Papers of Mary Hunter Austin, 1845-1950 (bulk 1920-1934).
Creator	Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934.
Extent	5,456 pieces. 136 boxes.
Biographical Note	Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1943) was an American novelist, essayist and political activist. She is best known for her portrayals of life in California and New Mexico, and her writings include: Land of little rain (1903), The flock (1906), and her autobiography, Earth horizon (1932).
Scope and Content	The collection consists of the literary and personal papers of Mary Hunter Austin. It includes correspondence and literary manuscripts by both Austin and numerous other authors, editors and friends. 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. There are also materials related to Austin's interests in folklore and religion in New Mexico and the Southwest. Persons represented in the collection include: Louis Adamic, Any Adams, Ansel Adams, Frank Guy Applegate, Gertrude Atherton, Albert Maurice Bender, William Rose Benét, Van Wyck Brooks, Witter Bynner, Arthur L. Campa, Henry Seidel Canby, Marion Ponsonby Gause Canby, Willa Cather, Ina Donna Coolbrith, Bronson M. Cutting, Frances Densmore, John Chipman Farrar, Robert Frost, Hamlin Garland, Franci Grierson, Frederick Webb Hodge, Henry Holt, Herbert Hoover, Lou Henry Hoover, Fannie Hurst, Robinson Jeffers, Paul Underwood Kellogg, Oliver La Farge, Sonya Levien, Sinclair Lewis, Walter Lippman, Charmian London, Jack London, Amy Lowell, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Carey McWilliams, H.L. Mencken, Robert Ezra Park, Ezra Pound, Diego Rivera, Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Thompson Seton, William Haskell Simpson, Upton Sinclair, George Sterling, Frances Toor, Henry Chester Tracy, Louis Untermeyer, Carl Van Doren, Mark Van Doren, Ryan Walker, and Mary Hunter Wolf. The collection also contains correspondence with various publishers and publications, including: Bobbs-Merrill Company, The Century Company, The Forum, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Nation, National Folk Festival (St. Louis, Mo.), The New Republic, Southwest Review, World Celebrities (booking agency), and Yale University Press.
Notes	All inquiries about this collection should be directed to the Curator, Literary Manuscripts.
Date	1845-1950.
Provenance	Estate of Mary Hunter Austin, 1951, gift of Charlotte Kellogg, May 9, 1951, gift of Bertha B. Wardell, August 23, 1954, gift of Glen Dawson, January 6, 1956, J. E. Reynolds, January 26, 1958, purchased from Argonaut Book Shop, December 1960, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, March 28, 1968, purchased from Dawson's Book Shop, June 30, 1969, purchased from K. W. Rendell, August 18, 1970, purchased from Joseph the Provider, July 5, 1977, and purchased from Randall House, February 23, 1989.
Subject	Austin, Mary Hunter, 1868-1934 -- Archives. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence. Folklore -- Southwest, New. Indians of North America -- California. Indians of North America -- New Mexico. Water rights -- California -- Owens Valley. Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives. California -- History -- Sources. Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Water rights. New Mexico -- History -- Sources. Southwest, New -- History -- Sources.
Form/Genre	Letters (correspondence) Southwest, New. (aat) Manuscripts Southwest, New. (aat) Personal papers Southwest, New. (aat)
Contributors	Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951. Adams, Andy, 1859-1935. Applegate, Frank G. (Frank Guy), 1881-1931. Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948. Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941. Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950. Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968. Campa, Arthur L. (Arthur Leon), 1905-1978. Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961. Canby, Marion Ponsonby Gause. Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928. Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935. Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957. Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974. Frost, Robert, 1874-1963. Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940. Grierson, Francis, 1848-1927. Hodge, Frederick Webb, 1864-1956. Holt, Henry, 1840-1926. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944. Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962. Kellogg, Paul Underwood, 1879-1958. La Farge, Oliver, 1901-1963. Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974. London, Charmian. London, Jack, 1876-1916. Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Luhan, Mabel Dodge, 1879-1962. Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928. MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958. McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Park, Robert Ezra, 1864-1944. Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972. Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Simpson, William Haskell. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968. Sterling, George, 1869-1926. Toor, Frances, 1890-1956. Tracy, Henry Chester, b. 1876. Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977. Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Van Doren, Mark, 1894-1972. Walker, Ryan. Wolf, Mary Hunter, 1904-. Nation. National Folk Festival (1934 : St. Louis, Mo.) New Republic. World Celebrities. Houghton Mifflin Company. Yale University Press. Bobbs-Merrill Company. Century Company. Forum. Southwest review.
Department	Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department.
Call Number	mssAU 1-5456
Accession Number	mss 00438 and mss 01444.
Physical Collection	Mary Hunter Austin Papers.
Digital Collection	Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library
Physical Description	14 p.
Digitization Specifications	Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-12-27.
Date Digital	2011-12-27.
DCMI Type	text
Digital Format	pdf
Original Finding Aid	Finding aid prepared by Karen Kearns, March 1989 and updated by Natalie Russell, August 27, 2007.
Citation Information	Finding aid for Mary Hunter Austin Papers, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California.
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Cataloging Notes	Arranged in the following series: 1. Manuscripts by Mary Hunter Austin (Boxes 1-41); 2. Manuscripts by other authors (Boxes 42-44); 3. Oversize manuscripts (Boxes 45-52); 4. Correspondence (Boxes 53-121); 5. Ephemera (Boxes 122-135); 6. Scrapbooks (Box 136).