Mary Kidder Rak papers, 1920-1950

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Mary Kidder Rak papers, 1920-1950

AZ 017


Collection Summary

Creator: Rak, Mary Kidder, 1879-1958
Collection Name:Mary Kidder Rak papers,
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1950
Physical Description:.8 linear feet
Abstract:Mary Kidder Rak papers contain correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, notes, photographs, and other papers relating to her writing career.
Collection Number: AZ 017
Respository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/

Biographical Note

Mary Kidder Rak is most widely known for being an author and a rancher in Southern Arizona. Rak wrote the book A Cowman's Wife.


Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, notes, photographs, and other papers relating to her writing career. Included are three unpublished manuscripts of western fiction; articles and stories; a letter containing Kidder family genealogy; two photographs of Charles Rak and their ranch home, 1920; and five crayon drawings by Charles H. Owen which were used to illustrate her book, A Cowman's Wife, 1934.


Organization

This collection is organized into three series:

Restrictions

Restrictions

None.

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.


Access Terms

Subject(s)
Ranch life -- Arizona
Ranches -- Arizona
Western stories -- Women authors

Genre Form(s)
Correspondence
Drawings
Manuscripts
Photographs


Administrative Information

Credit Line

Mary Kidder Rak papers (AZ 017). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.


Container List

Series I: Manuscripts, ca. 1930-1950
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11 Unpublished manuscript: Mystery at Pecos High Bridge.
12 Unpublished manuscript: The Dark Brown Mystery.
13 Unpublished manuscript: At the Cross Roads of Life.
14 Notes, short pieces, photographs.
15 Miscellaneous articles.
Series II: Correspondence, 1934-1944
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16 Correspondence: letters to Bobbie Scott; letters from Walter C. Hovey; and letters to Gertrude Hills. , 1934-1944
Series III: Miscellaneous, 1920-1936
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17 Kidder Family Geneology.
18 Crayon sketches by Garles H. Owens.
boxfolder
21-3 Roving Cowboy, typescript.